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' @1 m9 I4 u; @9 O/ j% p) B统计表明最近五年(2006-2011)的人口增长率,卡尔加里12.6%,埃德蒙德12.1%,成为全加拿大人口增长最快的两个城市。
2 R) y$ y5 `4 B0 j5 K$ k4 @2 l埃德蒙顿2011年人口已达81.2万。这个被我们昵称为屯子的地方,至少得改名叫“大屯子”了! ; k9 J" K4 @) @4 d# x
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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.
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" d6 D! P3 Y# C/ o+ Z- I& G0 V2 W- hStatistics Canada reported Wednesday that Alberta's population increased at twice the national average, while results of the 2011 federal census showed the Edmonton area's population grew at a faster rate than any other metro region in Canada from 2006 to 2011, with the exception of Calgary.; ~# \ _( P8 R+ Q; y4 q
$ R" i8 v; E" p+ T9 j/ m& O; XCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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$ k' H! S, a/ ]The capital region - including municipalities such as Beaumont, Spruce Grove and Fort Saskatchewan - grew from slightly more than a million people in 2006 to nearly 1.2 million people in 2011. That's a 12percent increase in the five-year span measured by the census.
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3 U3 s, E, q: I' [Edmonton alone added nearly 82,000 people in that time, bringing the population to 812,200. Originally, the city's chief economist John Rose thought Edmonton might see a slight slowdown from the impressive 9.6-per-cent growth it reported in the 2006 census. Instead, he said, strong job numbers in the past year helped push it to 11.2 per cent.& Y2 ?& z1 R( f& k) G8 F
+ ^4 D. A. p8 v1 q0 g3 F/ F"What we have here is a very good news story," Rose said. "It suggests the City of Edmonton is no longer just a place you go to for a job, work that job for a few years and then you go on to something else when the boom is over."5 A5 E0 ^# Q9 H
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