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9 K9 L4 H0 ^9 u5 B& g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。% X+ R: N6 T* V+ O: f+ ]: M4 x& o
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!
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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.5 j; L$ y5 N5 Y9 }, X7 Y* w
" w- W# X6 q& R/ g4 C0 \0 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.# ~% s6 T" z9 D0 U& s+ F; T
2 R- H1 u, G( F7 |6 _Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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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.5 z% m- w5 c" k7 W% ?3 z: c* w
8 r" p9 l R% t; C0 @ C! l, lEdmonton 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.
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4 U' h6 Q+ Z" P- p/ `- A# N v6 @. ^"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."$ w7 _ O( t1 L& C; k' \
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