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& m- J2 r# W4 R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。$ r7 U4 @+ |' e3 f; i& t( W
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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( ~- u# d! x& z0 w9 ^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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, L$ F2 I" T( i' {$ ^" j& b* G" d( 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.# m1 z# p5 k/ S
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.+ |$ y, I- T9 m5 |
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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.
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2 K2 ]7 @. _" p; w3 f3 x* m* l9 Y4 Y) wEdmonton 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.! i0 A8 Q1 U3 z$ S" D
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"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.": Z' X7 s6 u* P: O$ P8 ^
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