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, b) U. f9 P {; x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 M7 O7 d0 M; y9 n! K
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! 6 Y0 _, \3 }* x" }$ w$ z) Y" d! v( G
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0 \# p2 b2 o! {. a3 J' o' `" w7 OEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.8 a5 F" v; R* J: [( O2 i- `8 e9 s
; S; b/ f* _ b0 I1 QStatistics 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.& C3 _" Y0 y: p
7 V* h+ P @; ?) i8 x& _* ]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., Q' E4 ]0 K9 V& h: ^
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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.. U+ f; [# I( r
, [/ @8 Q" ?0 K" E* s: |0 [+ p# o q |"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.". Q9 p6 O; ]: W4 a
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