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( O9 {% U- n/ M! W# M7 H2 g% Z% i) F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。
' n+ ^6 q/ N: M4 p! B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! ) C/ F- u# O( @! z, p
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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.& {: _. S( x0 Y. ~3 f
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Statistics 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.! l; S( y1 ^3 G0 m3 W# `
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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- }( s8 {0 w5 ^4 S; X1 B' ~" v7 gThe 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.* w; [4 L: O7 n& N" L$ x' s2 i" o3 n V3 `
& ]1 n8 e' f- t& l2 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.3 q1 m' y0 G7 J. W: ~
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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."
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