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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。
3 {/ k8 ^, d9 h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！ - W& m5 q6 u/ a+ t6 Q
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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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8 x% k' X8 m; D( S! C# R* 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.. n2 n, _5 w; h9 Z
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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6 m, h1 A2 G# z# K6 y( ~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.9 z' D+ x2 n1 X, a1 Q: _! q. ~" \
, _7 D# ~; J4 u. G1 A" ~$ @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." D1 J% {' i! u6 L4 c- {& w
/ n! E2 }0 @- T$ k5 w"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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