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2 g4 A9 H. U# q& V2 O+ M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。
0 E1 X2 e, _+ g5 G: 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！ . Y* |$ Q% G- f) i/ ~5 {% C
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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.$ p; d9 f: b& O2 W Z3 r' K
3 _. b, z0 e) p2 dStatistics 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./ Y) h! @; z# d
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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0 f( X6 ?7 J/ L# BThe 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.% h1 N5 N8 c0 r# v# A
: D+ w4 [! T5 Q: Y/ O; u2 r/ JEdmonton 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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7 r0 J" f% J1 o& r: j- ["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.". H# Z8 x4 Q7 a1 a" [
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