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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。
* {. v: S' R/ i9 f2 u8 @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！ 5 f. j* z" U/ b$ o
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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.3 [2 R2 r ?: J( I
* X: O# f5 O: b/ ]( pStatistics 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.. O; o/ H9 N- R8 w9 C
' O, h; t$ y, _; K/ d6 e; BCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.% @0 _9 S6 R, P+ Y
1 ?- n& h4 Z+ UThe 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.; d! }7 R5 `) V% J
0 P/ e4 f* M; C0 t2 U: m# f, R; fEdmonton 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.+ d& Y- ~% B0 x# S2 S" R+ `
' h5 P2 ]) [5 G/ A/ g"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 V: M$ s5 C% F/ s: [7 s8 a0 D
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