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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。" q4 C& h8 i6 w! N6 D; ~. C
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！ 3 Z4 b/ Y: G8 d+ d
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( f. f) w" }& Z' I& LEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.3 ]8 L0 w0 Z# ^- {" i
$ ]" I+ m6 Y* f7 s) G: fStatistics 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.! M5 U O( G; z k$ F
: Y9 r% T+ `" U. {Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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9 f5 h4 s6 C( G7 d0 G- A* wThe 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.' |3 D" l# }+ w2 ^7 X. i
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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.
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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.") w* o9 h' r2 T8 q0 M
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