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3 P4 ?+ R$ Z3 H7 {: `9 p* |, }( w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。6 P1 {. N- F8 c8 G+ a
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！
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2 d3 ?% c5 }( L& O' B; nEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.9 S7 w% d0 @8 s: N2 O
3 ]4 P" E7 n# d' t7 S0 d$ @( d$ RStatistics 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.3 x! i5 ]+ ?4 k5 n
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.% a g& H) c' b! M
* g+ Y2 z4 x% k' D' zThe 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.6 ]% F6 E; e" W1 U
( u* ?, P) w, o9 o/ y( Y. d, OEdmonton 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.+ ` H! X% l+ d0 {/ D! T
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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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