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F/ `8 g* k8 g4 R, z/ r9 J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。
/ J; k E7 X+ x- v1 x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！ # N2 \7 @# K% b
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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 d" ~4 V5 S1 w9 x& ~
& R& g s2 b5 ]Statistics 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.: K9 H @2 }0 X
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.' W: T2 J, s! n7 O, r
2 ~" J( y! a/ IThe 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.
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1 I* F, Q6 j7 k _ N7 EEdmonton 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. }* P' k& p6 ~
4 U) v& f; g9 b- 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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