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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。
% b# f) }2 E. k5 R1 J! J s- X+ e9 v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！ , a4 O% ^; s1 m5 }# r) \3 q/ v. I
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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.
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) K+ s& ^) S0 gStatistics 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.
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* d2 A7 u7 \7 [( q! X3 ~+ s, t4 BCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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! f( C0 w+ {0 V& i$ X; `" H4 Q K/ K, rThe 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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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.3 x L7 D# U. o4 d
6 D8 J# g6 u$ M0 V"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."" }1 `1 e& B# L, J6 C0 C3 j
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