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) x! e7 G# T4 D+ 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。3 t' N1 U7 t1 Z% g+ ~- g5 t- m
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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G5 r2 k& t) [1 [2 Q0 q3 ~' ?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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4 P O5 J; _6 n, |) mStatistics 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. v+ h6 O! l$ W
; z' v3 f) ]+ I; L. B' e+ g& NCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.0 |' s4 s; H( S, A7 \) Y
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The 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.+ ?) o2 [" e t0 m- q* r+ m2 O
" W# @5 q" u2 O1 g) GEdmonton 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.2 A/ l$ \ Q2 a6 p6 [
, h- ^0 ~) D8 K |: N3 A' C% y0 H"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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