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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。
6 n# j8 M' }; y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！ % C. S$ }1 o( o) h" R8 B; {7 p: ]/ t
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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.! m) s4 ^: J# [3 m+ }1 I( a
( L4 e& ~; ?+ h' e; U( IStatistics 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.6 N3 I# m7 j% ]! P4 t. r7 U
6 s' \- h* T6 iCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.; \0 I/ G. h, _( G/ V r# C
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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.; Y9 w0 w: j& w4 x- E6 M- Q
1 O) B8 `3 j- i2 P XEdmonton 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. H8 C7 z3 J! @9 C: x; B9 b
8 ]9 T5 \1 a, g6 |7 q"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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