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; x( G1 x! G( T) @4 i: f7 r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。1 D! l. e4 s+ e% K a0 X1 O6 \2 J
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！ 3 Y' i% K" c% |- r2 v) l g6 _: f
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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.4 R. s0 V& o6 n( z) E9 C- O
% u# m' h. M: i$ BStatistics 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.8 N1 J, j( s" h: r
6 Q7 K2 `9 ^6 Y; g/ _# zCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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9 S& E0 i( U- D, a }5 A! 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.6 v* s: c% b+ n: b7 [3 i8 a
$ x& }1 h: \( ~- zEdmonton 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.
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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."3 q E9 X1 f f6 N( N6 S
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