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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。
[% C9 l ~! W/ k3 s) w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！ , r. X% E Y: V5 c( n3 K
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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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- v. u7 c D, l8 _& j2 VStatistics 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.7 O/ E# B& ^; O( E
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011. q" c3 P/ v4 o% T) L/ t0 _
3 [9 s; K; C3 F; K0 A" |" Z: D6 v" hThe 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.1 F* f2 m3 U+ Q# u* A! o N
) x: z( p' {. x8 REdmonton 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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: i8 p1 |3 Q) s# A0 S6 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."
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