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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。
4 p6 s9 f5 o3 y, a9 |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！ 4 d" Z; B1 v/ H7 a% K5 L
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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& ]# ^' {7 _$ t; B$ n1 Z. {
5 K4 i8 p/ G. f" b0 R: _, FStatistics 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.2 n7 _0 O: a n% Z: ^3 G
J$ X' r& S6 g% BCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.: v6 J9 q% U. G* O1 {9 H5 D2 I. o+ L
) J k/ `2 a* F. q" U6 W* SThe 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 f: z" H3 C$ D& I! T" L" E
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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.
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$ j, K" p$ g5 C5 z6 [. W8 ^9 o# s' Q- a"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."9 @- e7 q2 C: ^+ g3 a. f
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