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! `/ f& d9 l5 [5 J& ^+ w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。% G3 n1 j8 R) d2 X5 o' A% z
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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Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth. e( u9 r# e0 B$ `& R
3 P& v2 Q/ N9 N! U1 [1 KStatistics 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 l" v+ O- j* } n1 B1 G) \
2 _8 d' z& U0 fCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011." {3 Q6 N) {& j7 `% R# Y
# g2 ^" C& Y& p, n$ W7 }' A% v2 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.5 t: h$ Q1 e/ M M9 `) C% [& o% L
9 Q& J$ c) A. hEdmonton 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."2 R3 ]* X& g5 e8 p% i9 z( m2 G
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