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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 [2 o) Q& t$ I, A0 `
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.3 K7 B' y2 h* k# L
: Z1 R: o2 }) M$ t) v0 q: 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.; H4 a; P# v% G5 s
4 O7 s* X* ?0 a8 Z1 l* ^$ kCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.! ~8 U9 |" ^/ o) T7 l- x
, ]9 x1 s2 I9 [ F4 T. H( xThe 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.
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3 ?0 c) N" w" J$ OEdmonton 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.( M/ ^. J: b4 H( @7 j
' a& k( b5 L0 C7 @; G1 C& Q! y5 Y"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."+ S$ h$ H6 c5 ^' N3 J
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