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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。
2 o" o/ b- Q. N/ L/ P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！ , a. l( M# h6 p: {+ m& h. _1 }
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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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+ N) T. Z# D1 \5 xStatistics 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.* D. g$ W4 Z% F \5 K
5 a1 g* i# l* f2 Q$ Q9 nCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011." a% l3 P; N6 H6 h2 t
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The 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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- @; a( C3 n1 ~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./ c# W$ u \0 D9 r q. m& E
* {( H2 }! a7 C+ u0 [( R"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."5 c: H: ]: k3 B5 d& [* ~
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