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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。" Y8 v8 {! d k% c: a/ T- v
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！ 0 O! U: p) t ^8 A
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2 c' g! z. F) n, ]( B" @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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# d7 H1 ^8 e' [1 N$ RStatistics 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., A+ v$ t+ ~; g
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.9 F+ R) S7 z, n2 p$ P- U& f% m
2 o6 f, X7 E* i& i: h2 W- EThe 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.! I" d+ S) G" Q/ U: f; X5 Y8 D, M
, J8 f" ?. Z: i7 E' S' l, IEdmonton 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., ^( d6 ?' O9 X1 n
; J% l% t# n2 z" Q0 p0 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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