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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。
6 I5 A8 u# F. X" Z3 d& G3 A* W" a2 y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！ 7 o# r6 Z# W- ]) E2 {/ y( w, z3 G! h
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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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8 c7 G; e/ K; V% u' }% x# TStatistics 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.. l8 S3 G- y6 j `. p' e: }! [% [& j
& B" o6 ?4 b1 z9 Y' u; ACanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.* Q: q( |1 s$ i& [
& l0 [6 w, l, R8 _: w; ]3 v! kThe 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.- Y. M8 b( G/ R% u2 b0 c i
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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.: ~8 |9 |1 ?) z/ K: m
$ z& O- f# @2 w" ~1 ~) Z"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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