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. s# y% S! [! X0 b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。
) |+ C E( e8 Z4 b+ t) I/ P2 G8 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！
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$ Z' Z4 \3 `$ h# Z0 H& l% b' W- n3 NEdmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth.) g* z$ {: s/ _- ]$ k
0 j" a2 V( {% u5 ?8 y1 S1 _) GStatistics 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.5 b; \7 ~& R- u2 t
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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# w- H# h% O( d/ G- DThe 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.) o1 Y$ `: O5 }% J, J8 ]* Y
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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.! f, j( [: S8 B; g6 X; k
: ?7 X x( o& U& i0 Q"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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