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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。& {: a/ _. Y. k& z6 ^/ ]8 b
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！ ! G: r+ z A+ \/ T8 z! l
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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.5 |9 G$ i }5 w9 @8 F+ D2 M
2 M2 q+ [8 d; U) H: h" u1 E% 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.
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.# N$ o! ~5 y& x& O
8 F/ _; k; H: V& g% z5 H6 X# d ?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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$ M# I, Y5 r, \6 a0 l. g9 f; CEdmonton 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.- G1 y" [) p3 f3 H$ [- Y% G7 r
( I6 g' I- ^$ s2 v2 K"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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