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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。
4 R( E4 d5 l% v/ u' g7 P6 X4 F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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8 c3 E. C; h3 X# O- \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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4 s+ S/ H" d; H, |! kStatistics 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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/ Y2 u+ r4 o) V: K+ ICanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) L' E+ z6 b \; _8 m$ i$ E
5 X# Y7 h+ |8 p3 g% {" t: ZThe 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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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.6 b5 V) f/ L5 U+ K9 l
0 {$ t% J( Q0 t0 O; T; i"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."! D3 F7 R0 ^! ]* \/ w; Q
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