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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。
- g& a1 u; Z) F4 m0 v5 p) R, v T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！ & s$ `& P8 c- m2 X. t5 p% t4 u
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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.+ p0 n6 I+ `! V4 [- S. _
% A. y8 H5 }; x9 zStatistics 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.# n' \+ X& Y, G
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.) s( h @+ q/ u2 U1 R
8 X4 Y2 _3 T( c0 R l& G2 ~0 RThe 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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+ F! ^) w& L! C7 L4 D# fEdmonton 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.
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"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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