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\4 G5 c5 Z2 C8 W4 U7 i+ p; f2 T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。3 M; ~! l y; 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！ & J; M" | i; p, H9 F& I
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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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5 i6 L- ?; J8 v. B, L# 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.
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.( [& ^8 C/ F8 f) d5 {4 c
^! u! _ ]$ F- ^( t8 [3 tThe 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.0 f0 C! t* }/ d% ^! F. x
7 I2 g' |3 b% }2 c: ~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.
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& k S' u; j; i9 {7 [+ {1 d"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."6 Q8 t* T+ |9 W" s, w; Y$ `9 L( E
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