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. T2 V, C, {: s0 A! P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。& E# X! x5 n0 M' X. j/ x8 t" v4 M
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！ / {6 N; W8 z1 O" O9 u& w9 U$ T, |2 ~ E* ^
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f0 y2 ]1 d6 Q& }" }Edmonton's population grew at boom-time levels during the past five years, despite an economic downturn some thought might temper growth. a) N6 l7 ]. Z/ r
, i7 M% L5 h* y* J8 }7 @- U* ^Statistics 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.
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# n; A& A. x5 N5 d1 Z! C8 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.2 o8 }3 N4 _9 t. x0 i
. L( r0 c+ Z7 ?7 E, {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.; ^# X, F* u6 \/ z7 p5 x# ?2 R
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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."# L" b& B( y8 R( v
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