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+ U0 K0 \' C! J4 N( |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* `9 Z- y1 A1 H) S4 P- h
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！ 7 u4 p! H2 g% P( ^& E
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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.7 U# a; }; ^; |* x. ]
8 C5 \: }# \! h$ G# U2 XStatistics 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.# A) _4 x, y& }, x5 k1 ?# ^
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.# m$ {$ \7 `2 s0 v5 n9 J/ b6 d
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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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9 E' [7 [8 p" x1 }( F) W5 `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.0 _. u& U* t' W/ S& K/ l4 v
! b) v3 b# K' B5 ]5 T8 J2 `: o"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.", d8 j! q( r- K/ n& W' x
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