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( ? ]# J! u; W5 g @2 }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。
/ Z6 p7 e9 f0 R/ `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！ 2 x" j ?9 n6 ^8 t- t, Z# R2 [. Z8 L$ f
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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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) f& U, c, ]/ I! W+ W2 t7 |' t/ U hStatistics 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.) Z, B) u/ {2 |/ |6 ~
" e& |& t6 Y1 M' B& rCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.
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; }. e; O0 j, f" w9 `7 ?- P, }' C& EThe 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.6 ?- b; |& I; J" X% W# P8 }5 g
- E" G8 Q- o: c4 p1 I: sEdmonton 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.$ ^+ A9 \- p" U9 d6 V' |: u
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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."% |( c5 M W4 _+ Y: b3 w$ l6 B
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