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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。' l( m2 Y: Z0 d0 `
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！ 4 P4 |2 q3 M& 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.. g+ p* P- D& v. c) d. e1 M5 v
/ G. X$ m# c3 W& U. |2 sStatistics 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.* x" M4 _ ]) B$ Z5 t \
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Canada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.0 M8 M. U4 {- y1 d* q5 R7 t
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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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* _) v1 P9 j* I9 u# Q, _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./ r; J Q2 O1 @! q
# \! L9 S5 d- ]" a" 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."4 W* U" w& u/ M& Z9 Y+ w9 g% r
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