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; g5 @( m$ m M( v' [. D5 G. q& Q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。' b. K5 B! j( Z/ ]& B* 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！ 4 X! M1 e- U3 D; C
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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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0 p! i9 L; U; B% vStatistics 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.* w A/ F9 S, [$ \+ Q8 H* t$ k
3 R& Z/ `% W$ {& O' BCanada's population reached 33.4 million in 2011.: T8 d/ y* p( ^/ I( t
* W" {+ v& ]# e! I/ E, S& s: ~; N' yThe 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.4 f% b7 S8 ^+ v% N+ J: ]5 A! i
. Q7 j" c' J' y& }2 ? n4 k- |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. p% z3 n* g6 F" Y
; `9 a. f/ |+ ["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."
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