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                                    FORM 6-K

                       SECURITIES AND EXCHANGE COMMISSION
                             Washington, D.C. 20549


                        REPORT OF FOREIGN PRIVATE ISSUER
                   Pursuant to Section 13a-16 or 15d-16 of the
                         Securities Exchange Act of 1934

                                August 23, 2006

                        Commission File Number: 001-32677


                         ADVANTAGE ENERGY INCOME FUND
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             (Exact name of registrant as specified in its charter)


                              Petro-Canada Centre
                     West Tower, 3100, 150-6th Avenue SW
                       Calgary Alberta, Canada T2P 3Y7
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                   (Address of principal executive offices)

Indicate  by check  mark  whether  the  registrant  files or will file  annual
reports under cover Form 20-F or Form 40-F.

                    Form 20-F  [_]             Form 40-F  [X]

Indicate by check mark if the  registrant is submitting  the Form 6-K in paper
as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1)._____

Note:  Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(1) only permits the submission in paper of a
Form 6-K if submitted  solely to provide an attached annual report to security
holders.

Indicate by check mark if the  registrant is submitting  the Form 6-K in paper
as permitted by Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7):_____

Note:  Regulation S-T Rule 101(b)(7) only permits the submission in paper of a
Form  6-K if  submitted  to  furnish  a  report  or  other  document  that the
registrant  foreign private issuer must furnish and make public under the laws
of the  jurisdiction  in which the  registrant is  incorporated,  domiciled or
legally organized (the registrant's "home country"), or under the rules of the
home country exchange on which the registrant's securities are traded, as long
as the report or other document is not a press release,  is not required to be
and has not been distributed to the  registrant's  security  holders,  and, if
discussing  a  material  event,  has  already  been the  subject of a Form 6-K
submission or other Commission filing on EDGAR.

Indicate by check mark whether the  registrant by furnishing  the  information
contained  in this Form is also  thereby  furnishing  the  information  to the
Commission  pursuant to Rule 12g3-2(b)  under the  Securities  Exchange Act of
1934.

                          Yes  [_]                   No   [X]

If "Yes" is marked,  indicate below the file number assigned to the registrant
in connection with Rule 12g3-2(b): ________.

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EXHIBIT                TITLE
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99.1                   Material Change Report, dated August 10, 2006





                                    SIGNATURE

         Pursuant to the requirements of the Securities  Exchange Act of 1934,
the  registrant  has duly caused this report to be signed on its behalf by the
undersigned, thereunto duly authorized.


                                             ADVANTAGE ENERGY INCOME FUND
                                             (Registrant)


Dated:  August 23, 2006                      By:  /s/ Peter Hanrahan
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                                                  Peter Hanrahan
                                                  Vice President Finance and
                                                  Chief Financial Officer