S0J vs S6W

Saskatchewan

This page does not pick a winner. Every row shows two measurements and the gap between them. There is no score, no tally of which area “wins” more categories, and no overall result — those would be a rating of two places and the people who live in them, assembled by the layout.

Both areas are forward sortation areas, and every figure describes the whole of one. Crime is not shown here: it is reported at the metropolitan level, so for two areas in the same city it is usually the same number twice. It is on each area’s own page, with the geography it describes.

Selected 2021 Census figures for S0J and S6W, with the national figure for scale. The last column states the gap between the two areas as a direction and a size, never as a preference.
Measure	S0J	S6W	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$71,000	$81,000	$84,000	S0J is 12% lower than S6W
Median after-tax income	$65,500	$71,000	$73,000	S0J is 8% lower than S6W
Median age	36.8	60	41.6	S0J is 39% lower than S6W
Unemployment rate	12.2%	0%	10.3%	not comparable
Low income (LIM-AT)	23.5%	9.5%	11.1%	S0J is 2.5× higher than S6W
Average household size	2.8	2	2.4	S0J is 40% higher than S6W

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	S0J	S6W
Population	50,642	288
Private dwellings	25,168	166
Land area	205,672 km²	1.9 km²

Share of each area’s residents with an amenity within reach, weighted by where people live. A blank is a coverage fact, not a zero.
Amenity	Within	S0J	S6W
Grocery store	1 km walk	8%	69%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	24%	100%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	4%	47%
Child care	1.5 km walk	6%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	21%	21%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	51%	100%
Library	1.5 km walk	4%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	16%	100%
Employment	10 km drive	39%	100%

These measure how close an amenity is, never its quality. A school 500 m away is a school 500 m away — nothing here says anything about the school itself.
The proximity index is scaled against all of Canada, where 1 is the single most well-served block in the country and the national average is close to zero. It is useful for comparing places and misleading as a score.

What tenants pay, from CMHC’s survey of purpose-built rental buildings. The two areas may sit in different survey zones, or one may not be surveyed at all — that is a coverage fact and is stated rather than left blank.
Unit	S0J	S6W
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

The air quality index is a reading at the nearest station, which may be far away — the distance is shown because it decides whether the reading describes the area at all. Facility counts are reported releases within 10 km.
Measure	S0J	S6W
Nearest AQHI station	Prince Albert · 116 km	Prince Albert · 5.4 km
Current reading	not shown	1.01 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	16	1
Reported releases to air	4,128 t	10 t

S0J: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Prince Albert, 116 km from S0J. That is far enough to be a different airshed, so its reading is not shown here as though it described this area. The index is published for about 130 communities and zones, not continuously across Canada.
S6W: Measured at Prince Albert, 5.4 km from S6W. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.

This page carries the figures the two areas can be set against each other on. Each area’s own page has the rest — including crime, the boundary map, and every source note and caveat in full.

S0J in full · S6W in full

Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Each figure describes a whole forward sortation area. Amenity, rent and air figures carry their own sources and vintages on the area pages.