S0M vs S9A

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 S0M and S9A, 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	S0M	S9A	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$71,000	$75,000	$84,000	S0M is 5% lower than S9A
Median after-tax income	$65,500	$67,000	$73,000	S0M is about the same as S9A
Median age	36.4	38.8	41.6	S0M is 6% lower than S9A
Unemployment rate	12.3%	10.3%	10.3%	S0M is 19% higher than S9A
Low income (LIM-AT)	22.3%	14.8%	11.1%	S0M is 51% higher than S9A
Average household size	2.7	2.4	2.4	S0M is 13% higher than S9A

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	S0M	S9A
Population	48,250	14,926
Private dwellings	23,520	6,750
Land area	107,617 km²	827 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	S0M	S9A
Grocery store	1 km walk	9%	88%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	24%	84%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	1%	46%
Child care	1.5 km walk	12%	94%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	8%	83%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	52%	84%
Library	1.5 km walk	7%	41%
Health care	3 km drive	29%	95%
Employment	10 km drive	46%	97%

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	S0M	S9A
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	S0M	S9A
Nearest AQHI station	Cold Lake · 104 km	Saskatoon · 130 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	116	8
Reported releases to air	28,514 t	3,499 t

S0M: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Cold Lake, 104 km from S0M. 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.
S9A: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Saskatoon, 130 km from S9A. 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.

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.

S0M in full · S9A 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.