S4R vs S4X

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 S4R and S4X, 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	S4R	S4X	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$81,000	$109,000	$84,000	S4R is 26% lower than S4X
Median after-tax income	$71,000	$93,000	$73,000	S4R is 24% lower than S4X
Median age	38.8	38.4	41.6	S4R is about the same as S4X
Unemployment rate	10%	7.4%	10.3%	S4R is 35% higher than S4X
Low income (LIM-AT)	11.1%	5.3%	11.1%	S4R is 2.1× higher than S4X
Average household size	2.5	2.6	2.4	S4R is about the same as S4X

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	S4R	S4X
Population	34,399	29,118
Private dwellings	14,878	11,444
Land area	32 km²	14 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	S4R	S4X
Grocery store	1 km walk	70%	61%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	100%
Park	1 km walk	100%	100%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	37%	43%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	100%	74%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	100%	83%
Library	1.5 km walk	4%	26%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	100%
Employment	10 km drive	100%	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	S4R	S4X
Studio	$1,022	not published
1 bedroom	$1,188	$1,418
2 bedrooms	$1,329	$1,626
3+ bedrooms	$1,996	$1,882

Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation of this product.

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	S4R	S4X
Nearest AQHI station	Regina · 3.5 km	Regina · 6.1 km
Current reading	2.29 — Low risk	2.29 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	20	19
Reported releases to air	9,857 t	9,857 t

S4R: Measured at Regina, 3.5 km from S4R. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
S4X: Measured at Regina, 6.1 km from S4X. 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.

S4R in full · S4X 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.