S6V 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 S6V 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	S6V	S6W	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$75,500	$81,000	$84,000	S6V is 7% lower than S6W
Median after-tax income	$68,000	$71,000	$73,000	S6V is about the same as S6W
Median age	36	60	41.6	S6V is 40% lower than S6W
Unemployment rate	11%	0%	10.3%	not comparable
Low income (LIM-AT)	16.2%	9.5%	11.1%	S6V is 71% higher than S6W
Average household size	2.5	2	2.4	S6V is 25% higher than S6W

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	S6V	S6W
Population	42,147	288
Private dwellings	17,131	166
Land area	2,864 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	S6V	S6W
Grocery store	1 km walk	75%	69%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	76%	100%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	41%	47%
Child care	1.5 km walk	81%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	54%	21%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	78%	100%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	84%	100%
Employment	10 km drive	92%	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	S6V	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	S6V	S6W
Nearest AQHI station	Prince Albert · 3.0 km	Prince Albert · 5.4 km
Current reading	1.01 — Low risk	1.01 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	2	1
Reported releases to air	11 t	10 t

S6V: Measured at Prince Albert, 3.0 km from S6V. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
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.

S6V 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.