S7M vs S7W

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 S7M and S7W, 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	S7M	S7W	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$69,000	$115,000	$84,000	S7M is 40% lower than S7W
Median after-tax income	$62,400	$98,000	$73,000	S7M is 36% lower than S7W
Median age	36.8	31.8	41.6	S7M is 16% higher than S7W
Unemployment rate	11.4%	7.2%	10.3%	S7M is 58% higher than S7W
Low income (LIM-AT)	16.8%	8.4%	11.1%	S7M is 2.0× higher than S7W
Average household size	2.4	2.9	2.4	S7M is 17% lower than S7W

How each area sits against the city or province around it — a different geography on each side, named in every cell. Read down a column, not across: the two columns are measured against different places and a bigger gap in one says nothing about the other.
Measure	S7M	S7W
Median household income	22% lower than Saskatoon	29% higher than Saskatoon
Median after-tax income	19% lower than Saskatoon	26% higher than Saskatoon
Median age	about the same as Saskatoon	14% lower than Saskatoon
Unemployment rate	39% higher than Saskatoon	12% lower than Saskatoon
Low income (LIM-AT)	53% higher than Saskatoon	24% lower than Saskatoon
Average household size	about the same as Saskatoon	16% higher than Saskatoon

S7M is measured against Saskatoon, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
S7W is measured against Saskatoon, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	S7M	S7W
Province	Saskatchewan	Saskatchewan
Population	31,870	19,204
Private dwellings	14,577	7,168
Land area	22 km²	17 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	S7M	S7W
Grocery store	1 km walk	73%	90%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	93%
Park	1 km walk	90%	99%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	37%	49%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	97%	72%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	97%	72%
Library	1.5 km walk	29%	2%
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	S7M	S7W
Studio	$932	$1,082
1 bedroom	$1,093	$1,430
2 bedrooms	$1,343	$1,674
3+ bedrooms	$1,509	$1,919

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	S7M	S7W
Nearest AQHI station	Saskatoon · 2.9 km	Saskatoon · 8.7 km
Current reading	1.25 — Low risk	1.25 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	37	37
Reported releases to air	5,011 t	2,791 t

S7M: Measured at Saskatoon, 2.9 km from S7M. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
S7W: Measured at Saskatoon, 8.7 km from S7W. 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.

S7M in full · S7W 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.