T0P vs T9K

Alberta

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 T0P and T9K, 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	T0P	T9K	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$82,000	$206,000	$84,000	T0P is 60% lower than T9K
Median after-tax income	$76,000	$158,000	$73,000	T0P is 52% lower than T9K
Median age	33.2	33.6	41.6	T0P is about the same as T9K
Unemployment rate	14.9%	7.8%	10.3%	T0P is 91% higher than T9K
Low income (LIM-AT)	23.3%	2.7%	11.1%	T0P is 8.6× higher than T9K
Average household size	2.7	2.9	2.4	T0P is 7% lower than T9K

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	T0P	T9K
Population	3,085	40,909
Private dwellings	1,470	16,052
Land area	37,713 km²	39 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	T0P	T9K
Grocery store	1 km walk	4%	83%
Public transit	1 km walk	1%	100%
Park	1 km walk	13%	90%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	0%	30%
Child care	1.5 km walk	0%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	37%	63%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	29%	36%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	26%	100%
Employment	10 km drive	56%	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	T0P	T9K
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	T0P	T9K
Nearest AQHI station	Fort McKay · 32 km	Fort McMurray · 5.6 km
Current reading	1.29 — Low risk	1.06 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	47	2
Reported releases to air	306,608 t	288 t

T0P: Measured at Fort McKay, 32 km from T0P. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
T9K: Measured at Fort McMurray, 5.6 km from T9K. 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.

T0P in full · T9K 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.