T1B vs T1C

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 T1B and T1C, 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	T1B	T1C	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$91,000	$92,000	$84,000	T1B is about the same as T1C
Median after-tax income	$80,000	$80,000	$73,000	T1B is about the same as T1C
Median age	41.6	39.6	41.6	T1B is 5% higher than T1C
Unemployment rate	10.2%	11.2%	10.3%	T1B is 9% lower than T1C
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.8%	7.7%	11.1%	T1B is 14% higher than T1C
Average household size	2.5	2.4	2.4	T1B is about the same as T1C

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	T1B	T1C
Median household income	14% higher than Medicine Hat	15% higher than Medicine Hat
Median after-tax income	13% higher than Medicine Hat	13% higher than Medicine Hat
Median age	about the same as Medicine Hat	6% lower than Medicine Hat
Unemployment rate	11% lower than Medicine Hat	about the same as Medicine Hat
Low income (LIM-AT)	16% lower than Medicine Hat	27% lower than Medicine Hat
Average household size	9% higher than Medicine Hat	about the same as Medicine Hat

T1B is measured against Medicine Hat, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
T1C is measured against Medicine Hat, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	T1B	T1C
Province	Alberta	Alberta
Population	32,996	9,405
Private dwellings	13,781	4,147
Land area	3,971 km²	9.4 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	T1B	T1C
Grocery store	1 km walk	70%	56%
Public transit	1 km walk	74%	87%
Park	1 km walk	89%	99%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	33%	0%
Child care	1.5 km walk	90%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	58%	87%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	41%	70%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	98%	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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either T1B or T1C. The survey covers centres of 10,000 people and up, so there is nothing published for either area.

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	T1B	T1C
Nearest AQHI station	Medicine Hat · 5.0 km	Medicine Hat · 2.4 km
Current reading	2.88 — Low risk	2.88 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	18	16
Reported releases to air	9,051 t	9,069 t

T1B: Measured at Medicine Hat, 5.0 km from T1B. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
T1C: Measured at Medicine Hat, 2.4 km from T1C. 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.

T1B in full · T1C 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.