T3H vs T4B

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 T3H and T4B, 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	T3H	T4B	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$139,000	$110,000	$84,000	T3H is 26% higher than T4B
Median after-tax income	$116,000	$94,000	$73,000	T3H is 23% higher than T4B
Median age	41.6	35.2	41.6	T3H is 18% higher than T4B
Unemployment rate	12.1%	11.2%	10.3%	T3H is 8% higher than T4B
Low income (LIM-AT)	6.8%	6.2%	11.1%	T3H is 10% higher than T4B
Average household size	2.8	2.8	2.4	T3H is about the same as T4B

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	T3H	T4B
Median household income	39% higher than Calgary	10% higher than Calgary
Median after-tax income	33% higher than Calgary	8% higher than Calgary
Median age	9% higher than Calgary	7% lower than Calgary
Unemployment rate	about the same as Calgary	9% lower than Calgary
Low income (LIM-AT)	21% lower than Calgary	28% lower than Calgary
Average household size	8% higher than Calgary	8% higher than Calgary

T3H is measured against Calgary, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
T4B is measured against Calgary, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	T3H	T4B
Province	Alberta	Alberta
Population	72,004	58,053
Private dwellings	26,491	21,015
Land area	37 km²	277 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	T3H	T4B
Grocery store	1 km walk	84%	75%
Public transit	1 km walk	99%	0%
Park	1 km walk	99%	96%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	50%	24%
Child care	1.5 km walk	99%	98%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	71%	74%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	45%	66%
Library	1.5 km walk	11%	8%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	98%
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	T3H	T4B
Studio	not published	not published
1 bedroom	$1,642	$1,470
2 bedrooms	$2,083	$1,805
3+ bedrooms	$2,318	$2,014

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	T3H	T4B
Nearest AQHI station	Calgary · 9.7 km	Airdrie · 1.7 km
Current reading	2.78 — Low risk	2.52 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	32	33
Reported releases to air	5,250 t	7,819 t

T3H: Measured at Calgary, 9.7 km from T3H. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
T4B: Measured at Airdrie, 1.7 km from T4B. 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.

T3H in full · T4B 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.