T4N vs T4R

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 T4N and T4R, 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	T4N	T4R	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$64,500	$105,000	$84,000	T4N is 39% lower than T4R
Median after-tax income	$58,400	$91,000	$73,000	T4N is 36% lower than T4R
Median age	40.4	38.8	41.6	T4N is about the same as T4R
Unemployment rate	15.2%	10.2%	10.3%	T4N is 49% higher than T4R
Low income (LIM-AT)	16.2%	5.6%	11.1%	T4N is 2.9× higher than T4R
Average household size	2.1	2.6	2.4	T4N is 19% lower than T4R

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	T4N	T4R
Population	30,584	37,024
Private dwellings	15,796	14,372
Land area	28 km²	20 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	T4N	T4R
Grocery store	1 km walk	89%	88%
Public transit	1 km walk	99%	100%
Park	1 km walk	96%	99%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	68%	32%
Child care	1.5 km walk	97%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	93%	75%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	84%	60%
Library	1.5 km walk	26%	3%
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	T4N	T4R
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	T4N	T4R
Nearest AQHI station	Red Deer · 0.5 km	Red Deer · 3.8 km
Current reading	1.27 — Low risk	1.27 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	17	16
Reported releases to air	1,473 t	982 t

T4N: Measured at Red Deer, 0.5 km from T4N. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
T4R: Measured at Red Deer, 3.8 km from T4R. 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.

T4N in full · T4R 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.