T5Y vs T6T

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 T5Y and T6T, 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	T5Y	T6T	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$100,000	$110,000	$84,000	T5Y is 9% lower than T6T
Median after-tax income	$87,000	$97,000	$73,000	T5Y is 10% lower than T6T
Median age	34.4	32.8	41.6	T5Y is about the same as T6T
Unemployment rate	12.1%	11.3%	10.3%	T5Y is 7% higher than T6T
Low income (LIM-AT)	8%	5.2%	11.1%	T5Y is 54% higher than T6T
Average household size	2.9	3.4	2.4	T5Y is 15% lower than T6T

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	T5Y	T6T
Population	54,437	48,823
Private dwellings	19,752	14,583
Land area	112 km²	16 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	T5Y	T6T
Grocery store	1 km walk	77%	93%
Public transit	1 km walk	98%	100%
Park	1 km walk	87%	100%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	32%	72%
Child care	1.5 km walk	98%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	75%	84%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	60%	59%
Library	1.5 km walk	37%	23%
Health care	3 km drive	99%	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	T5Y	T6T
Studio	not published	not published
1 bedroom	$1,195	$1,446
2 bedrooms	$1,467	$1,653
3+ bedrooms	$1,661	$1,915

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	T5Y	T6T
Nearest AQHI station	Edmonton · 11 km	Edmonton · 11 km
Current reading	1.25 — Low risk	1.25 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	71	50
Reported releases to air	36,480 t	28,506 t

T5Y: Measured at Edmonton, 11 km from T5Y. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
T6T: Measured at Edmonton, 11 km from T6T. 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.

T5Y in full · T6T 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.