T5Y vs T8N

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 T8N, 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	T8N	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$100,000	$117,000	$84,000	T5Y is 15% lower than T8N
Median after-tax income	$87,000	$100,000	$73,000	T5Y is 13% lower than T8N
Median age	34.4	42.4	41.6	T5Y is 19% lower than T8N
Unemployment rate	12.1%	9.1%	10.3%	T5Y is 33% higher than T8N
Low income (LIM-AT)	8%	4.9%	11.1%	T5Y is 63% higher than T8N
Average household size	2.9	2.6	2.4	T5Y is 12% higher than T8N

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	T5Y	T8N
Median household income	about the same as Edmonton	22% higher than Edmonton
Median after-tax income	about the same as Edmonton	19% higher than Edmonton
Median age	9% lower than Edmonton	13% higher than Edmonton
Unemployment rate	about the same as Edmonton	24% lower than Edmonton
Low income (LIM-AT)	9% lower than Edmonton	44% lower than Edmonton
Average household size	12% higher than Edmonton	about the same as Edmonton

T5Y is measured against Edmonton, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
T8N is measured against Edmonton, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	T5Y	T8N
Province	Alberta	Alberta
Population	54,437	68,213
Private dwellings	19,752	27,014
Land area	112 km²	48 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	T8N
Grocery store	1 km walk	77%	56%
Public transit	1 km walk	98%	96%
Park	1 km walk	87%	98%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	32%	25%
Child care	1.5 km walk	98%	98%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	75%	81%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	60%	65%
Library	1.5 km walk	37%	7%
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	T8N
Studio	not published	not published
1 bedroom	$1,195	$1,659
2 bedrooms	$1,467	$1,939
3+ bedrooms	$1,661	$1,874

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	T8N
Nearest AQHI station	Edmonton · 11 km	St. Albert · 0.7 km
Current reading	2.09 — Low risk	1.95 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	71	36
Reported releases to air	36,480 t	4,894 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.
T8N: Measured at St. Albert, 0.7 km from T8N. 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 · T8N 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.