T6L vs T6X

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 T6L and T6X, 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	T6L	T6X	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$90,000	$116,000	$84,000	T6L is 22% lower than T6X
Median after-tax income	$80,000	$99,000	$73,000	T6L is 19% lower than T6X
Median age	38.8	32.8	41.6	T6L is 18% higher than T6X
Unemployment rate	13.2%	10.4%	10.3%	T6L is 27% higher than T6X
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.7%	4.9%	11.1%	T6L is 78% higher than T6X
Average household size	2.7	3.1	2.4	T6L is 13% lower than T6X

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	T6L	T6X
Median household income	6% lower than Edmonton	21% higher than Edmonton
Median after-tax income	about the same as Edmonton	18% higher than Edmonton
Median age	about the same as Edmonton	13% lower than Edmonton
Unemployment rate	11% higher than Edmonton	13% lower than Edmonton
Low income (LIM-AT)	about the same as Edmonton	44% lower than Edmonton
Average household size	about the same as Edmonton	19% higher than Edmonton

T6L is measured against Edmonton, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
T6X 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	T6L	T6X
Province	Alberta	Alberta
Population	49,215	50,392
Private dwellings	18,756	17,019
Land area	17 km²	65 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	T6L	T6X
Grocery store	1 km walk	77%	94%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	97%
Park	1 km walk	84%	90%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	23%	83%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	98%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	94%	66%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	48%	66%
Library	1.5 km walk	10%	0%
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	T6L	T6X
Studio	not published	not published
1 bedroom	$1,446	$1,446
2 bedrooms	$1,653	$1,653
3+ bedrooms	$1,915	$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	T6L	T6X
Nearest AQHI station	Edmonton · 9.7 km	Edmonton · 13 km
Current reading	3 — Low risk	3 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	51	38
Reported releases to air	28,506 t	4,701 t

T6L: Measured at Edmonton, 9.7 km from T6L. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
T6X: Measured at Edmonton, 13 km from T6X. 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.

T6L in full · T6X 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.