T8V vs T8W

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 T8V and T8W, 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	T8V	T8W	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$84,000	$130,000	$84,000	T8V is 35% lower than T8W
Median after-tax income	$74,000	$109,000	$73,000	T8V is 32% lower than T8W
Median age	35.6	34	41.6	T8V is about the same as T8W
Unemployment rate	14.1%	10%	10.3%	T8V is 41% higher than T8W
Low income (LIM-AT)	10.3%	4.9%	11.1%	T8V is 2.1× higher than T8W
Average household size	2.3	2.9	2.4	T8V is 21% lower than T8W

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	T8V	T8W
Population	31,632	21,556
Private dwellings	15,108	8,107
Land area	56 km²	332 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	T8V	T8W
Grocery store	1 km walk	70%	55%
Public transit	1 km walk	97%	75%
Park	1 km walk	82%	72%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	30%	1%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	88%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	86%	67%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	82%	68%
Library	1.5 km walk	18%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	93%
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	T8V	T8W
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	T8V	T8W
Nearest AQHI station	Grande Prairie · 0.3 km	Grande Prairie · 3.7 km
Current reading	1.29 — Low risk	1.29 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	20	37
Reported releases to air	4,161 t	13,337 t

T8V: Measured at Grande Prairie, 0.3 km from T8V. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
T8W: Measured at Grande Prairie, 3.7 km from T8W. 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.

T8V in full · T8W 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.