T8W vs T8X

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 T8W and T8X, 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	T8W	T8X	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$130,000	$122,000	$84,000	T8W is 7% higher than T8X
Median after-tax income	$109,000	$103,000	$73,000	T8W is 6% higher than T8X
Median age	34	34	41.6	T8W is about the same as T8X
Unemployment rate	10%	10.5%	10.3%	T8W is about the same as T8X
Low income (LIM-AT)	4.9%	5.2%	11.1%	T8W is 6% lower than T8X
Average household size	2.9	2.8	2.4	T8W is about the same as T8X

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	T8W	T8X
Population	21,556	24,187
Private dwellings	8,107	9,164
Land area	332 km²	308 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	T8W	T8X
Grocery store	1 km walk	55%	55%
Public transit	1 km walk	75%	55%
Park	1 km walk	72%	79%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	1%	9%
Child care	1.5 km walk	88%	86%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	67%	74%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	68%	61%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	93%	94%
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	T8W	T8X
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	T8W	T8X
Nearest AQHI station	Grande Prairie · 3.7 km	Grande Prairie · 2.5 km
Current reading	1.29 — Low risk	1.29 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	37	56
Reported releases to air	13,337 t	14,607 t

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.
T8X: Measured at Grande Prairie, 2.5 km from T8X. 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.

T8W in full · T8X 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.