T9H vs T9J

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 T9H and T9J, 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	T9H	T9J	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$150,000	$182,000	$84,000	T9H is 18% lower than T9J
Median after-tax income	$123,000	$143,000	$73,000	T9H is 14% lower than T9J
Median age	36	32.8	41.6	T9H is 10% higher than T9J
Unemployment rate	10%	10.6%	10.3%	T9H is 6% lower than T9J
Low income (LIM-AT)	5.1%	3%	11.1%	T9H is 70% higher than T9J
Average household size	2.6	2.7	2.4	T9H is about the same as T9J

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	T9H	T9J
Population	26,075	3,776
Private dwellings	11,899	1,680
Land area	23,261 km²	4.8 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	T9H	T9J
Grocery store	1 km walk	62%	69%
Public transit	1 km walk	96%	100%
Park	1 km walk	85%	100%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	36%	0%
Child care	1.5 km walk	93%	88%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	58%	66%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	27%	66%
Library	1.5 km walk	2%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	98%	100%
Employment	10 km drive	99%	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	T9H	T9J
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	T9H	T9J
Nearest AQHI station	Fort McMurray · 2.1 km	Fort McMurray · 1.5 km
Current reading	1.06 — Low risk	1.06 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	33	3
Reported releases to air	305,022 t	0.11 t

T9H: Measured at Fort McMurray, 2.1 km from T9H. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
T9J: Measured at Fort McMurray, 1.5 km from T9J. 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.

T9H in full · T9J 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.