T9H vs T9K

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 T9K, 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	T9K	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$150,000	$206,000	$84,000	T9H is 27% lower than T9K
Median after-tax income	$123,000	$158,000	$73,000	T9H is 22% lower than T9K
Median age	36	33.6	41.6	T9H is 7% higher than T9K
Unemployment rate	10%	7.8%	10.3%	T9H is 28% higher than T9K
Low income (LIM-AT)	5.1%	2.7%	11.1%	T9H is 89% higher than T9K
Average household size	2.6	2.9	2.4	T9H is 10% lower than T9K

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	T9H	T9K
Median household income	18% lower than Wood Buffalo	13% higher than Wood Buffalo
Median after-tax income	14% lower than Wood Buffalo	10% higher than Wood Buffalo
Median age	about the same as Wood Buffalo	about the same as Wood Buffalo
Unemployment rate	12% higher than Wood Buffalo	12% lower than Wood Buffalo
Low income (LIM-AT)	16% higher than Wood Buffalo	39% lower than Wood Buffalo
Average household size	7% lower than Wood Buffalo	about the same as Wood Buffalo

T9H is measured against Wood Buffalo, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
T9K is measured against Wood Buffalo, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	T9H	T9K
Province	Alberta	Alberta
Population	26,075	40,909
Private dwellings	11,899	16,052
Land area	23,261 km²	39 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	T9K
Grocery store	1 km walk	62%	83%
Public transit	1 km walk	96%	100%
Park	1 km walk	85%	90%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	36%	30%
Child care	1.5 km walk	93%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	58%	63%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	27%	36%
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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either T9H or T9K. The survey covers centres of 10,000 people and up, so there is nothing published for either area.

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	T9K
Nearest AQHI station	Fort McMurray · 2.1 km	Fort McMurray · 5.6 km
Current reading	1.53 — Low risk	1.53 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	33	2
Reported releases to air	305,022 t	288 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.
T9K: Measured at Fort McMurray, 5.6 km from T9K. 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 · T9K 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.