N2V
Ontario
In plain English
N2V had a population of 19,428 in the 2021 Census in Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo. Its population density makes it a suburban area.
There were 6,360 private dwellings across 19 km².
Median household income was 50% higher than the national figure.
Median after-tax household income was 47% higher than the national figure.
The median age was 9% lower than the national figure.
The unemployment rate was 6% higher than the national figure.
The share of people in low income (LIM-AT) was 42% lower than the national figure.
Average household size was 29% higher than the national figure.
Where this is
The area
N2V · ON19,428
Ontario · mostly Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo
| Private dwellings | 6,360 |
|---|---|
| Owner households | 5,405 |
| Renter households | 875 |
| Immigrants | 7,165 |
| Land area | 19 km² |
Compared with
| Measure | N2V | Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $126,000 | $92,000 | $91,000 | $84,000 |
| Median after-tax income | $107,000 | $81,000 | $79,500 | $73,000 |
| Median age | 38 | 38 | 41.6 | 41.6 |
| Unemployment rate | 10.9% | 10.9% | 12.2% | 10.3% |
| Low income (LIM-AT) | 6.4% | 9.3% | 10.1% | 11.1% |
| Average household size | 3.1 | 2.6 | 2.6 | 2.4 |
- Median household income in N2V is 50% higher than the national figure.
- Median after-tax income in N2V is 47% higher than the national figure.
- Median age in N2V is 9% lower than the national figure.
- Unemployment rate in N2V is 6% higher than the national figure.
- Low income (LIM-AT) in N2V is 42% lower than the national figure.
- Average household size in N2V is 29% higher than the national figure.
Getting around
2021 reference year · dissemination-block levelHow close everyday amenities are — not how good they are. Each figure is the share of this area’s residents who have that amenity within the distance shown, weighted by where people actually live.
67%
4 points lower than the national share of 70%
| Amenity | Within | N2V | Canada | Compared | Index vs Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery storeSupermarkets and general-line grocery retailers. | 1 km walk | 67% | 70% | 4 points lower than Canada | 67% below it |
| Public transitA transit stop, weighted by how many trips serve it. | 1 km walk | 89% | 66% | 24 points higher than Canada | 60% below it |
| ParkNeighbourhood parks and green space. | 1 km walk | 100% | 80% | 20 points higher than Canada | 1.9× the national index |
| PharmacyPharmacies and drug stores. | 1 km walk | 40% | 45% | 5 points lower than Canada | 54% below it |
| Child careLicensed child care facilities. | 1.5 km walk | 100% | 86% | 14 points higher than Canada | 1% below it |
| Primary schoolPrimary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school. | 1.5 km walk | 80% | 71% | 9 points higher than Canada | 18% below it |
| Secondary schoolSecondary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school. | 1.5 km walk | 80% | 60% | 20 points higher than Canada | 1% below it |
| LibraryPublic libraries. | 1.5 km walk | 0% | 28% | 28 points lower than Canada | 100% below it |
| Health careDoctors, clinics and other health facilities. | 3 km drive | 100% | 92% | 8 points higher than Canada | 62% below it |
| EmploymentJobs, weighted by how many are at each location. | 10 km drive | 100% | 98% | about the same as Canada | 48% below it |
0% of N2V’s residents live in a block Statistics Canada classifies as an amenity-dense neighbourhood — one with a grocery store, pharmacy, health care, child care, a primary school, a library, a transit stop and a source of employment all in range. Nationally it is 16%. This is StatCan’s composite, not ours.
- 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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Proximity Measures Database (17-26-0002), 2021 reference year. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Measured at the dissemination block and aggregated to this postal area, weighted by population.
Rent
October 2025 · survey-zone levelTwo different rents, and neither one is “the rent here”.
CMHC surveys what tenants are paying — including people who have not moved in years — and only in purpose-built rental buildings of three units or more, so it leaves out rented condos, which in the largest cities is most of the market. Statistics Canada measures what is being asked in current listings, across the whole market. If you are staying put the first is closer; if you are moving, the second is.
N2V sits inside one CMHC survey zone, Waterloo.
| Unit | Being paid (CMHC) | Reliability | Being asked (StatCan) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,375 | good (c) | $1,490 |
| 1 bedroom | $1,771 | excellent (a) | $1,770 |
| 2 bedrooms | $1,917 | excellent (a) | $2,110 |
| 3+ bedrooms | $1,991 | very good (b) | $2,440 |
Reliability is CMHC’s own code for how much the sample supports the figure, from excellent to use with caution. Where several zones cover N2V, the weakest of their codes is shown.
- Neither figure is "the rent" for this area. One is a survey of buildings, the other a survey of listings, and both describe areas larger than a postal code.
Source: Statistics Canada, table 46-10-0092 (asking rents, experimental). Data current as of January 2026. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Experimental estimates drawn from online listings, published for selected metropolitan areas only.
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.
Air quality
live · nearest station1.79
Low risk · 12:00 PM EDT Thursday 13 August 2026
| Station | Kitchener |
|---|---|
| Distance from N2V | 11 km |
| Reading | 1.79 — Low risk |
| Highest forecast | 2 |
Measured at Kitchener, 11 km from N2V. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Health Index. Data current as of 12:00 PM EDT Thursday 13 August 2026. Open Government Licence – Canada. This is the only live figure on this page; everything else is annual or from the census.
Reporting facilities nearby
2024 · within 10 kmFacilities that reported releasing a listed substance to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, within 10 km of N2V. Distance is measured from the edge of the postal area, so a facility inside it shows as inside this area.
37 facilities within 10 km of N2V reported to the inventory. The 12 that released the most to air are listed; the total below covers all of them.
| Facility | Distance | Substances | Released to air |
|---|---|---|---|
| Oil Recovery DivisionBreslau · Petroleum and Coal Product Refining and Mfg. | 9.9 km | 16 | 401 t |
| Waterloo Landfill Gas Power PlantWaterloo · Electricity | inside this area | 3 | 158 t |
| WonderBrands KitchenerKitchener · Other Manufacturing | 4.9 km | 3 | 136 t |
| Ultra Manufacturing - 640 Conrad PlaceWaterloo · Plastics and Rubber | inside this area | 2 | 104 t |
| Mitchell PlasticsKitchener · Plastics and Rubber | 6.9 km | 2 | 94 t |
| MorvalKitchener · Plastics and Rubber | 5.5 km | 1 | 86 t |
| Plasti-Fab - KitchenerKitchener · Plastics and Rubber | 3.9 km | 2 | 70 t |
| Custom Foam SystemsKitchener · Plastics and Rubber | 8.5 km | 2 | 67 t |
| Waterloo Landfill SiteWaterloo · Waste Treatment and Disposal | inside this area | 3 | 55 t |
| ELMIRA PLANTElmira · Chemicals | 9.2 km | 5 | 44 t |
| Elmira FacilityElmira · Chemicals | 9.7 km | 17 | 41 t |
| TB - ElmiraElmira · Other Manufacturing | 8.2 km | 5 | 37 t |
All 37 facilities within 10 km — including the 25 not listed above — together reported 1,448 t released to air in 2024. That is what was reported within 10 km — not what reached this area, which depends on stack height, wind and chemistry that this inventory does not model.
- The inventory is threshold-based: a facility reports only when it exceeds a quantity for a listed substance. Smaller emitters, road traffic, home heating and agriculture are not in it.
- Quantities are reported by the facilities themselves and are estimates, not measurements at the fence line. Being close to a facility is not the same as being exposed to what it reports.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Pollutant Release Inventory. Data current as of 2024 reporting year. Open Government Licence – Canada.
Crime
2025 · metropolitan-area figuresThese figures describe the whole of Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario — a metropolitan area — not N2V. Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada.
66.8
Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario · 11% lower than the national index of 75.0
| Measure | Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario | Canada | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 66.8 | 75.0 | 11% lower than Canada |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 85.1 | 97.2 | 12% lower than Canada |
| Non-violent Crime Severity Index | 60.1 | 66.8 | 10% lower than Canada |
| Weighted clearance rate | 34.0% | 36.6% | 2.6 percentage points lower than Canada |
| Violations | Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario | Canada | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| All violations | 5,270 per 100,000 | 6,065 per 100,000 | 13% lower than Canada |
| Criminal Code, excluding traffic | 5,083 per 100,000 | 5,585 per 100,000 | 9% lower than Canada |
| Violent Criminal Code | 1,397 per 100,000 | 1,443 per 100,000 | 3% lower than Canada |
| Property crime | 3,026 per 100,000 | 3,141 per 100,000 | 4% lower than Canada |
Year-by-year figures
| Year | Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64.1 | 77.6 |
| 2012 | 59.5 | 75.5 |
| 2013 | 57.6 | 68.9 |
| 2014 | 55.8 | 66.9 |
| 2015 | 60.6 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 60.8 | 72.0 |
| 2017 | 69.4 | 73.6 |
| 2018 | 74.1 | 75.6 |
| 2019 | 73.5 | 79.7 |
| 2020 | 74.9 | 73.9 |
| 2021 | 76.3 | 74.9 |
| 2022 | 78.9 | 78.7 |
| 2023 | 75.8 | 81.3 |
| 2024 | 73.1 | 78.8 |
| 2025 | 66.8 | 75.0 |
- The Crime Severity Index weights offences by seriousness and is set so that Canada in 2006 = 100. A rate per 100,000 counts incidents without weighting them. The two are not interchangeable and should not be compared to each other.
Source: Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0026 (crime severity index); table 35-10-0177 (incident-based crime statistics). Data current as of 2025 reference year. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Police-reported crime only — offences that are not reported to police are not counted anywhere in these figures.
Common questions
- Do these figures describe a specific address in N2V?
- No. N2V is a forward sortation area — the first three characters of a postal code — and every figure here describes the whole of it. That is the finest granularity Canadian open data supports; a full six-character postal code requires a licensed Canada Post file. Conditions on one street can differ from the area average.
- Why is the crime figure for Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario rather than for N2V?
- Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada. Statistics Canada publishes it by police service, aggregated to metropolitan areas and provinces, which for N2V means Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo, Ontario. There is no municipal feed covering this area, so the regional figure is the finest available.
- How current is this profile?
- The census figures are from the 2021 Census. The other panels carry their own dates, shown beside each one, because they are published on different schedules — crime annually, CMHC rents each October, asking rents quarterly, and the air quality index live. Each figure is labelled with the vintage it came from rather than the date you are reading it.
- Does this page rank or score N2V?
- No. There is no score, no grade, no star rating and no ranking against other areas. Every figure is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are combined. The site describes places using published statistics; it does not draw conclusions about the people who live in them.
What this page will not do
No score, no ranking, no grade. This page will not score this neighbourhood, rank it against another, or present the people who live here as a feature of the place. Every figure above is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are added together.
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Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Figures describe the whole forward sortation area, not a street.