Do these figures describe a specific address in N3L?

No. N3L 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 Brantford, Ontario rather than for N3L?

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 N3L means Brantford, 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 N3L?

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.

N3L

Ontario

N3L had a population of 17,676 in the 2021 Census in Brantford. Its population density makes it a small-town or exurban area.

There were 6,741 private dwellings across 137 km².

Median household income was 21% higher than the national figure.

Median after-tax household income was 22% higher than the national figure.

The median age was about the same as the national figure.

The unemployment rate was 16% lower than the national figure.

The share of people in low income (LIM-AT) was 50% lower than the national figure.

Average household size was 8% higher than the national figure.

The boundary of forward sortation area N3L covering 137 km², in Brantford, Ontario. The outline marks the whole postal area; it is not a street-level boundary.

Population, 2021

17,676

Ontario · mostly Brantford

Counts for N3L, 2021 Census. These describe this area and are deliberately not compared to a city or a country — a count of households is not comparable to a national total.
Private dwellings	6,741
Owner households	5,465
Renter households	1,085
Immigrants	2,035
Land area	137 km²

Selected 2021 Census figures for N3L, against its city, province and Canada. A blank comparison means the figure was not published for that geography.
Measure	N3L	Brantford	Ontario	Canada
Median household income	$102,000	$85,000	$91,000	$84,000
Median after-tax income	$89,000	$76,000	$79,500	$73,000
Median age	42	41.6	41.6	41.6
Unemployment rate	8.7%	11.4%	12.2%	10.3%
Low income (LIM-AT)	5.6%	9.4%	10.1%	11.1%
Average household size	2.6	2.5	2.6	2.4

Median household income in N3L is 21% higher than the national figure.
Median after-tax income in N3L is 22% higher than the national figure.
Median age in N3L is about the same as the national figure.
Unemployment rate in N3L is 16% lower than the national figure.
Low income (LIM-AT) in N3L is 50% lower than the national figure.
Average household size in N3L is 8% higher than the national figure.

How 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.

Residents with a grocery store within a 1 km walk

64%

7 points lower than the national share of 70%

Share of N3L’s residents with each amenity within reach. The proximity index in the last column is scaled against all of Canada, where the national average is close to zero — read it against Canada, never on its own.
Amenity	Within	N3L	Canada	Compared	Index vs Canada
Grocery storeSupermarkets and general-line grocery retailers.	1 km walk	64%	70%	7 points lower than Canada	65% below it
Public transitA transit stop, weighted by how many trips serve it.	1 km walk	0%	66%	66 points lower than Canada	100% below it
ParkNeighbourhood parks and green space.	1 km walk	74%	80%	6 points lower than Canada	53% below it
PharmacyPharmacies and drug stores.	1 km walk	44%	45%	about the same as Canada	49% below it
Child careLicensed child care facilities.	1.5 km walk	89%	86%	4 points higher than Canada	43% below it
Primary schoolPrimary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.	1.5 km walk	69%	71%	about the same as Canada	45% below it
Secondary schoolSecondary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.	1.5 km walk	69%	60%	10 points higher than Canada	18% below it
LibraryPublic libraries.	1.5 km walk	18%	28%	11 points lower than Canada	52% below it
Health careDoctors, clinics and other health facilities.	3 km drive	99%	92%	7 points higher than Canada	85% below it
EmploymentJobs, weighted by how many are at each location.	10 km drive	100%	98%	about the same as Canada	92% below it

0% of N3L’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.

Average asking rent across Brantford, Statistics Canada experimental estimates, January 2026.
Unit	Being asked (StatCan)
Apartment, 1 bedroom	$1,610
Apartment, 2 bedrooms	$1,940
Apartment, 3 or more bedrooms	$2,250
Apartment, No bedroom	not published
House, 2 bedrooms	not published
House, 3 or more bedrooms	$2,590
Room	$750

CMHC surveys purpose-built rental buildings only in centres of 10,000 or more, and publishes zone-level figures for eighteen major centres. N3L is not in one, so only the asking-rent series is available and it describes the whole Brantford area.

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.

Air Quality Health Index at Brantford

1.87

Low risk · 11:00 AM EDT Thursday 13 August 2026

The Air Quality Health Index combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale. It is a reading at a station, not a measurement of any address.
Station	Brantford
Distance from N3L	11 km
Reading	1.87 — Low risk
Highest forecast	2

Measured at Brantford, 11 km from N3L. 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 11:00 AM 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.

Facilities that reported releasing a listed substance to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, within 10 km of N3L. Distance is measured from the edge of the postal area, so a facility inside it shows as inside this area.

52 facilities within 10 km of N3L reported to the inventory. The 12 that released the most to air are listed; the total below covers all of them.

The 12 largest reporters to air of the 52 within 10 km of N3L, 2024, in tonnes. Quantities are estimated and reported by the facilities themselves.
Facility	Distance	Substances	Released to air
Aspire Bakeries - BrantfordBrantford · Other Manufacturing	4.9 km	3	193 t
Canadian General-Tower Ltd.Cambridge · Plastics and Rubber	9.7 km	9	127 t
Waynco Myers PitCambridge · Mining and Quarrying	7.6 km	3	116 t
David PitAyr · Mining and Quarrying	7.3 km	3	116 t
Waynco Stuehler PitNorth Dumfries · Mining and Quarrying	5.2 km	3	104 t
GreenMantra TechnologiesBrantford · Chemicals	4.5 km	1	83 t
Apotex PharmachemBrantford · Chemicals	2.4 km	7	72 t
Mohawk Street LandfillBrantford · Waste Treatment and Disposal	7.0 km	4	56 t
Princeton PlantPrinceton · Other Manufacturing	7.7 km	2	54 t
City of Brantford Waste Water Treatment PlantBrantford · Water and Wastewater Systems	6.8 km	10	52 t
Paris PitParis · Mining and Quarrying	inside this area	3	50 t
Brantford FacilityBrantford · Other Manufacturing	6.4 km	7	45 t

All 52 facilities within 10 km — including the 40 not listed above — together reported 1,463 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.

These figures describe the whole of Brantford, Ontario — a metropolitan area — not N3L. Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada.

Crime Severity Index, 2025

72.1

Brantford, Ontario · 4% lower than the national index of 75.0

Severity indexes for Brantford, Ontario, 2025. The Crime Severity Index weights each offence by how serious the courts treat it, so it is an index and not a count — 100 is Canada in 2006.
Measure	Brantford, Ontario	Canada	Compared
Crime Severity Index	72.1	75.0	4% lower than Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index	98.2	97.2	about the same as Canada
Non-violent Crime Severity Index	62.3	66.8	7% lower than Canada
Weighted clearance rate	50.2%	36.6%	13.5 percentage points higher than Canada

Reported incidents per 100,000 residents, 2025. These count incidents without weighting them by seriousness, so they are not comparable with the indexes above.
Violations	Brantford, Ontario	Canada	Compared
All violations	5,688 per 100,000	6,065 per 100,000	6% lower than Canada
Criminal Code, excluding traffic	5,381 per 100,000	5,585 per 100,000	4% lower than Canada
Violent Criminal Code	1,328 per 100,000	1,443 per 100,000	8% lower than Canada
Property crime	3,186 per 100,000	3,141 per 100,000	about the same as Canada

Crime Severity Index for Brantford, Ontario (solid) against Canada (dashed), 2011 to 2025. In 2025 it was lower than in 2011 — 72.1 against 91.6. A change in the index can come from a change in the number of offences, in how serious they were, or in how many were reported to police.

Year-by-year figures

Crime Severity Index by year. This table is the chart above, in full.
Year	Brantford, Ontario	Canada
2011	91.6	77.6
2012	92.3	75.5
2013	83.7	68.9
2014	75.3	66.9
2015	77.7	70.4
2016	87.9	72.0
2017	87.6	73.6
2018	92.5	75.6
2019	82.9	79.7
2020	80.1	73.9
2021	74.2	74.9
2022	75.4	78.7
2023	71.6	81.3
2024	66.9	78.8
2025	72.1	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.

Do these figures describe a specific address in N3L?: No. N3L 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 Brantford, Ontario rather than for N3L?: 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 N3L means Brantford, 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 N3L?: 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.

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.

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.