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N7T

Ontario

In plain English

N7T had a population of 26,033 in the 2021 Census in Sarnia. Its population density makes it a small-town or exurban area.

There were 13,973 private dwellings across 102 km².

Median household income was 30% lower than the national figure.

Median after-tax household income was 27% lower than the national figure.

The median age was 7% higher than the national figure.

The unemployment rate was 53% higher than the national figure.

The share of people in low income (LIM-AT) was 66% higher than the national figure.

Average household size was 17% lower than the national figure.

Where this is

The boundary of forward sortation area N7T covering 102 km², in Sarnia, Ontario. The outline marks the whole postal area; it is not a street-level boundary.

The area

N7T · ON
Population, 2021

26,033

Ontario · mostly Sarnia

Counts for N7T, 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 dwellings13,973
Owner households6,540
Renter households6,245
Immigrants2,220
Land area102 km²

Compared with

Selected 2021 Census figures for N7T, against its city, province and Canada. A blank comparison means the figure was not published for that geography.
MeasureN7TSarniaOntarioCanada
Median household income$58,400$83,000$91,000$84,000
Median after-tax income$53,200$73,000$79,500$73,000
Median age44.44641.641.6
Unemployment rate15.8%11.8%12.2%10.3%
Low income (LIM-AT)18.4%9.9%10.1%11.1%
Average household size22.32.62.4

Getting around

2021 reference year · dissemination-block level
What this measures:

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

86%

16 points higher than the national share of 70%

Share of N7T’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.
AmenityWithinN7TCanadaComparedIndex vs Canada
Grocery storeSupermarkets and general-line grocery retailers.1 km walk86%70%16 points higher than Canada1.0× the national index
Public transitA transit stop, weighted by how many trips serve it.1 km walk0%66%66 points lower than Canada100% below it
ParkNeighbourhood parks and green space.1 km walk82%80%about the same as Canada42% below it
PharmacyPharmacies and drug stores.1 km walk75%45%30 points higher than Canada1.4× the national index
Child careLicensed child care facilities.1.5 km walk91%86%5 points higher than Canada51% below it
Primary schoolPrimary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.1.5 km walk88%71%17 points higher than Canada18% below it
Secondary schoolSecondary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.1.5 km walk91%60%31 points higher than Canada1.3× the national index
LibraryPublic libraries.1.5 km walk31%28%3 points higher than Canada27% below it
Health careDoctors, clinics and other health facilities.3 km drive96%92%4 points higher than Canada48% below it
EmploymentJobs, weighted by how many are at each location.10 km drive100%98%about the same as Canada70% below it

0% of N7T’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.

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.

Air quality

live · nearest station
Air Quality Health Index at Sarnia

2.47

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.
StationSarnia
Distance from N7T5.9 km
Reading2.47Low risk
Highest forecast3

Measured at Sarnia, 5.9 km from N7T. 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.

Reporting facilities nearby

2024 · within 10 km
What this is:

Facilities that reported releasing a listed substance to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, within 10 km of N7T. Distance is measured from the edge of the postal area, so a facility inside it shows as inside this area.

40 facilities within 10 km of N7T 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 40 within 10 km of N7T, 2024, in tonnes. Quantities are estimated and reported by the facilities themselves.
FacilityDistanceSubstancesReleased to air
Sarnia Refinery PlantSarnia · Petroleum and Coal Product Refining and Mfg.inside this area5512,915 t
Sarnia RefinerySarnia · Petroleum and Coal Product Refining and Mfg.inside this area2912,064 t
Cabot Canada LimitedSarnia · Chemicalsinside this area189,046 t
Sarnia Manufacturing CentreCorunna · Petroleum and Coal Product Refining and Mfg.1.1 km303,772 t
Corunna SiteCorunna · Chemicals3.3 km233,480 t
Sarnia Regional Cogeneration FacilitySarnia · Electricityinside this area83,053 t
Sarnia Fractionation PlantSarnia · Conventional Oil and Gas extraction0.8 km61,358 t
Sarnia Chemical PlantSarnia · Chemicalsinside this area511,184 t
ARLANXEO EASTSarnia · Chemicalsinside this area11937 t
St. Clair Energy CenterCorunna · Electricity1.7 km6923 t
St. Clair Ethanol PlantMooretown · Chemicals6.2 km16742 t
St. Clair River SiteCorunna · Chemicals1.7 km10576 t

All 40 facilities within 10 km — including the 28 not listed above — together reported 52,916 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.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Pollutant Release Inventory. Data current as of 2024 reporting year. Open Government Licence – Canada.

Crime

2025 · provincial figures
Read this first:

These figures describe the whole of Ontario — a province or territory — not N7T. Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada.

Crime Severity Index, 2025

57.2

Ontario · 24% lower than the national index of 75.0

Severity indexes for 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.
MeasureOntarioCanadaCompared
Crime Severity Index57.275.024% lower than Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index74.997.223% lower than Canada
Non-violent Crime Severity Index50.666.824% lower than Canada
Weighted clearance rate39.8%36.6%3.2 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.
ViolationsOntarioCanadaCompared
All violations4,582 per 100,0006,065 per 100,00024% lower than Canada
Criminal Code, excluding traffic4,296 per 100,0005,585 per 100,00023% lower than Canada
Violent Criminal Code1,078 per 100,0001,443 per 100,00025% lower than Canada
Property crime2,600 per 100,0003,141 per 100,00017% lower than Canada
Crime Severity Index for Ontario (solid) against Canada (dashed), 2011 to 2025. In 2025 it was lower than in 2011 — 57.2 against 61.2. 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.
YearOntarioCanada
201161.277.6
201259.075.5
201352.668.9
201449.966.9
201551.070.4
201653.372.0
201756.373.6
201860.375.6
201960.979.7
202055.473.9
202156.074.9
202258.878.7
202361.581.3
202461.078.8
202557.275.0

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 N7T?
No. N7T 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 Ontario rather than for N7T?
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 N7T means 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 N7T?
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

Note:

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.