A0A vs A1B

Newfoundland and Labrador

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 A0A and A1B, 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	A0A	A1B	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$67,000	$70,000	$84,000	A0A is about the same as A1B
Median after-tax income	$59,600	$62,000	$73,000	A0A is about the same as A1B
Median age	51.6	34	41.6	A0A is 52% higher than A1B
Unemployment rate	16.6%	13.2%	10.3%	A0A is 26% higher than A1B
Low income (LIM-AT)	16.7%	19.4%	11.1%	A0A is 14% lower than A1B
Average household size	2.3	2.2	2.4	A0A is about the same as A1B

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	A0A	A1B
Median household income	6% lower than Newfoundland and Labrador	18% lower than St. John's
Median after-tax income	6% lower than Newfoundland and Labrador	14% lower than St. John's
Median age	7% higher than Newfoundland and Labrador	20% lower than St. John's
Unemployment rate	9% higher than Newfoundland and Labrador	23% higher than St. John's
Low income (LIM-AT)	10% higher than Newfoundland and Labrador	72% higher than St. John's
Average household size	about the same as Newfoundland and Labrador	about the same as St. John's

A0A is measured against Newfoundland and Labrador: the nearest metropolitan area, St. John's, holds 23% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.
A1B is measured against St. John's, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	A0A	A1B
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador	Newfoundland and Labrador
Population	44,930	20,906
Private dwellings	26,102	10,326
Land area	4,137 km²	52 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	A0A	A1B
Grocery store	1 km walk	23%	84%
Public transit	1 km walk	4%	98%
Park	1 km walk	21%	80%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	6%	48%
Child care	1.5 km walk	32%	95%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	12%	65%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	4%	62%
Library	1.5 km walk	15%	18%
Health care	3 km drive	51%	100%
Employment	10 km drive	96%	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 A0A or A1B. 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	A0A	A1B
Nearest AQHI station	St. John's · 29 km	St. John's · 2.1 km
Current reading	1.99 — Low risk	1.99 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	14	12
Reported releases to air	6,761 t	2,124 t

A0A: Measured at St. John's, 29 km from A0A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
A1B: Measured at St. John's, 2.1 km from A1B. 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.

A0A in full · A1B 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.