A1B vs A1W

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 A1B and A1W, 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	A1B	A1W	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$70,000	$100,000	$84,000	A1B is 30% lower than A1W
Median after-tax income	$62,000	$84,000	$73,000	A1B is 26% lower than A1W
Median age	34	44.4	41.6	A1B is 23% lower than A1W
Unemployment rate	13.2%	11.2%	10.3%	A1B is 18% higher than A1W
Low income (LIM-AT)	19.4%	7%	11.1%	A1B is 2.8× higher than A1W
Average household size	2.2	2.5	2.4	A1B is 12% lower than A1W

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	A1B	A1W
Median household income	18% lower than St. John's	18% higher than St. John's
Median after-tax income	14% lower than St. John's	16% higher than St. John's
Median age	20% lower than St. John's	about the same as St. John's
Unemployment rate	23% higher than St. John's	about the same as St. John's
Low income (LIM-AT)	72% higher than St. John's	38% lower than St. John's
Average household size	about the same as St. John's	9% higher than St. John's

A1B is measured against St. John's, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
A1W 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	A1B	A1W
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador	Newfoundland and Labrador
Population	20,906	11,179
Private dwellings	10,326	4,668
Land area	52 km²	23 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	A1B	A1W
Grocery store	1 km walk	84%	56%
Public transit	1 km walk	98%	0%
Park	1 km walk	80%	9%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	48%	14%
Child care	1.5 km walk	95%	94%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	65%	35%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	62%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	18%	18%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	100%
Employment	10 km drive	100%	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 A1B or A1W. 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	A1B	A1W
Nearest AQHI station	St. John's · 2.1 km	St. John's · 17 km
Current reading	1.49 — Low risk	1.49 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	12	1
Reported releases to air	2,124 t	23 t

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.
A1W: Measured at St. John's, 17 km from A1W. 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.

A1B in full · A1W 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.