A1K vs A1N

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 A1K and A1N, 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	A1K	A1N	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$111,000	$81,000	$84,000	A1K is 37% higher than A1N
Median after-tax income	$93,000	$70,000	$73,000	A1K is 33% higher than A1N
Median age	43.2	46	41.6	A1K is 6% lower than A1N
Unemployment rate	9.9%	10%	10.3%	A1K is about the same as A1N
Low income (LIM-AT)	6.2%	9.7%	11.1%	A1K is 36% lower than A1N
Average household size	2.6	2.3	2.4	A1K is 13% higher than A1N

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	A1K	A1N
Population	12,348	22,478
Private dwellings	4,968	10,686
Land area	86 km²	16 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	A1K	A1N
Grocery store	1 km walk	26%	84%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	96%
Park	1 km walk	15%	12%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	0%	30%
Child care	1.5 km walk	77%	98%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	17%	35%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	13%	47%
Library	1.5 km walk	16%	15%
Health care	3 km drive	97%	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.

What tenants pay, from CMHC’s survey of purpose-built rental buildings. The two areas may sit in different survey zones, or one may not be surveyed at all — that is a coverage fact and is stated rather than left blank.
Unit	A1K	A1N
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

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	A1K	A1N
Nearest AQHI station	St. John's · 11 km	St. John's · 8.3 km
Current reading	1.48 — Low risk	1.48 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	11	10
Reported releases to air	2,101 t	89 t

A1K: Measured at St. John's, 11 km from A1K. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
A1N: Measured at St. John's, 8.3 km from A1N. 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.

A1K in full · A1N 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.