A2A vs A2B

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 A2A and A2B, 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	A2A	A2B	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$71,000	$56,000	$84,000	A2A is 27% higher than A2B
Median after-tax income	$63,200	$51,600	$73,000	A2A is 22% higher than A2B
Median age	48	50.8	41.6	A2A is 6% lower than A2B
Unemployment rate	14.5%	20.4%	10.3%	A2A is 29% lower than A2B
Low income (LIM-AT)	14%	21.6%	11.1%	A2A is 35% lower than A2B
Average household size	2.2	2.2	2.4	A2A is about the same as A2B

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	A2A	A2B
Median household income	8% higher than Grand Falls-Windsor	15% lower than Grand Falls-Windsor
Median after-tax income	7% higher than Grand Falls-Windsor	12% lower than Grand Falls-Windsor
Median age	about the same as Grand Falls-Windsor	about the same as Grand Falls-Windsor
Unemployment rate	11% lower than Grand Falls-Windsor	25% higher than Grand Falls-Windsor
Low income (LIM-AT)	16% lower than Grand Falls-Windsor	30% higher than Grand Falls-Windsor
Average household size	about the same as Grand Falls-Windsor	about the same as Grand Falls-Windsor

A2A is measured against Grand Falls-Windsor, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
A2B is measured against Grand Falls-Windsor, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	A2A	A2B
Province	Newfoundland and Labrador	Newfoundland and Labrador
Population	9,277	4,739
Private dwellings	4,406	2,293
Land area	27 km²	28 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	A2A	A2B
Grocery store	1 km walk	71%	86%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	36%	40%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	25%	33%
Child care	1.5 km walk	87%	85%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	0%	82%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	26%	82%
Library	1.5 km walk	26%	0%
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 A2A or A2B. 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	A2A	A2B
Nearest AQHI station	Grand Falls - Windsor · 2.1 km	Grand Falls - Windsor · 3.0 km
Current reading	1.42 — Low risk	1.42 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	0	0
Reported releases to air	not reported	not reported

A2A: Measured at Grand Falls - Windsor, 2.1 km from A2A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
A2B: Measured at Grand Falls - Windsor, 3.0 km from A2B. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
Facilities report to the National Pollutant Release Inventory only above published thresholds, so a count of none means none reported — not that nothing is emitted.

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.

A2A in full · A2B 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.