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

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	A2A	A2B
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.

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	A2A	A2B
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	A2A	A2B
Nearest AQHI station	Grand Falls - Windsor · 2.1 km	Grand Falls - Windsor · 3.0 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — 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.

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.