B0P vs B4N

Nova Scotia

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 B0P and B4N, 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	B0P	B4N	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$71,000	$64,000	$84,000	B0P is 11% higher than B4N
Median after-tax income	$62,000	$56,800	$73,000	B0P is 9% higher than B4N
Median age	47.6	46.4	41.6	B0P is about the same as B4N
Unemployment rate	9.9%	10.8%	10.3%	B0P is 8% lower than B4N
Low income (LIM-AT)	15.2%	16.8%	11.1%	B0P is 10% lower than B4N
Average household size	2.3	2.2	2.4	B0P is about the same as B4N

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	B0P	B4N
Population	41,544	18,024
Private dwellings	19,438	8,462
Land area	1,790 km²	321 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	B0P	B4N
Grocery store	1 km walk	20%	62%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	24%	42%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	7%	30%
Child care	1.5 km walk	47%	83%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	25%	19%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	15%	14%
Library	1.5 km walk	11%	24%
Health care	3 km drive	78%	93%
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	B0P	B4N
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	B0P	B4N
Nearest AQHI station	Kentville · 14 km	Kentville · 0.9 km
Current reading	1.7 — Low risk	1.7 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	9	5
Reported releases to air	435 t	332 t

B0P: Measured at Kentville, 14 km from B0P. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
B4N: Measured at Kentville, 0.9 km from B4N. 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.

B0P in full · B4N 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.