B1A vs B1H

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 B1A and B1H, 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	B1A	B1H	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$57,200	$56,800	$84,000	B1A is about the same as B1H
Median after-tax income	$52,000	$52,000	$73,000	B1A is about the same as B1H
Median age	50	52.8	41.6	B1A is 5% lower than B1H
Unemployment rate	20.8%	19.6%	10.3%	B1A is 6% higher than B1H
Low income (LIM-AT)	20.9%	18.9%	11.1%	B1A is 11% higher than B1H
Average household size	2.2	2.1	2.4	B1A is about the same as B1H

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	B1A	B1H
Population	14,988	9,146
Private dwellings	7,320	4,580
Land area	31 km²	54 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	B1A	B1H
Grocery store	1 km walk	48%	60%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	64%	57%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	24%	36%
Child care	1.5 km walk	60%	70%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	69%	50%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	28%	50%
Library	1.5 km walk	31%	53%
Health care	3 km drive	95%	79%
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	B1A	B1H
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	B1A	B1H
Nearest AQHI station	Sydney · 19 km	Sydney · 14 km
Current reading	1.62 — Low risk	1.62 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	2	4
Reported releases to air	19,472 t	19,565 t

B1A: Measured at Sydney, 19 km from B1A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
B1H: Measured at Sydney, 14 km from B1H. 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.

B1A in full · B1H 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.