B1L vs B1P

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 B1L and B1P, 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	B1L	B1P	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$86,000	$54,800	$84,000	B1L is 57% higher than B1P
Median after-tax income	$74,500	$49,600	$73,000	B1L is 50% higher than B1P
Median age	49.2	43.6	41.6	B1L is 13% higher than B1P
Unemployment rate	14.6%	19%	10.3%	B1L is 23% lower than B1P
Low income (LIM-AT)	9.4%	21.4%	11.1%	B1L is 56% lower than B1P
Average household size	2.4	2.1	2.4	B1L is 14% higher than B1P

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	B1L	B1P
Population	4,952	14,704
Private dwellings	2,140	7,580
Land area	183 km²	43 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	B1L	B1P
Grocery store	1 km walk	27%	82%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	25%	66%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	6%	50%
Child care	1.5 km walk	40%	89%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	21%	71%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	0%	64%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	23%
Health care	3 km drive	95%	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	B1L	B1P
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	B1L	B1P
Nearest AQHI station	Sydney · 9.4 km	Sydney · 1.6 km
Current reading	1.62 — Low risk	1.62 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	2	3
Reported releases to air	93 t	93 t

B1L: Measured at Sydney, 9.4 km from B1L. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
B1P: Measured at Sydney, 1.6 km from B1P. 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.

B1L in full · B1P 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.