B1P vs B1S

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 B1P and B1S, 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	B1P	B1S	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$54,800	$65,500	$84,000	B1P is 16% lower than B1S
Median after-tax income	$49,600	$58,000	$73,000	B1P is 14% lower than B1S
Median age	43.6	51.2	41.6	B1P is 15% lower than B1S
Unemployment rate	19%	17.1%	10.3%	B1P is 11% higher than B1S
Low income (LIM-AT)	21.4%	16.4%	11.1%	B1P is 30% higher than B1S
Average household size	2.1	2.2	2.4	B1P is about the same as B1S

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	B1P	B1S
Median household income	12% lower than Cape Breton	6% higher than Cape Breton
Median after-tax income	11% lower than Cape Breton	about the same as Cape Breton
Median age	11% lower than Cape Breton	about the same as Cape Breton
Unemployment rate	about the same as Cape Breton	13% lower than Cape Breton
Low income (LIM-AT)	17% higher than Cape Breton	10% lower than Cape Breton
Average household size	about the same as Cape Breton	about the same as Cape Breton

B1P is measured against Cape Breton, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
B1S is measured against Cape Breton, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	B1P	B1S
Province	Nova Scotia	Nova Scotia
Population	14,704	8,826
Private dwellings	7,580	3,977
Land area	43 km²	15 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	B1P	B1S
Grocery store	1 km walk	82%	49%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	66%	51%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	50%	24%
Child care	1.5 km walk	89%	65%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	71%	61%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	64%	16%
Library	1.5 km walk	23%	15%
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 B1P or B1S. 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	B1P	B1S
Nearest AQHI station	Sydney · 1.6 km	Sydney · 3.1 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	3	2
Reported releases to air	93 t	93 t

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.
B1S: Measured at Sydney, 3.1 km from B1S. 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.

B1P in full · B1S 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.