B4N vs B4R

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 B4N and B4R, 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	B4N	B4R	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$64,000	$84,000	$84,000	B4N is 24% lower than B4R
Median after-tax income	$56,800	$72,000	$73,000	B4N is 21% lower than B4R
Median age	46.4	46.4	41.6	B4N is about the same as B4R
Unemployment rate	10.8%	7%	10.3%	B4N is 54% higher than B4R
Low income (LIM-AT)	16.8%	8.8%	11.1%	B4N is 91% higher than B4R
Average household size	2.2	2.4	2.4	B4N is 8% lower than B4R

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	B4N	B4R
Population	18,024	2,858
Private dwellings	8,462	1,198
Land area	321 km²	7.7 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	B4N	B4R
Grocery store	1 km walk	62%	22%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	42%	17%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	30%	1%
Child care	1.5 km walk	83%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	19%	45%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	14%	45%
Library	1.5 km walk	24%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	93%	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	B4N	B4R
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	B4N	B4R
Nearest AQHI station	Kentville · 0.9 km	Kentville · 6.9 km
Current reading	1.7 — Low risk	1.7 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	5	4
Reported releases to air	332 t	321 t

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.
B4R: Measured at Kentville, 6.9 km from B4R. 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.

B4N in full · B4R 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.