C0A vs C1A

Prince Edward Island

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 C0A and C1A, 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	C0A	C1A	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$77,500	$60,400	$84,000	C0A is 28% higher than C1A
Median after-tax income	$67,500	$53,600	$73,000	C0A is 26% higher than C1A
Median age	44.8	40.4	41.6	C0A is 11% higher than C1A
Unemployment rate	10%	10.4%	10.3%	C0A is about the same as C1A
Low income (LIM-AT)	12.4%	19.4%	11.1%	C0A is 36% lower than C1A
Average household size	2.4	2.1	2.4	C0A is 14% higher than C1A

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	C0A	C1A
Population	48,140	25,861
Private dwellings	24,365	13,091
Land area	3,089 km²	22 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	C0A	C1A
Grocery store	1 km walk	17%	89%
Public transit	1 km walk	10%	98%
Park	1 km walk	30%	85%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	4%	61%
Child care	1.5 km walk	30%	99%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	18%	72%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	10%	72%
Library	1.5 km walk	2%	42%
Health care	3 km drive	51%	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	C0A	C1A
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	C0A	C1A
Nearest AQHI station	Charlottetown · 16 km	Charlottetown · 1.2 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	6	6
Reported releases to air	172 t	172 t

C0A: Measured at Charlottetown, 16 km from C0A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
C1A: Measured at Charlottetown, 1.2 km from C1A. 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.

C0A in full · C1A 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.