C1A vs C1B

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 C1A and C1B, 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	C1A	C1B	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$60,400	$90,000	$84,000	C1A is 33% lower than C1B
Median after-tax income	$53,600	$77,000	$73,000	C1A is 30% lower than C1B
Median age	40.4	40.4	41.6	C1A is about the same as C1B
Unemployment rate	10.4%	8%	10.3%	C1A is 30% higher than C1B
Low income (LIM-AT)	19.4%	9.4%	11.1%	C1A is 2.1× higher than C1B
Average household size	2.1	2.5	2.4	C1A is 16% lower than C1B

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	C1A	C1B
Population	25,861	14,817
Private dwellings	13,091	6,275
Land area	22 km²	234 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	C1A	C1B
Grocery store	1 km walk	89%	45%
Public transit	1 km walk	98%	54%
Park	1 km walk	85%	35%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	61%	14%
Child care	1.5 km walk	99%	73%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	72%	20%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	72%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	42%	22%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	91%
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	C1A	C1B
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	C1A	C1B
Nearest AQHI station	Charlottetown · 1.2 km	Charlottetown · 5.8 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	6	6
Reported releases to air	172 t	172 t

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.
C1B: Measured at Charlottetown, 5.8 km from C1B. 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.

C1A in full · C1B 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.