C1A vs C1E

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 C1E, 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	C1E	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$60,400	$84,000	$84,000	C1A is 28% lower than C1E
Median after-tax income	$53,600	$72,500	$73,000	C1A is 26% lower than C1E
Median age	40.4	42.8	41.6	C1A is 6% lower than C1E
Unemployment rate	10.4%	10.1%	10.3%	C1A is about the same as C1E
Low income (LIM-AT)	19.4%	12.7%	11.1%	C1A is 53% higher than C1E
Average household size	2.1	2.5	2.4	C1A is 16% lower than C1E

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	C1A	C1E
Median household income	21% lower than Charlottetown	10% higher than Charlottetown
Median after-tax income	19% lower than Charlottetown	9% higher than Charlottetown
Median age	about the same as Charlottetown	about the same as Charlottetown
Unemployment rate	16% higher than Charlottetown	12% higher than Charlottetown
Low income (LIM-AT)	46% higher than Charlottetown	about the same as Charlottetown
Average household size	12% lower than Charlottetown	about the same as Charlottetown

C1A is measured against Charlottetown, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
C1E is measured against Charlottetown, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	C1A	C1E
Province	Prince Edward Island	Prince Edward Island
Population	25,861	12,681
Private dwellings	13,091	5,122
Land area	22 km²	149 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	C1E
Grocery store	1 km walk	89%	53%
Public transit	1 km walk	98%	65%
Park	1 km walk	85%	44%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	61%	11%
Child care	1.5 km walk	99%	70%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	72%	14%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	72%	3%
Library	1.5 km walk	42%	3%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	86%
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 C1A or C1E. 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	C1A	C1E
Nearest AQHI station	Charlottetown · 1.2 km	Charlottetown · 6.8 km
Current reading	1.09 — Low risk	1.09 — 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.
C1E: Measured at Charlottetown, 6.8 km from C1E. 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 · C1E 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.