K0L vs K9J

Ontario

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 K0L and K9J, 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	K0L	K9J	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$79,000	$72,500	$84,000	K0L is 9% higher than K9J
Median after-tax income	$70,500	$65,500	$73,000	K0L is 8% higher than K9J
Median age	54	44	41.6	K0L is 23% higher than K9J
Unemployment rate	11.2%	13.4%	10.3%	K0L is 16% lower than K9J
Low income (LIM-AT)	10.9%	12.3%	11.1%	K0L is 11% lower than K9J
Average household size	2.3	2.3	2.4	K0L is about the same as K9J

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	K0L	K9J
Median household income	13% lower than Ontario	8% lower than Peterborough
Median after-tax income	11% lower than Ontario	7% lower than Peterborough
Median age	30% higher than Ontario	about the same as Peterborough
Unemployment rate	8% lower than Ontario	about the same as Peterborough
Low income (LIM-AT)	8% higher than Ontario	14% higher than Peterborough
Average household size	12% lower than Ontario	about the same as Peterborough

K0L is measured against Ontario: the nearest metropolitan area, Peterborough, holds 31% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.
K9J is measured against Peterborough, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	K0L	K9J
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	78,142	44,547
Private dwellings	48,786	19,998
Land area	7,368 km²	264 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	K0L	K9J
Grocery store	1 km walk	24%	58%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	4%
Park	1 km walk	26%	79%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	14%	36%
Child care	1.5 km walk	34%	86%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	23%	75%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	23%	72%
Library	1.5 km walk	27%	29%
Health care	3 km drive	55%	95%
Employment	10 km drive	99%	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 K0L or K9J. 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	K0L	K9J
Nearest AQHI station	Peterborough · 31 km	Peterborough · 0.6 km
Current reading	1.06 — Low risk	1.06 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	27	13
Reported releases to air	896 t	69 t

K0L: Measured at Peterborough, 31 km from K0L. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
K9J: Measured at Peterborough, 0.6 km from K9J. 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.

K0L in full · K9J 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.