K7L vs K7M

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 K7L and K7M, 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	K7L	K7M	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$72,500	$77,500	$84,000	K7L is 6% lower than K7M
Median after-tax income	$64,000	$69,500	$73,000	K7L is 8% lower than K7M
Median age	40	44.4	41.6	K7L is 10% lower than K7M
Unemployment rate	16.1%	12.4%	10.3%	K7L is 30% higher than K7M
Low income (LIM-AT)	15.8%	10.1%	11.1%	K7L is 56% higher than K7M
Average household size	2	2.2	2.4	K7L is 9% lower than K7M

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	K7L	K7M
Median household income	13% lower than Kingston	7% lower than Kingston
Median after-tax income	13% lower than Kingston	5% lower than Kingston
Median age	7% lower than Kingston	about the same as Kingston
Unemployment rate	31% higher than Kingston	about the same as Kingston
Low income (LIM-AT)	56% higher than Kingston	about the same as Kingston
Average household size	13% lower than Kingston	about the same as Kingston

K7L is measured against Kingston, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
K7M is measured against Kingston, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	K7L	K7M
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	19,621	49,268
Private dwellings	12,191	22,585
Land area	141 km²	44 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	K7L	K7M
Grocery store	1 km walk	67%	76%
Public transit	1 km walk	69%	98%
Park	1 km walk	87%	97%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	52%	49%
Child care	1.5 km walk	76%	94%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	71%	79%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	63%	76%
Library	1.5 km walk	67%	13%
Health care	3 km drive	98%	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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either K7L or K7M. 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	K7L	K7M
Nearest AQHI station	Kingston · 7.7 km	Kingston · 13 km
Current reading	2.05 — Low risk	2.05 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	9	9
Reported releases to air	269 t	356 t

K7L: Measured at Kingston, 7.7 km from K7L. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
K7M: Measured at Kingston, 13 km from K7M. 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.

K7L in full · K7M 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.