K8A vs K8B

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 K8A and K8B, 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	K8A	K8B	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$75,000	$136,000	$84,000	K8A is 45% lower than K8B
Median after-tax income	$67,000	$116,000	$73,000	K8A is 42% lower than K8B
Median age	45.6	42.4	41.6	K8A is 8% higher than K8B
Unemployment rate	10.7%	4.3%	10.3%	K8A is 2.5× higher than K8B
Low income (LIM-AT)	12%	4%	11.1%	K8A is 3.0× higher than K8B
Average household size	2.3	2.8	2.4	K8A is 18% lower than K8B

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	K8A	K8B
Median household income	about the same as Pembroke	86% higher than Pembroke
Median after-tax income	about the same as Pembroke	77% higher than Pembroke
Median age	about the same as Pembroke	8% lower than Pembroke
Unemployment rate	about the same as Pembroke	61% lower than Pembroke
Low income (LIM-AT)	about the same as Pembroke	68% lower than Pembroke
Average household size	about the same as Pembroke	22% higher than Pembroke

K8A is measured against Pembroke, the metropolitan area holding 91% of its residents.
K8B is measured against Pembroke, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	K8A	K8B
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	26,392	490
Private dwellings	11,919	176
Land area	618 km²	4.0 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	K8A	K8B
Grocery store	1 km walk	58%	96%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	66%	84%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	35%	88%
Child care	1.5 km walk	83%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	59%	0%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	61%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	16%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	88%	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 K8A or K8B. 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	K8A	K8B
Nearest AQHI station	Ottawa · 121 km	Ottawa · 116 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	5	3
Reported releases to air	2,106 t	1,921 t

K8A: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Ottawa, 121 km from K8A. That is far enough to be a different airshed, so its reading is not shown here as though it described this area. The index is published for about 130 communities and zones, not continuously across Canada.
K8B: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Ottawa, 116 km from K8B. That is far enough to be a different airshed, so its reading is not shown here as though it described this area. The index is published for about 130 communities and zones, not continuously across Canada.

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.

K8A in full · K8B 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.