K9K vs K9L

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 K9K and K9L, 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	K9K	K9L	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$98,000	$94,000	$84,000	K9K is about the same as K9L
Median after-tax income	$86,000	$83,000	$73,000	K9K is about the same as K9L
Median age	47.2	43.6	41.6	K9K is 8% higher than K9L
Unemployment rate	12.2%	15.3%	10.3%	K9K is 20% lower than K9L
Low income (LIM-AT)	5.8%	6.8%	11.1%	K9K is 15% lower than K9L
Average household size	2.6	2.6	2.4	K9K is about the same as K9L

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	K9K	K9L
Median household income	24% higher than Peterborough	19% higher than Peterborough
Median after-tax income	22% higher than Peterborough	18% higher than Peterborough
Median age	about the same as Peterborough	about the same as Peterborough
Unemployment rate	6% lower than Peterborough	18% higher than Peterborough
Low income (LIM-AT)	46% lower than Peterborough	37% lower than Peterborough
Average household size	8% higher than Peterborough	8% higher than Peterborough

K9K is measured against Peterborough, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
K9L 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	K9K	K9L
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	13,359	7,813
Private dwellings	5,226	3,099
Land area	10 km²	33 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	K9K	K9L
Grocery store	1 km walk	85%	77%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	92%	67%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	51%	39%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	63%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	63%	44%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	74%	48%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	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 K9K or K9L. 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	K9K	K9L
Nearest AQHI station	Peterborough · 3.4 km	Peterborough · 3.9 km
Current reading	1.48 — Low risk	1.48 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	11	12
Reported releases to air	53 t	53 t

K9K: Measured at Peterborough, 3.4 km from K9K. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
K9L: Measured at Peterborough, 3.9 km from K9L. 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.

K9K in full · K9L 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.