K9L vs L0A

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 K9L and L0A, 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	K9L	L0A	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$94,000	$114,000	$84,000	K9L is 18% lower than L0A
Median after-tax income	$83,000	$97,000	$73,000	K9L is 14% lower than L0A
Median age	43.6	44	41.6	K9L is about the same as L0A
Unemployment rate	15.3%	9.2%	10.3%	K9L is 66% higher than L0A
Low income (LIM-AT)	6.8%	5.4%	11.1%	K9L is 26% higher than L0A
Average household size	2.6	2.8	2.4	K9L is 7% lower than L0A

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	K9L	L0A
Population	7,813	15,325
Private dwellings	3,099	5,729
Land area	33 km²	664 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	K9L	L0A
Grocery store	1 km walk	77%	15%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	2%
Park	1 km walk	67%	20%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	39%	9%
Child care	1.5 km walk	63%	34%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	44%	15%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	48%	12%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	20%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	70%
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.

What tenants pay, from CMHC’s survey of purpose-built rental buildings. The two areas may sit in different survey zones, or one may not be surveyed at all — that is a coverage fact and is stated rather than left blank.
Unit	K9L	L0A
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

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	K9L	L0A
Nearest AQHI station	Peterborough · 3.9 km	Peterborough · 23 km
Current reading	1.49 — Low risk	1.49 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	12	16
Reported releases to air	53 t	369 t

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.
L0A: Measured at Peterborough, 23 km from L0A. 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.

K9L in full · L0A 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.