L0R vs L8J

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 L0R and L8J, 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	L0R	L8J	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$110,000	$114,000	$84,000	L0R is about the same as L8J
Median after-tax income	$95,000	$98,000	$73,000	L0R is about the same as L8J
Median age	40.8	36.8	41.6	L0R is 11% higher than L8J
Unemployment rate	9.2%	11.1%	10.3%	L0R is 17% lower than L8J
Low income (LIM-AT)	5.1%	6.4%	11.1%	L0R is 20% lower than L8J
Average household size	2.8	3.1	2.4	L0R is 10% lower than L8J

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	L0R	L8J
Population	83,602	29,146
Private dwellings	29,717	9,465
Land area	985 km²	71 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	L0R	L8J
Grocery store	1 km walk	39%	65%
Public transit	1 km walk	14%	90%
Park	1 km walk	65%	74%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	18%	20%
Child care	1.5 km walk	70%	95%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	55%	74%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	57%	83%
Library	1.5 km walk	29%	34%
Health care	3 km drive	91%	99%
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	L0R	L8J
Studio	$1,101	$1,162
1 bedroom	$1,322	$1,232
2 bedrooms	$1,599	$1,409
3+ bedrooms	$1,607	$1,544

Only 82% of L0R's residents live inside a CMHC survey zone. These figures describe those zones — they are not a rent for the rest of this area, which CMHC does not survey.

Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation of this product.

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	L0R	L8J
Nearest AQHI station	Hamilton Mountain · 13 km	Hamilton Mountain · 5.4 km
Current reading	2.3 — Low risk	2.3 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	130	63
Reported releases to air	30,574 t	23,880 t

L0R: Measured at Hamilton Mountain, 13 km from L0R. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
L8J: Measured at Hamilton Mountain, 5.4 km from L8J. 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.

L0R in full · L8J 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.