L1H vs L1N

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 L1H and L1N, 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	L1H	L1N	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$73,500	$100,000	$84,000	L1H is 27% lower than L1N
Median after-tax income	$66,000	$87,000	$73,000	L1H is 24% lower than L1N
Median age	41.2	43.6	41.6	L1H is 6% lower than L1N
Unemployment rate	16.6%	13.2%	10.3%	L1H is 26% higher than L1N
Low income (LIM-AT)	13.7%	7.1%	11.1%	L1H is 93% higher than L1N
Average household size	2.3	2.5	2.4	L1H is 8% lower than L1N

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	L1H	L1N
Population	32,298	49,649
Private dwellings	14,480	19,596
Land area	57 km²	36 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	L1H	L1N
Grocery store	1 km walk	75%	78%
Public transit	1 km walk	97%	94%
Park	1 km walk	98%	97%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	55%	60%
Child care	1.5 km walk	97%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	90%	92%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	87%	90%
Library	1.5 km walk	24%	32%
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.

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	L1H	L1N
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	L1H	L1N
Nearest AQHI station	Oshawa · 1.4 km	Oshawa · 6.5 km
Current reading	1.82 — Low risk	1.82 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	20	31
Reported releases to air	5,670 t	3,063 t

L1H: Measured at Oshawa, 1.4 km from L1H. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
L1N: Measured at Oshawa, 6.5 km from L1N. 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.

L1H in full · L1N 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.