L4H vs L9T

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 L4H and L9T, 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	L4H	L9T	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$144,000	$126,000	$84,000	L4H is 14% higher than L9T
Median after-tax income	$122,000	$107,000	$73,000	L4H is 14% higher than L9T
Median age	37.6	36.4	41.6	L4H is about the same as L9T
Unemployment rate	12.3%	11.5%	10.3%	L4H is 7% higher than L9T
Low income (LIM-AT)	4.5%	5.6%	11.1%	L4H is 20% lower than L9T
Average household size	3.5	3.3	2.4	L4H is 6% higher than L9T

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	L4H	L9T
Median household income	48% higher than Toronto	30% higher than Toronto
Median after-tax income	44% higher than Toronto	26% higher than Toronto
Median age	5% lower than Toronto	8% lower than Toronto
Unemployment rate	8% lower than Toronto	14% lower than Toronto
Low income (LIM-AT)	56% lower than Toronto	45% lower than Toronto
Average household size	30% higher than Toronto	22% higher than Toronto

L4H is measured against Toronto, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
L9T is measured against Toronto, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	L4H	L9T
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	77,353	110,956
Private dwellings	22,218	34,110
Land area	76 km²	83 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	L4H	L9T
Grocery store	1 km walk	91%	97%
Public transit	1 km walk	78%	97%
Park	1 km walk	93%	97%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	73%	81%
Child care	1.5 km walk	97%	99%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	87%	95%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	87%	95%
Library	1.5 km walk	23%	26%
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	L4H	L9T
Studio	$1,328	not published
1 bedroom	$1,583	$1,516
2 bedrooms	$1,827	$1,667
3+ bedrooms	$2,332	not published

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	L4H	L9T
Nearest AQHI station	Toronto West · 13 km	Milton · 4.5 km
Current reading	1.95 — Low risk	2.03 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	224	32
Reported releases to air	21,530 t	3,391 t

L4H: Measured at Toronto West, 13 km from L4H. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
L9T: Measured at Milton, 4.5 km from L9T. 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.

L4H in full · L9T 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.