L5N vs L6P

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 L5N and L6P, 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	L5N	L6P	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$123,000	$134,000	$84,000	L5N is 8% lower than L6P
Median after-tax income	$106,000	$118,000	$73,000	L5N is 10% lower than L6P
Median age	40.4	36	41.6	L5N is 12% higher than L6P
Unemployment rate	13.3%	13.2%	10.3%	L5N is about the same as L6P
Low income (LIM-AT)	5.4%	4.3%	11.1%	L5N is 26% higher than L6P
Average household size	3.1	4.3	2.4	L5N is 28% lower than L6P

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	L5N	L6P
Population	83,700	91,155
Private dwellings	27,101	21,549
Land area	33 km²	46 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	L5N	L6P
Grocery store	1 km walk	94%	96%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	0%
Park	1 km walk	99%	99%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	80%	73%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	98%	87%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	95%	87%
Library	1.5 km walk	24%	2%
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	L5N	L6P
Studio	$1,577	$1,320
1 bedroom	$1,961	$1,770
2 bedrooms	$2,250	$1,993
3+ bedrooms	$2,249	$1,969

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	L5N	L6P
Nearest AQHI station	Mississauga · 8.4 km	Brampton · 12 km
Current reading	2 — Low risk	2.03 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	109	168
Reported releases to air	20,550 t	20,883 t

L5N: Measured at Mississauga, 8.4 km from L5N. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
L6P: Measured at Brampton, 12 km from L6P. 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.

L5N in full · L6P 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.