L6A vs L6Y

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 L6A and L6Y, 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	L6A	L6Y	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$133,000	$106,000	$84,000	L6A is 25% higher than L6Y
Median after-tax income	$115,000	$94,000	$73,000	L6A is 22% higher than L6Y
Median age	39.6	35.6	41.6	L6A is 11% higher than L6Y
Unemployment rate	12.3%	13.8%	10.3%	L6A is 11% lower than L6Y
Low income (LIM-AT)	5.9%	7.6%	11.1%	L6A is 22% lower than L6Y
Average household size	3.4	3.5	2.4	L6A is about the same as L6Y

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	L6A	L6Y
Population	89,287	97,601
Private dwellings	27,080	28,798
Land area	61 km²	38 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	L6A	L6Y
Grocery store	1 km walk	90%	95%
Public transit	1 km walk	98%	55%
Park	1 km walk	92%	97%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	78%	72%
Child care	1.5 km walk	99%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	91%	94%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	94%	90%
Library	1.5 km walk	10%	15%
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	L6A	L6Y
Studio	$1,328	$1,510
1 bedroom	$1,583	$1,782
2 bedrooms	$1,827	$2,058
3+ bedrooms	$2,332	$2,422

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	L6A	L6Y
Nearest AQHI station	Toronto North · 13 km	Brampton · 3.9 km
Current reading	1.79 — Low risk	2.03 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	112	130
Reported releases to air	2,770 t	22,037 t

L6A: Measured at Toronto North, 13 km from L6A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
L6Y: Measured at Brampton, 3.9 km from L6Y. 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.

L6A in full · L6Y 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.