N0A vs N0E

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 N0A and N0E, 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	N0A	N0E	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$88,000	$92,000	$84,000	N0A is about the same as N0E
Median after-tax income	$77,500	$81,000	$73,000	N0A is about the same as N0E
Median age	50.8	46	41.6	N0A is 10% higher than N0E
Unemployment rate	9.2%	8.7%	10.3%	N0A is 6% higher than N0E
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.4%	8.1%	11.1%	N0A is about the same as N0E
Average household size	2.4	2.6	2.4	N0A is 8% lower than N0E

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	N0A	N0E
Population	31,957	36,557
Private dwellings	14,737	15,375
Land area	1,035 km²	1,365 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	N0A	N0E
Grocery store	1 km walk	30%	37%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	9%
Park	1 km walk	45%	41%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	10%	4%
Child care	1.5 km walk	48%	45%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	40%	39%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	41%	39%
Library	1.5 km walk	35%	21%
Health care	3 km drive	74%	57%
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	N0A	N0E
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	N0A	N0E
Nearest AQHI station	Brantford · 36 km	Brantford · 27 km
Current reading	1.98 — Low risk	1.98 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	21	76
Reported releases to air	22,615 t	2,061 t

N0A: Measured at Brantford, 36 km from N0A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
N0E: Measured at Brantford, 27 km from N0E. 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.

N0A in full · N0E 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.