N0A vs N0J

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 N0J, 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	N0J	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$88,000	$97,000	$84,000	N0A is 9% lower than N0J
Median after-tax income	$77,500	$85,000	$73,000	N0A is 9% lower than N0J
Median age	50.8	38.4	41.6	N0A is 32% higher than N0J
Unemployment rate	9.2%	7.5%	10.3%	N0A is 23% higher than N0J
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.4%	8.3%	11.1%	N0A is about the same as N0J
Average household size	2.4	2.9	2.4	N0A is 17% lower than N0J

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	N0A	N0J
Median household income	about the same as Ontario	7% higher than Ontario
Median after-tax income	about the same as Ontario	7% higher than Ontario
Median age	22% higher than Ontario	8% lower than Ontario
Unemployment rate	25% lower than Ontario	39% lower than Ontario
Low income (LIM-AT)	17% lower than Ontario	18% lower than Ontario
Average household size	8% lower than Ontario	12% higher than Ontario

N0A is measured against Ontario: the nearest metropolitan area, Norfolk, holds 26% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.
N0J is measured against Ontario: the nearest metropolitan area, Norfolk, holds 7% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	N0A	N0J
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	31,957	33,457
Private dwellings	14,737	12,005
Land area	1,035 km²	1,494 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	N0J
Grocery store	1 km walk	30%	31%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	3%
Park	1 km walk	45%	49%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	10%	10%
Child care	1.5 km walk	48%	43%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	40%	41%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	41%	41%
Library	1.5 km walk	35%	36%
Health care	3 km drive	74%	52%
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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either N0A or N0J. The survey covers centres of 10,000 people and up, so there is nothing published for either area.

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	N0J
Nearest AQHI station	Brantford · 36 km	Brantford · 39 km
Current reading	1.58 — Low risk	1.58 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	21	99
Reported releases to air	22,615 t	9,589 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.
N0J: Measured at Brantford, 39 km from N0J. 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 · N0J 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.