N0R vs N8S

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 N0R and N8S, 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	N0R	N8S	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$107,000	$72,500	$84,000	N0R is 48% higher than N8S
Median after-tax income	$92,000	$64,500	$73,000	N0R is 43% higher than N8S
Median age	43.2	46.8	41.6	N0R is 8% lower than N8S
Unemployment rate	12.5%	18.1%	10.3%	N0R is 31% lower than N8S
Low income (LIM-AT)	4.9%	10.5%	11.1%	N0R is 53% lower than N8S
Average household size	2.7	2.1	2.4	N0R is 29% higher than N8S

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	N0R	N8S
Population	50,203	22,354
Private dwellings	19,287	10,830
Land area	784 km²	9.1 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	N0R	N8S
Grocery store	1 km walk	51%	86%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	41%	98%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	20%	71%
Child care	1.5 km walk	56%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	41%	93%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	42%	97%
Library	1.5 km walk	12%	35%
Health care	3 km drive	87%	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	N0R	N8S
Studio	not published	$1,065
1 bedroom	$1,302	$1,359
2 bedrooms	$1,738	$1,392
3+ bedrooms	$1,576	$1,145

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	N0R	N8S
Nearest AQHI station	Windsor · 20 km	Windsor Downtown · 4.5 km
Current reading	3.29 — Moderate risk	3.52 — Moderate risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	63	32
Reported releases to air	10,412 t	7,141 t

N0R: Measured at Windsor, 20 km from N0R. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
N8S: Measured at Windsor Downtown, 4.5 km from N8S. 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.

N0R in full · N8S 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.