N2E vs N2K

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 N2E and N2K, 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	N2E	N2K	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$93,000	$120,000	$84,000	N2E is 22% lower than N2K
Median after-tax income	$82,000	$102,000	$73,000	N2E is 20% lower than N2K
Median age	36.4	40.4	41.6	N2E is 10% lower than N2K
Unemployment rate	11.5%	10%	10.3%	N2E is 15% higher than N2K
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.2%	5.4%	11.1%	N2E is 52% higher than N2K
Average household size	2.8	2.8	2.4	N2E is about the same as N2K

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	N2E	N2K
Population	40,428	29,381
Private dwellings	14,544	10,815
Land area	13 km²	20 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	N2E	N2K
Grocery store	1 km walk	89%	57%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	94%
Park	1 km walk	99%	100%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	25%	50%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	98%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	88%	78%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	59%	50%
Library	1.5 km walk	65%	1%
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	N2E	N2K
Studio	$1,293	$1,335
1 bedroom	$1,326	$1,744
2 bedrooms	$1,650	$1,903
3+ bedrooms	$1,776	$2,046

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	N2E	N2K
Nearest AQHI station	Kitchener · 2.3 km	Kitchener · 9.2 km
Current reading	1.86 — Low risk	1.86 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	47	40
Reported releases to air	2,442 t	2,400 t

N2E: Measured at Kitchener, 2.3 km from N2E. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
N2K: Measured at Kitchener, 9.2 km from N2K. 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.

N2E in full · N2K 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.