N3S vs N3V

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 N3S and N3V, 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	N3S	N3V	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$68,500	$109,000	$84,000	N3S is 37% lower than N3V
Median after-tax income	$62,400	$94,000	$73,000	N3S is 34% lower than N3V
Median age	39.2	44.8	41.6	N3S is 12% lower than N3V
Unemployment rate	12.8%	10%	10.3%	N3S is 28% higher than N3V
Low income (LIM-AT)	14.1%	4.8%	11.1%	N3S is 2.9× higher than N3V
Average household size	2.4	2.8	2.4	N3S is 14% lower than N3V

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	N3S	N3V
Median household income	19% lower than Brantford	28% higher than Brantford
Median after-tax income	18% lower than Brantford	24% higher than Brantford
Median age	6% lower than Brantford	8% higher than Brantford
Unemployment rate	12% higher than Brantford	12% lower than Brantford
Low income (LIM-AT)	50% higher than Brantford	49% lower than Brantford
Average household size	about the same as Brantford	12% higher than Brantford

N3S is measured against Brantford, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
N3V is measured against Brantford, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	N3S	N3V
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	27,527	1,562
Private dwellings	12,070	572
Land area	21 km²	0.6 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	N3S	N3V
Grocery store	1 km walk	82%	5%
Public transit	1 km walk	48%	0%
Park	1 km walk	96%	68%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	40%	0%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	82%	74%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	82%	74%
Library	1.5 km walk	18%	0%
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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either N3S or N3V. 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	N3S	N3V
Nearest AQHI station	Brantford · 2.4 km	Brantford · 3.8 km
Current reading	1.59 — Low risk	1.59 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	29	34
Reported releases to air	754 t	848 t

N3S: Measured at Brantford, 2.4 km from N3S. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
N3V: Measured at Brantford, 3.8 km from N3V. 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.

N3S in full · N3V 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.