N4S vs N4T

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 N4S and N4T, 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	N4S	N4T	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$78,000	$98,000	$84,000	N4S is 20% lower than N4T
Median after-tax income	$69,000	$86,000	$73,000	N4S is 20% lower than N4T
Median age	42.8	38.4	41.6	N4S is 11% higher than N4T
Unemployment rate	11.2%	12%	10.3%	N4S is 7% lower than N4T
Low income (LIM-AT)	9.7%	5.8%	11.1%	N4S is 67% higher than N4T
Average household size	2.3	2.8	2.4	N4S is 18% lower than N4T

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	N4S	N4T
Median household income	about the same as Woodstock	20% higher than Woodstock
Median after-tax income	5% lower than Woodstock	18% higher than Woodstock
Median age	about the same as Woodstock	6% lower than Woodstock
Unemployment rate	7% lower than Woodstock	about the same as Woodstock
Low income (LIM-AT)	11% higher than Woodstock	33% lower than Woodstock
Average household size	about the same as Woodstock	17% higher than Woodstock

N4S is measured against Woodstock, the metropolitan area holding 84% of its residents.
N4T is measured against Woodstock, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	N4S	N4T
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	33,055	15,161
Private dwellings	14,516	5,543
Land area	295 km²	29 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	N4S	N4T
Grocery store	1 km walk	59%	75%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	85%	82%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	42%	28%
Child care	1.5 km walk	89%	98%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	82%	54%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	82%	54%
Library	1.5 km walk	26%	4%
Health care	3 km drive	93%	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 N4S or N4T. 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	N4S	N4T
Nearest AQHI station	Kitchener · 39 km	Kitchener · 37 km
Current reading	1.59 — Low risk	1.59 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	30	21
Reported releases to air	7,896 t	7,657 t

N4S: Measured at Kitchener, 39 km from N4S. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
N4T: Measured at Kitchener, 37 km from N4T. 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.

N4S in full · N4T 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.