N5V vs N6C

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 N5V and N6C, 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	N5V	N6C	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$74,500	$75,500	$84,000	N5V is about the same as N6C
Median after-tax income	$67,500	$66,500	$73,000	N5V is about the same as N6C
Median age	36.4	41.6	41.6	N5V is 13% lower than N6C
Unemployment rate	15.2%	12.4%	10.3%	N5V is 23% higher than N6C
Low income (LIM-AT)	13.8%	11%	11.1%	N5V is 25% higher than N6C
Average household size	2.6	2.1	2.4	N5V is 24% higher than N6C

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	N5V	N6C
Median household income	6% lower than London	5% lower than London
Median after-tax income	about the same as London	6% lower than London
Median age	9% lower than London	about the same as London
Unemployment rate	23% higher than London	about the same as London
Low income (LIM-AT)	11% higher than London	11% lower than London
Average household size	8% higher than London	12% lower than London

N5V is measured against London, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
N6C is measured against London, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	N5V	N6C
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	32,961	30,629
Private dwellings	13,236	14,812
Land area	38 km²	13 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	N5V	N6C
Grocery store	1 km walk	77%	86%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	100%
Park	1 km walk	84%	95%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	21%	67%
Child care	1.5 km walk	99%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	86%	90%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	83%	90%
Library	1.5 km walk	25%	27%
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	N5V	N6C
Studio	$1,070	$1,059
1 bedroom	$1,207	$1,307
2 bedrooms	$1,379	$1,581
3+ bedrooms	$1,573	$1,713

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	N5V	N6C
Nearest AQHI station	London · 6.3 km	London · 1.2 km
Current reading	1.52 — Low risk	1.52 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	42	43
Reported releases to air	1,295 t	1,484 t

N5V: Measured at London, 6.3 km from N5V. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
N6C: Measured at London, 1.2 km from N6C. 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.

N5V in full · N6C 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.