N5Y vs N6K

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 N5Y and N6K, 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	N5Y	N6K	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$63,600	$100,000	$84,000	N5Y is 36% lower than N6K
Median after-tax income	$58,000	$87,000	$73,000	N5Y is 33% lower than N6K
Median age	35.6	44.4	41.6	N5Y is 20% lower than N6K
Unemployment rate	13.6%	11.7%	10.3%	N5Y is 16% higher than N6K
Low income (LIM-AT)	19%	7.9%	11.1%	N5Y is 2.4× higher than N6K
Average household size	2.3	2.5	2.4	N5Y is 8% lower than N6K

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	N5Y	N6K
Population	35,934	37,596
Private dwellings	16,194	15,303
Land area	12 km²	34 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	N5Y	N6K
Grocery store	1 km walk	73%	55%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	87%
Park	1 km walk	91%	84%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	50%	35%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	93%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	94%	70%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	94%	67%
Library	1.5 km walk	26%	9%
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	N5Y	N6K
Studio	$1,055	$1,082
1 bedroom	$1,289	$1,400
2 bedrooms	$1,465	$1,647
3+ bedrooms	$1,664	$1,926

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	N5Y	N6K
Nearest AQHI station	London · 5.2 km	London · 7.6 km
Current reading	2.01 — Low risk	2.01 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	43	25
Reported releases to air	1,295 t	1,390 t

N5Y: Measured at London, 5.2 km from N5Y. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
N6K: Measured at London, 7.6 km from N6K. 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.

N5Y in full · N6K 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.