N7L vs N7M

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 N7L and N7M, 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	N7L	N7M	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$68,500	$71,000	$84,000	N7L is about the same as N7M
Median after-tax income	$62,000	$64,000	$73,000	N7L is about the same as N7M
Median age	47.2	44	41.6	N7L is 7% higher than N7M
Unemployment rate	12.4%	12.1%	10.3%	N7L is about the same as N7M
Low income (LIM-AT)	11.4%	13.2%	11.1%	N7L is 14% lower than N7M
Average household size	2.2	2.3	2.4	N7L is about the same as N7M

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	N7L	N7M
Population	25,127	25,579
Private dwellings	11,583	11,361
Land area	26 km²	326 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	N7L	N7M
Grocery store	1 km walk	80%	62%
Public transit	1 km walk	55%	76%
Park	1 km walk	79%	73%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	47%	22%
Child care	1.5 km walk	98%	81%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	96%	72%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	97%	72%
Library	1.5 km walk	11%	22%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	92%
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	N7L	N7M
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

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	N7L	N7M
Nearest AQHI station	Chatham · 6.5 km	Chatham · 5.8 km
Current reading	3.29 — Moderate risk	3.29 — Moderate risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	7	17
Reported releases to air	806 t	1,308 t

N7L: Measured at Chatham, 6.5 km from N7L. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
N7M: Measured at Chatham, 5.8 km from N7M. 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.

N7L in full · N7M 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.