N8H vs N8N

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 N8H and N8N, 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	N8H	N8N	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$78,000	$108,000	$84,000	N8H is 28% lower than N8N
Median after-tax income	$70,000	$93,000	$73,000	N8H is 25% lower than N8N
Median age	41.6	47.6	41.6	N8H is 13% lower than N8N
Unemployment rate	10.2%	13.2%	10.3%	N8H is 23% lower than N8N
Low income (LIM-AT)	11.2%	4.9%	11.1%	N8H is 2.3× higher than N8N
Average household size	2.7	2.6	2.4	N8H is about the same as N8N

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	N8H	N8N
Population	27,530	24,534
Private dwellings	10,486	9,580
Land area	155 km²	49 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	N8H	N8N
Grocery store	1 km walk	72%	69%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	67%	87%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	50%	30%
Child care	1.5 km walk	75%	75%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	53%	66%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	36%	69%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	97%	99%
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	N8H	N8N
Studio	not published	not published
1 bedroom	$1,054	$1,398
2 bedrooms	$1,478	$1,830
3+ bedrooms	$1,576	not published

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	N8H	N8N
Nearest AQHI station	Windsor · 43 km	Windsor Downtown · 9.9 km
Current reading	2.96 — Low risk	3.13 — Moderate risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	6	31
Reported releases to air	243 t	7,138 t

N8H: Measured at Windsor, 43 km from N8H. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
N8N: Measured at Windsor Downtown, 9.9 km from N8N. 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.

N8H in full · N8N 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.