P0M vs P3B

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 P0M and P3B, 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	P0M	P3B	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$86,000	$66,500	$84,000	P0M is 29% higher than P3B
Median after-tax income	$76,000	$60,000	$73,000	P0M is 27% higher than P3B
Median age	46.8	40.4	41.6	P0M is 16% higher than P3B
Unemployment rate	9.1%	13.1%	10.3%	P0M is 31% lower than P3B
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.5%	15%	11.1%	P0M is 43% lower than P3B
Average household size	2.3	2.1	2.4	P0M is 10% higher than P3B

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	P0M	P3B
Population	49,727	16,434
Private dwellings	24,862	8,194
Land area	63,926 km²	21 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	P0M	P3B
Grocery store	1 km walk	38%	84%
Public transit	1 km walk	42%	97%
Park	1 km walk	68%	96%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	23%	46%
Child care	1.5 km walk	61%	85%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	50%	72%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	51%	62%
Library	1.5 km walk	33%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	74%	100%
Employment	10 km drive	97%	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	P0M	P3B
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	P0M	P3B
Nearest AQHI station	Sudbury · 34 km	Sudbury · 2.3 km
Current reading	1.65 — Low risk	1.65 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	46	13
Reported releases to air	55,499 t	22,102 t

P0M: Measured at Sudbury, 34 km from P0M. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
P3B: Measured at Sudbury, 2.3 km from P3B. 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.

P0M in full · P3B 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.