P1A vs P1C

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 P1A and P1C, 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	P1A	P1C	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$74,000	$153,000	$84,000	P1A is 52% lower than P1C
Median after-tax income	$66,500	$126,000	$73,000	P1A is 47% lower than P1C
Median age	44.8	42.8	41.6	P1A is about the same as P1C
Unemployment rate	13.1%	10.4%	10.3%	P1A is 26% higher than P1C
Low income (LIM-AT)	12.6%	3.2%	11.1%	P1A is 3.9× higher than P1C
Average household size	2.2	2.9	2.4	P1A is 24% lower than P1C

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	P1A	P1C
Population	16,959	3,371
Private dwellings	7,785	1,197
Land area	19 km²	6.0 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	P1A	P1C
Grocery store	1 km walk	82%	77%
Public transit	1 km walk	99%	100%
Park	1 km walk	72%	33%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	43%	48%
Child care	1.5 km walk	98%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	92%	75%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	67%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
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	P1A	P1C
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	P1A	P1C
Nearest AQHI station	North Bay · 3.5 km	North Bay · 3.5 km
Current reading	1.49 — Low risk	1.49 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	9	9
Reported releases to air	333 t	333 t

P1A: Measured at North Bay, 3.5 km from P1A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
P1C: Measured at North Bay, 3.5 km from P1C. 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.

P1A in full · P1C 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.