P1B 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 P1B 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	P1B	P1C	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$66,000	$153,000	$84,000	P1B is 57% lower than P1C
Median after-tax income	$59,600	$126,000	$73,000	P1B is 53% lower than P1C
Median age	44.4	42.8	41.6	P1B is about the same as P1C
Unemployment rate	11.9%	10.4%	10.3%	P1B is 14% higher than P1C
Low income (LIM-AT)	14.3%	3.2%	11.1%	P1B is 4.5× higher than P1C
Average household size	2.1	2.9	2.4	P1B is 28% lower than P1C

How each area sits against the city or province around it — a different geography on each side, named in every cell. Read down a column, not across: the two columns are measured against different places and a bigger gap in one says nothing about the other.
Measure	P1B	P1C
Median household income	13% lower than North Bay	2.0× higher than North Bay
Median after-tax income	12% lower than North Bay	85% higher than North Bay
Median age	about the same as North Bay	6% lower than North Bay
Unemployment rate	about the same as North Bay	9% lower than North Bay
Low income (LIM-AT)	21% higher than North Bay	73% lower than North Bay
Average household size	9% lower than North Bay	26% higher than North Bay

P1B is measured against North Bay, the metropolitan area holding 95% of its residents.
P1C is measured against North Bay, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	P1B	P1C
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	33,113	3,371
Private dwellings	16,526	1,197
Land area	547 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	P1B	P1C
Grocery store	1 km walk	82%	77%
Public transit	1 km walk	86%	100%
Park	1 km walk	71%	33%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	49%	48%
Child care	1.5 km walk	85%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	74%	75%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	68%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	25%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	97%	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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either P1B or P1C. The survey covers centres of 10,000 people and up, so there is nothing published for either area.

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	P1B	P1C
Nearest AQHI station	North Bay · 1.6 km	North Bay · 3.5 km
Current reading	1.15 — Low risk	1.15 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	11	9
Reported releases to air	366 t	333 t

P1B: Measured at North Bay, 1.6 km from P1B. 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.

P1B 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.