P3A vs P3L

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 P3A and P3L, 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	P3A	P3L	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$83,000	$102,000	$84,000	P3A is 19% lower than P3L
Median after-tax income	$73,500	$88,000	$73,000	P3A is 16% lower than P3L
Median age	45.2	41.2	41.6	P3A is 10% higher than P3L
Unemployment rate	11.7%	9.1%	10.3%	P3A is 29% higher than P3L
Low income (LIM-AT)	10%	5.9%	11.1%	P3A is 69% higher than P3L
Average household size	2.3	2.5	2.4	P3A is 8% lower than P3L

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	P3A	P3L
Median household income	about the same as Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	21% higher than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Median after-tax income	about the same as Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	19% higher than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Median age	about the same as Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	6% lower than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Unemployment rate	14% higher than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	12% lower than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Low income (LIM-AT)	about the same as Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	39% lower than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Average household size	about the same as Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	9% higher than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury

P3A is measured against Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
P3L is measured against Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	P3A	P3L
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	24,326	7,996
Private dwellings	10,701	3,288
Land area	47 km²	129 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	P3A	P3L
Grocery store	1 km walk	74%	75%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	87%
Park	1 km walk	93%	87%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	32%	0%
Child care	1.5 km walk	99%	90%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	95%	44%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	66%	44%
Library	1.5 km walk	21%	42%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	98%
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 P3A or P3L. 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	P3A	P3L
Nearest AQHI station	Sudbury · 3.5 km	Sudbury · 10 km
Current reading	2.48 — Low risk	2.48 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	16	12
Reported releases to air	48,141 t	26,455 t

P3A: Measured at Sudbury, 3.5 km from P3A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
P3L: Measured at Sudbury, 10 km from P3L. 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.

P3A in full · P3L 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.