P3C vs P3E

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 P3C and P3E, 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	P3C	P3E	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$54,000	$85,000	$84,000	P3C is 36% lower than P3E
Median after-tax income	$49,200	$73,500	$73,000	P3C is 33% lower than P3E
Median age	38	46	41.6	P3C is 17% lower than P3E
Unemployment rate	14%	10.1%	10.3%	P3C is 39% higher than P3E
Low income (LIM-AT)	21.4%	9.4%	11.1%	P3C is 2.3× higher than P3E
Average household size	1.9	2.1	2.4	P3C is 10% lower than P3E

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	P3C	P3E
Population	17,596	29,132
Private dwellings	10,143	14,139
Land area	11 km²	1,096 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	P3C	P3E
Grocery store	1 km walk	94%	81%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	95%
Park	1 km walk	99%	87%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	55%	52%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	84%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	97%	79%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	97%	70%
Library	1.5 km walk	35%	10%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	96%
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	P3C	P3E
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	P3C	P3E
Nearest AQHI station	Sudbury · 2.1 km	Sudbury · 5.2 km
Current reading	1.65 — Low risk	1.65 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	13	14
Reported releases to air	21,967 t	22,249 t

P3C: Measured at Sudbury, 2.1 km from P3C. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
P3E: Measured at Sudbury, 5.2 km from P3E. 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.

P3C in full · P3E 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.