P3N vs P3P

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 P3N and P3P, 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	P3N	P3P	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$107,000	$109,000	$84,000	P3N is about the same as P3P
Median after-tax income	$91,000	$94,000	$73,000	P3N is about the same as P3P
Median age	43.2	42	41.6	P3N is about the same as P3P
Unemployment rate	8.8%	9.7%	10.3%	P3N is 9% lower than P3P
Low income (LIM-AT)	4.6%	5%	11.1%	P3N is 8% lower than P3P
Average household size	2.6	2.6	2.4	P3N is about the same as P3P

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	P3N	P3P
Median household income	27% higher than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	30% higher than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Median after-tax income	23% higher than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	27% higher than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Median age	about the same as Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	about the same as Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Unemployment rate	15% lower than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	6% lower than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Low income (LIM-AT)	52% lower than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	48% lower than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury
Average household size	13% higher than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury	13% higher than Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury

P3N is measured against Greater Sudbury / Grand Sudbury, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
P3P 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	P3N	P3P
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	7,980	15,408
Private dwellings	3,121	6,009
Land area	116 km²	492 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	P3N	P3P
Grocery store	1 km walk	36%	63%
Public transit	1 km walk	91%	82%
Park	1 km walk	90%	76%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	21%	19%
Child care	1.5 km walk	76%	91%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	46%	67%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	46%	58%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	13%
Health care	3 km drive	96%	93%
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 P3N or P3P. 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	P3N	P3P
Nearest AQHI station	Sudbury · 13 km	Sudbury · 17 km
Current reading	1.74 — Low risk	1.74 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	19	9
Reported releases to air	48,422 t	26,270 t

P3N: Measured at Sudbury, 13 km from P3N. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
P3P: Measured at Sudbury, 17 km from P3P. 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.

P3N in full · P3P 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.