P6A vs P6C

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 P6A and P6C, 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	P6A	P6C	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$78,000	$71,500	$84,000	P6A is 9% higher than P6C
Median after-tax income	$69,500	$64,500	$73,000	P6A is 8% higher than P6C
Median age	47.2	46.4	41.6	P6A is about the same as P6C
Unemployment rate	13%	13.2%	10.3%	P6A is about the same as P6C
Low income (LIM-AT)	11.4%	10.4%	11.1%	P6A is 10% higher than P6C
Average household size	2.2	2.2	2.4	P6A is about the same as P6C

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	P6A	P6C
Population	33,800	18,766
Private dwellings	16,498	8,926
Land area	537 km²	32 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	P6A	P6C
Grocery store	1 km walk	51%	73%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	49%	80%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	30%	48%
Child care	1.5 km walk	82%	94%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	66%	56%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	69%	56%
Library	1.5 km walk	23%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	95%	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	P6A	P6C
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	P6A	P6C
Nearest AQHI station	Sault Ste. Marie · 4.8 km	Sault Ste. Marie · 2.8 km
Current reading	2.01 — Low risk	2.01 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	14	14
Reported releases to air	11,303 t	11,303 t

P6A: Measured at Sault Ste. Marie, 4.8 km from P6A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
P6C: Measured at Sault Ste. Marie, 2.8 km from P6C. 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.

P6A in full · P6C 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.