P7A vs P7K

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 P7A and P7K, 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	P7A	P7K	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$78,500	$118,000	$84,000	P7A is 33% lower than P7K
Median after-tax income	$70,000	$100,000	$73,000	P7A is 30% lower than P7K
Median age	47.2	49.2	41.6	P7A is about the same as P7K
Unemployment rate	12.1%	8.2%	10.3%	P7A is 48% higher than P7K
Low income (LIM-AT)	10.3%	4.1%	11.1%	P7A is 2.5× higher than P7K
Average household size	2.1	2.5	2.4	P7A is 16% lower than P7K

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	P7A	P7K
Median household income	about the same as Thunder Bay	48% higher than Thunder Bay
Median after-tax income	about the same as Thunder Bay	41% higher than Thunder Bay
Median age	6% higher than Thunder Bay	11% higher than Thunder Bay
Unemployment rate	11% higher than Thunder Bay	25% lower than Thunder Bay
Low income (LIM-AT)	6% lower than Thunder Bay	63% lower than Thunder Bay
Average household size	about the same as Thunder Bay	14% higher than Thunder Bay

P7A is measured against Thunder Bay, the metropolitan area holding 99.6% of its residents.
P7K is measured against Thunder Bay, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	P7A	P7K
Province	Ontario	Ontario
Population	28,587	6,801
Private dwellings	14,359	2,710
Land area	4,089 km²	108 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	P7A	P7K
Grocery store	1 km walk	75%	12%
Public transit	1 km walk	87%	36%
Park	1 km walk	81%	24%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	43%	0%
Child care	1.5 km walk	92%	55%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	85%	15%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	74%	7%
Library	1.5 km walk	14%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	97%	89%
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 P7A or P7K. 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	P7A	P7K
Nearest AQHI station	Thunder Bay · 8.7 km	Thunder Bay · 11 km
Current reading	1.06 — Low risk	1.06 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	12	12
Reported releases to air	1,346 t	8,525 t

P7A: Measured at Thunder Bay, 8.7 km from P7A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
P7K: Measured at Thunder Bay, 11 km from P7K. 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.

P7A in full · P7K 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.