P7B vs P7L

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 P7B and P7L, 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	P7B	P7L	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$70,000	$94,000	$84,000	P7B is 26% lower than P7L
Median after-tax income	$62,800	$82,000	$73,000	P7B is 23% lower than P7L
Median age	40.8	48.8	41.6	P7B is 16% lower than P7L
Unemployment rate	10.6%	9.6%	10.3%	P7B is 10% higher than P7L
Low income (LIM-AT)	15.7%	4.7%	11.1%	P7B is 3.3× higher than P7L
Average household size	2.2	2.4	2.4	P7B is 8% lower than P7L

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	P7B	P7L
Population	22,675	2,188
Private dwellings	11,110	1,163
Land area	14 km²	874 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	P7B	P7L
Grocery store	1 km walk	91%	0%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	0%
Park	1 km walk	80%	16%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	49%	0%
Child care	1.5 km walk	94%	1%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	73%	0%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	56%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	20%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	33%
Employment	10 km drive	100%	98%

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	P7B	P7L
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	P7B	P7L
Nearest AQHI station	Thunder Bay · 3.9 km	Thunder Bay · 29 km
Current reading	1.23 — Low risk	1.23 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	14	9
Reported releases to air	8,658 t	8,357 t

P7B: Measured at Thunder Bay, 3.9 km from P7B. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
P7L: Measured at Thunder Bay, 29 km from P7L. 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.

P7B in full · P7L 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.