R7B vs R7C

Manitoba

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 R7B and R7C, 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	R7B	R7C	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$86,000	$69,500	$84,000	R7B is 24% higher than R7C
Median after-tax income	$73,000	$61,600	$73,000	R7B is 19% higher than R7C
Median age	38	47.6	41.6	R7B is 20% lower than R7C
Unemployment rate	6.6%	7.8%	10.3%	R7B is 15% lower than R7C
Low income (LIM-AT)	10.4%	9.9%	11.1%	R7B is 5% higher than R7C
Average household size	2.4	1.9	2.4	R7B is 26% higher than R7C

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	R7B	R7C
Median household income	11% higher than Brandon	10% lower than Brandon
Median after-tax income	9% higher than Brandon	8% lower than Brandon
Median age	about the same as Brandon	28% higher than Brandon
Unemployment rate	11% lower than Brandon	5% higher than Brandon
Low income (LIM-AT)	21% lower than Brandon	24% lower than Brandon
Average household size	about the same as Brandon	21% lower than Brandon

R7B is measured against Brandon, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
R7C is measured against Brandon, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	R7B	R7C
Province	Manitoba	Manitoba
Population	22,321	2,870
Private dwellings	9,324	1,448
Land area	15 km²	9.6 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	R7B	R7C
Grocery store	1 km walk	61%	27%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	75%	0%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	22%	0%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	95%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	79%	0%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	79%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	1%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either R7B or R7C. 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	R7B	R7C
Nearest AQHI station	Brandon · 2.4 km	Brandon · 3.2 km
Current reading	1.26 — Low risk	1.26 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	9	9
Reported releases to air	3,842 t	3,842 t

R7B: Measured at Brandon, 2.4 km from R7B. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
R7C: Measured at Brandon, 3.2 km from R7C. 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.

R7B in full · R7C 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.