Lounge Frog guide

Air Canada Airbus A321-200 (321, 184 seats) vs Air France Airbus A321-200 (A321, 3SA version, 202 seats)

Air Canada Airbus A321-200 (321, 184 seats) has 184 seats and Air France Airbus A321-200 (A321, 3SA version, 202 seats) has 202.

Cabins side by side

Cabin	Seats	Rows	Layout	Seat	Pitch	Width	Recline	Power
Air Canada · 321, 184 seatsBusiness Class	8	1–2	2-2	Recliner	44 in	20 in	6 in	Every seat
Air Canada · 321, 184 seatsEconomy Class	176	12–41	3-3	Recliner	31 in	18 in	4 in	None
Air France · A321, 3SA version, 202 seatsBusiness	20	1–5	3-3	Recliner	—	—	—	—
Air France · A321, 3SA version, 202 seatsEconomy	182	6–37	3-3	Recliner	—	—	—	—

184 seats: 13 good, 12 mixed, 14 to avoid

Row 18, seats A, B, C, D, E and F (Economy Class): exit row on Air Canada's table: extra legroom. You must be willing and able to help in an emergency, and bags go overhead for take-off and landing.
Row 29, seats B, C, D and F (Economy Class): exit row on Air Canada's table: extra legroom. You must be willing and able to help in an emergency, and bags go overhead for take-off and landing.
Row 30, seats A and F (Economy Class): exit row on Air Canada's table: extra legroom. You must be willing and able to help in an emergency, and bags go overhead for take-off and landing.
Row 30, seat E (Economy Class): no seat in front: the map draws no seat 29E, so there is more room for your legs.

Row 17, seats B, C, D and E (Economy Class): drawn in outline in front of the exit door: recline is likely limited
Row 28, seats B, C, D and E (Economy Class): next to a lavatory, with queues, noise and flushing
Row 41, seats A, B, C, D, E and F (Economy Class): last row of Economy Class, with lavatories or a galley behind it: recline is likely limited and there is traffic and noise.

202 seats: 13 good, 9 mixed, 16 to avoid

Row 1, seat A (Business): front row of Business, first off the aircraft, with the middle seat kept free.
Row 10, seat A (Economy): extra Legroom Seat in the exit row behind the forward wing door.
Row 10, seats B, C, E and F (Economy): exit row with extra legroom
Row 11, seat D (Economy): no seat in front (10D is missing), so Air France marks it an Extra Legroom Seat.

Row 9, seats A, B, D, E and F (Economy): in front of an exit row, so recline is likely limited
Row 9, seat C (Economy): in front of the exit row: likely limited recline.
Row 24, seat B (Economy): in front of the aft exit row: likely limited recline.
Row 24, seats C, D and E (Economy): in front of an exit row, so recline is likely limited