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J0X

Quebec — a rural forward sortation area

In plain English

J0X had a population of 48,487 in the 2021 Census in Quebec. No census metropolitan area covers most of it. Its population density makes it a sparsely populated area.

There were 32,403 private dwellings across 22,196 km².

Median household income was 18% lower than the national figure.

Median after-tax household income was 17% lower than the national figure.

The median age was 22% higher than the national figure.

The unemployment rate was 18% lower than the national figure.

The share of people in low income (LIM-AT) was 27% higher than the national figure.

Average household size was 8% lower than the national figure.

This is a rural forward sortation area, which can cover a very large territory — figures describe the whole of it, not one community within it.

Where this is

The boundary of forward sortation area J0X covering 22,196 km², in Quebec. The outline marks the whole postal area; it is not a street-level boundary.

The area

J0X · QC
Population, 2021

48,487

Quebec · no metropolitan area covers most of this postal area

Counts for J0X, 2021 Census. These describe this area and are deliberately not compared to a city or a country — a count of households is not comparable to a national total.
Private dwellings32,403
Owner households17,785
Renter households4,005
Immigrants1,250
Land area22,196 km²

Compared with

Selected 2021 Census figures for J0X, against its province and Canada. A blank comparison means the figure was not published for that geography.
MeasureJ0XQuebecCanada
Median household income$69,000$72,500$84,000
Median after-tax income$60,400$63,200$73,000
Median age50.843.241.6
Unemployment rate8.4%7.6%10.3%
Low income (LIM-AT)14.1%11.9%11.1%
Average household size2.22.22.4
Note:

No city comparison. J0X does touch the Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part) census metropolitan area, but only 45% of its residents live inside it. Comparing the whole area against Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part) would describe somewhere most of it is not, so the comparison is left out rather than shown faintly. Province and Canada cover all of it.

Getting around

2021 reference year · dissemination-block level
What this measures:

How close everyday amenities are — not how good they are. Each figure is the share of this area’s residents who have that amenity within the distance shown, weighted by where people actually live.

Residents with a grocery store within a 1 km walk

31%

39 points lower than the national share of 70%

Share of J0X’s residents with each amenity within reach. The proximity index in the last column is scaled against all of Canada, where the national average is close to zero — read it against Canada, never on its own.
AmenityWithinJ0XCanadaComparedIndex vs Canada
Grocery storeSupermarkets and general-line grocery retailers.1 km walk31%70%39 points lower than Canada86% below it
Public transitA transit stop, weighted by how many trips serve it.1 km walk8%66%58 points lower than Canada100% below it
ParkNeighbourhood parks and green space.1 km walk34%80%46 points lower than Canada85% below it
PharmacyPharmacies and drug stores.1 km walk12%45%32 points lower than Canada89% below it
Child careLicensed child care facilities.1.5 km walk37%86%48 points lower than Canada93% below it
Primary schoolPrimary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.1.5 km walk30%71%41 points lower than Canada84% below it
Secondary schoolSecondary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.1.5 km walk17%60%43 points lower than Canada87% below it
LibraryPublic libraries.1.5 km walk14%28%15 points lower than Canada66% below it
Health careDoctors, clinics and other health facilities.3 km drive59%92%33 points lower than Canada98% below it
EmploymentJobs, weighted by how many are at each location.10 km drive100%98%about the same as Canada99% below it

0% of J0X’s residents live in a block Statistics Canada classifies as an amenity-dense neighbourhood — one with a grocery store, pharmacy, health care, child care, a primary school, a library, a transit stop and a source of employment all in range. Nationally it is 16%. This is StatCan’s composite, not ours.

Source: Statistics Canada, Proximity Measures Database (17-26-0002), 2021 reference year. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Measured at the dissemination block and aggregated to this postal area, weighted by population.

Rent

October 2025 · survey-zone level
Read this first:

Two different rents, and neither one is “the rent here”.

CMHC surveys what tenants are paying — including people who have not moved in years — and only in purpose-built rental buildings of three units or more, so it leaves out rented condos, which in the largest cities is most of the market. Statistics Canada measures what is being asked in current listings, across the whole market. If you are staying put the first is closer; if you are moving, the second is.

J0X sits inside one CMHC survey zone, Peripheral.

Coverage:

Only 45% of J0X's residents live inside a CMHC survey zone. These figures describe those zones — they are not a rent for the rest of this area, which CMHC does not survey.

Average rent paid in Gatineau's survey zones covering J0X (CMHC, October 2025), against average asking rent across Ottawa - Gatineau (Quebec part) (Statistics Canada, January 2026). The two are measured differently and are not comparable line by line.
UnitBeing paid (CMHC)ReliabilityBeing asked (StatCan)
Studionot published$1,170
1 bedroom$1,623use with caution (d)$1,420
2 bedrooms$1,582good (c)$1,660
3+ bedroomsnot published$1,890

Reliability is CMHC’s own code for how much the sample supports the figure, from excellent to use with caution. Where several zones cover J0X, the weakest of their codes is shown.

Source: Statistics Canada, table 46-10-0092 (asking rents, experimental). Data current as of January 2026. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Experimental estimates drawn from online listings, published for selected metropolitan areas only.

Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation of this product.

Air quality

nearest station
No local reading:

Gatineau, 48 km away, is the nearest Air Quality Health Index location, but no current reading could be retrieved from Environment and Climate Change Canada.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Health Index. Data current as of live feed. Open Government Licence – Canada. This is the only live figure on this page; everything else is annual or from the census.

Reporting facilities nearby

2024 · within 10 km
What this is:

Facilities that reported releasing a listed substance to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, within 10 km of J0X. Distance is measured from the edge of the postal area, so a facility inside it shows as inside this area.

26 facilities within 10 km of J0X reported to the inventory. The 12 that released the most to air are listed; the total below covers all of them.

The 12 largest reporters to air of the 26 within 10 km of J0X, 2024, in tonnes. Quantities are estimated and reported by the facilities themselves.
FacilityDistanceSubstancesReleased to air
Roseburg Forest Products Canada Ltd. (Pembroke MDF)Pembroke · Wood Products4.9 km101,732 t
PEMBROKE COMP STNn/a · Oil and Gas Pipelines and Storage8.2 km2189 t
PAPIERS WHITE BIRCHmc - DIVISION PAPIER MASSON LTÉEGatineau · Pulp and Paper6.2 km2133 t
ManiwakiManiwaki · Wood Products9.5 km5129 t
Chalk River LaboratoriesChalk River · Other (Except Manufacturing)0.4 km5122 t
Magellan Aerospace, HaleyHaley · Metals (Except Aluminum and Iron and Steel)5.9 km443 t
4 CDSB - Garrison PetawawaPetawawa · Other (Except Manufacturing)3.3 km640 t
Carrière KlockAylmer · Mining and Quarrying4.3 km337 t
Kerry RenfrewRenfrew · Other Manufacturing6.9 km326 t
SJI GatineauGatineau · Wood Products3.1 km612 t
Abbott Point of Care Canada Limited - OttawaOttawa · Other Manufacturing7.7 km26 t
Lauzon planchers de bois exclusif inc.Papineauville · Wood Products8.1 km24 t

All 26 facilities within 10 km — including the 14 not listed above — together reported 2,480 t released to air in 2024. That is what was reported within 10 km — not what reached this area, which depends on stack height, wind and chemistry that this inventory does not model.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Pollutant Release Inventory. Data current as of 2024 reporting year. Open Government Licence – Canada.

Crime

2025 · metropolitan-area figures
Read this first:

These figures describe the whole of Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part — a metropolitan area — not J0X. Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada.

Only 45% of J0X's residents live inside Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part. The rest are policed by different services, which report their own figures — so this is not a figure for most of this area.

Crime Severity Index, 2025

60.6

Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part · 19% lower than the national index of 75.0

Severity indexes for Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part, 2025. The Crime Severity Index weights each offence by how serious the courts treat it, so it is an index and not a count — 100 is Canada in 2006.
MeasureOttawa-Gatineau, Quebec partCanadaCompared
Crime Severity Index60.675.019% lower than Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index93.497.24% lower than Canada
Non-violent Crime Severity Index47.966.828% lower than Canada
Weighted clearance rate45.6%36.6%8.9 percentage points higher than Canada
Reported incidents per 100,000 residents, 2025. These count incidents without weighting them by seriousness, so they are not comparable with the indexes above.
ViolationsOttawa-Gatineau, Quebec partCanadaCompared
All violations4,364 per 100,0006,065 per 100,00028% lower than Canada
Criminal Code, excluding traffic3,700 per 100,0005,585 per 100,00034% lower than Canada
Violent Criminal Code1,428 per 100,0001,443 per 100,000about the same as Canada
Property crime1,775 per 100,0003,141 per 100,00043% lower than Canada
Crime Severity Index for Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part (solid) against Canada (dashed), 2011 to 2025. In 2025 it was lower than in 2011 — 60.5 against 64.0. A change in the index can come from a change in the number of offences, in how serious they were, or in how many were reported to police.
Year-by-year figures
Crime Severity Index by year. This table is the chart above, in full.
YearOttawa-Gatineau, Quebec partCanada
201164.077.6
201265.675.5
201357.368.9
201456.866.9
201554.070.4
201656.772.0
201757.173.6
201856.075.6
201955.479.7
202051.173.9
202149.974.9
202259.978.7
202362.081.3
202461.678.8
202560.575.0

Source: Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0026 (crime severity index); table 35-10-0177 (incident-based crime statistics). Data current as of 2025 reference year. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Police-reported crime only — offences that are not reported to police are not counted anywhere in these figures.

Common questions

Do these figures describe a specific address in J0X?
No. J0X is a forward sortation area — the first three characters of a postal code — and every figure here describes the whole of it. That is the finest granularity Canadian open data supports; a full six-character postal code requires a licensed Canada Post file. This is a rural forward sortation area, which can cover a very large territory, so the gap between the area and any one community inside it is especially wide.
Why is the crime figure for Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part rather than for J0X?
Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada. Statistics Canada publishes it by police service, aggregated to metropolitan areas and provinces, which for J0X means Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part. There is no municipal feed covering this area, so the regional figure is the finest available.
How current is this profile?
The census figures are from the 2021 Census. The other panels carry their own dates, shown beside each one, because they are published on different schedules — crime annually, CMHC rents each October, asking rents quarterly, and the air quality index live. Each figure is labelled with the vintage it came from rather than the date you are reading it.
Does this page rank or score J0X?
No. There is no score, no grade, no star rating and no ranking against other areas. Every figure is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are combined. The site describes places using published statistics; it does not draw conclusions about the people who live in them.

What this page will not do

Note:

No score, no ranking, no grade. This page will not score this neighbourhood, rank it against another, or present the people who live here as a feature of the place. Every figure above is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are added together.

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Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Figures describe the whole forward sortation area, not a street.