J9H
Quebec
In plain English
J9H had a population of 32,921 in the 2021 Census in Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part). Its population density makes it a built-up urban area.
There were 14,045 private dwellings across 16 km².
Median household income was 6% higher than the national figure.
Median after-tax household income was about the same as the national figure.
The median age was about the same as the national figure.
The unemployment rate was 15% lower than the national figure.
The share of people in low income (LIM-AT) was 29% lower than the national figure.
Average household size was about the same as the national figure.
Where this is
The area
J9H · QC32,921
Quebec · mostly Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)
| Private dwellings | 14,045 |
|---|---|
| Owner households | 9,230 |
| Renter households | 4,230 |
| Immigrants | 5,135 |
| Land area | 16 km² |
Compared with
| Measure | J9H | Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part) | Quebec | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $89,000 | $98,000 | $72,500 | $84,000 |
| Median after-tax income | $74,500 | $84,000 | $63,200 | $73,000 |
| Median age | 40.8 | 40.4 | 43.2 | 41.6 |
| Unemployment rate | 8.8% | 9.7% | 7.6% | 10.3% |
| Low income (LIM-AT) | 7.9% | 8.8% | 11.9% | 11.1% |
| Average household size | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.2 | 2.4 |
- Median household income in J9H is 6% higher than the national figure.
- Median after-tax income in J9H is about the same as the national figure.
- Median age in J9H is about the same as the national figure.
- Unemployment rate in J9H is 15% lower than the national figure.
- Low income (LIM-AT) in J9H is 29% lower than the national figure.
- Average household size in J9H is about the same as the national figure.
Getting around
2021 reference year · dissemination-block levelHow 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.
66%
4 points lower than the national share of 70%
| Amenity | Within | J9H | Canada | Compared | Index vs Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery storeSupermarkets and general-line grocery retailers. | 1 km walk | 66% | 70% | 4 points lower than Canada | 25% below it |
| Public transitA transit stop, weighted by how many trips serve it. | 1 km walk | 100% | 66% | 34 points higher than Canada | 1.3× the national index |
| ParkNeighbourhood parks and green space. | 1 km walk | 96% | 80% | 16 points higher than Canada | 1.1× the national index |
| PharmacyPharmacies and drug stores. | 1 km walk | 30% | 45% | 14 points lower than Canada | 44% below it |
| Child careLicensed child care facilities. | 1.5 km walk | 100% | 86% | 14 points higher than Canada | 1.0× the national index |
| Primary schoolPrimary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school. | 1.5 km walk | 78% | 71% | 7 points higher than Canada | 1.0× the national index |
| Secondary schoolSecondary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school. | 1.5 km walk | 50% | 60% | 9 points lower than Canada | 44% below it |
| LibraryPublic libraries. | 1.5 km walk | 36% | 28% | 7 points higher than Canada | 1.2× the national index |
| Health careDoctors, clinics and other health facilities. | 3 km drive | 100% | 92% | 8 points higher than Canada | 65% below it |
| EmploymentJobs, weighted by how many are at each location. | 10 km drive | 100% | 98% | about the same as Canada | 78% below it |
22% of J9H’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.
- 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.
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 levelTwo 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.
J9H sits inside one CMHC survey zone, Aylmer.
| Unit | Being paid (CMHC) | Reliability | Being asked (StatCan) |
|---|---|---|---|
| Studio | $1,407 | very good (b) | $1,170 |
| 1 bedroom | $1,598 | very good (b) | $1,420 |
| 2 bedrooms | $1,778 | very good (b) | $1,660 |
| 3+ bedrooms | $2,071 | very good (b) | $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 J9H, the weakest of their codes is shown.
- Neither figure is "the rent" for this area. One is a survey of buildings, the other a survey of listings, and both describe areas larger than a postal code.
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
live · nearest station1.31
Low risk · 11:00 AM EDT Thursday 13 August 2026
| Station | Ottawa |
|---|---|
| Distance from J9H | 13 km |
| Reading | 1.31 — Low risk |
| Highest forecast | 2 |
Measured at Ottawa, 13 km from J9H. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Health Index. Data current as of 11:00 AM EDT Thursday 13 August 2026. 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 kmFacilities that reported releasing a listed substance to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, within 10 km of J9H. Distance is measured from the edge of the postal area, so a facility inside it shows as inside this area.
22 facilities within 10 km of J9H reported to the inventory. The 12 that released the most to air are listed; the total below covers all of them.
| Facility | Distance | Substances | Released to air |
|---|---|---|---|
| Produits Kruger inc., usine de GatineauGatineau · Pulp and Paper | 4.0 km | 5 | 121 t |
| Ottawa Health Sciences Centre (OHSC) Cogeneration FacilityOttawa · Electricity | 8.1 km | 6 | 53 t |
| Cliff Central Heating and Cooling PlantOttawa · Other (Except Manufacturing) | 4.0 km | 7 | 38 t |
| Carrière KlockAylmer · Mining and Quarrying | 2.6 km | 3 | 37 t |
| OTTAWA DISRIBUTION TERMINALOttawa · Oil and Gas Pipelines and Storage | 8.2 km | 14 | 34 t |
| Tunney's Pasture Central Heating and Cooling PlantOttawa · Other (Except Manufacturing) | 1.7 km | 7 | 15 t |
| Ottawa TerminalNepean · Oil and Gas Pipelines and Storage | 8.3 km | 1 | 13 t |
| Confederation Heights Central Heating and Cooling PlantOttawa · Other (Except Manufacturing) | 6.8 km | 7 | 9 t |
| Abbott Point of Care Canada Limited - OttawaOttawa · Other Manufacturing | 3.3 km | 2 | 6 t |
| OttawaOttawa · Other Manufacturing | 4.9 km | 9 | 6 t |
| Canadian Linen & Uniform Service - D15Ottawa · Other (Except Manufacturing) | 9.6 km | 2 | 2 t |
| Alymer PlantAlymer · Cement, Lime and Other Non-Metallic Minerals | 3.2 km | 2 | 1 t |
All 22 facilities within 10 km — including the 10 not listed above — together reported 335 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.
- The inventory is threshold-based: a facility reports only when it exceeds a quantity for a listed substance. Smaller emitters, road traffic, home heating and agriculture are not in it.
- Quantities are reported by the facilities themselves and are estimates, not measurements at the fence line. Being close to a facility is not the same as being exposed to what it reports.
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 figuresThese figures describe the whole of Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part — a metropolitan area — not J9H. Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada.
60.6
Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part · 19% lower than the national index of 75.0
| Measure | Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part | Canada | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 60.6 | 75.0 | 19% lower than Canada |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 93.4 | 97.2 | 4% lower than Canada |
| Non-violent Crime Severity Index | 47.9 | 66.8 | 28% lower than Canada |
| Weighted clearance rate | 45.6% | 36.6% | 8.9 percentage points higher than Canada |
| Violations | Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part | Canada | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| All violations | 4,364 per 100,000 | 6,065 per 100,000 | 28% lower than Canada |
| Criminal Code, excluding traffic | 3,700 per 100,000 | 5,585 per 100,000 | 34% lower than Canada |
| Violent Criminal Code | 1,428 per 100,000 | 1,443 per 100,000 | about the same as Canada |
| Property crime | 1,775 per 100,000 | 3,141 per 100,000 | 43% lower than Canada |
Year-by-year figures
| Year | Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 64.0 | 77.6 |
| 2012 | 65.6 | 75.5 |
| 2013 | 57.3 | 68.9 |
| 2014 | 56.8 | 66.9 |
| 2015 | 54.0 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 56.7 | 72.0 |
| 2017 | 57.1 | 73.6 |
| 2018 | 56.0 | 75.6 |
| 2019 | 55.4 | 79.7 |
| 2020 | 51.1 | 73.9 |
| 2021 | 49.9 | 74.9 |
| 2022 | 59.9 | 78.7 |
| 2023 | 62.0 | 81.3 |
| 2024 | 61.6 | 78.8 |
| 2025 | 60.5 | 75.0 |
- The Crime Severity Index weights offences by seriousness and is set so that Canada in 2006 = 100. A rate per 100,000 counts incidents without weighting them. The two are not interchangeable and should not be compared to each other.
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 J9H?
- No. J9H 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. Conditions on one street can differ from the area average.
- Why is the crime figure for Ottawa-Gatineau, Quebec part rather than for J9H?
- 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 J9H 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 J9H?
- 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
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.