G0W vs G7N

Quebec

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 G0W and G7N, 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	G0W	G7N	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$73,500	$96,000	$84,000	G0W is 23% lower than G7N
Median after-tax income	$65,000	$81,000	$73,000	G0W is 20% lower than G7N
Median age	43.2	42.4	41.6	G0W is about the same as G7N
Unemployment rate	6.7%	4.3%	10.3%	G0W is 56% higher than G7N
Low income (LIM-AT)	12.7%	5.1%	11.1%	G0W is 2.5× higher than G7N
Average household size	2.4	2.4	2.4	G0W is about the same as G7N

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	G0W	G7N
Median household income	about the same as Quebec	37% higher than Saguenay
Median after-tax income	about the same as Quebec	32% higher than Saguenay
Median age	about the same as Quebec	8% lower than Saguenay
Unemployment rate	12% lower than Quebec	23% lower than Saguenay
Low income (LIM-AT)	7% higher than Quebec	55% lower than Saguenay
Average household size	9% higher than Quebec	14% higher than Saguenay

G0W is measured against Quebec: the nearest metropolitan area, Saguenay, holds 4% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.
G7N is measured against Saguenay, the metropolitan area holding 99% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	G0W	G7N
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	36,541	6,389
Private dwellings	18,298	2,739
Land area	23,303 km²	1,934 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	G0W	G7N
Grocery store	1 km walk	61%	54%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	89%
Park	1 km walk	50%	62%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	9%	31%
Child care	1.5 km walk	64%	85%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	58%	33%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	23%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	60%	99%
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 G0W or G7N. 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	G0W	G7N
Nearest AQHI station	Quebec · 245 km	Quebec · 167 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	24	19
Reported releases to air	76,818 t	114,485 t

G0W: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 245 km from G0W. That is far enough to be a different airshed, so its reading is not shown here as though it described this area. The index is published for about 130 communities and zones, not continuously across Canada.
G7N: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 167 km from G7N. That is far enough to be a different airshed, so its reading is not shown here as though it described this area. The index is published for about 130 communities and zones, not continuously across Canada.

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.

G0W in full · G7N 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.