G1C vs G1S

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 G1C and G1S, 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	G1C	G1S	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$80,000	$70,500	$84,000	G1C is 13% higher than G1S
Median after-tax income	$68,500	$59,200	$73,000	G1C is 16% higher than G1S
Median age	49.2	51.6	41.6	G1C is about the same as G1S
Unemployment rate	5.9%	8%	10.3%	G1C is 26% lower than G1S
Low income (LIM-AT)	6.7%	11.4%	11.1%	G1C is 41% lower than G1S
Average household size	2.2	1.8	2.4	G1C is 22% higher than G1S

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	G1C	G1S
Population	36,215	25,912
Private dwellings	16,886	14,792
Land area	21 km²	4.8 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	G1C	G1S
Grocery store	1 km walk	79%	100%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	100%
Park	1 km walk	84%	100%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	46%	95%
Child care	1.5 km walk	99%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	67%	100%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	20%	100%
Library	1.5 km walk	14%	75%
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.

What tenants pay, from CMHC’s survey of purpose-built rental buildings. The two areas may sit in different survey zones, or one may not be surveyed at all — that is a coverage fact and is stated rather than left blank.
Unit	G1C	G1S
Studio	$751	$903
1 bedroom	$1,037	$1,179
2 bedrooms	$1,247	$1,535
3+ bedrooms	$1,371	$1,648

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.

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	G1C	G1S
Nearest AQHI station	Quebec · 7.5 km	Quebec · 3.3 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	24	36
Reported releases to air	1,150 t	8,356 t

G1C: Quebec, 7.5 km away, is the nearest Air Quality Health Index location, but no current reading could be retrieved from Environment and Climate Change Canada.
G1S: Quebec, 3.3 km away, is the nearest Air Quality Health Index location, but no current reading could be retrieved from Environment and Climate Change 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.

G1C in full · G1S 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.