G5Y vs G5Z

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 G5Y and G5Z, 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	G5Y	G5Z	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$58,400	$78,000	$84,000	G5Y is 25% lower than G5Z
Median after-tax income	$51,600	$67,000	$73,000	G5Y is 23% lower than G5Z
Median age	48.4	41.6	41.6	G5Y is 16% higher than G5Z
Unemployment rate	6.6%	3.6%	10.3%	G5Y is 83% higher than G5Z
Low income (LIM-AT)	14.8%	8%	11.1%	G5Y is 85% higher than G5Z
Average household size	2	2.3	2.4	G5Y is 13% lower than G5Z

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	G5Y	G5Z
Median household income	9% lower than Saint-Georges	21% higher than Saint-Georges
Median after-tax income	9% lower than Saint-Georges	18% higher than Saint-Georges
Median age	7% higher than Saint-Georges	8% lower than Saint-Georges
Unemployment rate	18% higher than Saint-Georges	36% lower than Saint-Georges
Low income (LIM-AT)	19% higher than Saint-Georges	35% lower than Saint-Georges
Average household size	about the same as Saint-Georges	10% higher than Saint-Georges

G5Y is measured against Saint-Georges, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
G5Z is measured against Saint-Georges, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	G5Y	G5Z
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	23,088	7,603
Private dwellings	11,764	3,408
Land area	88 km²	99 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	G5Y	G5Z
Grocery store	1 km walk	80%	75%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	65%	30%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	44%	42%
Child care	1.5 km walk	97%	92%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	68%	27%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	25%	10%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	97%
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 G5Y or G5Z. 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	G5Y	G5Z
Nearest AQHI station	Quebec · 88 km	Quebec · 90 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	9	10
Reported releases to air	295 t	422 t

G5Y: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 88 km from G5Y. 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.
G5Z: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 90 km from G5Z. 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.

G5Y in full · G5Z 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.