G7J 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 G7J 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	G7J	G7N	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$65,500	$96,000	$84,000	G7J is 32% lower than G7N
Median after-tax income	$57,200	$81,000	$73,000	G7J is 29% lower than G7N
Median age	45.6	42.4	41.6	G7J is 8% higher than G7N
Unemployment rate	5.6%	4.3%	10.3%	G7J is 30% higher than G7N
Low income (LIM-AT)	13.1%	5.1%	11.1%	G7J is 2.6× higher than G7N
Average household size	2	2.4	2.4	G7J is 17% lower than 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	G7J	G7N
Median household income	6% lower than Saguenay	37% higher than Saguenay
Median after-tax income	7% lower than Saguenay	32% higher than Saguenay
Median age	about the same as Saguenay	8% lower than Saguenay
Unemployment rate	about the same as Saguenay	23% lower than Saguenay
Low income (LIM-AT)	15% higher than Saguenay	55% lower than Saguenay
Average household size	about the same as Saguenay	14% higher than Saguenay

G7J is measured against Saguenay, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
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	G7J	G7N
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	14,443	6,389
Private dwellings	7,388	2,739
Land area	16 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	G7J	G7N
Grocery store	1 km walk	77%	54%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	89%
Park	1 km walk	89%	62%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	32%	31%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	85%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	74%	33%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	16%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	12%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	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 G7J 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	G7J	G7N
Nearest AQHI station	Quebec · 178 km	Quebec · 167 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	13	19
Reported releases to air	43,727 t	114,485 t

G7J: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 178 km from G7J. 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.

G7J 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.