G8B vs G8E

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 G8B and G8E, 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	G8B	G8E	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$62,000	$77,000	$84,000	G8B is 19% lower than G8E
Median after-tax income	$54,800	$66,500	$73,000	G8B is 18% lower than G8E
Median age	50	44.4	41.6	G8B is 13% higher than G8E
Unemployment rate	6.3%	2.7%	10.3%	G8B is 2.3× higher than G8E
Low income (LIM-AT)	14.3%	8.5%	11.1%	G8B is 68% higher than G8E
Average household size	2.1	2.4	2.4	G8B is 12% lower than G8E

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	G8B	G8E
Population	22,060	3,837
Private dwellings	10,927	1,665
Land area	105 km²	83 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	G8B	G8E
Grocery store	1 km walk	75%	79%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	80%	62%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	58%	33%
Child care	1.5 km walk	93%	89%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	34%	48%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	25%	36%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	97%	93%
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	G8B	G8E
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

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	G8B	G8E
Nearest AQHI station	Quebec · 196 km	Quebec · 204 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	7	7
Reported releases to air	71,114 t	71,377 t

G8B: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 196 km from G8B. 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.
G8E: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 204 km from G8E. 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.

G8B in full · G8E 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.