G8C 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 G8C 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	G8C	G8E	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$93,000	$77,000	$84,000	G8C is 21% higher than G8E
Median after-tax income	$78,500	$66,500	$73,000	G8C is 18% higher than G8E
Median age	44	44.4	41.6	G8C is about the same as G8E
Unemployment rate	2.8%	2.7%	10.3%	G8C is about the same as G8E
Low income (LIM-AT)	4.3%	8.5%	11.1%	G8C is 49% lower than G8E
Average household size	2.4	2.4	2.4	G8C is about the same as G8E

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	G8C	G8E
Median household income	38% higher than Alma	14% higher than Alma
Median after-tax income	32% higher than Alma	12% higher than Alma
Median age	8% lower than Alma	8% lower than Alma
Unemployment rate	47% lower than Alma	49% lower than Alma
Low income (LIM-AT)	64% lower than Alma	30% lower than Alma
Average household size	14% higher than Alma	14% higher than Alma

G8C is measured against Alma, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
G8E is measured against Alma, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	G8C	G8E
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	4,412	3,837
Private dwellings	1,888	1,665
Land area	7.5 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	G8C	G8E
Grocery store	1 km walk	74%	79%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	85%	62%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	49%	33%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	89%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	0%	48%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	27%	36%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either G8C or G8E. 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	G8C	G8E
Nearest AQHI station	Quebec · 194 km	Quebec · 204 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	6	7
Reported releases to air	71,113 t	71,377 t

G8C: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 194 km from G8C. 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.

G8C 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.