G8W vs G9A

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 G8W and G9A, 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	G8W	G9A	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$77,000	$42,800	$84,000	G8W is 80% higher than G9A
Median after-tax income	$66,500	$39,200	$73,000	G8W is 70% higher than G9A
Median age	47.2	48.4	41.6	G8W is about the same as G9A
Unemployment rate	4.6%	10.4%	10.3%	G8W is 56% lower than G9A
Low income (LIM-AT)	9.2%	27.2%	11.1%	G8W is 66% lower than G9A
Average household size	2.2	1.7	2.4	G8W is 29% higher than G9A

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	G8W	G9A
Population	11,010	20,399
Private dwellings	4,962	12,524
Land area	57 km²	38 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	G8W	G9A
Grocery store	1 km walk	39%	89%
Public transit	1 km walk	90%	97%
Park	1 km walk	43%	97%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	21%	69%
Child care	1.5 km walk	96%	99%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	25%	95%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	0%	58%
Library	1.5 km walk	3%	45%
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.

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	G8W	G9A
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	G8W	G9A
Nearest AQHI station	Quebec · 114 km	Quebec · 116 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	12	18
Reported releases to air	3,943 t	62,464 t

G8W: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 114 km from G8W. 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.
G9A: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 116 km from G9A. 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.

G8W in full · G9A 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.