G8Y vs G8Z

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 G8Y and G8Z, 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	G8Y	G8Z	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$68,000	$47,600	$84,000	G8Y is 43% higher than G8Z
Median after-tax income	$59,600	$42,400	$73,000	G8Y is 41% higher than G8Z
Median age	48	45.6	41.6	G8Y is 5% higher than G8Z
Unemployment rate	6.1%	8.3%	10.3%	G8Y is 27% lower than G8Z
Low income (LIM-AT)	12.2%	23.6%	11.1%	G8Y is 48% lower than G8Z
Average household size	2.1	1.8	2.4	G8Y is 17% higher than G8Z

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	G8Y	G8Z
Median household income	9% higher than Trois-Rivières	24% lower than Trois-Rivières
Median after-tax income	8% higher than Trois-Rivières	23% lower than Trois-Rivières
Median age	about the same as Trois-Rivières	about the same as Trois-Rivières
Unemployment rate	about the same as Trois-Rivières	30% higher than Trois-Rivières
Low income (LIM-AT)	15% lower than Trois-Rivières	65% higher than Trois-Rivières
Average household size	5% higher than Trois-Rivières	10% lower than Trois-Rivières

G8Y is measured against Trois-Rivières, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
G8Z is measured against Trois-Rivières, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	G8Y	G8Z
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	33,298	13,972
Private dwellings	16,364	7,785
Land area	23 km²	8.3 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	G8Y	G8Z
Grocery store	1 km walk	74%	93%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	100%
Park	1 km walk	74%	97%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	34%	50%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	73%	100%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	13%	59%
Library	1.5 km walk	9%	31%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	100%
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 G8Y or G8Z. 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	G8Y	G8Z
Nearest AQHI station	Quebec · 118 km	Quebec · 116 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	12	11
Reported releases to air	3,963 t	3,936 t

G8Y: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 118 km from G8Y. 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.
G8Z: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 116 km from G8Z. 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.

G8Y in full · G8Z 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.