G8Y vs G9H

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 G9H, 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	G9H	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$68,000	$75,000	$84,000	G8Y is 9% lower than G9H
Median after-tax income	$59,600	$64,500	$73,000	G8Y is 8% lower than G9H
Median age	48	44	41.6	G8Y is 9% higher than G9H
Unemployment rate	6.1%	4.4%	10.3%	G8Y is 39% higher than G9H
Low income (LIM-AT)	12.2%	9.9%	11.1%	G8Y is 23% higher than G9H
Average household size	2.1	2.2	2.4	G8Y is about the same as G9H

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	G8Y	G9H
Population	33,298	13,559
Private dwellings	16,364	6,345
Land area	23 km²	440 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	G9H
Grocery store	1 km walk	74%	62%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	0%
Park	1 km walk	74%	73%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	34%	31%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	81%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	73%	62%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	13%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	9%	13%
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.

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	G8Y	G9H
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	G8Y	G9H
Nearest AQHI station	Quebec · 118 km	Quebec · 108 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	12	24
Reported releases to air	3,963 t	63,061 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.
G9H: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Quebec, 108 km from G9H. 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 · G9H 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.