J0B vs J1L

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 J0B and J1L, 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	J0B	J1L	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$71,000	$58,800	$84,000	J0B is 21% higher than J1L
Median after-tax income	$62,800	$51,600	$73,000	J0B is 22% higher than J1L
Median age	46.4	52.4	41.6	J0B is 11% lower than J1L
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6.9%	10.3%	J0B is 23% lower than J1L
Low income (LIM-AT)	12%	14.2%	11.1%	J0B is 15% lower than J1L
Average household size	2.3	1.9	2.4	J0B is 21% higher than J1L

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	J0B	J1L
Median household income	about the same as Quebec	10% lower than Sherbrooke
Median after-tax income	about the same as Quebec	9% lower than Sherbrooke
Median age	7% higher than Quebec	22% higher than Sherbrooke
Unemployment rate	30% lower than Quebec	15% higher than Sherbrooke
Low income (LIM-AT)	about the same as Quebec	about the same as Sherbrooke
Average household size	about the same as Quebec	10% lower than Sherbrooke

J0B is measured against Quebec: the nearest metropolitan area, Sherbrooke, holds 30% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.
J1L is measured against Sherbrooke, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J0B	J1L
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	65,700	16,036
Private dwellings	32,981	8,523
Land area	5,104 km²	26 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	J0B	J1L
Grocery store	1 km walk	34%	69%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	99%
Park	1 km walk	46%	69%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	11%	45%
Child care	1.5 km walk	59%	95%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	39%	34%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	10%	9%
Library	1.5 km walk	5%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	71%	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 J0B or J1L. 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	J0B	J1L
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 142 km	Montréal · 133 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	41	15
Reported releases to air	8,213 t	833 t

J0B: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 142 km from J0B. 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.
J1L: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 133 km from J1L. 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.

J0B in full · J1L 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.