J0Z vs J9Y

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 J0Z and J9Y, 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	J0Z	J9Y	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$73,500	$110,000	$84,000	J0Z is 33% lower than J9Y
Median after-tax income	$64,000	$90,000	$73,000	J0Z is 29% lower than J9Y
Median age	44.8	38.8	41.6	J0Z is 15% higher than J9Y
Unemployment rate	6.5%	4.2%	10.3%	J0Z is 55% higher than J9Y
Low income (LIM-AT)	12.5%	4.7%	11.1%	J0Z is 2.7× higher than J9Y
Average household size	2.3	2.6	2.4	J0Z is 12% lower than J9Y

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	J0Z	J9Y
Median household income	about the same as Quebec	45% higher than Rouyn-Noranda
Median after-tax income	about the same as Quebec	40% higher than Rouyn-Noranda
Median age	about the same as Quebec	8% lower than Rouyn-Noranda
Unemployment rate	14% lower than Quebec	12% lower than Rouyn-Noranda
Low income (LIM-AT)	5% higher than Quebec	55% lower than Rouyn-Noranda
Average household size	about the same as Quebec	24% higher than Rouyn-Noranda

J0Z is measured against Quebec: the nearest metropolitan area, Rouyn-Noranda, holds 24% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.
J9Y is measured against Rouyn-Noranda, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J0Z	J9Y
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	34,456	10,755
Private dwellings	17,493	4,455
Land area	26,583 km²	1,324 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	J0Z	J9Y
Grocery store	1 km walk	36%	36%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	11%
Park	1 km walk	49%	45%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	3%	3%
Child care	1.5 km walk	53%	72%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	49%	39%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	16%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	2%	1%
Health care	3 km drive	60%	72%
Employment	10 km drive	99%	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 J0Z or J9Y. 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	J0Z	J9Y
Nearest AQHI station	North Bay · 198 km	North Bay · 215 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	16	5
Reported releases to air	25,079 t	20,577 t

J0Z: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is North Bay, 198 km from J0Z. 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.
J9Y: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is North Bay, 215 km from J9Y. 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.

J0Z in full · J9Y 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.