J1E vs J1H

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 J1E and J1H, 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	J1E	J1H	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$54,000	$45,600	$84,000	J1E is 18% higher than J1H
Median after-tax income	$48,800	$41,600	$73,000	J1E is 17% higher than J1H
Median age	38.4	35.2	41.6	J1E is 9% higher than J1H
Unemployment rate	5.5%	9.3%	10.3%	J1E is 41% lower than J1H
Low income (LIM-AT)	18.9%	25%	11.1%	J1E is 24% lower than J1H
Average household size	2	1.8	2.4	J1E is 11% higher than J1H

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	J1E	J1H
Median household income	17% lower than Sherbrooke	30% lower than Sherbrooke
Median after-tax income	14% lower than Sherbrooke	27% lower than Sherbrooke
Median age	10% lower than Sherbrooke	18% lower than Sherbrooke
Unemployment rate	8% lower than Sherbrooke	55% higher than Sherbrooke
Low income (LIM-AT)	39% higher than Sherbrooke	84% higher than Sherbrooke
Average household size	about the same as Sherbrooke	14% lower than Sherbrooke

J1E is measured against Sherbrooke, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
J1H 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	J1E	J1H
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	25,866	29,653
Private dwellings	13,498	17,353
Land area	18 km²	24 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	J1E	J1H
Grocery store	1 km walk	84%	92%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	98%
Park	1 km walk	96%	95%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	43%	33%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	57%	85%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	24%	41%
Library	1.5 km walk	4%	33%
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 J1E or J1H. 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	J1E	J1H
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 140 km	Montréal · 138 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	15	16
Reported releases to air	833 t	833 t

J1E: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 140 km from J1E. 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.
J1H: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 138 km from J1H. 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.

J1E in full · J1H 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.