J1E 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 J1E 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	J1E	J1L	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$54,000	$58,800	$84,000	J1E is 8% lower than J1L
Median after-tax income	$48,800	$51,600	$73,000	J1E is 5% lower than J1L
Median age	38.4	52.4	41.6	J1E is 27% lower than J1L
Unemployment rate	5.5%	6.9%	10.3%	J1E is 20% lower than J1L
Low income (LIM-AT)	18.9%	14.2%	11.1%	J1E is 33% higher than J1L
Average household size	2	1.9	2.4	J1E is 5% higher than J1L

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J1E	J1L
Population	25,866	16,036
Private dwellings	13,498	8,523
Land area	18 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	J1E	J1L
Grocery store	1 km walk	84%	69%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	99%
Park	1 km walk	96%	69%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	43%	45%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	95%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	57%	34%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	24%	9%
Library	1.5 km walk	4%	0%
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.

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	J1E	J1L
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	J1E	J1L
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 140 km	Montréal · 133 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	15	15
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.
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.

J1E 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.