J1L vs J1S

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 J1L and J1S, 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	J1L	J1S	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$58,800	$67,000	$84,000	J1L is 12% lower than J1S
Median after-tax income	$51,600	$59,200	$73,000	J1L is 13% lower than J1S
Median age	52.4	44.4	41.6	J1L is 18% higher than J1S
Unemployment rate	6.9%	5.5%	10.3%	J1L is 25% higher than J1S
Low income (LIM-AT)	14.2%	12.4%	11.1%	J1L is 15% higher than J1S
Average household size	1.9	2.2	2.4	J1L is 14% lower than J1S

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	J1L	J1S
Median household income	10% lower than Sherbrooke	8% lower than Quebec
Median after-tax income	9% lower than Sherbrooke	6% lower than Quebec
Median age	22% higher than Sherbrooke	about the same as Quebec
Unemployment rate	15% higher than Sherbrooke	28% lower than Quebec
Low income (LIM-AT)	about the same as Sherbrooke	about the same as Quebec
Average household size	10% lower than Sherbrooke	about the same as Quebec

J1L is measured against Sherbrooke, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
J1S is measured against Quebec: the nearest metropolitan area, Sherbrooke, holds 21% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J1L	J1S
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	16,036	7,862
Private dwellings	8,523	3,638
Land area	26 km²	225 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	J1L	J1S
Grocery store	1 km walk	69%	60%
Public transit	1 km walk	99%	0%
Park	1 km walk	69%	34%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	45%	33%
Child care	1.5 km walk	95%	90%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	34%	60%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	9%	27%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	92%
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 J1L or J1S. 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	J1L	J1S
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 133 km	Montréal · 130 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	15	9
Reported releases to air	833 t	5,115 t

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.
J1S: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 130 km from J1S. 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.

J1L in full · J1S 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.