J1N 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 J1N 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	J1N	J1S	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$87,000	$67,000	$84,000	J1N is 30% higher than J1S
Median after-tax income	$74,000	$59,200	$73,000	J1N is 25% higher than J1S
Median age	39.6	44.4	41.6	J1N is 11% lower than J1S
Unemployment rate	4.2%	5.5%	10.3%	J1N is 24% lower than J1S
Low income (LIM-AT)	6.3%	12.4%	11.1%	J1N is 49% lower than J1S
Average household size	2.4	2.2	2.4	J1N is 9% higher 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	J1N	J1S
Median household income	34% higher than Sherbrooke	8% lower than Quebec
Median after-tax income	30% higher than Sherbrooke	6% lower than Quebec
Median age	7% lower than Sherbrooke	about the same as Quebec
Unemployment rate	30% lower than Sherbrooke	28% lower than Quebec
Low income (LIM-AT)	54% lower than Sherbrooke	about the same as Quebec
Average household size	14% higher than Sherbrooke	about the same as Quebec

J1N 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	J1N	J1S
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	35,087	7,862
Private dwellings	14,900	3,638
Land area	80 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	J1N	J1S
Grocery store	1 km walk	63%	60%
Public transit	1 km walk	89%	0%
Park	1 km walk	78%	34%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	26%	33%
Child care	1.5 km walk	96%	90%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	60%	60%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	4%	27%
Library	1.5 km walk	22%	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 J1N 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	J1N	J1S
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 131 km	Montréal · 130 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	19	9
Reported releases to air	1,423 t	5,115 t

J1N: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 131 km from J1N. 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.

J1N 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.