J1R vs J1X

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 J1R and J1X, 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	J1R	J1X	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$95,000	$67,000	$84,000	J1R is 42% higher than J1X
Median after-tax income	$81,000	$58,400	$73,000	J1R is 39% higher than J1X
Median age	38.8	54	41.6	J1R is 28% lower than J1X
Unemployment rate	3.6%	7.2%	10.3%	J1R is 50% lower than J1X
Low income (LIM-AT)	4.8%	12.7%	11.1%	J1R is 62% lower than J1X
Average household size	2.6	2	2.4	J1R is 30% higher than J1X

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	J1R	J1X
Median household income	46% higher than Sherbrooke	about the same as Sherbrooke
Median after-tax income	43% higher than Sherbrooke	about the same as Sherbrooke
Median age	9% lower than Sherbrooke	26% higher than Sherbrooke
Unemployment rate	40% lower than Sherbrooke	20% higher than Sherbrooke
Low income (LIM-AT)	65% lower than Sherbrooke	7% lower than Sherbrooke
Average household size	24% higher than Sherbrooke	about the same as Sherbrooke

J1R is measured against Sherbrooke, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
J1X is measured against Sherbrooke, the metropolitan area holding 98% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J1R	J1X
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	10,960	33,945
Private dwellings	4,288	18,571
Land area	73 km²	333 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	J1R	J1X
Grocery store	1 km walk	60%	56%
Public transit	1 km walk	81%	0%
Park	1 km walk	61%	62%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	32%	25%
Child care	1.5 km walk	87%	82%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	60%	53%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	0%	14%
Library	1.5 km walk	10%	27%
Health care	3 km drive	99%	97%
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 J1R or J1X. 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	J1R	J1X
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 127 km	Montréal · 120 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	17	9
Reported releases to air	1,417 t	839 t

J1R: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 127 km from J1R. 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.
J1X: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 120 km from J1X. 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.

J1R in full · J1X 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.