J2A vs J2B

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 J2A and J2B, 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	J2A	J2B	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$80,000	$58,800	$84,000	J2A is 36% higher than J2B
Median after-tax income	$70,000	$52,400	$73,000	J2A is 34% higher than J2B
Median age	40	42	41.6	J2A is about the same as J2B
Unemployment rate	4.3%	6%	10.3%	J2A is 28% lower than J2B
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.3%	16.5%	11.1%	J2A is 50% lower than J2B
Average household size	2.5	2.1	2.4	J2A is 19% higher than J2B

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	J2A	J2B
Median household income	25% higher than Drummondville	8% lower than Drummondville
Median after-tax income	24% higher than Drummondville	7% lower than Drummondville
Median age	9% lower than Drummondville	about the same as Drummondville
Unemployment rate	19% lower than Drummondville	13% higher than Drummondville
Low income (LIM-AT)	39% lower than Drummondville	22% higher than Drummondville
Average household size	14% higher than Drummondville	about the same as Drummondville

J2A is measured against Drummondville, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
J2B is measured against Drummondville, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J2A	J2B
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	12,264	33,110
Private dwellings	5,093	15,949
Land area	95 km²	97 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	J2A	J2B
Grocery store	1 km walk	53%	64%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	84%	92%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	23%	28%
Child care	1.5 km walk	91%	96%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	40%	84%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	0%	48%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	17%
Health care	3 km drive	96%	99%
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 J2A or J2B. 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	J2A	J2B
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 102 km	Montréal · 99 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	15	15
Reported releases to air	965 t	965 t

J2A: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 102 km from J2A. 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.
J2B: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 99 km from J2B. 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.

J2A in full · J2B 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.