J2C vs J2E

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 J2C and J2E, 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	J2C	J2E	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$56,800	$68,500	$84,000	J2C is 17% lower than J2E
Median after-tax income	$50,000	$60,800	$73,000	J2C is 18% lower than J2E
Median age	52.4	42	41.6	J2C is 25% higher than J2E
Unemployment rate	5.7%	5.7%	10.3%	J2C is about the same as J2E
Low income (LIM-AT)	15.4%	10.4%	11.1%	J2C is 48% higher than J2E
Average household size	1.9	2.2	2.4	J2C is 14% lower than J2E

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J2C	J2E
Population	29,991	4,454
Private dwellings	15,040	2,052
Land area	27 km²	25 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	J2C	J2E
Grocery store	1 km walk	80%	73%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	93%	84%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	46%	0%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	97%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	63%	0%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	35%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	29%	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	J2C	J2E
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	J2C	J2E
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 98 km	Montréal · 97 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	15	14
Reported releases to air	965 t	440 t

J2C: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 98 km from J2C. 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.
J2E: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 97 km from J2E. 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.

J2C in full · J2E 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.