J2G vs J2H

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 J2G and J2H, 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	J2G	J2H	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$49,200	$89,000	$84,000	J2G is 45% lower than J2H
Median after-tax income	$44,000	$76,000	$73,000	J2G is 42% lower than J2H
Median age	52.4	44.4	41.6	J2G is 18% higher than J2H
Unemployment rate	7%	4.3%	10.3%	J2G is 63% higher than J2H
Low income (LIM-AT)	20%	5.6%	11.1%	J2G is 3.6× higher than J2H
Average household size	1.9	2.4	2.4	J2G is 21% lower than J2H

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	J2G	J2H
Median household income	28% lower than Granby	30% higher than Granby
Median after-tax income	27% lower than Granby	27% higher than Granby
Median age	12% higher than Granby	5% lower than Granby
Unemployment rate	32% higher than Granby	19% lower than Granby
Low income (LIM-AT)	72% higher than Granby	52% lower than Granby
Average household size	14% lower than Granby	9% higher than Granby

J2G is measured against Granby, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
J2H is measured against Granby, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J2G	J2H
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	28,297	22,474
Private dwellings	14,957	9,256
Land area	18 km²	56 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	J2G	J2H
Grocery store	1 km walk	97%	51%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	90%	43%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	63%	6%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	98%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	98%	34%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	51%	8%
Library	1.5 km walk	34%	3%
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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either J2G or J2H. 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	J2G	J2H
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 73 km	Montréal · 75 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	19	19
Reported releases to air	563 t	563 t

J2G: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 73 km from J2G. 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.
J2H: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 75 km from J2H. 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.

J2G in full · J2H 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.