J2S vs J2T

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 J2S and J2T, 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	J2S	J2T	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$53,200	$68,000	$84,000	J2S is 22% lower than J2T
Median after-tax income	$47,200	$59,600	$73,000	J2S is 21% lower than J2T
Median age	47.6	45.6	41.6	J2S is about the same as J2T
Unemployment rate	7.1%	5.6%	10.3%	J2S is 27% higher than J2T
Low income (LIM-AT)	18.7%	10.7%	11.1%	J2S is 75% higher than J2T
Average household size	1.9	2.1	2.4	J2S is 10% lower than J2T

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J2S	J2T
Population	29,943	17,072
Private dwellings	15,567	8,076
Land area	26 km²	58 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	J2S	J2T
Grocery store	1 km walk	96%	81%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	89%
Park	1 km walk	100%	84%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	70%	43%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	99%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	94%	86%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	69%	7%
Library	1.5 km walk	27%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	98%
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	J2S	J2T
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	J2S	J2T
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 55 km	Montréal · 57 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	21	22
Reported releases to air	366 t	366 t

J2S: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 55 km from J2S. 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.
J2T: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Montréal, 57 km from J2T. 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.

J2S in full · J2T 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.