J3Y vs J5R

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 J3Y and J5R, 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	J3Y	J5R	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$86,000	$100,000	$84,000	J3Y is 14% lower than J5R
Median after-tax income	$74,000	$83,000	$73,000	J3Y is 11% lower than J5R
Median age	42	42.4	41.6	J3Y is about the same as J5R
Unemployment rate	6.6%	5.8%	10.3%	J3Y is 14% higher than J5R
Low income (LIM-AT)	6.9%	6.3%	11.1%	J3Y is 10% higher than J5R
Average household size	2.4	2.5	2.4	J3Y is about the same as J5R

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J3Y	J5R
Population	66,364	49,403
Private dwellings	27,993	20,269
Land area	58 km²	61 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	J3Y	J5R
Grocery store	1 km walk	80%	77%
Public transit	1 km walk	99%	98%
Park	1 km walk	95%	91%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	36%	39%
Child care	1.5 km walk	99%	99%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	81%	77%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	22%	37%
Library	1.5 km walk	13%	27%
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	J3Y	J5R
Studio	$971	$1,112
1 bedroom	$1,207	$1,309
2 bedrooms	$1,455	$1,431
3+ bedrooms	$1,635	$1,596

Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation of this product.

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	J3Y	J5R
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 19 km	Montréal · 18 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	57	46
Reported releases to air	3,371 t	7,725 t

J3Y: Montréal, 19 km away, is the nearest Air Quality Health Index location, but no current reading could be retrieved from Environment and Climate Change Canada.
J5R: Montréal, 18 km away, is the nearest Air Quality Health Index location, but no current reading could be retrieved from Environment and Climate Change 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.

J3Y in full · J5R 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.