J5R vs J7C

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 J5R and J7C, 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	J5R	J7C	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$100,000	$98,000	$84,000	J5R is about the same as J7C
Median after-tax income	$83,000	$83,000	$73,000	J5R is about the same as J7C
Median age	42.4	41.6	41.6	J5R is about the same as J7C
Unemployment rate	5.8%	5.6%	10.3%	J5R is about the same as J7C
Low income (LIM-AT)	6.3%	5.4%	11.1%	J5R is 17% higher than J7C
Average household size	2.5	2.6	2.4	J5R is about the same as J7C

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J5R	J7C
Population	49,403	46,679
Private dwellings	20,269	18,343
Land area	61 km²	48 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	J5R	J7C
Grocery store	1 km walk	77%	62%
Public transit	1 km walk	98%	92%
Park	1 km walk	91%	86%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	39%	30%
Child care	1.5 km walk	99%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	77%	72%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	37%	22%
Library	1.5 km walk	27%	8%
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	J5R	J7C
Studio	$1,112	not published
1 bedroom	$1,309	$1,162
2 bedrooms	$1,431	$1,300
3+ bedrooms	$1,596	$1,482

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	J5R	J7C
Nearest AQHI station	Montréal · 18 km	Montréal · 25 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	46	35
Reported releases to air	7,725 t	1,904 t

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.
J7C: Montréal, 25 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.

J5R in full · J7C 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.