J9A vs J9J

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 J9A and J9J, 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	J9A	J9J	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$92,000	$108,000	$84,000	J9A is 15% lower than J9J
Median after-tax income	$76,000	$89,000	$73,000	J9A is 15% lower than J9J
Median age	38.4	34.8	41.6	J9A is 10% higher than J9J
Unemployment rate	8.5%	8.3%	10.3%	J9A is about the same as J9J
Low income (LIM-AT)	7.2%	5.8%	11.1%	J9A is 24% higher than J9J
Average household size	2.2	2.6	2.4	J9A is 15% lower than J9J

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	J9A	J9J
Median household income	6% lower than Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)	10% higher than Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)
Median after-tax income	10% lower than Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)	6% higher than Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)
Median age	about the same as Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)	14% lower than Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)
Unemployment rate	12% lower than Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)	14% lower than Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)
Low income (LIM-AT)	18% lower than Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)	34% lower than Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)
Average household size	8% lower than Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)	8% higher than Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part)

J9A is measured against Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part), the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
J9J is measured against Ottawa - Gatineau (partie du Québec / Quebec part), the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J9A	J9J
Province	Quebec	Quebec
Population	22,508	41,342
Private dwellings	10,439	16,388
Land area	15 km²	72 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	J9A	J9J
Grocery store	1 km walk	91%	75%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	97%
Park	1 km walk	94%	90%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	57%	25%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	96%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	67%	73%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	6%	27%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	23%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	99%
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	J9A	J9J
Studio	$980	$1,407
1 bedroom	$1,370	$1,598
2 bedrooms	$1,401	$1,778
3+ bedrooms	not published	$2,071

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	J9A	J9J
Nearest AQHI station	Ottawa · 7.3 km	Ottawa · 12 km
Current reading	2.04 — Low risk	2.04 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	20	16
Reported releases to air	1,373 t	286 t

J9A: Measured at Ottawa, 7.3 km from J9A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
J9J: Measured at Ottawa, 12 km from J9J. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.

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.

J9A in full · J9J 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.