J9X vs J9Y

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 J9X and J9Y, 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	J9X	J9Y	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$61,200	$110,000	$84,000	J9X is 44% lower than J9Y
Median after-tax income	$53,200	$90,000	$73,000	J9X is 41% lower than J9Y
Median age	44.4	38.8	41.6	J9X is 14% higher than J9Y
Unemployment rate	4.7%	4.2%	10.3%	J9X is 12% higher than J9Y
Low income (LIM-AT)	14.5%	4.7%	11.1%	J9X is 3.1× higher than J9Y
Average household size	1.9	2.6	2.4	J9X is 27% lower than J9Y

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	J9X	J9Y
Population	22,993	10,755
Private dwellings	12,407	4,455
Land area	97 km²	1,324 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	J9X	J9Y
Grocery store	1 km walk	87%	36%
Public transit	1 km walk	98%	11%
Park	1 km walk	97%	45%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	49%	3%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	72%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	76%	39%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	61%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	34%	1%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	72%
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	J9X	J9Y
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	J9X	J9Y
Nearest AQHI station	North Bay · 217 km	North Bay · 215 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	3	5
Reported releases to air	20,323 t	20,577 t

J9X: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is North Bay, 217 km from J9X. 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.
J9Y: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is North Bay, 215 km from J9Y. 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.

J9X in full · J9Y 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.