E1A vs E1B

New Brunswick

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 E1A and E1B, 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	E1A	E1B	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$78,000	$79,500	$84,000	E1A is about the same as E1B
Median after-tax income	$68,000	$69,500	$73,000	E1A is about the same as E1B
Median age	40.4	45.2	41.6	E1A is 11% lower than E1B
Unemployment rate	7.5%	7.8%	10.3%	E1A is about the same as E1B
Low income (LIM-AT)	11.5%	8.7%	11.1%	E1A is 32% higher than E1B
Average household size	2.3	2.4	2.4	E1A is about the same as E1B

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	E1A	E1B
Median household income	about the same as Moncton	7% higher than Moncton
Median after-tax income	about the same as Moncton	6% higher than Moncton
Median age	about the same as Moncton	7% higher than Moncton
Unemployment rate	11% lower than Moncton	7% lower than Moncton
Low income (LIM-AT)	8% lower than Moncton	30% lower than Moncton
Average household size	about the same as Moncton	about the same as Moncton

E1A is measured against Moncton, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
E1B is measured against Moncton, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E1A	E1B
Province	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
Population	48,336	20,584
Private dwellings	21,632	8,797
Land area	99 km²	34 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	E1A	E1B
Grocery store	1 km walk	61%	58%
Public transit	1 km walk	83%	94%
Park	1 km walk	72%	86%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	31%	23%
Child care	1.5 km walk	95%	86%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	70%	52%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	37%	26%
Library	1.5 km walk	19%	20%
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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either E1A or E1B. The survey covers centres of 10,000 people and up, so there is nothing published for either area.

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	E1A	E1B
Nearest AQHI station	Moncton · 5.7 km	Moncton · 6.5 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	10	6
Reported releases to air	237 t	117 t

E1A: Measured at Moncton, 5.7 km from E1A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
E1B: Measured at Moncton, 6.5 km from E1B. 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.

E1A in full · E1B 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.