E1A vs E4J

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 E4J, 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	E4J	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$78,000	$71,000	$84,000	E1A is 10% higher than E4J
Median after-tax income	$68,000	$62,800	$73,000	E1A is 8% higher than E4J
Median age	40.4	47.2	41.6	E1A is 14% lower than E4J
Unemployment rate	7.5%	10.7%	10.3%	E1A is 30% lower than E4J
Low income (LIM-AT)	11.5%	13.6%	11.1%	E1A is 15% lower than E4J
Average household size	2.3	2.4	2.4	E1A is about the same as E4J

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E1A	E4J
Population	48,336	5,001
Private dwellings	21,632	2,141
Land area	99 km²	206 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	E4J
Grocery store	1 km walk	61%	41%
Public transit	1 km walk	83%	0%
Park	1 km walk	72%	23%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	31%	21%
Child care	1.5 km walk	95%	54%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	70%	24%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	37%	24%
Library	1.5 km walk	19%	29%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	61%
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	E1A	E4J
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	E1A	E4J
Nearest AQHI station	Moncton · 5.7 km	Moncton · 22 km
Current reading	1.49 — Low risk	1.49 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	10	0
Reported releases to air	237 t	not reported

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.
E4J: Measured at Moncton, 22 km from E4J. 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 · E4J 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.