E2A vs E8J

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 E2A and E8J, 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	E2A	E8J	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$59,200	$66,500	$84,000	E2A is 11% lower than E8J
Median after-tax income	$53,600	$58,400	$73,000	E2A is 8% lower than E8J
Median age	53.2	54	41.6	E2A is about the same as E8J
Unemployment rate	11.8%	12.5%	10.3%	E2A is 6% lower than E8J
Low income (LIM-AT)	18%	14.8%	11.1%	E2A is 22% higher than E8J
Average household size	2.1	2.2	2.4	E2A is about the same as E8J

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	E2A	E8J
Median household income	6% lower than Bathurst	6% higher than Bathurst
Median after-tax income	about the same as Bathurst	about the same as Bathurst
Median age	about the same as Bathurst	about the same as Bathurst
Unemployment rate	about the same as Bathurst	about the same as Bathurst
Low income (LIM-AT)	11% higher than Bathurst	9% lower than Bathurst
Average household size	about the same as Bathurst	about the same as Bathurst

E2A is measured against Bathurst, the metropolitan area holding 96% of its residents.
E8J is measured against Bathurst, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E2A	E8J
Province	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
Population	17,408	5,624
Private dwellings	9,041	2,663
Land area	1,937 km²	174 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	E2A	E8J
Grocery store	1 km walk	51%	41%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	48%	19%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	15%	15%
Child care	1.5 km walk	65%	36%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	46%	32%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	21%	21%
Library	1.5 km walk	12%	21%
Health care	3 km drive	84%	85%
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 E2A or E8J. 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	E2A	E8J
Nearest AQHI station	Bathurst · 3.0 km	Bathurst · 21 km
Current reading	1.23 — Low risk	1.23 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	1	3
Reported releases to air	163 t	6,894 t

E2A: Measured at Bathurst, 3.0 km from E2A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
E8J: Measured at Bathurst, 21 km from E8J. 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.

E2A in full · E8J 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.