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

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E2A	E8J
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.

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	E2A	E8J
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	E2A	E8J
Nearest AQHI station	Bathurst · 3.0 km	Bathurst · 21 km
Current reading	1.49 — Low risk	1.49 — 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.