E2J vs E5N

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 E2J and E5N, 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	E2J	E5N	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$62,000	$83,000	$84,000	E2J is 25% lower than E5N
Median after-tax income	$55,600	$71,500	$73,000	E2J is 22% lower than E5N
Median age	44	44.8	41.6	E2J is about the same as E5N
Unemployment rate	11.4%	9%	10.3%	E2J is 27% higher than E5N
Low income (LIM-AT)	15%	10.7%	11.1%	E2J is 40% higher than E5N
Average household size	2.1	2.5	2.4	E2J is 16% lower than E5N

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E2J	E5N
Population	16,058	12,263
Private dwellings	7,698	5,222
Land area	31 km²	601 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	E2J	E5N
Grocery store	1 km walk	49%	20%
Public transit	1 km walk	98%	0%
Park	1 km walk	23%	20%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	19%	10%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	49%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	58%	9%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	49%	12%
Library	1.5 km walk	23%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	59%
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	E2J	E5N
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	E2J	E5N
Nearest AQHI station	Saint John · 5.1 km	Saint John · 32 km
Current reading	1.83 — Low risk	1.83 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	13	1
Reported releases to air	13,664 t	not reported

E2J: Measured at Saint John, 5.1 km from E2J. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
E5N: Measured at Saint John, 32 km from E5N. 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.

E2J in full · E5N 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.