E2K vs E2S

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 E2K and E2S, 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	E2K	E2S	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$58,000	$90,000	$84,000	E2K is 36% lower than E2S
Median after-tax income	$52,800	$77,000	$73,000	E2K is 31% lower than E2S
Median age	42.4	44	41.6	E2K is about the same as E2S
Unemployment rate	11.2%	8.9%	10.3%	E2K is 26% higher than E2S
Low income (LIM-AT)	23.7%	7.7%	11.1%	E2K is 3.1× higher than E2S
Average household size	2.2	2.6	2.4	E2K is 15% lower than E2S

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E2K	E2S
Population	18,798	6,970
Private dwellings	8,968	2,831
Land area	32 km²	312 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	E2K	E2S
Grocery store	1 km walk	61%	28%
Public transit	1 km walk	87%	5%
Park	1 km walk	69%	1%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	28%	0%
Child care	1.5 km walk	89%	32%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	83%	0%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	47%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	13%	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	E2K	E2S
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	E2K	E2S
Nearest AQHI station	Saint John · 4.8 km	Saint John · 18 km
Current reading	1.83 — Low risk	1.83 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	12	10
Reported releases to air	13,664 t	8,932 t

E2K: Measured at Saint John, 4.8 km from E2K. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
E2S: Measured at Saint John, 18 km from E2S. 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.

E2K in full · E2S 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.