E2L vs E2M

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 E2L and E2M, 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	E2L	E2M	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$44,800	$73,500	$84,000	E2L is 39% lower than E2M
Median after-tax income	$40,800	$64,500	$73,000	E2L is 37% lower than E2M
Median age	39.2	46.8	41.6	E2L is 16% lower than E2M
Unemployment rate	13.5%	9.6%	10.3%	E2L is 41% higher than E2M
Low income (LIM-AT)	31%	11.8%	11.1%	E2L is 2.6× higher than E2M
Average household size	1.7	2.3	2.4	E2L is 26% lower than E2M

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E2L	E2M
Population	8,221	18,836
Private dwellings	5,228	8,653
Land area	2.5 km²	120 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	E2L	E2M
Grocery store	1 km walk	100%	61%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	81%
Park	1 km walk	98%	57%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	72%	16%
Child care	1.5 km walk	86%	89%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	100%	57%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	100%	44%
Library	1.5 km walk	83%	21%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	95%
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	E2L	E2M
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	E2L	E2M
Nearest AQHI station	Saint John · 2.0 km	Saint John · 5.7 km
Current reading	1.83 — Low risk	1.83 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	12	13
Reported releases to air	13,664 t	14,715 t

E2L: Measured at Saint John, 2.0 km from E2L. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
E2M: Measured at Saint John, 5.7 km from E2M. 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.

E2L in full · E2M 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.