E2L 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 E2L 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	E2L	E2S	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$44,800	$90,000	$84,000	E2L is 50% lower than E2S
Median after-tax income	$40,800	$77,000	$73,000	E2L is 47% lower than E2S
Median age	39.2	44	41.6	E2L is 11% lower than E2S
Unemployment rate	13.5%	8.9%	10.3%	E2L is 52% higher than E2S
Low income (LIM-AT)	31%	7.7%	11.1%	E2L is 4.0× higher than E2S
Average household size	1.7	2.6	2.4	E2L is 35% lower than E2S

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	E2L	E2S
Median household income	39% lower than Saint John	22% higher than Saint John
Median after-tax income	37% lower than Saint John	18% higher than Saint John
Median age	12% lower than Saint John	about the same as Saint John
Unemployment rate	38% higher than Saint John	9% lower than Saint John
Low income (LIM-AT)	2.3× higher than Saint John	42% lower than Saint John
Average household size	26% lower than Saint John	13% higher than Saint John

E2L is measured against Saint John, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
E2S is measured against Saint John, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E2L	E2S
Province	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
Population	8,221	6,970
Private dwellings	5,228	2,831
Land area	2.5 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	E2L	E2S
Grocery store	1 km walk	100%	28%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	5%
Park	1 km walk	98%	1%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	72%	0%
Child care	1.5 km walk	86%	32%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	100%	0%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	100%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	83%	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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either E2L or E2S. 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	E2L	E2S
Nearest AQHI station	Saint John · 2.0 km	Saint John · 18 km
Current reading	1.76 — Low risk	1.76 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	12	10
Reported releases to air	13,664 t	8,932 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.
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.

E2L 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.