E2M vs E5K

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 E2M and E5K, 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	E2M	E5K	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$73,500	$93,000	$84,000	E2M is 21% lower than E5K
Median after-tax income	$64,500	$79,000	$73,000	E2M is 18% lower than E5K
Median age	46.8	45.2	41.6	E2M is about the same as E5K
Unemployment rate	9.6%	6.7%	10.3%	E2M is 43% higher than E5K
Low income (LIM-AT)	11.8%	8.2%	11.1%	E2M is 44% higher than E5K
Average household size	2.3	2.5	2.4	E2M is 8% lower than E5K

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	E2M	E5K
Median household income	about the same as Saint John	26% higher than Saint John
Median after-tax income	about the same as Saint John	22% higher than Saint John
Median age	5% higher than Saint John	about the same as Saint John
Unemployment rate	about the same as Saint John	32% lower than Saint John
Low income (LIM-AT)	11% lower than Saint John	38% lower than Saint John
Average household size	about the same as Saint John	9% higher than Saint John

E2M is measured against Saint John, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
E5K 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	E2M	E5K
Province	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
Population	18,836	7,261
Private dwellings	8,653	3,047
Land area	120 km²	600 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	E2M	E5K
Grocery store	1 km walk	61%	38%
Public transit	1 km walk	81%	23%
Park	1 km walk	57%	14%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	16%	4%
Child care	1.5 km walk	89%	56%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	57%	41%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	44%	13%
Library	1.5 km walk	21%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	95%	79%
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 E2M or E5K. 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	E2M	E5K
Nearest AQHI station	Saint John · 5.7 km	Saint John · 18 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	13	11
Reported releases to air	14,715 t	13,613 t

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.
E5K: Measured at Saint John, 18 km from E5K. 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.

E2M in full · E5K 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.