E3A vs E3E

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 E3A and E3E, 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	E3A	E3E	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$74,000	$102,000	$84,000	E3A is 27% lower than E3E
Median after-tax income	$65,500	$88,000	$73,000	E3A is 26% lower than E3E
Median age	42.8	43.6	41.6	E3A is about the same as E3E
Unemployment rate	8.5%	7.4%	10.3%	E3A is 15% higher than E3E
Low income (LIM-AT)	13.7%	8.7%	11.1%	E3A is 57% higher than E3E
Average household size	2.3	2.6	2.4	E3A is 12% lower than E3E

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	E3A	E3E
Median household income	6% lower than Fredericton	29% higher than Fredericton
Median after-tax income	5% lower than Fredericton	28% higher than Fredericton
Median age	about the same as Fredericton	6% higher than Fredericton
Unemployment rate	about the same as Fredericton	9% lower than Fredericton
Low income (LIM-AT)	18% higher than Fredericton	25% lower than Fredericton
Average household size	about the same as Fredericton	13% higher than Fredericton

E3A is measured against Fredericton, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
E3E is measured against Fredericton, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E3A	E3E
Province	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
Population	29,462	4,719
Private dwellings	13,097	1,808
Land area	1,151 km²	258 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	E3A	E3E
Grocery store	1 km walk	46%	6%
Public transit	1 km walk	81%	0%
Park	1 km walk	77%	33%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	24%	6%
Child care	1.5 km walk	85%	45%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	58%	12%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	30%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	12%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	98%	61%
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 E3A or E3E. 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	E3A	E3E
Nearest AQHI station	Fredericton · 5.1 km	Fredericton · 15 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	7	4
Reported releases to air	166 t	158 t

E3A: Measured at Fredericton, 5.1 km from E3A. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
E3E: Measured at Fredericton, 15 km from E3E. 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.

E3A in full · E3E 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.