E3B vs E3C

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 E3B and E3C, 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	E3B	E3C	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$74,500	$102,000	$84,000	E3B is 27% lower than E3C
Median after-tax income	$65,000	$86,000	$73,000	E3B is 24% lower than E3C
Median age	37.2	43.6	41.6	E3B is 15% lower than E3C
Unemployment rate	8.2%	6.4%	10.3%	E3B is 28% higher than E3C
Low income (LIM-AT)	12.5%	5.2%	11.1%	E3B is 2.4× higher than E3C
Average household size	2.2	2.5	2.4	E3B is 12% lower than E3C

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	E3B	E3C
Median household income	6% lower than Fredericton	29% higher than Fredericton
Median after-tax income	6% lower than Fredericton	25% higher than Fredericton
Median age	10% lower than Fredericton	6% higher than Fredericton
Unemployment rate	about the same as Fredericton	21% lower than Fredericton
Low income (LIM-AT)	8% higher than Fredericton	55% lower than Fredericton
Average household size	about the same as Fredericton	9% higher than Fredericton

E3B is measured against Fredericton, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
E3C 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	E3B	E3C
Province	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
Population	39,788	12,321
Private dwellings	18,861	5,018
Land area	521 km²	153 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	E3B	E3C
Grocery store	1 km walk	59%	29%
Public transit	1 km walk	76%	30%
Park	1 km walk	67%	40%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	39%	7%
Child care	1.5 km walk	86%	89%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	53%	21%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	40%	0%
Library	1.5 km walk	23%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	93%	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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either E3B or E3C. 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	E3B	E3C
Nearest AQHI station	Fredericton · 3.4 km	Fredericton · 5.6 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	8	7
Reported releases to air	166 t	165 t

E3B: Measured at Fredericton, 3.4 km from E3B. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
E3C: Measured at Fredericton, 5.6 km from E3C. 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.

E3B in full · E3C 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.