E3B vs E5L

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 E5L, 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	E5L	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$74,500	$67,000	$84,000	E3B is 11% higher than E5L
Median after-tax income	$65,000	$60,400	$73,000	E3B is 8% higher than E5L
Median age	37.2	48.8	41.6	E3B is 24% lower than E5L
Unemployment rate	8.2%	8.5%	10.3%	E3B is about the same as E5L
Low income (LIM-AT)	12.5%	14.1%	11.1%	E3B is 11% lower than E5L
Average household size	2.2	2.3	2.4	E3B is about the same as E5L

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	E5L
Median household income	6% lower than Fredericton	about the same as New Brunswick
Median after-tax income	6% lower than Fredericton	about the same as New Brunswick
Median age	10% lower than Fredericton	about the same as New Brunswick
Unemployment rate	about the same as Fredericton	17% lower than New Brunswick
Low income (LIM-AT)	8% higher than Fredericton	about the same as New Brunswick
Average household size	about the same as Fredericton	about the same as New Brunswick

E3B is measured against Fredericton, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
E5L is measured against New Brunswick: the nearest metropolitan area, Fredericton, holds 37% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E3B	E5L
Province	New Brunswick	New Brunswick
Population	39,788	2,902
Private dwellings	18,861	1,337
Land area	521 km²	1,553 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	E5L
Grocery store	1 km walk	59%	33%
Public transit	1 km walk	76%	0%
Park	1 km walk	67%	29%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	39%	10%
Child care	1.5 km walk	86%	60%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	53%	20%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	40%	20%
Library	1.5 km walk	23%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	93%	25%
Employment	10 km drive	100%	99%

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 E5L. 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	E5L
Nearest AQHI station	Fredericton · 3.4 km	Fredericton · 36 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	8	1
Reported releases to air	166 t	not reported

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.
E5L: Measured at Fredericton, 36 km from E5L. 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 · E5L 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.