E5L vs E6L

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 E5L and E6L, 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	E5L	E6L	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$67,000	$73,500	$84,000	E5L is 9% lower than E6L
Median after-tax income	$60,400	$65,500	$73,000	E5L is 8% lower than E6L
Median age	48.8	47.2	41.6	E5L is about the same as E6L
Unemployment rate	8.5%	10.7%	10.3%	E5L is 21% lower than E6L
Low income (LIM-AT)	14.1%	13.7%	11.1%	E5L is about the same as E6L
Average household size	2.3	2.4	2.4	E5L is about the same as E6L

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	E5L	E6L
Population	2,902	4,823
Private dwellings	1,337	2,104
Land area	1,553 km²	432 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	E5L	E6L
Grocery store	1 km walk	33%	12%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	29%	19%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	10%	4%
Child care	1.5 km walk	60%	28%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	20%	17%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	20%	17%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	25%	26%
Employment	10 km drive	99%	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.

What tenants pay, from CMHC’s survey of purpose-built rental buildings. The two areas may sit in different survey zones, or one may not be surveyed at all — that is a coverage fact and is stated rather than left blank.
Unit	E5L	E6L
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

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	E5L	E6L
Nearest AQHI station	Fredericton · 36 km	Fredericton · 20 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	1	2
Reported releases to air	not reported	3,612 t

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.
E6L: Measured at Fredericton, 20 km from E6L. 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.

E5L in full · E6L 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.