V2L
British Columbia
In plain English
V2L had a population of 10,101 in the 2021 Census in Prince George. Its population density makes it a suburban area.
There were 5,216 private dwellings across 7.6 km².
Median household income was 28% lower than the national figure.
Median after-tax household income was 24% lower than the national figure.
The median age was about the same as the national figure.
The unemployment rate was 47% higher than the national figure.
The share of people in low income (LIM-AT) was 57% higher than the national figure.
Average household size was 17% lower than the national figure.
Where this is
The area
V2L · BC10,101
British Columbia · mostly Prince George
| Private dwellings | 5,216 |
|---|---|
| Owner households | 2,110 |
| Renter households | 2,450 |
| Immigrants | 860 |
| Land area | 7.6 km² |
Compared with
| Measure | V2L | Prince George | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Median household income | $60,400 | $91,000 | $85,000 | $84,000 |
| Median after-tax income | $55,200 | $80,000 | $76,000 | $73,000 |
| Median age | 41.6 | 39.6 | 42.8 | 41.6 |
| Unemployment rate | 15.1% | 9% | 8.4% | 10.3% |
| Low income (LIM-AT) | 17.4% | 8.6% | 10.8% | 11.1% |
| Average household size | 2 | 2.4 | 2.4 | 2.4 |
- Median household income in V2L is 28% lower than the national figure.
- Median after-tax income in V2L is 24% lower than the national figure.
- Median age in V2L is about the same as the national figure.
- Unemployment rate in V2L is 47% higher than the national figure.
- Low income (LIM-AT) in V2L is 57% higher than the national figure.
- Average household size in V2L is 17% lower than the national figure.
Getting around
2021 reference year · dissemination-block levelHow close everyday amenities are — not how good they are. Each figure is the share of this area’s residents who have that amenity within the distance shown, weighted by where people actually live.
76%
6 points higher than the national share of 70%
| Amenity | Within | V2L | Canada | Compared | Index vs Canada |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery storeSupermarkets and general-line grocery retailers. | 1 km walk | 76% | 70% | 6 points higher than Canada | 31% below it |
| Public transitA transit stop, weighted by how many trips serve it. | 1 km walk | 100% | 66% | 34 points higher than Canada | 52% below it |
| ParkNeighbourhood parks and green space. | 1 km walk | 100% | 80% | 20 points higher than Canada | 1.9× the national index |
| PharmacyPharmacies and drug stores. | 1 km walk | 44% | 45% | about the same as Canada | 23% below it |
| Child careLicensed child care facilities. | 1.5 km walk | 100% | 86% | 14 points higher than Canada | 44% below it |
| Primary schoolPrimary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school. | 1.5 km walk | 95% | 71% | 24 points higher than Canada | 39% below it |
| Secondary schoolSecondary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school. | 1.5 km walk | 96% | 60% | 37 points higher than Canada | 18% below it |
| LibraryPublic libraries. | 1.5 km walk | 31% | 28% | 2 points higher than Canada | 45% below it |
| Health careDoctors, clinics and other health facilities. | 3 km drive | 100% | 92% | 8 points higher than Canada | 41% below it |
| EmploymentJobs, weighted by how many are at each location. | 10 km drive | 100% | 98% | about the same as Canada | 62% below it |
26% of V2L’s residents live in a block Statistics Canada classifies as an amenity-dense neighbourhood — one with a grocery store, pharmacy, health care, child care, a primary school, a library, a transit stop and a source of employment all in range. Nationally it is 16%. This is StatCan’s composite, not ours.
- 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.
Source: Statistics Canada, Proximity Measures Database (17-26-0002), 2021 reference year. Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Measured at the dissemination block and aggregated to this postal area, weighted by population.
Air quality
live · nearest station2.05
Low risk · 8:00 AM PDT Thursday 13 August 2026
| Station | Prince George |
|---|---|
| Distance from V2L | 1.5 km |
| Reading | 2.05 — Low risk |
| Highest forecast | 1 |
Measured at Prince George, 1.5 km from V2L. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Air Quality Health Index. Data current as of 8:00 AM PDT Thursday 13 August 2026. Open Government Licence – Canada. This is the only live figure on this page; everything else is annual or from the census.
Reporting facilities nearby
2024 · within 10 kmFacilities that reported releasing a listed substance to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, within 10 km of V2L. Distance is measured from the edge of the postal area, so a facility inside it shows as inside this area.
25 facilities within 10 km of V2L reported to the inventory. The 12 that released the most to air are listed; the total below covers all of them.
| Facility | Distance | Substances | Released to air |
|---|---|---|---|
| Northwood Pulp MillPrince George · Pulp and Paper | 7.3 km | 36incl. dioxins/furans | 4,310 t |
| Prince George Pulp and Paper and Intercontinental Pulp MillsPrince George · Pulp and Paper | 2.2 km | 41incl. dioxins/furans | 3,260 t |
| Prince George RefineryPrince George · Petroleum and Coal Product Refining and Mfg. | 1.7 km | 15 | 727 t |
| Prince George Sawmill DivisionPrince George · Wood Products | 9.3 km | 7 | 557 t |
| Tabor SawmillPrince George · Wood Products | 9.7 km | 6 | 517 t |
| Lakeland Mills Ltd.Prince George · Wood Products | 0.5 km | 7 | 249 t |
| Prince George TerminalPrince George · Oil and Gas Pipelines and Storage | 2.1 km | 7 | 226 t |
| PGR HDRD ComplexPrince George · Chemicals | 2.0 km | 6 | 189 t |
| Lansdowne Road Wastewater Treatment CentrePrince George · Water and Wastewater Systems | 0.3 km | 7 | 32 t |
| United Initiators Canada Ltd.Prince George · Chemicals | 1.6 km | 4 | 25 t |
| SJI Prince GeorgePrince George · Wood Products | 3.9 km | 24 | 9 t |
| Chemtrade - Prince George ChloratePrince George · Chemicals | 1.4 km | 2 | 2 t |
All 25 facilities within 10 km — including the 13 not listed above — together reported 10,107 t released to air in 2024. That is what was reported within 10 km — not what reached this area, which depends on stack height, wind and chemistry that this inventory does not model.
- The inventory is threshold-based: a facility reports only when it exceeds a quantity for a listed substance. Smaller emitters, road traffic, home heating and agriculture are not in it.
- Quantities are reported by the facilities themselves and are estimates, not measurements at the fence line. Being close to a facility is not the same as being exposed to what it reports.
- Dioxins and furans are reported in grams of toxic equivalent, a toxicity-weighted figure that cannot be added to a tonnage. Facilities reporting them are marked, and those grams are left out of every tonnage here — the rest of what those facilities released is counted.
Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Pollutant Release Inventory. Data current as of 2024 reporting year. Open Government Licence – Canada.
Crime
2025 · provincial figuresThese figures describe the whole of British Columbia — a province or territory — not V2L. Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada.
92.4
British Columbia · 23% higher than the national index of 75.0
| Measure | British Columbia | Canada | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 92.4 | 75.0 | 23% higher than Canada |
| Violent Crime Severity Index | 98.0 | 97.2 | about the same as Canada |
| Non-violent Crime Severity Index | 90.9 | 66.8 | 36% higher than Canada |
| Weighted clearance rate | 23.0% | 36.6% | 13.6 percentage points lower than Canada |
| Violations | British Columbia | Canada | Compared |
|---|---|---|---|
| All violations | 7,643 per 100,000 | 6,065 per 100,000 | 26% higher than Canada |
| Criminal Code, excluding traffic | 6,943 per 100,000 | 5,585 per 100,000 | 24% higher than Canada |
| Violent Criminal Code | 1,531 per 100,000 | 1,443 per 100,000 | 6% higher than Canada |
| Property crime | 3,839 per 100,000 | 3,141 per 100,000 | 22% higher than Canada |
Year-by-year figures
| Year | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|
| 2011 | 96.7 | 77.6 |
| 2012 | 94.5 | 75.5 |
| 2013 | 87.7 | 68.9 |
| 2014 | 90.2 | 66.9 |
| 2015 | 92.7 | 70.4 |
| 2016 | 91.7 | 72.0 |
| 2017 | 87.1 | 73.6 |
| 2018 | 88.7 | 75.6 |
| 2019 | 104.0 | 79.7 |
| 2020 | 97.0 | 73.9 |
| 2021 | 96.4 | 74.9 |
| 2022 | 100.3 | 78.7 |
| 2023 | 104.6 | 81.3 |
| 2024 | 93.9 | 78.8 |
| 2025 | 92.4 | 75.0 |
- V2L is not inside a metropolitan area that publishes crime figures, so the comparison is against British Columbia as a whole.
- The Crime Severity Index weights offences by seriousness and is set so that Canada in 2006 = 100. A rate per 100,000 counts incidents without weighting them. The two are not interchangeable and should not be compared to each other.
Source: Statistics Canada, table 35-10-0026 (crime severity index); table 35-10-0177 (incident-based crime statistics). Data current as of 2025 reference year. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Police-reported crime only — offences that are not reported to police are not counted anywhere in these figures.
Common questions
- Do these figures describe a specific address in V2L?
- No. V2L is a forward sortation area — the first three characters of a postal code — and every figure here describes the whole of it. That is the finest granularity Canadian open data supports; a full six-character postal code requires a licensed Canada Post file. Conditions on one street can differ from the area average.
- Why is the crime figure for British Columbia rather than for V2L?
- Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada. Statistics Canada publishes it by police service, aggregated to metropolitan areas and provinces, which for V2L means British Columbia. There is no municipal feed covering this area, so the regional figure is the finest available.
- How current is this profile?
- The census figures are from the 2021 Census. The other panels carry their own dates, shown beside each one, because they are published on different schedules — crime annually, CMHC rents each October, asking rents quarterly, and the air quality index live. Each figure is labelled with the vintage it came from rather than the date you are reading it.
- Does this page rank or score V2L?
- No. There is no score, no grade, no star rating and no ranking against other areas. Every figure is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are combined. The site describes places using published statistics; it does not draw conclusions about the people who live in them.
What this page will not do
No score, no ranking, no grade. This page will not score this neighbourhood, rank it against another, or present the people who live here as a feature of the place. Every figure above is a measurement with a source, a date and a stated granularity, and none of them are added together.
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Source: Census Profile, 2021 Census (98-401-X). Data current as of 2026-08-12. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Figures describe the whole forward sortation area, not a street.