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V2M

British Columbia

In plain English

V2M had a population of 23,763 in the 2021 Census in Prince George. Its population density makes it a suburban area.

There were 10,807 private dwellings across 48 km².

Median household income was about the same as the national figure.

Median after-tax household income was about the same as the national figure.

The median age was 12% lower than the national figure.

The unemployment rate was 8% lower than the national figure.

The share of people in low income (LIM-AT) was about the same as the national figure.

Average household size was about the same as the national figure.

Where this is

The boundary of forward sortation area V2M covering 48 km², in Prince George, British Columbia. The outline marks the whole postal area; it is not a street-level boundary.

The area

V2M · BC
Population, 2021

23,763

British Columbia · mostly Prince George

Counts for V2M, 2021 Census. These describe this area and are deliberately not compared to a city or a country — a count of households is not comparable to a national total.
Private dwellings10,807
Owner households5,830
Renter households4,385
Immigrants2,440
Land area48 km²

Compared with

Selected 2021 Census figures for V2M, against its city, province and Canada. A blank comparison means the figure was not published for that geography.
MeasureV2MPrince GeorgeBritish ColumbiaCanada
Median household income$81,000$91,000$85,000$84,000
Median after-tax income$72,000$80,000$76,000$73,000
Median age36.839.642.841.6
Unemployment rate9.5%9%8.4%10.3%
Low income (LIM-AT)10.6%8.6%10.8%11.1%
Average household size2.32.42.42.4

Getting around

2021 reference year · dissemination-block level
What this measures:

How 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.

Residents with a grocery store within a 1 km walk

67%

4 points lower than the national share of 70%

Share of V2M’s residents with each amenity within reach. The proximity index in the last column is scaled against all of Canada, where the national average is close to zero — read it against Canada, never on its own.
AmenityWithinV2MCanadaComparedIndex vs Canada
Grocery storeSupermarkets and general-line grocery retailers.1 km walk67%70%4 points lower than Canada52% below it
Public transitA transit stop, weighted by how many trips serve it.1 km walk98%66%33 points higher than Canada33% below it
ParkNeighbourhood parks and green space.1 km walk100%80%19 points higher than Canada2.1× the national index
PharmacyPharmacies and drug stores.1 km walk35%45%9 points lower than Canada64% below it
Child careLicensed child care facilities.1.5 km walk98%86%12 points higher than Canada11% below it
Primary schoolPrimary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.1.5 km walk83%71%11 points higher than Canada1.3× the national index
Secondary schoolSecondary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.1.5 km walk77%60%17 points higher than Canada1.2× the national index
LibraryPublic libraries.1.5 km walk5%28%23 points lower than Canada92% below it
Health careDoctors, clinics and other health facilities.3 km drive100%92%8 points higher than Canada54% below it
EmploymentJobs, weighted by how many are at each location.10 km drive100%98%about the same as Canada70% below it

4% of V2M’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.

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 station
Air Quality Health Index at Prince George

2.05

Low risk · 8:00 AM PDT Thursday 13 August 2026

The Air Quality Health Index combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale. It is a reading at a station, not a measurement of any address.
StationPrince George
Distance from V2M3.0 km
Reading2.05Low risk
Highest forecast1

Measured at Prince George, 3.0 km from V2M. 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 km
What this is:

Facilities that reported releasing a listed substance to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, within 10 km of V2M. Distance is measured from the edge of the postal area, so a facility inside it shows as inside this area.

24 facilities within 10 km of V2M reported to the inventory. The 12 that released the most to air are listed; the total below covers all of them.

The 12 largest reporters to air of the 24 within 10 km of V2M, 2024, in tonnes. Quantities are estimated and reported by the facilities themselves.
FacilityDistanceSubstancesReleased to air
Northwood Pulp MillPrince George · Pulp and Paper7.4 km36incl. dioxins/furans4,310 t
Prince George Pulp and Paper and Intercontinental Pulp MillsPrince George · Pulp and Paper4.5 km41incl. dioxins/furans3,260 t
Prince George RefineryPrince George · Petroleum and Coal Product Refining and Mfg.3.5 km15727 t
Prince George Sawmill DivisionPrince George · Wood Products9.2 km7557 t
Lakeland Mills Ltd.Prince George · Wood Products1.0 km7249 t
Prince George TerminalPrince George · Oil and Gas Pipelines and Storage4.0 km7226 t
PGR HDRD ComplexPrince George · Chemicals3.4 km6189 t
Lansdowne Road Wastewater Treatment CentrePrince George · Water and Wastewater Systems2.7 km732 t
United Initiators Canada Ltd.Prince George · Chemicals3.2 km425 t
SJI Prince GeorgePrince George · Wood Products6.2 km249 t
Chemtrade - Prince George ChloratePrince George · Chemicals1.8 km22 t
Blackburn Wastewater Treatment PlantPrince George · Water and Wastewater Systems6.7 km42 t

All 24 facilities within 10 km — including the 12 not listed above — together reported 9,589 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.

Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, National Pollutant Release Inventory. Data current as of 2024 reporting year. Open Government Licence – Canada.

Crime

2025 · provincial figures
Read this first:

These figures describe the whole of British Columbia — a province or territory — not V2M. Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada.

Crime Severity Index, 2025

92.4

British Columbia · 23% higher than the national index of 75.0

Severity indexes for British Columbia, 2025. The Crime Severity Index weights each offence by how serious the courts treat it, so it is an index and not a count — 100 is Canada in 2006.
MeasureBritish ColumbiaCanadaCompared
Crime Severity Index92.475.023% higher than Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index98.097.2about the same as Canada
Non-violent Crime Severity Index90.966.836% higher than Canada
Weighted clearance rate23.0%36.6%13.6 percentage points lower than Canada
Reported incidents per 100,000 residents, 2025. These count incidents without weighting them by seriousness, so they are not comparable with the indexes above.
ViolationsBritish ColumbiaCanadaCompared
All violations7,643 per 100,0006,065 per 100,00026% higher than Canada
Criminal Code, excluding traffic6,943 per 100,0005,585 per 100,00024% higher than Canada
Violent Criminal Code1,531 per 100,0001,443 per 100,0006% higher than Canada
Property crime3,839 per 100,0003,141 per 100,00022% higher than Canada
Crime Severity Index for British Columbia (solid) against Canada (dashed), 2011 to 2025. In 2025 it was lower than in 2011 — 92.4 against 96.7. A change in the index can come from a change in the number of offences, in how serious they were, or in how many were reported to police.
Year-by-year figures
Crime Severity Index by year. This table is the chart above, in full.
YearBritish ColumbiaCanada
201196.777.6
201294.575.5
201387.768.9
201490.266.9
201592.770.4
201691.772.0
201787.173.6
201888.775.6
2019104.079.7
202097.073.9
202196.474.9
2022100.378.7
2023104.681.3
202493.978.8
202592.475.0

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 V2M?
No. V2M 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 V2M?
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 V2M 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 V2M?
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

Note:

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.