Do these figures describe a specific address in V9V?

No. V9V 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 Nanaimo, British Columbia rather than for V9V?

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 V9V means Nanaimo, 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 V9V?

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.

V9V

British Columbia

V9V had a population of 11,300 in the 2021 Census in Nanaimo. Its population density makes it a built-up urban area.

There were 4,762 private dwellings across 6.2 km².

Median household income was 7% higher than the national figure.

Median after-tax household income was 11% higher than the national figure.

The median age was 26% higher than the national figure.

The unemployment rate was 18% lower than the national figure.

The share of people in low income (LIM-AT) was 26% lower than the national figure.

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

The boundary of forward sortation area V9V covering 6.2 km², in Nanaimo, British Columbia. The outline marks the whole postal area; it is not a street-level boundary.

Population, 2021

11,300

British Columbia · mostly Nanaimo

Counts for V9V, 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 dwellings	4,762
Owner households	3,685
Renter households	980
Immigrants	2,695
Land area	6.2 km²

Selected 2021 Census figures for V9V, against its city, province and Canada. A blank comparison means the figure was not published for that geography.
Measure	V9V	Nanaimo	British Columbia	Canada
Median household income	$90,000	$77,500	$85,000	$84,000
Median after-tax income	$81,000	$70,000	$76,000	$73,000
Median age	52.4	45.6	42.8	41.6
Unemployment rate	8.4%	8.3%	8.4%	10.3%
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.2%	10.7%	10.8%	11.1%
Average household size	2.4	2.3	2.4	2.4

Median household income in V9V is 7% higher than the national figure.
Median after-tax income in V9V is 11% higher than the national figure.
Median age in V9V is 26% higher than the national figure.
Unemployment rate in V9V is 18% lower than the national figure.
Low income (LIM-AT) in V9V is 26% lower than the national figure.
Average household size in V9V is about the same as the national figure.

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

79%

9 points higher than the national share of 70%

Share of V9V’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.
Amenity	Within	V9V	Canada	Compared	Index vs Canada
Grocery storeSupermarkets and general-line grocery retailers.	1 km walk	79%	70%	9 points higher than Canada	32% below it
Public transitA transit stop, weighted by how many trips serve it.	1 km walk	90%	66%	24 points higher than Canada	61% below it
ParkNeighbourhood parks and green space.	1 km walk	100%	80%	20 points higher than Canada	1.5× the national index
PharmacyPharmacies and drug stores.	1 km walk	47%	45%	2 points higher than Canada	21% below it
Child careLicensed child care facilities.	1.5 km walk	100%	86%	14 points higher than Canada	56% below it
Primary schoolPrimary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.	1.5 km walk	70%	71%	about the same as Canada	67% below it
Secondary schoolSecondary education facilities. Proximity only — not a measure of any school.	1.5 km walk	71%	60%	11 points higher than Canada	28% below it
LibraryPublic libraries.	1.5 km walk	30%	28%	2 points higher than Canada	1.2× the national index
Health careDoctors, clinics and other health facilities.	3 km drive	100%	92%	8 points higher than Canada	55% below it
EmploymentJobs, weighted by how many are at each location.	10 km drive	100%	98%	about the same as Canada	78% below it

22% of V9V’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.

Average asking rent across Nanaimo, Statistics Canada experimental estimates, January 2026.
Unit	Being asked (StatCan)
Apartment, 1 bedroom	$1,680
Apartment, 2 bedrooms	$2,060
Apartment, 3 or more bedrooms	not published
Apartment, No bedroom	not published
House, 2 bedrooms	not published
House, 3 or more bedrooms	not published
Room	$880

CMHC surveys purpose-built rental buildings only in centres of 10,000 or more, and publishes zone-level figures for eighteen major centres. V9V is not in one, so only the asking-rent series is available and it describes the whole Nanaimo area.

Neither figure is "the rent" for this area. One is a survey of buildings, the other a survey of listings, and both describe areas larger than a postal code.

Source: Statistics Canada, table 46-10-0092 (asking rents, experimental). Data current as of January 2026. Statistics Canada Open Licence. Experimental estimates drawn from online listings, published for selected metropolitan areas only.

Air Quality Health Index at Nanaimo / Parksville

1.32

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.
Station	Nanaimo / Parksville
Distance from V9V	10 km
Reading	1.32 — Low risk
Highest forecast	3

Measured at Nanaimo / Parksville, 10 km from V9V. 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.

Facilities that reported releasing a listed substance to the National Pollutant Release Inventory, within 10 km of V9V. Distance is measured from the edge of the postal area, so a facility inside it shows as inside this area.

Reported releases to air, 2024, in tonnes. Quantities are estimated and reported by the facilities themselves.
Facility	Distance	Substances	Released to air
Nanaimo TerminalNanaimo · Oil and Gas Pipelines and Storage	5.3 km	2	171 t
Nanaimo TerminalNanaimo · Oil and Gas Pipelines and Storage	4.7 km	6	112 t
Greater Nanaimo Pollution Control CentreNanaimo · Water and Wastewater Systems	0.1 km	3	28 t
west coast chrome incnanaimo · Other Manufacturing	2.9 km	0	not reported
AJF NanaimoNanaimo · Other (Except Manufacturing)	5.6 km	0	not reported

Together these facilities reported 311 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.

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

These figures describe the whole of Nanaimo, British Columbia — a metropolitan area — not V9V. Police-reported crime is not published for postal areas anywhere in Canada.

Crime Severity Index, 2025

106.0

Nanaimo, British Columbia · 41% higher than the national index of 75.0

Severity indexes for Nanaimo, 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.
Measure	Nanaimo, British Columbia	Canada	Compared
Crime Severity Index	106.0	75.0	41% higher than Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index	115.4	97.2	19% higher than Canada
Non-violent Crime Severity Index	103.2	66.8	54% higher than Canada
Weighted clearance rate	26.7%	36.6%	9.9 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.
Violations	Nanaimo, British Columbia	Canada	Compared
All violations	10,369 per 100,000	6,065 per 100,000	71% higher than Canada
Criminal Code, excluding traffic	9,648 per 100,000	5,585 per 100,000	73% higher than Canada
Violent Criminal Code	2,100 per 100,000	1,443 per 100,000	46% higher than Canada
Property crime	4,965 per 100,000	3,141 per 100,000	58% higher than Canada

Crime Severity Index for Nanaimo, British Columbia (solid) against Canada (dashed), 2021 to 2025. In 2025 it was lower than in 2021 — 106.0 against 121.6. 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.
Year	Nanaimo, British Columbia	Canada
2021	121.6	74.9
2022	128.3	78.7
2023	126.6	81.3
2024	107.5	78.8
2025	106.0	75.0

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.

Do these figures describe a specific address in V9V?: No. V9V 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 Nanaimo, British Columbia rather than for V9V?: 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 V9V means Nanaimo, 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 V9V?: 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.

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.

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.