V0B vs V1C

British Columbia

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 V0B and V1C, 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	V0B	V1C	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$82,000	$84,000	$84,000	V0B is about the same as V1C
Median after-tax income	$73,000	$75,500	$73,000	V0B is about the same as V1C
Median age	47.2	45.6	41.6	V0B is about the same as V1C
Unemployment rate	8.3%	7.1%	10.3%	V0B is 17% higher than V1C
Low income (LIM-AT)	10.9%	8.4%	11.1%	V0B is 30% higher than V1C
Average household size	2.2	2.3	2.4	V0B is about the same as V1C

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	V0B	V1C
Median household income	about the same as British Columbia	about the same as Cranbrook
Median after-tax income	about the same as British Columbia	about the same as Cranbrook
Median age	10% higher than British Columbia	about the same as Cranbrook
Unemployment rate	about the same as British Columbia	about the same as Cranbrook
Low income (LIM-AT)	about the same as British Columbia	about the same as Cranbrook
Average household size	8% lower than British Columbia	about the same as Cranbrook

V0B is measured against British Columbia: the nearest metropolitan area, Cranbrook, holds 2% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.
V1C is measured against Cranbrook, the metropolitan area holding 99% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V0B	V1C
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	36,123	26,195
Private dwellings	20,712	11,418
Land area	19,671 km²	2,488 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	V0B	V1C
Grocery store	1 km walk	46%	55%
Public transit	1 km walk	28%	77%
Park	1 km walk	53%	75%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	17%	26%
Child care	1.5 km walk	55%	82%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	35%	68%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	37%	49%
Library	1.5 km walk	25%	22%
Health care	3 km drive	78%	95%
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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either V0B or V1C. 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	V0B	V1C
Nearest AQHI station	Cranbrook · 4.4 km	Cranbrook · 0.9 km
Current reading	1.45 — Low risk	1.45 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	18	2
Reported releases to air	80,145 t	434 t

V0B: Measured at Cranbrook, 4.4 km from V0B. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V1C: Measured at Cranbrook, 0.9 km from V1C. 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.

V0B in full · V1C 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.