V0C vs V1J

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 V0C and V1J, 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	V0C	V1J	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$95,000	$104,000	$84,000	V0C is 9% lower than V1J
Median after-tax income	$84,000	$90,000	$73,000	V0C is 7% lower than V1J
Median age	38	33.2	41.6	V0C is 14% higher than V1J
Unemployment rate	8.8%	8.7%	10.3%	V0C is about the same as V1J
Low income (LIM-AT)	11.1%	7.9%	11.1%	V0C is 41% higher than V1J
Average household size	2.5	2.4	2.4	V0C is about the same as V1J

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	V0C	V1J
Median household income	12% higher than British Columbia	about the same as Fort St. John
Median after-tax income	11% higher than British Columbia	about the same as Fort St. John
Median age	11% lower than British Columbia	about the same as Fort St. John
Unemployment rate	about the same as British Columbia	about the same as Fort St. John
Low income (LIM-AT)	about the same as British Columbia	about the same as Fort St. John
Average household size	about the same as British Columbia	about the same as Fort St. John

V0C is measured against British Columbia: the nearest metropolitan area, Fort St. John, holds 18% of its residents, which is too little for it to describe this area.
V1J is measured against Fort St. John, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V0C	V1J
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	26,463	24,491
Private dwellings	12,878	11,169
Land area	322,136 km²	181 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	V0C	V1J
Grocery store	1 km walk	16%	74%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	90%
Park	1 km walk	14%	83%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	6%	19%
Child care	1.5 km walk	25%	90%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	6%	75%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	10%	59%
Library	1.5 km walk	21%	22%
Health care	3 km drive	38%	95%
Employment	10 km drive	84%	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 V0C or V1J. 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	V0C	V1J
Nearest AQHI station	Fort St. John · 52 km	Fort St. John · 0.9 km
Current reading	not shown	1.79 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	261	18
Reported releases to air	93,104 t	5,918 t

V0C: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Fort St. John, 52 km from V0C. That is far enough to be a different airshed, so its reading is not shown here as though it described this area. The index is published for about 130 communities and zones, not continuously across Canada.
V1J: Measured at Fort St. John, 0.9 km from V1J. 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.

V0C in full · V1J 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.