V0E vs V2B

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 V0E and V2B, 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	V0E	V2B	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$73,500	$79,000	$84,000	V0E is 7% lower than V2B
Median after-tax income	$67,000	$71,500	$73,000	V0E is 6% lower than V2B
Median age	50.8	43.2	41.6	V0E is 18% higher than V2B
Unemployment rate	9.8%	8.1%	10.3%	V0E is 21% higher than V2B
Low income (LIM-AT)	12.7%	10.2%	11.1%	V0E is 25% higher than V2B
Average household size	2.3	2.4	2.4	V0E is about the same as V2B

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V0E	V2B
Population	72,013	41,642
Private dwellings	39,107	17,582
Land area	48,020 km²	95 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	V0E	V2B
Grocery store	1 km walk	34%	70%
Public transit	1 km walk	10%	97%
Park	1 km walk	38%	78%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	10%	28%
Child care	1.5 km walk	45%	99%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	19%	88%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	17%	81%
Library	1.5 km walk	26%	18%
Health care	3 km drive	68%	100%
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.

What tenants pay, from CMHC’s survey of purpose-built rental buildings. The two areas may sit in different survey zones, or one may not be surveyed at all — that is a coverage fact and is stated rather than left blank.
Unit	V0E	V2B
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

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	V0E	V2B
Nearest AQHI station	North Okanagan · 63 km	Kamloops · 6.0 km
Current reading	not shown	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	19	7
Reported releases to air	7,176 t	5,590 t

V0E: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is North Okanagan, 63 km from V0E. 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.
V2B: Measured at Kamloops, 6.0 km from V2B. 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.

V0E in full · V2B 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.