V0L vs V2G

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 V0L and V2G, 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	V0L	V2G	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$56,000	$82,000	$84,000	V0L is 32% lower than V2G
Median after-tax income	$53,600	$73,000	$73,000	V0L is 27% lower than V2G
Median age	50.8	42.8	41.6	V0L is 19% higher than V2G
Unemployment rate	15.4%	7.7%	10.3%	V0L is 2.0× higher than V2G
Low income (LIM-AT)	23.2%	10.8%	11.1%	V0L is 2.1× higher than V2G
Average household size	2.4	2.3	2.4	V0L is about the same as V2G

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V0L	V2G
Population	4,849	18,200
Private dwellings	2,729	8,371
Land area	46,798 km²	2,606 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	V0L	V2G
Grocery store	1 km walk	0%	36%
Public transit	1 km walk	0%	0%
Park	1 km walk	26%	44%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	0%	9%
Child care	1.5 km walk	3%	66%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	1%	41%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	0%	31%
Library	1.5 km walk	16%	15%
Health care	3 km drive	10%	86%
Employment	10 km drive	75%	99%

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	V0L	V2G
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	V0L	V2G
Nearest AQHI station	Williams Lake · 45 km	Williams Lake · 1.8 km
Current reading	1.44 — Low risk	1.44 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	9	9
Reported releases to air	13,658 t	12,001 t

V0L: Measured at Williams Lake, 45 km from V0L. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V2G: Measured at Williams Lake, 1.8 km from V2G. 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.

V0L in full · V2G 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.