V0M vs V0X

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 V0M and V0X, 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	V0M	V0X	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$73,500	$66,000	$84,000	V0M is 11% higher than V0X
Median after-tax income	$67,000	$61,200	$73,000	V0M is 9% higher than V0X
Median age	49.2	53.6	41.6	V0M is 8% lower than V0X
Unemployment rate	8%	9.7%	10.3%	V0M is 18% lower than V0X
Low income (LIM-AT)	14.6%	14.7%	11.1%	V0M is about the same as V0X
Average household size	2.4	2.2	2.4	V0M is 9% higher than V0X

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V0M	V0X
Population	12,420	22,683
Private dwellings	5,617	11,756
Land area	3,929 km²	10,636 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	V0M	V0X
Grocery store	1 km walk	39%	29%
Public transit	1 km walk	52%	27%
Park	1 km walk	67%	49%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	20%	12%
Child care	1.5 km walk	36%	37%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	21%	13%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	18%	20%
Library	1.5 km walk	17%	24%
Health care	3 km drive	76%	73%
Employment	10 km drive	100%	97%

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	V0M	V0X
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	V0M	V0X
Nearest AQHI station	Eastern Fraser Valley · 11 km	Eastern Fraser Valley · 77 km
Current reading	11 — Very high risk	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	17	12
Reported releases to air	635 t	9,592 t

V0M: Measured at Eastern Fraser Valley, 11 km from V0M. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V0X: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Eastern Fraser Valley, 77 km from V0X. 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.

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.

V0M in full · V0X 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.