V0M vs V2R

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 V2R, 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	V2R	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$73,500	$91,000	$84,000	V0M is 19% lower than V2R
Median after-tax income	$67,000	$81,000	$73,000	V0M is 17% lower than V2R
Median age	49.2	42.8	41.6	V0M is 15% higher than V2R
Unemployment rate	8%	6.4%	10.3%	V0M is 25% higher than V2R
Low income (LIM-AT)	14.6%	7.9%	11.1%	V0M is 85% higher than V2R
Average household size	2.4	2.6	2.4	V0M is 8% lower than V2R

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V0M	V2R
Population	12,420	55,505
Private dwellings	5,617	22,496
Land area	3,929 km²	241 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	V2R
Grocery store	1 km walk	39%	52%
Public transit	1 km walk	52%	71%
Park	1 km walk	67%	73%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	20%	25%
Child care	1.5 km walk	36%	86%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	21%	57%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	18%	33%
Library	1.5 km walk	17%	15%
Health care	3 km drive	76%	98%
Employment	10 km drive	100%	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	V0M	V2R
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	V2R
Nearest AQHI station	Eastern Fraser Valley · 11 km	Eastern Fraser Valley · 7.6 km
Current reading	11 — Very high risk	11 — Very high risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	17	13
Reported releases to air	635 t	444 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.
V2R: Measured at Eastern Fraser Valley, 7.6 km from V2R. 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.

V0M in full · V2R 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.