V0V vs V8J

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 V0V and V8J, 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	V0V	V8J	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$59,600	$95,000	$84,000	V0V is 37% lower than V8J
Median after-tax income	$56,800	$83,000	$73,000	V0V is 32% lower than V8J
Median age	40.4	39.6	41.6	V0V is about the same as V8J
Unemployment rate	16.1%	9.5%	10.3%	V0V is 69% higher than V8J
Low income (LIM-AT)	27.5%	9.5%	11.1%	V0V is 2.9× higher than V8J
Average household size	2.8	2.4	2.4	V0V is 17% higher than V8J

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V0V	V8J
Population	1,894	12,344
Private dwellings	945	5,793
Land area	6,783 km²	3,028 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	V0V	V8J
Grocery store	1 km walk	0%	59%
Public transit	1 km walk	25%	100%
Park	1 km walk	22%	60%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	0%	16%
Child care	1.5 km walk	0%	97%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	0%	50%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	0%	36%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	26%
Health care	3 km drive	0%	100%
Employment	10 km drive	76%	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	V0V	V8J
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	V0V	V8J
Nearest AQHI station	Terrace · 105 km	Kitimat · 112 km
Current reading	not shown	not shown
Reporting facilities within 10 km	7	6
Reported releases to air	435 t	393 t

V0V: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Terrace, 105 km from V0V. 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.
V8J: The nearest Air Quality Health Index location is Kitimat, 112 km from V8J. 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.

V0V in full · V8J 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.