V1S vs V2E

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 V1S and V2E, 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	V1S	V2E	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$112,000	$107,000	$84,000	V1S is about the same as V2E
Median after-tax income	$97,000	$93,000	$73,000	V1S is about the same as V2E
Median age	40	38	41.6	V1S is 5% higher than V2E
Unemployment rate	5.9%	6.2%	10.3%	V1S is about the same as V2E
Low income (LIM-AT)	4.3%	6%	11.1%	V1S is 28% lower than V2E
Average household size	2.6	2.6	2.4	V1S is about the same as V2E

How each area sits against the city or province around it — a different geography on each side, named in every cell. Read down a column, not across: the two columns are measured against different places and a bigger gap in one says nothing about the other.
Measure	V1S	V2E
Median household income	29% higher than Kamloops	23% higher than Kamloops
Median after-tax income	26% higher than Kamloops	21% higher than Kamloops
Median age	7% lower than Kamloops	11% lower than Kamloops
Unemployment rate	22% lower than Kamloops	18% lower than Kamloops
Low income (LIM-AT)	51% lower than Kamloops	31% lower than Kamloops
Average household size	8% higher than Kamloops	8% higher than Kamloops

V1S is measured against Kamloops, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
V2E is measured against Kamloops, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V1S	V2E
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	13,262	15,962
Private dwellings	5,189	6,264
Land area	274 km²	39 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	V1S	V2E
Grocery store	1 km walk	34%	51%
Public transit	1 km walk	92%	86%
Park	1 km walk	67%	91%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	0%	11%
Child care	1.5 km walk	88%	95%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	52%	84%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	52%	84%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	98%	100%
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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either V1S or V2E. The survey covers centres of 10,000 people and up, so there is nothing published for either area.

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	V1S	V2E
Nearest AQHI station	Kamloops · 5.4 km	Kamloops · 1.9 km
Current reading	2.52 — Low risk	2.52 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	8	7
Reported releases to air	5,776 t	5,510 t

V1S: Measured at Kamloops, 5.4 km from V1S. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V2E: Measured at Kamloops, 1.9 km from V2E. 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.

V1S in full · V2E 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.