V1W vs V1Y

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 V1W and V1Y, 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	V1W	V1Y	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$96,000	$70,000	$84,000	V1W is 37% higher than V1Y
Median after-tax income	$85,000	$62,800	$73,000	V1W is 35% higher than V1Y
Median age	48	40.8	41.6	V1W is 18% higher than V1Y
Unemployment rate	7.1%	7.8%	10.3%	V1W is 9% lower than V1Y
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.4%	12.5%	11.1%	V1W is 33% lower than V1Y
Average household size	2.4	2	2.4	V1W is 20% higher than V1Y

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	V1W	V1Y
Median household income	13% higher than Kelowna	18% lower than Kelowna
Median after-tax income	13% higher than Kelowna	17% lower than Kelowna
Median age	8% higher than Kelowna	8% lower than Kelowna
Unemployment rate	11% lower than Kelowna	about the same as Kelowna
Low income (LIM-AT)	12% lower than Kelowna	32% higher than Kelowna
Average household size	about the same as Kelowna	13% lower than Kelowna

V1W is measured against Kelowna, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
V1Y is measured against Kelowna, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V1W	V1Y
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	38,374	39,050
Private dwellings	16,616	21,289
Land area	76 km²	18 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	V1W	V1Y
Grocery store	1 km walk	51%	90%
Public transit	1 km walk	84%	99%
Park	1 km walk	81%	97%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	22%	69%
Child care	1.5 km walk	87%	97%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	59%	72%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	46%	47%
Library	1.5 km walk	6%	26%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	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 V1W or V1Y. 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	V1W	V1Y
Nearest AQHI station	Central Okanagan · 6.1 km	Central Okanagan · 0.4 km
Current reading	1.98 — Low risk	1.98 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	12	12
Reported releases to air	246 t	86 t

V1W: Measured at Central Okanagan, 6.1 km from V1W. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V1Y: Measured at Central Okanagan, 0.4 km from V1Y. 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.

V1W in full · V1Y 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.