V2B 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 V2B 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	V2B	V2E	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$79,000	$107,000	$84,000	V2B is 26% lower than V2E
Median after-tax income	$71,500	$93,000	$73,000	V2B is 23% lower than V2E
Median age	43.2	38	41.6	V2B is 14% higher than V2E
Unemployment rate	8.1%	6.2%	10.3%	V2B is 31% higher than V2E
Low income (LIM-AT)	10.2%	6%	11.1%	V2B is 70% higher than V2E
Average household size	2.4	2.6	2.4	V2B is 8% lower than 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	V2B	V2E
Median household income	9% lower than Kamloops	23% higher than Kamloops
Median after-tax income	7% lower than Kamloops	21% higher than Kamloops
Median age	about the same as Kamloops	11% lower than Kamloops
Unemployment rate	7% higher than Kamloops	18% lower than Kamloops
Low income (LIM-AT)	17% higher than Kamloops	31% lower than Kamloops
Average household size	about the same as Kamloops	8% higher than Kamloops

V2B 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	V2B	V2E
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	41,642	15,962
Private dwellings	17,582	6,264
Land area	95 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	V2B	V2E
Grocery store	1 km walk	70%	51%
Public transit	1 km walk	97%	86%
Park	1 km walk	78%	91%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	28%	11%
Child care	1.5 km walk	99%	95%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	88%	84%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	81%	84%
Library	1.5 km walk	18%	0%
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 V2B 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	V2B	V2E
Nearest AQHI station	Kamloops · 6.0 km	Kamloops · 1.9 km
Current reading	2.79 — Low risk	2.79 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	7	7
Reported releases to air	5,590 t	5,510 t

V2B: Measured at Kamloops, 6.0 km from V2B. 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.

V2B 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.