V2C 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 V2C 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	V2C	V2E	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$79,000	$107,000	$84,000	V2C is 26% lower than V2E
Median after-tax income	$71,000	$93,000	$73,000	V2C is 24% lower than V2E
Median age	42.4	38	41.6	V2C is 12% higher than V2E
Unemployment rate	7.9%	6.2%	10.3%	V2C is 27% higher than V2E
Low income (LIM-AT)	10.1%	6%	11.1%	V2C is 68% higher than V2E
Average household size	2.2	2.6	2.4	V2C is 15% lower than V2E

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V2C	V2E
Population	27,038	15,962
Private dwellings	12,668	6,264
Land area	571 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	V2C	V2E
Grocery store	1 km walk	55%	51%
Public transit	1 km walk	91%	86%
Park	1 km walk	77%	91%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	31%	11%
Child care	1.5 km walk	78%	95%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	61%	84%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	65%	84%
Library	1.5 km walk	25%	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.

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	V2C	V2E
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	V2C	V2E
Nearest AQHI station	Kamloops · 3.8 km	Kamloops · 1.9 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	7	7
Reported releases to air	5,510 t	5,510 t

V2C: Measured at Kamloops, 3.8 km from V2C. 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.

V2C 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.