V2K vs V2M

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 V2K and V2M, 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	V2K	V2M	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$106,000	$81,000	$84,000	V2K is 31% higher than V2M
Median after-tax income	$91,000	$72,000	$73,000	V2K is 26% higher than V2M
Median age	41.2	36.8	41.6	V2K is 12% higher than V2M
Unemployment rate	8.6%	9.5%	10.3%	V2K is 9% lower than V2M
Low income (LIM-AT)	6.1%	10.6%	11.1%	V2K is 42% lower than V2M
Average household size	2.5	2.3	2.4	V2K is 9% higher than V2M

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	V2K	V2M
Median household income	16% higher than Prince George	11% lower than Prince George
Median after-tax income	14% higher than Prince George	10% lower than Prince George
Median age	about the same as Prince George	7% lower than Prince George
Unemployment rate	about the same as Prince George	6% higher than Prince George
Low income (LIM-AT)	29% lower than Prince George	23% higher than Prince George
Average household size	about the same as Prince George	about the same as Prince George

V2K is measured against Prince George, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
V2M is measured against Prince George, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V2K	V2M
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	21,556	23,763
Private dwellings	8,977	10,807
Land area	1,553 km²	48 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	V2K	V2M
Grocery store	1 km walk	21%	67%
Public transit	1 km walk	64%	98%
Park	1 km walk	73%	100%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	5%	35%
Child care	1.5 km walk	73%	98%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	32%	83%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	28%	77%
Library	1.5 km walk	6%	5%
Health care	3 km drive	81%	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 V2K or V2M. 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	V2K	V2M
Nearest AQHI station	Prince George · 8.9 km	Prince George · 3.0 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	24	24
Reported releases to air	9,589 t	9,589 t

V2K: Measured at Prince George, 8.9 km from V2K. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V2M: Measured at Prince George, 3.0 km from V2M. 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.

V2K in full · V2M 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.