V2L 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 V2L 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	V2L	V2M	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$60,400	$81,000	$84,000	V2L is 25% lower than V2M
Median after-tax income	$55,200	$72,000	$73,000	V2L is 23% lower than V2M
Median age	41.6	36.8	41.6	V2L is 13% higher than V2M
Unemployment rate	15.1%	9.5%	10.3%	V2L is 59% higher than V2M
Low income (LIM-AT)	17.4%	10.6%	11.1%	V2L is 64% higher than V2M
Average household size	2	2.3	2.4	V2L is 13% lower 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	V2L	V2M
Median household income	34% lower than Prince George	11% lower than Prince George
Median after-tax income	31% lower than Prince George	10% lower than Prince George
Median age	5% higher than Prince George	7% lower than Prince George
Unemployment rate	68% higher than Prince George	6% higher than Prince George
Low income (LIM-AT)	2.0× higher than Prince George	23% higher than Prince George
Average household size	17% lower than Prince George	about the same as Prince George

V2L 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	V2L	V2M
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	10,101	23,763
Private dwellings	5,216	10,807
Land area	7.6 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	V2L	V2M
Grocery store	1 km walk	76%	67%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	98%
Park	1 km walk	100%	100%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	44%	35%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	98%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	95%	83%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	96%	77%
Library	1.5 km walk	31%	5%
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 V2L 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	V2L	V2M
Nearest AQHI station	Prince George · 1.5 km	Prince George · 3.0 km
Current reading	1.19 — Low risk	1.19 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	25	24
Reported releases to air	10,107 t	9,589 t

V2L: Measured at Prince George, 1.5 km from V2L. 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.

V2L 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.