V2M vs V2N

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 V2M and V2N, 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	V2M	V2N	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$81,000	$103,000	$84,000	V2M is 21% lower than V2N
Median after-tax income	$72,000	$90,000	$73,000	V2M is 20% lower than V2N
Median age	36.8	39.6	41.6	V2M is 7% lower than V2N
Unemployment rate	9.5%	7.4%	10.3%	V2M is 28% higher than V2N
Low income (LIM-AT)	10.6%	6.4%	11.1%	V2M is 66% higher than V2N
Average household size	2.3	2.6	2.4	V2M is 12% lower than V2N

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	V2M	V2N
Median household income	11% lower than Prince George	13% higher than Prince George
Median after-tax income	10% lower than Prince George	13% higher than Prince George
Median age	7% lower than Prince George	about the same as Prince George
Unemployment rate	6% higher than Prince George	18% lower than Prince George
Low income (LIM-AT)	23% higher than Prince George	26% lower than Prince George
Average household size	about the same as Prince George	8% higher than Prince George

V2M is measured against Prince George, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
V2N 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	V2M	V2N
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	23,763	33,870
Private dwellings	10,807	14,062
Land area	48 km²	3,604 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	V2M	V2N
Grocery store	1 km walk	67%	44%
Public transit	1 km walk	98%	68%
Park	1 km walk	100%	74%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	35%	8%
Child care	1.5 km walk	98%	74%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	83%	61%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	77%	61%
Library	1.5 km walk	5%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	84%
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 V2M or V2N. 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	V2M	V2N
Nearest AQHI station	Prince George · 3.0 km	Prince George · 6.8 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	24	27
Reported releases to air	9,589 t	10,496 t

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.
V2N: Measured at Prince George, 6.8 km from V2N. 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.

V2M in full · V2N 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.