V2S vs V2T

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 V2S and V2T, 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	V2S	V2T	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$78,500	$86,000	$84,000	V2S is 9% lower than V2T
Median after-tax income	$70,500	$78,000	$73,000	V2S is 10% lower than V2T
Median age	40.4	38.4	41.6	V2S is 5% higher than V2T
Unemployment rate	8.1%	9.3%	10.3%	V2S is 13% lower than V2T
Low income (LIM-AT)	10.4%	8.6%	11.1%	V2S is 21% higher than V2T
Average household size	2.5	3	2.4	V2S is 17% lower than V2T

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	V2S	V2T
Median household income	14% lower than Abbotsford - Mission	5% lower than Abbotsford - Mission
Median after-tax income	14% lower than Abbotsford - Mission	about the same as Abbotsford - Mission
Median age	about the same as Abbotsford - Mission	about the same as Abbotsford - Mission
Unemployment rate	7% higher than Abbotsford - Mission	22% higher than Abbotsford - Mission
Low income (LIM-AT)	25% higher than Abbotsford - Mission	about the same as Abbotsford - Mission
Average household size	11% lower than Abbotsford - Mission	7% higher than Abbotsford - Mission

V2S is measured against Abbotsford - Mission, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
V2T is measured against Abbotsford - Mission, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V2S	V2T
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	52,492	60,078
Private dwellings	21,544	20,545
Land area	35 km²	38 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	V2S	V2T
Grocery store	1 km walk	68%	79%
Public transit	1 km walk	99%	96%
Park	1 km walk	90%	92%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	34%	31%
Child care	1.5 km walk	98%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	82%	87%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	56%	74%
Library	1.5 km walk	42%	28%
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 V2S or V2T. 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	V2S	V2T
Nearest AQHI station	Central Fraser Valley · 2.9 km	Central Fraser Valley · 6.8 km
Current reading	1.4 — Low risk	1.4 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	14	21
Reported releases to air	561 t	753 t

V2S: Measured at Central Fraser Valley, 2.9 km from V2S. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V2T: Measured at Central Fraser Valley, 6.8 km from V2T. 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.

V2S in full · V2T 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.