V2T vs V3G

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 V2T and V3G, 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	V2T	V3G	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$86,000	$121,000	$84,000	V2T is 29% lower than V3G
Median after-tax income	$78,000	$105,000	$73,000	V2T is 26% lower than V3G
Median age	38.4	39.2	41.6	V2T is about the same as V3G
Unemployment rate	9.3%	5.3%	10.3%	V2T is 75% higher than V3G
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.6%	5.2%	11.1%	V2T is 65% higher than V3G
Average household size	3	3	2.4	V2T is about the same as V3G

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	V2T	V3G
Median household income	5% lower than Abbotsford - Mission	33% higher than Abbotsford - Mission
Median after-tax income	about the same as Abbotsford - Mission	28% higher than Abbotsford - Mission
Median age	about the same as Abbotsford - Mission	about the same as Abbotsford - Mission
Unemployment rate	22% higher than Abbotsford - Mission	30% lower than Abbotsford - Mission
Low income (LIM-AT)	about the same as Abbotsford - Mission	37% lower than Abbotsford - Mission
Average household size	7% higher than Abbotsford - Mission	7% higher than Abbotsford - Mission

V2T is measured against Abbotsford - Mission, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
V3G 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	V2T	V3G
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	60,078	26,939
Private dwellings	20,545	9,296
Land area	38 km²	197 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	V2T	V3G
Grocery store	1 km walk	79%	57%
Public transit	1 km walk	96%	69%
Park	1 km walk	92%	74%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	31%	18%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	77%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	87%	35%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	74%	21%
Library	1.5 km walk	28%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	96%
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 V2T or V3G. 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	V2T	V3G
Nearest AQHI station	Central Fraser Valley · 6.8 km	Central Fraser Valley · 1.7 km
Current reading	1.72 — Low risk	1.72 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	21	18
Reported releases to air	753 t	595 t

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.
V3G: Measured at Central Fraser Valley, 1.7 km from V3G. 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.

V2T in full · V3G 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.