V3G vs V4S

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 V3G and V4S, 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	V3G	V4S	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$121,000	$104,000	$84,000	V3G is 16% higher than V4S
Median after-tax income	$105,000	$91,000	$73,000	V3G is 15% higher than V4S
Median age	39.2	42	41.6	V3G is 7% lower than V4S
Unemployment rate	5.3%	6%	10.3%	V3G is 12% lower than V4S
Low income (LIM-AT)	5.2%	7.7%	11.1%	V3G is 32% lower than V4S
Average household size	3	3	2.4	V3G is about the same as V4S

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V3G	V4S
Population	26,939	7,922
Private dwellings	9,296	2,738
Land area	197 km²	170 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	V3G	V4S
Grocery store	1 km walk	57%	27%
Public transit	1 km walk	69%	39%
Park	1 km walk	74%	73%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	18%	25%
Child care	1.5 km walk	77%	64%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	35%	42%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	21%	35%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	96%	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.

What tenants pay, from CMHC’s survey of purpose-built rental buildings. The two areas may sit in different survey zones, or one may not be surveyed at all — that is a coverage fact and is stated rather than left blank.
Unit	V3G	V4S
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

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	V3G	V4S
Nearest AQHI station	Central Fraser Valley · 1.7 km	Central Fraser Valley · 16 km
Current reading	2 — Low risk	2 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	18	11
Reported releases to air	595 t	504 t

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.
V4S: Measured at Central Fraser Valley, 16 km from V4S. 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.

V3G in full · V4S 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.