V3S vs V6Y

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 V3S and V6Y, 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	V3S	V6Y	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$114,000	$67,000	$84,000	V3S is 70% higher than V6Y
Median after-tax income	$100,000	$61,200	$73,000	V3S is 63% higher than V6Y
Median age	38	44.8	41.6	V3S is 15% lower than V6Y
Unemployment rate	7.9%	11.7%	10.3%	V3S is 32% lower than V6Y
Low income (LIM-AT)	5.8%	19.7%	11.1%	V3S is 71% lower than V6Y
Average household size	3.2	2.4	2.4	V3S is 33% higher than V6Y

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V3S	V6Y
Population	104,997	49,221
Private dwellings	33,851	21,619
Land area	52 km²	10.0 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	V3S	V6Y
Grocery store	1 km walk	89%	98%
Public transit	1 km walk	98%	100%
Park	1 km walk	99%	98%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	52%	48%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	96%	94%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	96%	91%
Library	1.5 km walk	7%	27%
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.

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	V3S	V6Y
Studio	$1,606	$1,550
1 bedroom	$1,602	$1,676
2 bedrooms	$1,858	$2,018
3+ bedrooms	$1,922	$2,450

Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation of this product.

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	V3S	V6Y
Nearest AQHI station	Metro Vancouver - SE · 1.8 km	Metro Vancouver - SW · 2.4 km
Current reading	1.72 — Low risk	1.52 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	49	37
Reported releases to air	3,308 t	8,369 t

V3S: Measured at Metro Vancouver - SE, 1.8 km from V3S. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V6Y: Measured at Metro Vancouver - SW, 2.4 km from V6Y. 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.

V3S in full · V6Y 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.