V3V 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 V3V 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	V3V	V6Y	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$96,000	$67,000	$84,000	V3V is 43% higher than V6Y
Median after-tax income	$87,000	$61,200	$73,000	V3V is 42% higher than V6Y
Median age	34.8	44.8	41.6	V3V is 22% lower than V6Y
Unemployment rate	8.7%	11.7%	10.3%	V3V is 26% lower than V6Y
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.1%	19.7%	11.1%	V3V is 59% lower than V6Y
Average household size	3.5	2.4	2.4	V3V is 46% higher than V6Y

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	V3V	V6Y
Median household income	7% higher than Vancouver	26% lower than Vancouver
Median after-tax income	9% higher than Vancouver	23% lower than Vancouver
Median age	15% lower than Vancouver	10% higher than Vancouver
Unemployment rate	about the same as Vancouver	36% higher than Vancouver
Low income (LIM-AT)	27% lower than Vancouver	77% higher than Vancouver
Average household size	40% higher than Vancouver	about the same as Vancouver

V3V is measured against Vancouver, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
V6Y is measured against Vancouver, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V3V	V6Y
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	50,873	49,221
Private dwellings	15,385	21,619
Land area	18 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	V3V	V6Y
Grocery store	1 km walk	91%	98%
Public transit	1 km walk	99%	100%
Park	1 km walk	96%	98%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	53%	48%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	94%	94%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	94%	91%
Library	1.5 km walk	2%	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	V3V	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	V3V	V6Y
Nearest AQHI station	Metro Vancouver - SE · 11 km	Metro Vancouver - SW · 2.4 km
Current reading	2.18 — Low risk	1.79 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	65	37
Reported releases to air	9,713 t	8,369 t

V3V: Measured at Metro Vancouver - SE, 11 km from V3V. 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.

V3V 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.