V4T vs V4V

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 V4T and V4V, 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	V4T	V4V	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$83,000	$92,000	$84,000	V4T is 10% lower than V4V
Median after-tax income	$75,000	$81,000	$73,000	V4T is 7% lower than V4V
Median age	48	45.6	41.6	V4T is 5% higher than V4V
Unemployment rate	8.7%	7.1%	10.3%	V4T is 23% higher than V4V
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.5%	8.6%	11.1%	V4T is about the same as V4V
Average household size	2.3	2.5	2.4	V4T is 8% lower than V4V

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	V4T	V4V
Median household income	about the same as Kelowna	8% higher than Kelowna
Median after-tax income	about the same as Kelowna	7% higher than Kelowna
Median age	8% higher than Kelowna	about the same as Kelowna
Unemployment rate	9% higher than Kelowna	11% lower than Kelowna
Low income (LIM-AT)	11% lower than Kelowna	9% lower than Kelowna
Average household size	about the same as Kelowna	9% higher than Kelowna

V4T is measured against Kelowna, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
V4V is measured against Kelowna, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V4T	V4V
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	31,700	17,726
Private dwellings	14,223	7,885
Land area	67 km²	124 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	V4T	V4V
Grocery store	1 km walk	30%	21%
Public transit	1 km walk	94%	59%
Park	1 km walk	72%	32%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	15%	14%
Child care	1.5 km walk	72%	44%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	35%	22%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	23%	9%
Library	1.5 km walk	11%	5%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	94%
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 V4T or V4V. 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	V4T	V4V
Nearest AQHI station	Central Okanagan · 11 km	Central Okanagan · 20 km
Current reading	2.14 — Low risk	2.14 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	6	8
Reported releases to air	162 t	84 t

V4T: Measured at Central Okanagan, 11 km from V4T. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V4V: Measured at Central Okanagan, 20 km from V4V. 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.

V4T in full · V4V 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.