V8L vs V8N

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 V8L and V8N, 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	V8L	V8N	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$94,000	$102,000	$84,000	V8L is 8% lower than V8N
Median after-tax income	$83,000	$90,000	$73,000	V8L is 8% lower than V8N
Median age	59.2	44	41.6	V8L is 35% higher than V8N
Unemployment rate	5.5%	8.6%	10.3%	V8L is 36% lower than V8N
Low income (LIM-AT)	7%	9.5%	11.1%	V8L is 26% lower than V8N
Average household size	2.2	2.6	2.4	V8L is 15% lower than V8N

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V8L	V8N
Population	25,107	26,049
Private dwellings	11,912	10,384
Land area	45 km²	15 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	V8L	V8N
Grocery store	1 km walk	45%	81%
Public transit	1 km walk	94%	100%
Park	1 km walk	84%	96%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	28%	50%
Child care	1.5 km walk	79%	95%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	41%	83%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	9%	65%
Library	1.5 km walk	31%	16%
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	V8L	V8N
Studio	$1,704	$1,462
1 bedroom	$1,984	$1,594
2 bedrooms	$2,515	$2,097
3+ bedrooms	$3,316	$2,241

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	V8L	V8N
Nearest AQHI station	Victoria / Saanich · 25 km	Victoria / Saanich · 6.0 km
Current reading	1.75 — Low risk	1.75 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	8	11
Reported releases to air	581 t	604 t

V8L: Measured at Victoria / Saanich, 25 km from V8L. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V8N: Measured at Victoria / Saanich, 6.0 km from V8N. 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.

V8L in full · V8N 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.