V8N vs V9B

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 V8N and V9B, 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	V8N	V9B	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$102,000	$92,000	$84,000	V8N is 11% higher than V9B
Median after-tax income	$90,000	$81,000	$73,000	V8N is 11% higher than V9B
Median age	44	40.4	41.6	V8N is 9% higher than V9B
Unemployment rate	8.6%	5.9%	10.3%	V8N is 46% higher than V9B
Low income (LIM-AT)	9.5%	7%	11.1%	V8N is 36% higher than V9B
Average household size	2.6	2.4	2.4	V8N is 8% higher than V9B

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V8N	V9B
Population	26,049	53,952
Private dwellings	10,384	23,436
Land area	15 km²	71 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	V8N	V9B
Grocery store	1 km walk	81%	62%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	94%
Park	1 km walk	96%	96%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	50%	19%
Child care	1.5 km walk	95%	93%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	83%	59%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	65%	34%
Library	1.5 km walk	16%	27%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	99%
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	V8N	V9B
Studio	$1,462	$1,585
1 bedroom	$1,594	$1,874
2 bedrooms	$2,097	$2,378
3+ bedrooms	$2,241	$3,181

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	V8N	V9B
Nearest AQHI station	Victoria / Saanich · 6.0 km	WestShore · 3.6 km
Current reading	1.75 — Low risk	1.01 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	11	12
Reported releases to air	604 t	604 t

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.
V9B: Measured at WestShore, 3.6 km from V9B. 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.

V8N in full · V9B 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.