V8R vs V8Z

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 V8R and V8Z, 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	V8R	V8Z	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$81,000	$95,000	$84,000	V8R is 15% lower than V8Z
Median after-tax income	$72,000	$84,000	$73,000	V8R is 14% lower than V8Z
Median age	43.6	43.2	41.6	V8R is about the same as V8Z
Unemployment rate	7.4%	5.6%	10.3%	V8R is 32% higher than V8Z
Low income (LIM-AT)	9.5%	6.7%	11.1%	V8R is 42% higher than V8Z
Average household size	2.1	2.5	2.4	V8R is 16% lower than V8Z

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V8R	V8Z
Population	24,074	32,137
Private dwellings	11,470	13,046
Land area	8.0 km²	19 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	V8R	V8Z
Grocery store	1 km walk	86%	59%
Public transit	1 km walk	100%	100%
Park	1 km walk	100%	96%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	73%	15%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	100%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	94%	82%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	87%	72%
Library	1.5 km walk	36%	18%
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	V8R	V8Z
Studio	$1,253	$1,470
1 bedroom	$1,568	$1,613
2 bedrooms	$2,002	$2,116
3+ bedrooms	$2,854	$2,304

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	V8R	V8Z
Nearest AQHI station	Victoria / Saanich · 3.1 km	Victoria / Saanich · 5.7 km
Current reading	1.75 — Low risk	1.75 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	8	15
Reported releases to air	49 t	619 t

V8R: Measured at Victoria / Saanich, 3.1 km from V8R. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V8Z: Measured at Victoria / Saanich, 5.7 km from V8Z. 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.

V8R in full · V8Z 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.