V9H vs V9W

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 V9H and V9W, 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	V9H	V9W	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$95,000	$74,000	$84,000	V9H is 28% higher than V9W
Median after-tax income	$84,000	$67,000	$73,000	V9H is 25% higher than V9W
Median age	49.2	48	41.6	V9H is about the same as V9W
Unemployment rate	8.7%	9%	10.3%	V9H is about the same as V9W
Low income (LIM-AT)	7.1%	11%	11.1%	V9H is 35% lower than V9W
Average household size	2.5	2.2	2.4	V9H is 14% higher than V9W

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V9H	V9W
Population	10,137	30,783
Private dwellings	4,262	14,293
Land area	2,881 km²	89 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	V9H	V9W
Grocery store	1 km walk	28%	55%
Public transit	1 km walk	73%	96%
Park	1 km walk	76%	82%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	18%	26%
Child care	1.5 km walk	81%	86%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	47%	71%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	26%	55%
Library	1.5 km walk	0%	11%
Health care	3 km drive	97%	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	V9H	V9W
studio	not surveyed	not surveyed
1	not surveyed	not surveyed
2	not surveyed	not surveyed
3plus	not surveyed	not surveyed

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	V9H	V9W
Nearest AQHI station	Comox Valley · 36 km	Comox Valley · 40 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	6	5
Reported releases to air	187 t	156 t

V9H: Measured at Comox Valley, 36 km from V9H. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V9W: Measured at Comox Valley, 40 km from V9W. 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.

V9H in full · V9W 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.