V9M vs V9N

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 V9M and V9N, 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	V9M	V9N	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$83,000	$74,000	$84,000	V9M is 12% higher than V9N
Median after-tax income	$74,500	$67,000	$73,000	V9M is 11% higher than V9N
Median age	54	48.8	41.6	V9M is 11% higher than V9N
Unemployment rate	8.1%	8.7%	10.3%	V9M is 7% lower than V9N
Low income (LIM-AT)	7.5%	10.9%	11.1%	V9M is 31% lower than V9N
Average household size	2.2	2.2	2.4	V9M is about the same as V9N

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	V9M	V9N
Median household income	8% higher than Courtenay	about the same as Courtenay
Median after-tax income	8% higher than Courtenay	about the same as Courtenay
Median age	6% higher than Courtenay	about the same as Courtenay
Unemployment rate	about the same as Courtenay	9% higher than Courtenay
Low income (LIM-AT)	27% lower than Courtenay	6% higher than Courtenay
Average household size	about the same as Courtenay	about the same as Courtenay

V9M is measured against Courtenay, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
V9N is measured against Courtenay, the metropolitan area holding 94% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V9M	V9N
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	18,470	32,956
Private dwellings	8,389	15,374
Land area	29 km²	831 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	V9M	V9N
Grocery store	1 km walk	45%	48%
Public transit	1 km walk	88%	83%
Park	1 km walk	82%	85%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	18%	17%
Child care	1.5 km walk	77%	88%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	68%	51%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	72%	35%
Library	1.5 km walk	12%	10%
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.

CMHC does not survey a rental zone covering either V9M or V9N. 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	V9M	V9N
Nearest AQHI station	Comox Valley · 4.3 km	Comox Valley · 0.4 km
Current reading	1 — Low risk	1 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	3	3
Reported releases to air	26 t	26 t

V9M: Measured at Comox Valley, 4.3 km from V9M. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V9N: Measured at Comox Valley, 0.4 km from V9N. 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.

V9M in full · V9N 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.