V9T vs V9X

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 V9T and V9X, 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	V9T	V9X	Canada	Difference
Median household income	$84,000	$94,000	$84,000	V9T is 11% lower than V9X
Median after-tax income	$75,500	$84,000	$73,000	V9T is 10% lower than V9X
Median age	46.4	45.2	41.6	V9T is about the same as V9X
Unemployment rate	8%	7.6%	10.3%	V9T is 5% higher than V9X
Low income (LIM-AT)	8.6%	7.4%	11.1%	V9T is 16% higher than V9X
Average household size	2.3	2.6	2.4	V9T is 12% lower than V9X

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	V9T	V9X
Median household income	8% higher than Nanaimo	21% higher than Nanaimo
Median after-tax income	8% higher than Nanaimo	20% higher than Nanaimo
Median age	about the same as Nanaimo	about the same as Nanaimo
Unemployment rate	about the same as Nanaimo	8% lower than Nanaimo
Low income (LIM-AT)	20% lower than Nanaimo	31% lower than Nanaimo
Average household size	about the same as Nanaimo	13% higher than Nanaimo

V9T is measured against Nanaimo, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.
V9X is measured against Nanaimo, the metropolitan area holding 100% of its residents.

Counts for each area. These describe the place and are not compared as ratios.
Measure	V9T	V9X
Province	British Columbia	British Columbia
Population	36,952	11,345
Private dwellings	16,015	4,577
Land area	27 km²	1,384 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	V9T	V9X
Grocery store	1 km walk	67%	27%
Public transit	1 km walk	85%	60%
Park	1 km walk	98%	78%
Pharmacy	1 km walk	39%	0%
Child care	1.5 km walk	100%	57%
Primary school	1.5 km walk	38%	25%
Secondary school	1.5 km walk	39%	29%
Library	1.5 km walk	20%	0%
Health care	3 km drive	100%	97%
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 V9T or V9X. 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	V9T	V9X
Nearest AQHI station	Nanaimo / Parksville · 7.8 km	Nanaimo / Parksville · 8.0 km
Current reading	1.57 — Low risk	1.57 — Low risk
Reporting facilities within 10 km	9	20
Reported releases to air	463 t	7,618 t

V9T: Measured at Nanaimo / Parksville, 7.8 km from V9T. The index runs from 1 upward and combines ozone, fine particulate matter and nitrogen dioxide into one health-risk scale.
V9X: Measured at Nanaimo / Parksville, 8.0 km from V9X. 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.

V9T in full · V9X 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.