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The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) is a regional district in British Columbia, Canada. Its headquarters are in the city of Chilliwack . The FVRD covers an area of 13,361.74 km 2 (5,159 sq mi).
The Fraser Valley is a geographical region in southwestern British Columbia, Canada and northwestern Washington State.It starts just west of Hope in a narrow valley encompassing the Fraser River and ends at the Pacific Ocean stretching from the North Shore Mountains, opposite the city of Vancouver BC, to just south of Bellingham, Washington.
The table below lists the census metropolitan areas and agglomerations in British Columbia by population, ... Fraser Valley: 113,767 101,512 92,308 8 Prince George: CA
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia. As of 2024, British Columbia has 161 municipalities, [1] out of which 53 are classified as cities. [2] According to the 2021 Canadian census, British Columbia is the third most populous province in Canada, with 5,000,879 inhabitants, and the second largest province by land area, covering 920,686.55 square kilometres (355,479.06 square miles).
The Lower Mainland is a geographic and cultural region of the mainland coast of British Columbia that generally comprises the regional districts of Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley. Home to approximately 3.05 million people as of the 2021 Canadian census , [ a ] the Lower Mainland contains sixteen of the province's 30 most populous ...
Abbotsford is a city in British Columbia next to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver, and the Fraser River.With a census population of 153,569 people (2021), it is the most populous municipality in the province outside metropolitan Vancouver. [3]
Regional districts came into being via an order of government in 1965 with the enactment of amendments to the Municipal Act. [1] Until the creation of regional districts, the only local form of government in British Columbia were incorporated municipalities, and services in areas outside municipal boundaries had to be sought from the province or through improvement districts.
Chilliwack (/ ˈ tʃ ɪ l ə w æ k / CHIL-ə-wak) is a city of about 100,000 people and 261 km 2 (100 sq mi) in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located about 100 km (62 mi) east of the City of Vancouver in the Fraser Valley. The enumerated population is 93,203 in the city and 113,767 in the greater metropolitan area.