Fraser Valley Regional District
Fraser Valley | |
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Fraser Valley Regional District | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Seat | Chilliwack |
Government | |
• Type | Regional district |
• Body | Board of directors |
• Chair | Jason Lum (Chilliwack) |
• Vice chair | Patricia Ross (Abbotsford) |
• Electoral areas |
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Area | |
• Land | 13,335.28 km2 (5,148.78 sq mi) |
Population (2016)[2] | |
• Total | 295,934 |
• Density | 22.2/km2 (57/sq mi) |
Website | www |
The Fraser Valley Regional District (FVRD) is a
The FVRD is the third most populous Regional District in British Columbia,
It also includes unincorporated areas north of the
Demographics
As a
Population by census subdivision
Area | Population (2006) | Population (2011) | Population (2016) | Population (2021) |
---|---|---|---|---|
City of Abbotsford | 123,864 | 133,497 | 141,397 | 153,524 |
City of Chilliwack | 69,217 | 77,936 | 83,788 | 93,203 |
City of Mission | 34,505 | 36,426 | 38,554 | 41,519 |
District of Hope | 6,185 | 5,969 | 6,181 | 6,686 |
District of Kent | 4,738 | 5,664 | 6,067 | 6,300 |
Village of Harrison Hot Springs
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1,573 | 1,468 | 1,468 | 1,905 |
Electoral Area "A" | 478 | 442 | 405 | 495 |
Electoral Area "B" | 796 | 721 | 892 | 869 |
Electoral Area "C" | 952 | 973 | 1,023 | 1,133 |
Electoral Area "D" | 1,296 | 1,346 | 1,529 | 2,092 |
Electoral Area "E" | 3,481 | 3,358 | 1,540 | 1,568 |
Electoral Area "F" | 1,339 | 1,303 | 1,293 | 1,384 |
Electoral Area "G" | 1,914 | 1,764 | 1,776 | 1,692 |
Electoral Area "H" | 394 | N/A (dissolved) | 1,847 | 2,459 |
First Nation Reserves | 8,164 | 9,161 |
Ethnicity
Panethnic group |
2021[5] | 2016[6] | 2011[7] | 2006[8] | 2001[9] | |||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
European[a] | 212,630 | 66.93% | 208,025 | 72.04% | 205,540 | 75.66% | 199,415 | 78.56% | 193,020 | 82.54% |
South Asian | 53,585 | 16.87% | 39,920 | 13.82% | 33,375 | 12.29% | 26,365 | 10.39% | 19,295 | 8.25% |
Indigenous | 24,010 | 7.56% | 22,205 | 7.69% | 18,540 | 6.82% | 14,535 | 5.73% | 11,525 | 4.93% |
Southeast Asian[b] | 8,480 | 2.67% | 4,985 | 1.73% | 3,115 | 1.15% | 2,820 | 1.11% | 2,515 | 1.08% |
East Asian[c] | 7,940 | 2.5% | 6,700 | 2.32% | 5,890 | 2.17% | 6,375 | 2.51% | 4,245 | 1.82% |
African
|
3,520 | 1.11% | 2,495 | 0.86% | 1,840 | 0.68% | 1,275 | 0.5% | 915 | 0.39% |
Latin American | 3,045 | 0.96% | 2,050 | 0.71% | 1,385 | 0.51% | 1,785 | 0.7% | 1,325 | 0.57% |
Middle Eastern[d] | 2,045 | 0.64% | 860 | 0.3% | 635 | 0.23% | 495 | 0.2% | 255 | 0.11% |
Other[e] | 2,405 | 0.76% | 1,515 | 0.52% | 1,330 | 0.49% | 780 | 0.31% | 755 | 0.32% |
Total responses | 317,670 | 98.04% | 288,765 | 97.58% | 271,655 | 97.86% | 253,840 | 98.76% | 233,850 | 98.44% |
Total population | 324,005 | 100% | 295,934 | 100% | 277,593 | 100% | 257,031 | 100% | 237,550 | 100% |
- Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses.
Language
According to the 2011 Census, 76.47% of Fraser Valley's population have
Language | 2021[5] | 2011[7] | 2001[11] | 1991[f][12] | ||||
---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | Pop. | % | |
English | 306,300 | 96.42% | 264,790 | 97.47% | 229,090 | 97.96% | 176,445 | 98.59% |
Punjabi | 47,065 | 14.82% | 30,595 | 11.26% | 17,935 | 7.67% | 7,595 | 4.24% |
French | 13,695 | 4.31% | 12,625 | 4.65% | 12,290 | 5.26% | 8,470 | 4.73% |
Hindustani[g] | 10,295 | 3.24% | 4,010 | 1.48% | 4,180 | 1.79% | 1,275 | 0.71% |
German | 7,600 | 2.39% | 10,205 | 3.76% | 13,555 | 5.8% | 14,860 | 8.3% |
Spanish | 5,795 | 1.82% | 3,900 | 1.44% | 3,360 | 1.44% | 1,675 | 0.94% |
Chinese[h] | 3,735 | 1.18% | 2,295 | 0.84% | 1,975 | 0.84% | 1,200 | 0.67% |
Dutch | 3,565 | 1.12% | 4,730 | 1.74% | 5,525 | 2.36% | 4,825 | 2.7% |
Tagalog | 3,275 | 1.03% | 1,190 | 0.44% | 545 | 0.23% | 240 | 0.13% |
Korean | 2,170 | 0.68% | 2,045 | 0.75% | 1,100 | 0.47% | 190 | 0.11% |
Vietnamese | 2,040 | 0.64% | 730 | 0.27% | 985 | 0.42% | 435 | 0.24% |
Polish | 805 | 0.25% | 730 | 0.27% | 755 | 0.32% | 605 | 0.34% |
Ukrainian | 555 | 0.17% | 625 | 0.23% | 1,055 | 0.45% | 1,110 | 0.62% |
Total responses | 317,670 | 98.04% | 271,655 | 97.86% | 233,850 | 98.44% | 178,975 | 98.21% |
Total population | 324,005 | 100% | 277,593 | 100% | 237,550 | 100% | 182,243 | 100% |
Services
While the member municipalities provide for their own municipal services, the FVRD acts as the local government for the electoral areas. As a local government or regional district, it can provide services such as water piping, storm sewers, sanitary sewers, street lighting, waste management, fire protection, mosquito control, E911 service, emergency preparedness/recovery, cablevision, air quality monitoring, library funding, growth management, park maintenance, building inspections and bylaw enforcement, planning, and development approvals. Each area does not necessarily receive all these services so each electoral area pays property taxes, through the provincial government, in accordance with the particular services they receive. The FVRD has opted to implement a regional growth strategy, as allowed by Section 25 of the BC Local Government Act.
Political structure
The regional district is a federation of municipalities and electoral areas. Each municipality appoints councillors to the board of directors for the regional district in proportion to their relative population sizes and the electoral areas directly elect one director each.
Economy
Economically, the area has grown around resource extraction, specifically farming, logging and gravel mining. Much of the Fraser Valley's land base is within the
Electoral area, geography, and climate
The areas in a regional district that are not incorporated are called ‘electoral areas’.
Electoral area "A"
Electoral area "B"
Communities in this area are connected by three highways (Highway #1, #3, #5) which radiate out of the District of Hope. The communities of
Electoral area "C"
Communities in this area include
Electoral area "D"
The population of this area lives in the unincorporated villages of Popkum and Bridal Falls. Combined they have a population of 972 people.
Electoral area "E"
The Chilliwack River runs east-west through this area. Most of the population live in the small area between the mountains and the river, which is generally divided into three areas:
Other residents of this area live on the north end of Cultus Lake, or in the Columbia Valley, south of Cultus Lake, bordering Washington state.
Electoral area "F"
Area F lies between the boundaries of the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District to the north and west, the Metro Vancouver Regional District to the west, Electoral Area G and the cities of Mission and Maple Ridge to the South, and Electoral Area C to the east. The Area F population of approximately 1,300 people lives exclusively in the southern, lowland portion of Area F, specifically that between Hatzic Lake and the southeast end of Stave Lake, as everything in this electoral area north of Stave Lake is inaccessible or uninhabitable. This inhabited lowland area is also known as Hatzic Valley, and includes the unincorporated localities of McConnell Creek and Miracle Valley in the north, and Hatzic Prairie and the farming town of Durieu in the south.
Electoral Area "G"
This small but populous (~1,800 pop.) Electoral Area lies mainly north of the
Farming (dairy, nursery and blue berries) and resource extraction (forestry and aggregate) along with recreation are the primary activities. Approximately one-quarter of the residents live on Hatzic Island with much of the Electoral Area's remaining population residing in more rural locations and on Leq’a:mel First Nation Reserve lands.
The Sasquatch Lions Club (member club of Lions Clubs International) is the predominant service organization found in Area "G" and the Deroche and District Community Association has been active since 1908.[citation needed]
Electoral Area "H"
This new Electoral Area H was re-established in 2014 to include Cultus Lake and Columbia Valley.[13] Previously, Electoral Area H was dissolved in 2008, with privately owned lands within the area being annexed into Abbotsford, and crown lands being reassigned to Electoral Area "G".[14] The previous area consisted of the majority of Sumas Mountain.
See also
- Pacific Ranges - the mountains comprising the northern half to the district.
- river valleycomprising the southern half of the district.
Notes
- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes the results from the former regional districts of Fraser-Cheam and Central Fraser Valley, and the subdivision of Mission, all of which were later amalgamated to form the Fraser Valley Regional District
- ^ Combined responses of Hindi and Urdu as they form mutually intelligible registers of the Hindustani language.
- ^ Combined responses of the Chinese languages, including Mandarin, Cantonese, Min Nan, Hakka, Wu (Shanghainese), Min Dong, Chinese, n.o.s., and Chinese languages, n.i.e..
References
- ^ "Board of Directors". Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ a b "Population and dwelling counts, for Canada, provinces and territories, and census divisions, 2016 and 2011 censuses – 100% data (British Columbia)". Statistics Canada. 8 February 2017. Retrieved 9 July 2019.
- ^ a b "What is the FVRD?". www.fvrd.ca. Retrieved 11 January 2021.
- ^ "Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census divisions". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 3 April 2022.
- ^ a b Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (26 October 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (27 October 2021). "Census Profile, 2016 Census". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ a b Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (27 November 2015). "NHS Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (20 August 2019). "2006 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (2 July 2019). "2001 Community Profiles". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (8 February 2012). "Statistics Canada: 2011 Census Profile". www12.statcan.gc.ca.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (23 December 2013). "2001 Census Topic-based tabulations Various Non-official Languages Spoken (76), Age Groups (13) and Sex (3) for Population, for Canada, Provinces, Territories, Census Divisions and Census Subdivisions, 2001 Census - 20% Sample Data". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (29 March 2019). "1991 Census Area Profiles Profile of Census Divisions and Subdivisions - Part B". www12.statcan.gc.ca. Retrieved 14 January 2023.
- ^ "Electoral Area H OCP | Fraser Valley Regional District". www.fvrd.ca. Retrieved 12 December 2018.
- ^ "Archived copy". Archived from the original on 6 July 2011. Retrieved 15 August 2009.
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Sources
- Community Profile: Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia; Statistics Canada
- "Fraser Valley Regional District". BC Geographical Names.