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Fraser Valley Regional District
Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Harrison Hot Springs, Hope, Kent and Mission and 8 electoral areas, 13,813 km² in all. 314,829 people lived in them in 2021, up 9.4% from 2016, not counting First Nations reserves, which the census counts on their own. 4.8% of the land is in the farmland reserve, and 3% has burned in a mapped wildfire since 1996.
Its places
Each place's page has its land, hazards, wells, climate, tax and census facts. Listed by name, not ranked.
| Place | People, 2021 | Land | In the farmland reserve | Burned since 1996 |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Abbotsford city | 153,524 | 385 km² | 70% | none |
| Chilliwack city | 93,203 | 282 km² | 57% | 0.1% |
| Harrison Hot Springs village | 1,905 | 7 km² | 19% | none |
| Hope district municipality | 6,686 | 47 km² | 7.8% | 9.8% |
| Kent district municipality | 6,300 | 202 km² | 23% | 2.2% |
| Mission city | 41,519 | 262 km² | 5.7% | under 0.1% |
| Electoral Area A | 495 | 2,348 km² | 0.2% | 8.8% |
| Electoral Area B | 869 | 3,111 km² | 1.5% | 4.6% |
| Electoral Area C | 1,133 | 3,929 km² | 0.1% | 1.1% |
| Electoral Area D | 2,092 | 231 km² | 2.8% | under 0.1% |
| Electoral Area E | 1,568 | 657 km² | 1.9% | 0.3% |
| Electoral Area F | 1,384 | 2,123 km² | 1.1% | 0.3% |
| Electoral Area G | 1,692 | 114 km² | 45% | none |
| Electoral Area H | 2,459 | 116 km² | 12% | under 0.1% |
Land and shares measured by us from the provincial maps (farmland reserve, BC Wildfire Service perimeters) over Statistics Canada's 2021 census subdivisions; people from the 2021 census.
Zoning
We have no open zoning map of the Fraser Valley Regional District's electoral areas, so reports there don't name the zone; each area's page says what we know and whom to ask. Each of its 6 municipalities zones its own land; its page says what we show there.
Building permits
Where the Fraser Valley Regional District's building inspection covers its electoral areas (Building Bylaw No. 1188, 2013): there a building permit is needed and the work is inspected.
| Electoral area | Covered by building inspection |
|---|---|
| Electoral Area A | Part of the area The Boston Bar and North Bend fire protection area, where a public road reaches the land |
| Electoral Area B | Part of the area Land a Ministry of Transportation or municipal road reaches |
| Electoral Area C | Part of the area Land a Ministry of Transportation or municipal road reaches |
| Electoral Area D | Part of the area Land a Ministry of Transportation or municipal road reaches |
| Electoral Area E | Part of the area Land a Ministry of Transportation or municipal road reaches |
| Electoral Area F | Part of the area Land a Ministry of Transportation or municipal road reaches |
| Electoral Area G | Part of the area Land a Ministry of Transportation or municipal road reaches |
| Electoral Area H | Part of the area Land a Ministry of Transportation or municipal road reaches |
Our reading of the Fraser Valley Regional District's own page, checked 2026-10-07. Inside a municipality, the town or city runs its own building permits; the BC Building Code applies everywhere. Do you need a building permit on rural land?
Wildfire
Since 1990, 14 wildfires of 1,000 ha or more burned in the Fraser Valley Regional District's places, in 8 seasons. The largest here:
- 2026Ainslie Creek wildfire69,706 ha in all56,472 ha here
- 2023Kookipi Creek wildfire17,561 ha in all12,011 ha here
- 2026Brunswick Creek wildfire9,544 ha in all9,389 ha here
- 2026Border 2 wildfire6,596 ha in all6,564 ha here
- 2018Unnamed by the BC Wildfire Service (fire V12167)5,949 ha in all5,949 ha here
- 2015Cougar Creek wildfire2,912 ha in all2,912 ha here
Each place's page lists every large and smaller mapped fire in it. Every BC season and large fire since 1990.
Major projects
The Environmental Assessment Office's register places 7 major projects in assessment or approved in the Fraser Valley Regional District's places.
- South Anderson Mountain ResortIn assessment; in Electoral Area B.
- Bevan Avenue Wells Groundwater Supply DevelopmentApproved; in Abbotsford.
- Big Silver Creek WaterpowerApproved; in Electoral Area C.
- District of Chilliwack Groundwater WellApproved; in Chilliwack.
- Stave Falls PowerplantApproved; in Mission.
- Tretheway Creek WaterpowerApproved; in Electoral Area C.
- Upper Harrison Water PowerApproved; in Electoral Area C.
The register places each project at one point; a mine, pipeline or line can reach well past it. Every major project in BC by place.
Check one lot: is it in the ALR? · is it on a floodplain map? · has it burned? · how deep are the wells? · is there room for a septic field? · short-term rentals? · property tax?
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