Fraser Valley Regional District

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 km2 (5,159 sq mi). It was created in 1995 by an amalgamation of the Fraser-Cheam Regional District and Central Fraser Valley Regional District and the portion of the Dewdney-Alouette Regional District from and including the District of Mission eastwards.

Fraser Valley
Regional district
Fraser Valley Regional District
View departing Abbotsford Airport
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Location in British Columbia
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
SeatChilliwack
Government
 • TypeRegional district
 • BodyBoard of directors
 • ChairJason Lum (Chilliwack)
 • Vice chairPatricia Ross (Abbotsford)
 • Electoral areas
  • A - Boston Bar–North Bend–Canyon Alpine
  • B - Yale/Choate/Dogwood Valley/Emory Creek/Laidlaw/Othello/Ruby Creek/Spuzzum/Sunshine Valley
  • C - Sasquatch Country
  • D - Popkum–Bridal Falls
  • E - Chilliwack River Valley
  • F - McConnell Creek-Hatzic Prairie
  • G - Nicomen Island–Deroche–Dewdney–Hatzic Island
  • H - Cultus Lake–Columbia Valley–Lindell Beach
Area
 • Land13,335.28 km2 (5,148.78 sq mi)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total295,934
 • Density22.2/km2 (57/sq mi)
Websitewww.fvrd.ca

The FVRD is the third most populous Regional District in British Columbia, incorporating roughly the eastern half of the Lower Mainland of southwestern BC, and is bordered by Whatcom County, Washington to the south, Metro Vancouver to the west, the Okanagan-Similkameen Regional District to the east, the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District to the northwest, and the Thompson-Nicola Regional District to the northeast.

It also includes unincorporated areas north of the City of Pitt Meadows, which were part of the Dewdney-Alouette Regional District but which were not transferred to the Metro Vancouver Regional District (MVRD) when it expanded to include Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.

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