Fraser Valley | |
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Fraser Valley Regional District | |
![]() View departing Abbotsford Airport | |
![]() Location in British Columbia | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Seat | Chilliwack |
Government | |
• Type | Regional district |
• Body | Board of directors |
• Chair | Jason Lum (Chilliwack) |
• Vice chair | Patricia Ross (Abbotsford) |
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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 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 [3] 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.
The FVRD is the third most populous Regional District in British Columbia,[3] 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.