Chilliwack
Chilliwack | |
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| City of Chilliwack | |
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| Nickname: The Wack | |
| Motto: "Cor Viride Provinciae" (Latin) "The Green Heart of the Province" | |
Location of Chilliwack within the Fraser Valley | |
Chilliwack Location of Chilliwack in British Columbia Chilliwack Chilliwack (Fraser Valley Regional District) | |
| Coordinates: 49°10′16″N 121°57′09″W / 49.1711°N 121.9525°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Regional district | Fraser Valley |
| Settled | c. 3,000 BCE |
| Incorporated | 1873 |
| Amalgamated | 1980 |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Ken Popove |
| • Governing body | Chilliwack City Council |
| Area | |
• City | 261.34 km2 (100.90 sq mi) |
| Elevation | 10 m (33 ft) |
| Population (2021) | |
• City | 93,203 |
| • Density | 356.6/km2 (924/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 113,767 |
| • Metro density | 78.8/km2 (204/sq mi) |
| Time zone | UTC−08:00 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−07:00 (PDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area codes | 604, 778, 236, 672 |
| Highways | Highway 1 (TCH) Highway 9 |
| Waterways | Chilliwack River, Vedder River, Fraser River, Hope River |
| Website | www |
Chilliwack (/ˈtʃɪləwæk/ CHIL-ə-wak) is a city with a population of about 100,000 people and an area of 261 square kilometres (101 sq mi) in the Canadian province of British Columbia. It is located about 100 kilometres (62 mi) east of the City of Vancouver in the Fraser Valley. Chilliwack is 34 kilometres (21 mi) northwest of the Sumas–Huntingdon Border Crossing on the Canada–United States border. The enumerated population is 93,203 in the city and 113,767 in the greater metropolitan area.
About two-thirds of city land is protected as part of the Agricultural Land Reserve, and agriculture accounts for about 30 percent of the local economy. The city is bounded on the north side by the Fraser River, and on the south side by the Vedder River and Canada–United States border, and is surrounded by tall mountain peaks, such as Mount Cheam and Slesse Mountain.