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52-636: Canada Education Park (CEP) is located on the southside of Chilliwack at the former site of the Canadian army base called CFB Chilliwack . It is home to learning institutions including University of the Fraser Valley , Justice Institute of BC , and RCMP Pacific Region Training Centre . The South Chilliwack Campus of the University of the Fraser Valley houses the Trades and Technology Centre,

104-569: A human performance lab that includes an EEG lab, environmental chamber, and teaching lab and a First Nations gathering place. Its classrooms have open-source geo-exchange, solar thermal and light harvesting. The building earned LEED Gold certification for green building design, construction, and sustainability. It opened in 2012. Programmes offered include Bachelor of Kinesiology, Bachelor of Science in Nursing, Practical Nursing, Health Care Assistant, and Certified Dental Assisting program. Students at

156-806: A north–south axis bisected by the Trans-Canada Highway . The city is bounded in the north by the Fraser River , in the east by the Eastern Hillsides, in the south by the Canada–US border , and in the west by the Vedder Canal . With 939 farms on approximately 17,322 hectares (42,800 acres) of dedicated farmland, farming remains an important part of the Chilliwack landscape. Also referred to as "Chilliwack Proper Village West",

208-704: A permanent training facility and army garrison during the Cold War . Following the unification of the Canadian Armed Forces in 1968, the base was renamed Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack (CFB Chilliwack) . The base housed the following units: On 1 January 1980, the Township of Chilliwhack and the City of Chilliwack amalgamated to form a single municipality styled the District of Chilliwack , following

260-740: A population of 93,203 living in 35,758 of its 37,124 total private dwellings, a change of 11.2% from its 2016 population of 83,788. With a land area of 261.34 km (100.90 sq mi), it has a population density of 356.6/km (923.7/sq mi). According to the 2021 census , religious groups in Chilliwack included: Chilliwack is part of the Lower Mainland-Southwest economic region. Chilliwack's service and retail sectors account for approximately 50% of GDP . Other growing industries include manufacturing accounting for 13%, construction at 8% and agriculture and forestry at 5% of Chilliwack's GDP. Vancouver International Airport

312-492: A waterfall that the river drops over. The river picks up the Little Chilliwack River before crossing the border. There is a large sandy beach located where the river enters the lake, a popular recreational area among locals, however access is now restricted and the south shores of Chilliwack Lake are protected as an ecological reserve . The river exits the north end of the lake and flows generally west via

364-597: Is a city of about 100,000 people and 261 km (100 sq mi) in the Canadian province of British Columbia . It is located about 100 km (62 mi) east of the City of Vancouver in the Fraser Valley . 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

416-732: Is a popular shopping destination. Chilliwack has an active rock music scene, centering mostly around young ska and punk rock bands. Bands originating in Chilliwack include: These Kids Wear Crowns , Mystery Machine , and The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets . Chilliwack also has a thriving classical music community, featuring the Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra and the Chilliwack Metropolitan Orchestra. The drumline from Sardis Secondary School played at several venues during

468-499: Is a small regional airport located in Downtown Chilliwack. It has 1,219 m (3,999 ft) of paved and lit runway that includes a parallel taxiway. Approximately 70% of the estimated 60,000 annual air traffic movements are itinerant traffic that consists of both pilot training and recreational flights from all around BC and south of the border. There are 673 km (418 mi) of active transportation throughout

520-1036: Is focused on training professionals in the justice, public safety and social services fields. It was the first post-secondary institution to establish a campus at CEP. It is one of six JIBC campuses and it includes a 102-room student residence. JIBC offers two four-year degree programmes, namely the Bachelor of Public Safety Administration and Bachelor of Emergency and Security Management Studies (online). It also offers diplomas and applied certificates, and professional workshops and training to paramedics , firefighters , sheriffs , corrections officers , probation officers, peace officers , family justice counsellors, mediators , law enforcement, emergency management and security professionals, Emergency Social Services volunteers and search and rescue volunteers. The Royal Canadian Mounted Police opened its Pacific Region Training Centre at CEP in 2001. Chilliwack Chilliwack ( / ˈ tʃ ɪ l ə w æ k / CHIL -ə-wak )

572-741: Is home to the Chilliwack Players' Guild (the resident theatre company), as well as the Chilliwack Academy of Music. The UFV Theatre is a 206-seat thrust stage venue formerly belonging to the University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) Theatre Department. Until 2017, UFV produced three or four mainstage shows each year, as well as the annual Directors' Festival, which featured student directors and performers from UFV , Capilano University , Thompson Rivers University , University of Victoria , UBC and Douglas College . As of 2021,

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624-555: Is located about 113 km (70 mi) from downtown Chilliwack and has non-stop flights daily to Asia , Europe , Oceania , the United States , and Mexico , and other airports within Canada. Abbotsford International Airport is located about 42 km (26 mi) west of Downtown Chilliwack and offers scheduled service to Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Victoria, where passengers can connect to anywhere. Chilliwack Airport

676-587: Is part of the Pemberton Volcanic Belt and is the largest mass of exposed intrusive rock in the Cascade Volcanic Arc . The age of the Chilliwack batholith ranges from 26 to 29 million years old. In 2013, Maclean's reported that, with an average annual temperature of 10.5 °C (50.9 °F), Chilliwack is the warmest city in Canada. The city is made up of several amalgamated villages and communities. The urban core follows

728-589: Is surrounded by tall mountain peaks, such as Mount Cheam and Slesse Mountain , and large rivers (the Fraser and Vedder ). The Chilliwack Batholith forms much of the North Cascades in southwestern British Columbia , Canada and the U.S. state of Washington . The geological structure is primarily named after the City of Chilliwack, where it is the most notable geological feature. The Chilliwack Batholith

780-526: Is the main access to the resort village of Harrison Hot Springs . The highway first opened in 1953, originally going between Yale Road in Rosedale and Highway 7, with a ferry across the Fraser River. A bridge replaced the ferry in 1956. When the section of Highway 1 east of Chilliwack opened in 1961, Highway 9 was extended south to a junction with the new Highway 1 alignment, which replaced Yale Road as

832-484: Is the warmest city in Canada. The actual warmest city in Canada is Victoria , with an average annual temperature of 11.2 °C (52.2 °F). Chilliwack enjoys some of the warmest average high temperatures in Canada, with 15.5 °C (59.9 °F) being the yearly average high. Chilliwack receives nearly the same number of days of precipitation (184.6 days at greater than 0.2 mm) as comparable local communities nearer Vancouver such as Maple Ridge (185.8 days) and

884-584: The 2010 Winter Olympics in Vancouver. Chilliwack also offers many other community events and classes throughout the year. The Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association is hosting music in Central Park on Saturdays for the month of August 2022. Despite their name, the band Chilliwack was actually formed, and is based, in nearby Vancouver. The Chilliwack Cultural Centre is a performing arts venue located in downtown Chilliwack. The building

936-493: The 2021 census , the Chilliwack Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) has a population of 113,767 living in 44,365 of its 46,708 total private dwellings, a change of 12.1% from its 2016 population of 101,512 . With a land area of 1,444.02 km (557.54 sq mi), it has a population density of 78.8/km (204.1/sq mi). According to the 2021 census , the City of Chilliwack has

988-714: The British Columbia Electric Railway began operating regularly scheduled passenger service on the New Westminster–Chilliwack Interurban Line. In 1941, Camp Chilliwack was established following Canada's entry into the Second World War in 1939. After the outbreak of the Pacific War , the camp was expanded to garrison Canadian Army units for the defence of Canada's West Coast. It continued to be used as

1040-783: The Canadian Army and the Royal Canadian Army Cadets . The old quartermaster warehouse became the Canadian Military Education Centre Museum. Chilliwack is located in the Upper Fraser Valley , 100 kilometres (60 mi) east of Vancouver on the Trans-Canada Highway . The city is bounded on the north by the Fraser River , and on the south by the Canada-United States border. Chilliwack

1092-647: The Chilliwack Mountain opposite the islands of the Fraser River Ecological Reserve. The Vedder/ Chilliwack River is the only river in Canada that sustains navigable class III and above whitewater, making this river a popular year-round whitewater kayaking and river rafting destination. The sections of the river downstream from the Vedder Bridge at Vedder Crossing are very popular amongst locals for relaxing on

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1144-642: The Chilliwack Public Art Trail . Annual events and festivals include: Chilliwack Times published its final edition on December 28, 2016. Chilliwack is home to two Junior ice hockey clubs. The Chilliwack Chiefs of the independent British Columbia Hockey League plays its home games at the Chilliwack Coliseum . The Chilliwack Jets of the Pacific Junior Hockey League plays its home games at

1196-619: The Chilliwack River , and group of aboriginal people, the Ts'elxwéyeqw (also spelt Ts'elxwíqw or Sts'elxwíqw ). The spelling of Chilliwack is sometimes a matter of confusion. Prior to the amalgamation of the City of Chilliwack and the Municipality of Chilliwhack, there were two different spellings. When amalgamated, the current spelling of the city was adopted. Anglicized spellings include "Chilliwhyeuk" and other versions closer to

1248-766: The Chilliwack River Valley to emerge on the Fraser Lowland on the south side of the City of Chilliwack . At Vedder Crossing, the river is joined by the Sweltzer River before flowing under the Vedder Bridge at which its name changes to the Vedder River, after which it flows west and north to join the Sumas River just before that river's confluence with the Fraser River at the northeast end of Sumas Mountain . The river crosses

1300-645: The Halkomelem word Tcil'Qe'uk , meaning "valley of many streams". Originating as the Chilliwack River in Washington's North Cascades National Park , the river begins at Hannegan Pass and flows north across the Canada–United States border and into Chilliwack Lake . The river flows through Hells Gorge, a deep, dangerous-to-access gorge just below the river's headwaters that is home of

1352-567: The Sardis Ice Complex . The Chilliwack Minor Hockey Association was founded in 1958 with the opening of the original Chilliwack Coliseum. The Canadian Junior Football League club the Valley Huskers plays its home games at Exhibition Stadium in Chilliwack. The climate is typical oceanic ( Köppen : Cfb ) but with some influence of the land mass being some distance from the sea, similar to Orléans , France (although

1404-728: The 2011 World Health Organization's study of air quality shows that Chilliwack enjoys air quality among the best in the world. For PM 10 (10  μm ) size particulates , Canada averaged third best in the world (along with Australia) at an average of 13 micrograms per cubic metre. The City of Chilliwack and the Greater Vancouver Regional District were tied at a low 8.0 MPCM. For smaller particulate of 2.5 μm size (PM 2.5 ), "the City of Chilliwack averaged 4.9 micrograms per cubic metre. Vancouver also had 4.9, Calgary had 5.6, Winnipeg had 5.6, Toronto had 7.9, Montreal had 11.2 and Sarnia had 12.7." According to

1456-551: The Agriculture Centre of Excellence include those enrolled in the Bachelor of Agriculture and Business Administration in Agriculture Management programmes, as well as several specialized diploma and certificate programmes, including berry production, integrated pest management, and livestock production. The Agriculture Center of Excellence opened in 2012. Justice Institute of British Columbia (JIBC)

1508-698: The Chilliwack Performing Arts can be registered for at. Many different programs are available, including a Junior Musical Theatre and Summer Break Camps. The Chilliwack Mural Festival occurs annually. Co-founded and directed by Amber Price and Lise Oakley, their volunteer team has curated and directed the installation of over three dozen works of large scale original art in Historic Downtown Chilliwack. Murals by Canadian Artists Emmanuel Jarus, Jason Botkin and Chris Perez can be found along with other public art via

1560-548: The Chilliwack drainage and east to the Skagit River drainage. In addition, the Whatcom Trail followed much of the Chilliwack River's course. Historically the Chilliwack River flowed north from Vedder Crossing , over a broad alluvial fan into the Fraser River . In 1875, heavy rains caused a log jam that diverted the river into two small streams called Vedder Creek and Luckakuck Creek, which caused hardship for

1612-626: The Chilliwhack Railway Company. On 20 February 1908, the area that was then known as Chilliwack , i.e., the subdivision within the greater Chilliwhack Township , was proclaimed as the City of Chilliwack by letters patent issued by the provincial government under the Chilliwack City Incorporation Act . The City of Chilliwack and the Township of Chilliwhack co-existed as separately administered municipalities until 1980. On 4 October 1910,

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1664-490: The City of Mission (186.0 days) (Environment Canada Statistics). Summers in Chilliwack are usually sunny and warm, with long days (light out until well after 10 pm in June with dusk that lasts for hours) and with occasional stretches of heat where temperatures rise above 30 °C (86 °F). Due to its location at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley, there has been some debate about preserving Chilliwack's air quality. However,

1716-555: The Eagle Landing Shopping Centre are located there, as well as key government buildings, such as city hall, FVRD offices, and the Provincial Court of British Columbia . The south side includes the communities of Atchelitz , Cultus Lake Park , Greendale , Promontory Heights, Ryder Lake , Sardis , Vedder Crossing, Garrison Crossing and Yarrow . Sardis is the urban core of the south side and

1768-468: The Faculty of Health Sciences building and the Agriculture Centre of Excellence. The Trades and Technology Centre opened in 2009 and offers the following programmes. Degree Continuing education programmes Apprenticeships The facility features an atrium, science and computer labs, a fully equipped dental clinic, nursing stations, a library, a bookstore, a canteen, a black box theatre,

1820-665: The Fraser floodplain from Vedder Crossing to its confluence with the Sumas via the Vedder Canal, which prevents the river's considerable spring freshet from flooding the surrounding farmlands and towns, and which is part of the drainage system that turned Sumas Lake into Sumas Prairie . Downstream from the Vedder Crossing Bridge, the Vedder River marks the boundary between Yarrow to the south and Greendale to

1872-608: The Vedder Crossing was permanently diverted westwards into the Vedder Canal to artificially drain the Sumas Lake, and today the canal are renamed the Vedder River. The former interlaced distributaries of the Chilliwack River below Vedder Crossing are now modified into the Chilliwack Creek , which flows northwest meandrously from Sardis past Downtown Chilliwack to empty into the Fraser River east of

1924-548: The area en route to the goldfields of the upper Fraser River . By the mid-1860s, settlers had established farms around Codville's Landing, Miller's Landing, Minto Landing, Sumas Landing, and Chilliwack Landing along the Fraser River. On 26 April 1873, the "Corporation of the Township of Chilliwhack" (note the variant spelling) became the third municipality incorporated by the Province of British Columbia . The town centre at

1976-431: The area's farmers. In 1882, a new log jam was deliberately created which caused the waters of several streams to shift course toward the west, flowing into the now-disappeared Sumas Lake . A freshet in 1894 caused this new course to become permanent, and compounded on the devastating 1894 Fraser basin flood. In the early 20th century, the diverted river was diked and channelized, and the Chilliwack River downstream of

2028-665: The city of Chilliwack is 43.7 °C (110.7 °F) on June 28, 2021, which was set during the 2021 Western North America Heat wave , beating the old mark of 38.0 °C (100.4 °F) recorded on July 21, 2006. The lowest recorded temperature was −21.7 °C (−7.1 °F) on Dec 27, 1968. Precipitation falls mostly as rain, with snow limited to the surrounding mountains, except for two or three weeks per year generally in December or January when arctic outflow occurs. In 2013, Maclean's wrongly reported that with an average annual temperature of 10.5 °C (50.9 °F), Chilliwack

2080-478: The city, the most per capita of any municipality in the Lower Mainland . A four-lane to six-lane expressway from Horseshoe Bay to Hope runs through Chilliwack on the Lower Mainland section of the Trans-Canada Highway . The Agassiz-Rosedale Highway is a north–south route in the eastern part of Chilliwack that acts as the last connection between Highways 1 and 7 eastbound before Hope , and

2132-735: The end of the Cold War a few years earlier, CFB Chilliwack closed. Its training facilities were converted into the Canada Education Park , a campus for multiple institutions, including the Justice Institute of British Columbia , the Royal Canadian Mounted Police , the University of the Fraser Valley , and the Western Area Training Centre (WATC). Today it also houses supply depots for the 39 Canadian Brigade Group of

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2184-478: The former has a precipitation more than twice as long and with a tendency towards the Mediterranean pattern). Chilliwack's mild climate with limited extremes provides excellent growing conditions for a wide variety of crops and agricultural products. In fact, when averaged from 1981 to 2010, Chilliwack had one of the warmest mean temperatures for any city in Canada. The highest temperature recorded within

2236-516: The local economy. The city is bounded on the north side by the Fraser River , 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 . In Halq'eméylem , the language of the Stó:lō communities around Chilliwack and Sardis, Tcil'Qe'uk means "valley of many streams". It also lends its name to

2288-418: The main route between Chilliwack and Hope. Chilliwack Transit System consists of a fleet of 9 buses that operate along regularly scheduled routes throughout the metropolitan area. Chilliwack River The Vedder River , called the Chilliwack River above Vedder Crossing , is a river in the Canadian province of British Columbia and the U.S. state of Washington . The name Chilliwack comes from

2340-664: The north (both are separate semi-rural communities that are now part of the City of Chilliwack). The Chilliwack River was heavily used by the Northwest Boundary Survey of 1857-1862 as a means of accessing the 49th parallel north in order to survey and map the border between American and British-Canadian sovereignty. A number of the Chilliwack's tributaries cross the 49th parallel, including Liumchen Creek, Tamihi Creek, Damfino Creek, Slesse Creek, Nesakwatch Creek, and, from Chilliwack Lake, Klahailhu Creek and Depot Creek. Both American and British surveying parties established base camps on Chilliwack Lake from which they sent field parties through

2392-436: The north side covers the area from the Trans-Canada Highway in the south, to the Fraser River in the north, and includes the communities of Camp River, Chilliwack Mountain, Downtown Chilliwack, East Chilliwack, Fairfield Island , Rosedale and Popkum . Downtown Chilliwack is the historical urban centre of the city. Several cultural attractions, such as the Chilliwack Coliseum , Chilliwack Cultural Centre , The Book Man and

2444-435: The original Halq'eméylem. The archeological record shows evidence of Stó:lō people in the Fraser Valley, or S'ólh Téméxw , 10,000 years ago. Permanent structures in the Chilliwack area date from around 5,000 years ago. It is estimated that at the time of the first contact with Europeans , there were as many as 40,000 people living within Stó:lō territory. In the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of gold miners transited

2496-440: The passage of referendae in both municipalities. On 16 July 1999, the District of Chilliwack , once again, was renamed the City of Chilliwack . To the present day, locals idiosyncratically use the same name to refer to the city as a whole, and to the old city centre. It is also the name of the greater metropolitan area encompassing adjacent sovereign indigenous nations, municipalities, and unincorporated areas. In 1997, following

2548-427: The river banks, swimming, campfires and sunbathing. The Vedder River Campground, operated by The Fraser Valley Regional District, is open from April 1 to October 31. The Vedder-Chilliwack River is well known for its runs of chinook , coho , chum , pink and sockeye salmon in the fall, along with winter and spring steelhead fishing. The 1954 British Empire and Commonwealth Games ' rowing events were held on

2600-402: The theatre is part of the Imagine High public high school. The Chilliwack School of Performing Arts provides pre-professional training in acting, singing and dancing to children ages 3–18 at their downtown location. The mainstage show performs a two-week run every January at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre, and a Spring Festival featuring performances from many age groups in late May. Programs at

2652-504: The threat of floods constantly looming, the town centre was moved south to "Five Corners" at the junction of the New Westminster-Yale Wagon Road, Wellington Avenue and Young Road. This subdivision was initially named "Centreville", but later was renamed "Chilliwack", as it was more commonly referred to by locals in 1887. The area would experience catastrophic flooding in 1894 , 1935, 1948 and 2021 . On 20 April 1891, Richard Plunkett Cooke, George de Wolf, and Walter E. Graveley established

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2704-417: The time was concentrated at Chilliwack Landing along the Fraser River . Steamboats were the main mode of transportation, carrying goods and passengers between Chilliwhack and New Westminster . After the construction of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1885, many residents began to cross the Fraser River at Minto Landing to ride the train from Harrison Mills . In 1881, with little room for expansion and

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