Fraser Valley Region

FBC's Work in the Fraser Valley

FBC provides facilitation and project management services for local and regional work, including support for these initiatives:

• Cultus Lake Stewards
• Cultus Lake Eutrophication Education
• Fraser Valley Illegal Dumping Alliance

FBC also delivers BC-wide programs that serve the Fraser Valley region. These include:

• Plug in BC
• Climate Change Resources
• Salmon Safe BC
• Realizing UNDRIP
• BC Youth Program
• Lower Mainland Flood Management Strategy

To explore program partnership opportunities in the Fraser Valley, please contact us.

About the Fraser Valley

The Fraser Valley is a beautiful, diverse and productive region with a long, rich history. It's also home to a growing number of people. Nearly 300,000 people now live here, enjoying many amenities and quick access to outdoor recreation. Like other fast-growing communities, the Valley faces sustainability challenges.

For the Fraser Basin Council, the Fraser Valley region stretches from north of Boston Bar to the eastern boundary of Metro Vancouver, tucked between the Coast Mountains and Cascade Mountains north of the US border. Here is where the Fraser River flattens out and flows through a broad, fertile valley on its way to the sea.

Fraser Valley watersheds include the main stem of the Fraser River, Chilliwack/Vedder, Columbia Valley/Cultus Lake, Coquihalla, Harrison, Lillooet, Nahatlatch, Stave Lake, D’Herbomez Creek, Hatzic, Norrish Creek, Sumas and Ruby Creek.

The Fraser Valley encompasses the municipalities of Abbotsford, Boston Bar, Chilliwack, Harrison Hot Springs, Hope, Kent, Mission and Yale as well as areas north of Harrison Lake and on the north and east side of Pitt Lake

Community decision-makers have the challenging task of managing growth, land use, transportation and economic development, and delivering services to residents, businesses and visitors. Visit the Fraser Valley Regional District website for an exploration of some of these issues and a look at the Fraser Valley Regional District’s Regional Growth Strategy.

The Valley is the home to the traditional territories of the mainland Halq'eméylem-speaking people. First Nations communities in the region are: Aitchelitz , Boston Bar, Chawathil, Cheam, Kwantlen, Kwaw-kwaw-Apilt, Leq’a:mel, Matsqui, Peters, Popum, Scowlitz, Seabird Island, Shxw'ow'hamel, Skawahlook, Skwah, Soowahlie, Spuzzum, Squiala, Sts'ailes (formerly Chehalis), Sxwha:y, Sumas, Tzeachten, Yakweakwioose and Yale. Learn more by visiting the sites of these BC First Nations communities.