B.C. municipal election 2018: Maple Ridge

Candidates

To be announced.

Boundary

The City of Maple Ridge is located in the Fraser Valley, north of the Fraser River, east of Pitt Meadows and west of Mission.

Population (2016)

82,256

History

The Katzie Nation was first to the area now known as Maple Ridge, though the Kwantlen Nation was also present there.

European settlers began to arrive in the Maple Ridge area amid the Fraser River Gold Rush in 1858.

An orchard planted at Albion across the water from Fort Langley was called the “birthplace of British Columbia.”

John McIver would set up a dairy farm in the area the next year; he called it “Maple Ridge.”

Settlers would meet at McIver’s farm in 1874 and decide that they should establish a municipality, naming it after his property.

The completion of the Canadian Pacific Railway in 1895 would lead to growth in Maple Ridge, with activity in farming, forestry and manufacturing.

The city’s economy has only diversified since then, coming to include education, technology and TV and film production.

Median total income of couple economic families with children (2015)/B.C. median

$123,453/$111,736

Crime Severity Index (CSI) – 2016

Maple Ridge – municipal/B.C.

93.24 (-0.46)/93.63 (-0.71)

Violent Crime Severity Index (CSI) – 2016

78.16 (+0.09)/74.86 (-9.81)

Political representation

Federal

Dan Ruimy (Liberal)

Provincial

Bob d’Eith (BC NDP) – Maple Ridge-Mission

Lisa Beare (BC NDP) – Maple Ridge-Pitt Meadows