Abbotsford, BC

Abbotsford
City
City of Abbotsford
Downtown Abbotsford and Central Business District
Flag Coat of arms Logo
Nickname(s): "Abby", City in the Country, Raspberry Capital of Canada
Motto: "Unus Cum Viribus Duorum"  (Latin) "One with the strength of two"
Abbotsford Location of Abbotsford in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°3′N 122°19′W / 49.050°N 122.317°W / 49.050; -122.317Coordinates: 49°3′N 122°19′W / 49.050°N 122.317°W / 49.050; -122.317
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	Fraser Valley, Lower Mainland
Regional district	Fraser Valley
Established	1892
Incorporated	1945
Government
• Mayor	Henry Braun
• MPs	Ed Fast (Conservative) Jati Sidhu (Liberal)
• MLA	List of MLAs Mike de Jong (Liberal) Simon Gibson (Liberal) Darryl Plecas (Liberal)
Area
• City	375.55 km2 (145.00 sq mi)
Elevation	38 m (124 ft)
Population (2016)
• City	141,397
• Density	376.5/km2 (975/sq mi)
• Metro	180,518
Demonym(s)	Abbotsfordian
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
• Summer (DST)	PDT (UTC-7)
Postal code	V2S–V2T, V3G, V4X
Area code(s)	604, 778
Highways BC 1	BC 1A BC 11
Website	www.abbotsford.ca

Abbotsford is a city located in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. With an estimated population of 141,397 people as of the 2016 census, it is the largest municipality of the Fraser Valley Regional District, the fifth-largest municipality of British Columbia, and the largest outside Greater Vancouver. The Abbotsford–Mission metropolitan area of around 170,191 inhabitants as of the 2011 census is the 23rd largest census metropolitan area in Canada. Abbotsford has the third highest proportion of visible minorities among census metropolitan areas in Canada, after the Greater Toronto Area and the Greater Vancouver CMA. It has also been named by Statistics Canada as Canada’s most generous city in terms of charitable donations for nine straight years.

The community of 375.55 square kilometres (145.00 sq mi) is the largest city by area in British Columbia. It is home to the University of the Fraser Valley, Tradex and Abbotsford International Airport, which hosts the Abbotsford International Airshow.

The municipality's southern boundary is the Canada–United States border, across which is Sumas, Washington. In Canada, it is bordered by the Township of Langley to the west, the Fraser River and the District of Mission to the north, and the City of Chilliwack to the east. Much of Abbotsford enjoys views of Mount Baker (to the southeast, in Washington) and the Coast Mountains (to the north).