Hope, British Columbia

Hope
District municipality
District of Hope
Municipal building and street clock with Memorial Park in background
Flag Seal
Hope Location of Hope in British Columbia
Coordinates: 49°23′09″N 121°26′31″W / 49.38583°N 121.44194°W / 49.38583; -121.44194
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	Fraser Canyon, Fraser Valley
Regional District	Fraser Valley
Established	1848
Government
• Mayor	Wilfried Vicktor
Area
• Total	41.14 km2 (15.88 sq mi)
Elevation	41 m (135 ft)
Population (2011)
• Total	5,969
• Density	145.1/km2 (376/sq mi)
Time zone	Pacific Standard Time
• Summer (DST)	Pacific Daylight Time (UTC)
Area code(s)	250 / 778 / 236
Highways	BC 1 (TCH) BC 3 BC 5 BC 7
Website	http://www.hope.ca/

Hope is a district municipality located at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada. Hope is at the eastern end of both the Fraser Valley and the Lower Mainland region, and is at the southern end of the Fraser Canyon. To the east over the Cascade Mountains is the Interior region, beginning with the Similkameen Country on the farther side of the Allison Pass in Manning Park. Located 154 kilometres (96 mi) east of Vancouver, Hope is at the southern terminus of the Coquihalla Highway and the western terminus of the Crowsnest Highway, locally known as the Hope-Princeton (Highways 5 and 3, respectively), where they merge with the Trans-Canada Highway (Highway 1). Hope is at the eastern terminus of Highway 7.

Hope is a member municipality of the Fraser Valley Regional District which provides certain municipal services to unincorporated settlements and rural areas.

The District of Hope includes Hope Townsite (the previous Town of Hope) and surrounding areas including the communities of Kawkawa Lake, Silver Creek,Floods, and Lake of the Woods.

The history of Hope can be divided into thousands of years of First Nations settlement and a European settlement period from 1808 to present day.