Gary Fraipont
RE/MAX Ridge-Meadows Realty
Phone: (604) 466-2838

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Community Quick Facts:

Population: Maple Ridge 78,543 Pitt Meadows 18,500

Local Real Estate Prices:

Detached Homes:

$375,000 - 750,000

Townhomes:

$250,000 - $550,000

Condominiums:

$170,000 - $500,000

Building Lots:

$210,000 - $375,000

Acreage:

$400,000 - $800,000

House and Acreage

$450,000 - $2,000,000+

COMMUNITY OVERVIEW

Maple Ridge is located approximately 30 miles east of Vancouver on the north shore of the Fraser River. The total land mass of Maple Ridge consists of 66,000 acres or 103 square miles of land, 11,023 acres of which lie within the Agricultural Land Reserve designation. The remaining lands support a wide variety of land uses ranging from small rural farms to high density residential apartments, including industrial and a wide variety of commercial and recreational uses.

Outdoor recreation abounds in Maple Ridge with over 33 parks consisting of 315 acres of publicly owned lands. Additional parks include Kanaka Regional Park with 1,050 acres and Golden Ears Provincial Park consisting of 215 Square miles. Alouette Lake, located within Golden Ears Provincial Park, attracts thousands of tourists annually who enjoy a wide variety of outdoor recreation.

Maple Ridge boasts one of the largest horse populations per capita in Western Canada and has a trail network of over 20 miles.

The municipality consists of seven historical areas - Haney, Albion, Hammond, Yennadon, Ruskin, Whonnock and Webster's Corner - of which Haney boasts the largest commercial core with five shopping centres ranging in sizes of approximately 50,000 square feet to 200,000 square feet.

Over the past decade Maple Ridge has been one of the fastest growing municipalities within the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD). Growth rates for the GVRD have averaged 2.7% annually, with growth rates for Maple Ridge averaging nearly 5% over the last 10 years.