However, the factory suffered major layoffs due to the 2008 recession and now only hosts a small product testing team. Maple Ridge hosted the only North American high-volume manufacturer of lithium-ion batteries, E-One Moli Energy. The soil and climate are not well-suited to the production of traditional food crops, but the Maple Ridge agriculture sector generates upwards of $40 million annually (2001), largely from berry crops, nurseries and horse breeding. They include Interfor and companies that manufacture building materials, yachts and poles. Forestry companies continue to be the largest private-sector employers in the district. Indigenous Spirituality (80 persons or 0.1%)Įarly settlers in Maple Ridge engaged in forestry and agriculture.Canada 2016 Census EthnicityĪccording to the 2021 census, religious groups in Maple Ridge included: In the 2021 Census of Population conducted by Statistics Canada, Maple Ridge had a population of 90,990 living in 33,103 of its 34,254 total private dwellings, a change of 10.6% from its 2016 population of 82,256. Climate Ĭlimate data for Maple Ridge Kanaka Creek In addition to buildings already on-site when this was the steamboat landing as well as the CPR station, other heritage buildings from around the City of Maple Ridge were relocated to Port Haney to preserve them and enhance the heritage flavour of the location. Port Haney, located adjacent to the Fraser River to the southwest of downtown Haney, and the site of the West Coast Express commuter rail station, is a heritage district created to protect some of the remaining buildings from earlier times. Port Hammond is known for its small cottage-like mill houses originally built by the local mill to house its workers, Ruskin is the location of a community hall of the Sons of Norway, although the area was founded by English followers of John Ruskin, and Kanaka Creek originally was a community for Kanaka employees of Fort Langley. For instance, Albion and Webster's Corners are represented by the many Finnish families that settled in the area. Some of these areas are identified with a cultural group. Haney (which is now also the downtown area of Maple Ridge).Maple Ridge is made up of several different historical areas, including: The status change became official on September 12, 2014, which coincided with Maple Ridge's 140th anniversary of municipal incorporation. Subsequently, Maple Ridge Council submitted its request for status change to the Minister of Community, Sport and Cultural Development. On March 26, 2014, Maple Ridge residents voted to change the community's status from district municipality to city. Maple Ridge has been part of Metro Vancouver since 1995. From the creation of British Columbia's regional districts in 1965 until the expansion of Metro Vancouver in 1995, it was part of the now-defunct Dewdney-Alouette Regional District with the City of Pitt Meadows and District of Mission and other north-side communities east to Chehalis. Maple Ridge is British Columbia's fifth-oldest municipality (after New Westminster, Victoria, Langley, and Chilliwack). It covered an area of 33,000 acres (130 km 2) yet was home to only approximately 50 families. Maple Ridge was incorporated as a district municipality on September 12, 1874.
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