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| motto = {{force singular}} "Cor Viride Provinciae"{{spaces|2}}{{small|([[Latin]])<br />"The Green Heart of the Province"}}
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| established_title2 = Incorporated
| established_date2  = {{start date and age|1873}}
| established_title3 = Amalgamated
| established_date3  = {{start date and age|1980}}
| leader_title       = Mayor
| leader_name        = [[Ken Popove]] <!-- Sworn in on 6 November 2018-->
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'''Chilliwack''' ({{IPAc-en|'|tʃ|ɪ|l|ə|w|æ|k}} {{respell|CHIL|ə|wak}}) is a city with a population of about 100,000 people and an area of {{cvt|261|km2|sqmi|-1}} in the Canadian province of [[British Columbia]]. It is located about {{cvt|100|km}} east of the [[Vancouver|City of Vancouver]] in the [[Fraser Valley]]. The [[2021 Canadian census|enumerated population]] is 93,203 in the city and 113,767 in the greater [[census metropolitan area|metropolitan area]].

About two-thirds of city land is protected as part of the [[Agricultural Land Reserve]], and agriculture accounts for about 30 percent of the local economy. The city is bounded on the north side by the [[Fraser River]], and on the south side by the [[Vedder River]] and [[Canada–United States border]], and is surrounded by tall mountain peaks, such as [[Cheam Peak|Mount Cheam]] and [[Slesse Mountain]].
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== Etymology ==

In [[Halkomelem|Halq'eméylem]], the language of the [[Stó:lō]] communities around Chilliwack and Sardis, ''Tcil'Qe'uk'' means "valley of many streams".<ref name=bcgnis-chilliwack>{{BCGNIS|38642|Chilliwack River }}</ref> It also lends its name to the [[Chilliwack River]], and group of aboriginal people, the ''Ts'elxwéyeqw'' (also spelt ''Ts'elxwíqw'' or ''Sts'elxwíqw'').<ref>Chilliwack Museum and Archives</ref> The spelling of Chilliwack is sometimes a matter of confusion. Prior to the amalgamation of the City of Chilliwack and the Municipality of Chilliwhack, there were two different spellings. When amalgamated, the current spelling of the city was adopted.<ref>{{cite web |title=History of Chilliwack |url=http://www.gov.chilliwack.bc.ca/main/page.cfm?id=167 |work=gov.chilliwack.bc.ca |publisher=City of Chilliwack |access-date=March 9, 2014 }}</ref> Anglicized spellings include "Chilliwhyeuk" and other versions closer to the original Halq'eméylem.

== History ==

The archeological record shows evidence of [[Stó:lō]] people in the Fraser Valley, or ''S'ólh Téméxw'', 10,000 years ago. Permanent structures in the Chilliwack area date from around 5,000 years ago.<ref name="Atlas">{{cite book |author=Carlson |first=Keith Thor |title=A Stó:lō-Coast Salish Historical Atlas |publisher=Douglas & McIntyre |year=2001 |isbn=1-55054-812-3 |location=Vancouver, BC |pages=18–20 }}</ref> It is estimated that at the time of the [[First contact (anthropology)|first contact]] with [[European ethnic groups|European]]s, there were as many as 40,000 people living within Stó:lō territory.

=== 19th century ===

In the mid-nineteenth century, thousands of gold miners transited the area ''en route'' to the [[gold mining|goldfields]] of the upper [[Fraser River]]. By the mid-1860s, settlers had established farms around Codville's Landing, Miller's Landing, Minto Landing, Sumas Landing, and Chilliwack Landing along the Fraser River.

On April 26, 1873, the "Corporation of the Township of Chilliwhack" (note the variant spelling) became the third municipality incorporated by the [[Province of British Columbia]]. The town centre at the time was concentrated at Chilliwack Landing along the [[Fraser River]].<ref>{{cite web |last1=Harvey |first1=A.G. |title=Place Names File |url=https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38675.html |website=BC Geographical Names |publisher=Provincial Archives of BC |access-date=February 18, 2024 }}</ref> Steamboats were the main mode of transportation, carrying goods and passengers between Chilliwhack and [[New Westminster]]. After the construction of the [[Canadian Pacific Railway]] in 1885, many residents began to cross the [[Fraser River]] at Minto Landing to ride the train from [[Harrison Mills, British Columbia|Harrison Mills]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Chilliwack Municipal Government Records |url=https://www.chilliwackmuseum.ca/finding_aids/AM%20373%20Chilliwack%20Municipal%20Government%20Records%20fonds.pdf |website=chilliwackmuseum.ca |publisher=Chilliwack Archives |access-date=February 18, 2024 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=History of Chilliwack |url=https://www.chilliwack.com/main/page.cfm?id=167 |website=chilliwack.com |publisher=City of Chilliwack |access-date=February 18, 2024 }}</ref>

In 1881, with little room for expansion and the threat of floods constantly looming, the town centre was moved south to "Five Corners" at the junction of the New Westminster-Yale Wagon Road, Wellington Avenue and Young Road. This subdivision was initially named "Centreville", but later was renamed "Chilliwack", as it was more commonly referred to by locals in 1887. The area would experience catastrophic flooding in [[1894 Fraser River flood|1894]], 1935, [[1948 Fraser River flood|1948]] and [[November 2021 Pacific Northwest floods|2021]].<ref>{{Cite web |date=November 16, 2021 |title=Abbotsford, B.C., issues urgent appeal to evacuate Sumas Prairie citing possible catastrophic flooding |url=https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-floods-abbotsford-chilliwack-evacuation-1.6250742 |url-status=live |access-date=November 17, 2021 |website=cbc.ca |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20211116192348/https://www.cbc.ca/news/canada/british-columbia/bc-floods-abbotsford-chilliwack-evacuation-1.6250742 |archive-date=November 16, 2021 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |last1=Evans |first1=Tristan |title=A History of Flooding in the Fraser Valley |url=https://www.chilliwackmuseum.ca/blog/2021/12/03/a-history-of-flooding-in-the-fraser-valley/ |website=chilliwackmuseum.ca |publisher=Chilliwack Museum & Archives |access-date=March 2, 2024 }}</ref>

On April 20, 1891, Richard Plunkett Cooke, George de Wolf, and Walter E. Graveley established the Chilliwhack Railway Company.<ref>{{cite web |title=Chilliwack Railway Company Act, 1891 |url=https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/hstats/hstatspsl/802122275 |website=bclaws.gov.bc.ca |publisher=King's Printer |access-date=February 19, 2024 }}</ref>

=== Early 20th century ===

On February 20, 1908, the area that was then known as ''Chilliwack'', i.e., the subdivision within the greater ''Chilliwhack Township'', was proclaimed as the ''City of Chilliwack'' by letters patent issued by the provincial government under the ''Chilliwack City Incorporation Act''. The ''City of Chilliwack'' and the ''Township of Chilliwhack'' co-existed as separately administered municipalities until 1980.<ref>{{cite news |title=Chilliwack Has Letters Patent |url=https://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/43168713 |access-date=February 18, 2024 |work=Chilliwack Progress |issue=48 |date=February 26, 1908 }}</ref>

On October 4, 1910, the [[British Columbia Electric Railway]] began operating regularly scheduled passenger service on the New Westminster–Chilliwack Interurban Line.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ewert |first1=Henry |title=British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited |journal=Canadian Rail |date=January–February 2010 |issue=534 |pages=3–9 |url=http://www.exporail.org/can_rail/Canadian%20Rail_no534_2010.pdf |access-date=November 26, 2023 |archive-date=June 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622064840/http://www.exporail.org/can_rail/Canadian%20Rail_no534_2010.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

In 1941, [[CFB Chilliwack|Camp Chilliwack]] was established following Canada's entry into the [[Second World War]] in 1939. After the outbreak of the [[Pacific War]], the camp was expanded to garrison [[Canadian Army]] units for the defence of Canada's West Coast. It continued to be used as a permanent training facility and [[garrison|army garrison]] during the [[Cold War]]. Following the unification of the [[Canadian Armed Forces]] in 1968, the base was renamed [[CFB Chilliwack|Canadian Forces Base Chilliwack (CFB Chilliwack)]]. The base housed the following units:
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* [[Canadian Forces School of Military Engineering]]
* Canadian Forces Officer Candidate School
* [[1 Combat Engineer Regiment|First Combat Engineer Regiment]] (1CER)
* [[Princess Patricia's Canadian Light Infantry]] 3rd Battalion (3PPCLI)
}}

=== Late 20th century ===

On January 1, 1980, the ''Township of Chilliwhack'' and the ''City of Chilliwack'' amalgamated to form a single municipality styled the ''District of Chilliwack'', following the passage of referendae in both municipalities.<ref>{{cite news |title=Staff Melding Now Underway |url=https://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/77123451/ |access-date=February 18, 2024 |work=Chilliwack Progress |issue=10 |date=June 20, 1979 }}</ref> On July 16, 1999, the ''District of Chilliwack'', once again, was renamed the ''City of Chilliwack''.<ref>{{cite web |title=Order in Council No. 879-1999 |url=https://www.bclaws.gov.bc.ca/civix/document/id/oic/arc_oic/0879_1999 |website=bclaws.gov.bc.ca |publisher=Province of British Columbia |access-date=February 18, 2024 }}</ref> To the present day, locals idiosyncratically use the same name to refer to the city as a whole, and to the old city centre. It is also the name of the greater metropolitan area encompassing adjacent sovereign indigenous nations, municipalities, and unincorporated areas.

In 1997, following the end of the [[Cold War]] a few years earlier, [[CFB Chilliwack]] closed. Its training facilities were converted into the [[Canada Education Park]], a campus for multiple institutions, including the [[Justice Institute of British Columbia]], the [[Royal Canadian Mounted Police]], the [[University of the Fraser Valley]], and the Western Area Training Centre (WATC). Today it also houses supply depots for the [[39 Canadian Brigade Group]] of the [[Canadian Army]] and the [[Royal Canadian Army Cadets]]. The old quartermaster warehouse became the Canadian Military Education Centre Museum.<ref name=cmec/>

== Geography ==
[[File:VedderRiverCampsite.jpg|thumb|left|Vedder River Campground near [[Cultus Lake, British Columbia|Cultus Lake]], located just south of Chilliwack]]
[[File:Med 2005 10 05 01.jpg|thumb|right|Vedder River]]
Chilliwack is located in the Upper [[Fraser Valley]], 100 kilometres (60&nbsp;mi) east of [[Vancouver]] on the [[Trans-Canada Highway]]. The city is bounded on the north by the [[Fraser River]], and on the south by the Canada-United States border.

Chilliwack is surrounded by tall mountain peaks, such as [[Cheam Peak|Mount Cheam]] and [[Slesse Mountain]], and large rivers (the [[Fraser River|Fraser]] and [[Vedder River|Vedder]]).

== Geology ==
The Chilliwack [[Batholith]] forms much of the [[North Cascades]] in southwestern [[British Columbia]], Canada and the U.S. state of [[Washington (state)|Washington]]. The geological structure is primarily named after the City of Chilliwack, where it is the most notable geological feature.

The Chilliwack Batholith is part of the [[Pemberton Volcanic Belt]] and is the largest mass of exposed intrusive rock in the [[Cascade Volcanoes|Cascade Volcanic Arc]]. The age of the Chilliwack batholith ranges from 26 to 29 million years old.

In 2013, ''[[Maclean's]]'' reported that, with an average annual temperature of {{Convert|10.5|C}}, Chilliwack is the warmest city in Canada.<ref name="macleans.ca">{{cite web |url=https://www.macleans.ca/society/life/10-reigning-weather-cities/ |title=Canada's Top 10 cities for weather – Macleans.ca |website=Macleans.ca |date=December 22, 2013 |access-date=January 1, 2019 }}</ref>

== Cityscape ==
[[File:Bridal Veil Falls, BC, Canada.jpg|thumb|upright|Bridal Veil Falls near the Village of Popkum]]
The city is made up of several amalgamated villages and communities. The urban core follows a north–south axis bisected by the [[Trans-Canada Highway]]. The city is bounded in the north by the [[Fraser River]], in the east by the Eastern Hillsides, in the south by the [[Canada–United States border|Canada–US border]], and in the west by the [[Vedder River|Vedder Canal]]. With 939 farms on approximately {{convert|17,322|ha|acre}} of dedicated farmland, farming remains an important part of the Chilliwack landscape.<ref name=cepco-ag>{{cite web |url=http://www.chilliwackeconomicpartners.com/agriculture |title=Agriculture |website=Chilliwackeconomicpartners.com |access-date=March 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302045546/http://www.chilliwackeconomicpartners.com/agriculture/ |archive-date=March 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Neighbourhoods ===
{{Main|Neighbourhoods in Chilliwack}}

==== Neighbourhoods on the north side ====
Also referred to as "Chilliwack Proper Village West", the north side covers the area from the [[Trans-Canada Highway]] in the south, to the [[Fraser River]] in the north, and includes the communities of Camp River, Chilliwack Mountain, Downtown Chilliwack, East Chilliwack, [[Fairfield Island, Chilliwack|Fairfield Island]], [[Rosedale, Chilliwack|Rosedale]] and [[Popkum, British Columbia|Popkum]]. Downtown Chilliwack is the historical urban centre of the city. Several cultural attractions, such as the [[Chilliwack Coliseum]], [[Chilliwack Cultural Centre]], The Book Man and the Eagle Landing Shopping Centre are located there, as well as key government buildings, such as city hall, [[Fraser Valley Regional District|FVRD]] offices, and the [[Provincial Court of British Columbia]].

==== Neighbourhoods on the south side ====
The south side includes the communities of [[Atchelitz]], [[Cultus Lake, British Columbia|Cultus Lake Park]], [[Greendale, Chilliwack|Greendale]], Promontory Heights, [[Ryder Lake, Chilliwack|Ryder Lake]], [[Sardis, Chilliwack|Sardis]], Vedder Crossing, Garrison Crossing and [[Yarrow, British Columbia|Yarrow]]. [[Sardis, Chilliwack|Sardis]] is the urban core of the south side and is a popular shopping destination.

=== Parks ===
* [[Bridal Veil Falls Provincial Park]]
* [[Cheam Lake wetlands|Cheam Wetlands Regional Park]]
* Chilliwack Heritage Park
* [[Chilliwack Lake Provincial Park]]
* [[Cultus Lake, British Columbia|Cultus Lake Provincial Park]]
* Fairfield Park
* Great Blue Heron Nature Reserve
* Gwynne Vaughn Park
* Island 22
* Salish Park
* Sardis Park
* Townsend Park

== Arts and culture ==

[[File:P871 City Hall.JPG|thumb|upright|Front view of the newly constructed Chilliwack City Hall in 1912. The building later became the [[Chilliwack Museum and Historical Society]].]]

=== Music ===
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Chilliwack has an active rock music scene, initially centering mostly around young ska and punk rock bands. The modern scene has expanded to genres including metal, grunge, pop punk, emo, and shoegaze. Bands originating in Chilliwack include: [[These Kids Wear Crowns]], [[Mystery Machine (band)|Mystery Machine]], and [[The Darkest of the Hillside Thickets]].

Chilliwack also has a thriving classical music community, featuring the Chilliwack Symphony Orchestra and the Chilliwack Metropolitan Orchestra.

The drumline from [[Sardis Secondary School]] played at several venues during the [[2010 Winter Olympics]] in Vancouver.

Chilliwack also offers many other community events and classes throughout the year. The Downtown Chilliwack Business Improvement Association is hosting music in Central Park on Saturdays for the month of August 2022.

Despite their name, the band [[Chilliwack (band)|Chilliwack]] was actually formed, and is based, in nearby Vancouver.

=== Performing arts ===
The [[Chilliwack Cultural Centre]] is a performing arts venue located in downtown Chilliwack. The building is home to the Chilliwack Players' Guild (the resident theatre company), as well as the Chilliwack Academy of Music.

The UFV Theatre is a 206-seat [[thrust stage]] venue formerly belonging to the [[University of the Fraser Valley|University of the Fraser Valley (UFV)]] Theatre Department. Until 2017, UFV produced three or four mainstage shows each year, as well as the annual Directors' Festival, which featured student directors and performers from [[University of the Fraser Valley|UFV]], [[Capilano University]], [[Thompson Rivers University]], [[University of Victoria]], [[University of British Columbia|UBC]] and [[Douglas College]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Directors' Theatre Festival |url=https://www.ufv.ca/theatre/directors-theatre-festival/ |website=Ufv.ca |access-date=March 3, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140303041130/http://www.ufv.ca/theatre/directors-theatre-festival/ |archive-date=March 3, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> As of 2021, the theatre is part of the Imagine High public high school.<ref>{{Cite web |date=February 3, 2021 |title=Chilliwack's new arts and tech school taking shape at old UFV site – Chilliwack Progress |url=https://www.theprogress.com/news/chilliwacks-new-arts-and-tech-school-taking-shape-at-old-ufv-site/ |access-date=November 30, 2022 |website=www.theprogress.com |language=en-US }}</ref>

The Chilliwack School of Performing Arts provides pre-professional training in acting, singing and dancing to children ages 3–18 at their downtown location. The mainstage show performs a two-week run every January at the Chilliwack Cultural Centre, and a Spring Festival featuring performances from many age groups in late May. Programs at the Chilliwack Performing Arts can be registered for at.<ref>{{cite web |url=http://csopa.ca/csopa-programs/ |title=CSOPA Programs |website=Csopa.ca |access-date=January 1, 2019 }}</ref> Many different programs are available, including a Junior Musical Theatre and Summer Break Camps.

=== Public Art ===

[[File:Kevin_Ledo.jpg|thumb|right|Use Your Voice, Kevin Ledo 2020 for Chilliwack Mural Festival]]

The Chilliwack Mural Festival occurs annually. Co-founded and directed by Amber Price and Lise Oakley, their volunteer team has curated and directed the installation of over three dozen works of large scale original art in Historic Downtown Chilliwack.

Murals by Canadian Artists Emmanuel Jarus,<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theprogress.com/news/video-chilliwack-morphing-into-city-of-street-murals/ |title=VIDEO: Chilliwack morphing into city of street murals |date=July 28, 2021 }}</ref> Jason Botkin<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theprogress.com/news/latest-downtown-mural-an-ode-to-local-waters/ |title=Latest downtown Chilliwack mural an homage to local waters |date=July 21, 2021 }}</ref> and Chris Perez<ref>{{cite web |url=https://www.theprogress.com/entertainment/chilliwacks-newest-mural-is-a-part-of-this-years-festival-offerings/ |title=Chilliwack's newest mural is a part of this year's festival offerings |date=June 6, 2021 }}</ref> can be found along with other public art via the [https://tourismchilliwack.com/experiences/arts-culture/ Chilliwack Public Art Trail].

=== Festivals ===
[[File:Tulip_Festival_2018_@_Tulips_of_the_Valley,_Chilliwack_-_41046330035.jpg|thumbnail|Tulip Festival 2018]]
Annual events and festivals include: 
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* Christmas Craft Market
* Art of Wine Festival
* Fraser Valley Culture and Craft Beer Festival
* Party in the Park
* Canada Day
* Mural Festival
* Pride Festival
* Yarrow Days
* Garlic Festival
* Tulip Festival
* Sunflower Festival
* Chilliwack Independent Film Festival
* Music and Dance Festival
* Chilliwack Fair
* Chilliwack Flight Fest
* Lunar New Year
}}

=== Museums ===
* [[Chilliwack Sports Hall of Fame]]
* Canadian Military Education Centre<ref name=cmec>{{cite web |title=CMEC Museum |url=http://www.cmedcentre.ca/ |work=cmedcentre.ca |publisher=Chilliwack Military Educations Center Museum |access-date=March 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140517051008/http://cmedcentre.ca/ |archive-date=May 17, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref> 
* Chilliwack Museum and Archives, located in the 1912 former Chilliwack City Hall on Spadina Avenue, is a [[National Historic Sites of Canada|National Historic Site of Canada]].<ref>{{CRHP|7408|Chilliwack City Hall|October 29, 2011 }}</ref> The Chilliwack Museum and Archives are a non-profit organization operated by the [[Chilliwack Museum and Historical Society]] which began in 1958 by brothers Oliver and Casey Wells.<ref name=chwkmuseum>{{cite web |title=Chilliwack Museum and Archives |url=http://www.chilliwackmuseum.ca/ |work=chilliwackmuseum.ca |publisher=Chilliwack Museum and Historical Society |access-date=March 9, 2014 }}</ref>

== Notable people ==
{{category see also|People from Chilliwack}}

[[File:James C Richardson.jpg|thumbnail|upright|[[James Cleland Richardson|Piper James C. Richardson]] was awarded the [[Victoria Cross]] for gallantry at the [[Battle of the Somme]]]]
[[File:Steven Point BC.jpg|thumb|upright|Former [[Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia|lieutenant governor]] [[Steven Point]] hails from Chilliwack]]

;Academics: {{sort list|asc|2=
* [[Carin Bondar]] Ph.D., biologist, writer, filmmaker, speaker and television personality
* [[Allan Brooks]] {{Post-nominals|DSO}}, Ornithologist and distinguished wildlife artist
* [[Charlotte Froese Fischer]], Ph.D., mathematician and computer scientist
* [[Wayne Smith (Chief Statistician of Canada)|Wayne Smith]] M.Econ, [[Chief Statistician of Canada]]
* [[Rita Steblin]] Ph.D., musicologist in [[Vancouver]] and [[Vienna]], Austria
* [[Homer Thompson]] Ph.D., classical archeologist and excavator of the [[Ancient Agora of Athens]]
}}

;Activists: {{sort list|asc|2=
* [[Betty Fox]], cancer research activist, mother of [[Terry Fox]].<ref name=wstar>{{cite news |first=Susan |last=Lazaruk |title='Moving, simple and beautiful' services held for Betty Fox, 73 |url=https://windsorstar.com/sports/Moving+simple+beautiful+funeral+Betty/5006744/story.html |work=[[Postmedia News]] |publisher=[[Windsor Star]] |date=June 25, 2011 |access-date=June 27, 2011 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20191214085703/https://windsorstar.com/sports/Moving+simple+beautiful+funeral+Betty/5006744/story.html |archive-date=December 14, 2019 |url-status=dead }}</ref>
* [[Michael J. Fox]] {{post-nominals|OC}}, Actor<ref>{{cite book |last1=Fox |first1=Michael J. |title=Lucky Man: A Memoir |date=2002 |publisher=Hyperion |isbn=0-7868-6764-7 |page=32 |edition=first |url=https://archive.org/details/luckyman00mich/ |access-date=March 3, 2024 }}</ref>
}}

; Athletes: {{sort list|asc|2=
* [[Amber Allen]], former professional soccer player with the [[Vancouver Whitecaps]].
* [[Dave Archibald]], former professional hockey player with the [[Minnesota North Stars]] and [[Ottawa Senators]].
* [[Jordyn Huitema]], soccer player for [[Seattle Reign FC]] and the [[Canada women's national soccer team|Canada national team]]
* [[Rick Klassen]], former professional football player with the [[BC Lions]] and [[Saskatchewan Roughriders]].
* [[Marc-Andre Leclerc]], solo free climber
* [[Zach Benson]], professional hockey player with the [[Buffalo Sabres]].
}}

; Arts and entertainment: {{sort list|asc|2=
* [[Patrick Gallagher (actor)|Patrick Gallagher]], actor from ''Glee'', ''True Blood'' and ''Night At The Museum''
* [[Bernie Herms]], Grammy Award-winning artist<ref>{{cite news |title=Chilliwack secondary grad from 1990 wins golden Grammy |url=http://www.theprogress.com/entertainment/416175924.html |access-date=March 19, 2017 |agency=Chiliwack Progress |publisher=Black Press }}</ref>
* [[Inez Jasper]], musician
* [[Bob Random]], actor 
* [[Bria Skonberg]], jazz musician, Juno Award winner
* [[Tasha Tilberg]], model
* [[Jim Vallance]] {{Post-nominals|country=CAN|CM}}, musician, songwriter, composer, arranger and producer
}}

; Journalists: {{sort list|asc|2=
* [[Jack McGaw]], journalist and radio operator
* [[Diana Swain]], television journalist
}}

; Jurists: {{sort list|asc|2=
* [[Thomas Crabtree (judge)|Thomas J. Crabtree]] {{Post-nominals|KC}}, [[Supreme Court of British Columbia|Supreme Court]] Justice
* [[William H. Davies]] {{Post-nominals|KC}}, [[Supreme Court of British Columbia|Supreme Court]] Justice (1982–1999) and Chair of the [[Davies Commission Inquiry]]
* [[Steven Point]] {{Post-nominals|KC|OC|OBC}}, former [[Lieutenant-Governor of British Columbia]]
}}

; Military: {{sort list|asc|2=
* [[Mark Isfeld]]{{KIA|bold=no}}, [[combat engineer]] and [[United Nations peacekeeping|UN peacekeeper]] killed by a landmine 
* [[James Cleland Richardson|Piper James C. Richardson]]{{KIA|bold=no}}, recipient of the [[Victoria Cross]]
}}

; Politicians: {{sort list|asc|2=
* [[Dorothy Kostrzewa]], former city councillor and first [[Chinese-Canadian]] woman elected to political office in Canada
* [[Barry Neufeld]], former school trustee
* [[Barry Penner]] {{Post-nominals|KC|MLABC}}, former [[Attorney General of British Columbia|Attorney General]]
* [[Chuck Strahl]] {{post-nominals|PC}}, former cabinet minister
}}

; Writers: {{sort list|asc|2=
* [[Allan Fotheringham]], columnist
* [[Gayle Friesen]], novelist
* [[W.P. Kinsella]] {{Post-nominals|CAN|OC|OBC}}, author of ''[[Shoeless Joe (novel)|Shoeless Joe]]''<ref>{{cite news |last1=Gould |first1=Stephanie |title=The thrill of the grass |url=https://theprogress.newspapers.com/image/81709842/ |access-date=February 20, 2024 |work=Chilliwack Progress |date=September 6, 2002 }}</ref>
}}

; Others: {{sort list|asc|2=
* [[Keith Hunter Jesperson]], serial killer
* [[Prest Family]] - One of the pioneer Chilliwack families
* [[Brian Minter]] {{post-nominals|CM|OBC}} – horticulturist, author and syndicated columnist
}}

== Media ==
{{Main|Media in the Fraser Valley}}

=== Newspapers ===
* [[Chilliwack Progress]] – British Columbia's oldest community newspaper, published continuously with the same name in the same community since April 1891
Chilliwack Times published its final edition on December 28, 2016.<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/news/408552725.html |title=POST SCRIPT: Chilliwack Times publishes final edition – News |access-date=January 27, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20170606003459/http://www.chilliwacktimes.com/news/408552725.html |archive-date=June 6, 2017 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

=== Radio ===
* FM 89.5 – [[CHWK-FM]]
* FM 91.7 – [[CBU (AM)|CBYF-FM]]
* FM 98.3 – [[CKSR-FM]]
* FM 99.9 – [[CBU-FM|CBU-FM-7]]
* FM 102.1 – [[CBUF-FM|CBUF-FM-1]]
* FM 107.5 – [[CKKS-FM]]

=== Television ===
* Channel 11 [[CHAN-DT|CHAN-TV-1]] [[Global Television Network|Global]]

== Sports ==
{{category see also|Sports in Chilliwack}}
{{More citations needed|1=section|date=July 2024}}
{{Cleanup list|section|date=July 2024}}

{| class="wikitable sortable" align="right" style="text-align:left"
|+ <!-- sort by establishment -->
|-
! scope="col"|Team
! scope="col"|League
! scope="col"|Sport
! scope="col"|Venue
! scope="col"|Established
|-
| [[Chilliwack Chiefs (2011-)|Chilliwack Chiefs]]
| [[British Columbia Hockey League|BCHL]]
| [[Ice hockey]]
| [[Chilliwack Coliseum]]
| 2011
|-
| [[Chilliwack Jets]]
| [[Pacific Junior Hockey League|PJHL]]
| [[Ice hockey]]
| [[Sardis Sports Complex]]
| 2020
|-
| [[Valley Huskers]]
| [[Canadian Junior Football League|CJFL]]
| [[Canadian football|Football]]
| Exhibition Stadium
| 1999
|-
| Chilliwack Crusaders RFC
| Third Division
| [[Rugby union]]
| Yarrow Sports Field
| 2012
|-
|+ Sports clubs in Chilliwack
|}

=== Ice hockey ===

Chilliwack is home to two [[Junior ice hockey]] clubs. The [[Chilliwack Chiefs]] of the independent [[British Columbia Hockey League]] plays its home games at the [[Chilliwack Coliseum]]. The [[Chilliwack Jets]] of the [[Pacific Junior Hockey League]] plays its home games at the [[Sardis Ice Complex]].<ref name="Terrace Standard May 15, 2020">{{cite web |url=https://www.terracestandard.com/sports/chilliwack-jets-to-play-out-of-sardis-sports-complex-in-2020-21-season/ |title=Chilliwack awarded new Junior B hockey team |publisher=Terrace Standard |date=May 15, 2020 }}</ref> The Chilliwack Minor Hockey Association was founded in 1958 with the opening of the original Chilliwack Coliseum.<ref>[https://web.archive.org/web/20070714123417/http://cmha.goalline.ca/ Goalline, Canada]</ref> The [[Western Hockey League]] announced that it planned to establish an expansion franchise in Chilliwack in [[2026–27 WHL season|2026]].<ref>{{cite news |last1=Lypka |first1=Ben |title=Chilliwack receiving WHL franchise for 2026–27 season |url=https://www.theprogress.com/local-news/chilliwack-receiving-whl-franchise-for-2026-27-season-7900319 |access-date=March 30, 2025 |work=The Chilliwack Progress |publisher=Black Press Media |date=March 24, 2025 |language=en }}</ref>

=== Football ===

The [[Canadian Junior Football League]] club the [[Valley Huskers]] plays its home games at Exhibition Stadium in Chilliwack.

=== Trivia ===

* Chilliwack Turbo Fastball club won the 1997 Canadian Jr. Men's National Championships. In 2013 the team was an inaugural induction into the [[Chilliwack Sports Hall of Fame]].
* Chilliwack's minor baseball Cougars were the 2003 Midget AAA Provincial champions as well as the 2006 Western Canadian tier 2 champions. Chilliwack Cougars College Prep Baseball Team won the Provincial Championship in 2016, 2017 and 2019. Most recent title against the Ridge Meadows Royals.
* Sardis Flyers Are a speed skating club based out of [[Sardis Sports Complex]].
* Chilliwack Hawks Field Lacrosse Are a field lacrosse team that play at Stitos Elementary and Middle School.
* Chilliwack Minor Lacrosse Mustangs are a minor league lacrosse team that play at the [[Sardis Sports Complex]].
* Chilliwack hosted the 2007–2008 Synchronized Skating Canadian Championships at the Prospera Centre.

== Climate ==

The climate is typical [[Oceanic climate|oceanic]] ([[Köppen climate classification|Köppen]]: ''Cfb'') but with some influence of the land mass being some distance from the sea, similar to [[Orléans]], France (although the former has a precipitation more than twice as long and with a tendency towards the Mediterranean pattern).<ref>{{Cite web |url=http://www.weatherbase.com/weather/weather-summary.php3?s=111147&cityname=Chilliwack,+British+Columbia,+Canada&units= |title=Chilliwack, British Columbia Köppen Climate Classification (Weatherbase) |website=Weatherbase |access-date=February 23, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/orleans/45055001/normales |title=Climatological Information for Besançon, France |date=February 14, 2019 |publisher=Meteo France |access-date=February 23, 2019 |archive-date=June 12, 2018 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20180612143858/http://www.meteofrance.com/climat/france/orleans/45055001/normales |url-status=dead }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://donneespubliques.meteofrance.fr/FichesClim/FICHECLIM_45055001.pdf |title=Orléans (45) |work=Fiche Climatologique: Statistiques 1981–2010 et records |publisher=Meteo France |language=fr |access-date=February 14, 2019 }}</ref> Chilliwack's mild climate with limited extremes provides excellent growing conditions for a wide variety of crops and agricultural products. In fact, when averaged from 1981 to 2010, Chilliwack had one of the warmest mean temperatures for any city in Canada.<ref>{{cite web |title=WeatherStats: Weather Winners |author=David Phillips |work=Environment Canada |date=2010 |url=http://www.weatherstats.ca/winners.html?location=ottawa;category=7 }}</ref>

The highest temperature recorded within the city of Chilliwack is {{cvt|43.7|C|1}} on June 28, 2021,<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?timeframe=2&Year=2021&Month=6&Day=1&hlyRange=2012-06-05%7C2021-07-12&dlyRange=2018-05-14%7C2021-07-12&mlyRange=%7C&StationID=50368&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=specDate&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2021&selRowPerPage=25&Line=0&searchMethod=contains&txtStationName=cultus+lake |title=Historical Data – Climate – Environment and Climate Change Canada |date=October 31, 2011 }}</ref> which was set during the [[2021 Western North America heat wave|2021 Western North America Heat wave]], beating the old mark of {{cvt|38.0|C|1}} recorded on July 21, 2006.<ref name="University of Victoria" /> The lowest recorded temperature was {{cvt|-21.7|C|1}} on December 27, 1968.<ref name="University of Victoria" /> Precipitation falls mostly as rain, with snow limited to the surrounding mountains, except for two or three weeks per year generally in December or January when [[Squamish (wind)|arctic outflow]] occurs. In 2013, [[Maclean's]] wrongly reported that with an average annual temperature of {{cvt|10.5|C|1}}, Chilliwack is the warmest city in Canada.<ref name="macleans.ca"/> The actual warmest city in Canada is [[Victoria, British Columbia|Victoria]], with an average annual temperature of {{cvt|11.2|C|F}}.<ref name="University of Victoria">{{cite web |date=August 23, 2021 |title=Chilliwack A |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=chilliwack&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=735&dispBack=0 |url-status=live |access-date=August 23, 2021 |work=Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 |publisher=[[Environment Canada]] |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20160629234356/http://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=chilliwack&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=735&dispBack=0 |archive-date=June 29, 2016 }}</ref> Chilliwack enjoys some of the warmest average high temperatures in Canada, with 15.5&nbsp;°C (59.9&nbsp;°F) being the yearly average high.

Chilliwack receives nearly the same number of days of precipitation (184.6 days at greater than 0.2&nbsp;mm) as comparable local communities nearer Vancouver such as Maple Ridge (185.8 days) and the City of Mission (186.0 days) (Environment Canada Statistics). Summers in Chilliwack are usually sunny and warm, with long days (light out until well after 10 pm in June with dusk that lasts for hours) and with occasional stretches of heat where temperatures rise above {{convert|30|°C|°F}}.

Due to its location at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley, there has been some debate about preserving Chilliwack's air quality. However, the 2011 World Health Organization's study of air quality shows that Chilliwack enjoys air quality among the best in the world. For PM<sub>10</sub> (10&nbsp;[[μm]]) size [[particulates]], Canada averaged third best in the world (along with Australia) at an average of 13 micrograms per cubic metre. The City of Chilliwack and the Greater Vancouver Regional District were tied at a low 8.0 MPCM. For smaller particulate of 2.5&nbsp;μm size (PM<sub>2.5</sub>), "the City of Chilliwack averaged 4.9 micrograms per cubic metre. [[Vancouver]] also had 4.9, [[Calgary]] had 5.6, [[Winnipeg]] had 5.6, [[Toronto]] had 7.9, [[Montreal]] had 11.2 and [[Sarnia]] had 12.7."

{{Weather box
| location = [[Chilliwack Airport]] – [[Cultus Lake, British Columbia]]
| metric first = Y
| single line = Y
| Jan record high C = 18.3
| Feb record high C = 20.6
| Mar record high C = 25.8
| Apr record high C = 32.2
| May record high C = 34.5
| Jun record high C = 43.7
| Jul record high C = 38.0
| Aug record high C = 38.2
| Sep record high C = 36.5
| Oct record high C = 27.8
| Nov record high C = 21.1
| Dec record high C = 19.0
| year record high C = 43.7
| Jan high C = 6.1
| Feb high C = 8.8
| Mar high C = 11.8
| Apr high C = 15.8
| May high C = 19.1
| Jun high C = 21.7
| Jul high C = 25.0
| Aug high C = 25.3
| Sep high C = 22.3
| Oct high C = 15.3
| Nov high C = 9.3
| Dec high C = 6.0
| year high C = 15.5
| Jan mean C = 3.3
| Feb mean C = 4.9
| Mar mean C = 7.3
| Apr mean C = 10.5
| May mean C = 13.7
| Jun mean C = 16.4
| Jul mean C = 18.8
| Aug mean C = 18.7
| Sep mean C = 15.7
| Oct mean C = 10.8
| Nov mean C = 6.2
| Dec mean C = 3.3
| year mean C = 10.8
| Jan low C = 0.4
| Feb low C = 1.0
| Mar low C = 2.8
| Apr low C = 5.2
| May low C = 8.2
| Jun low C = 11.0
| Jul low C = 12.5
| Aug low C = 12.1
| Sep low C = 9.1
| Oct low C = 6.4
| Nov low C = 3.1
| Dec low C = 0.5
| year low C = 6.0
| Jan record low C = -20.6
| Feb record low C = -16.7
| Mar record low C = -14.4
| Apr record low C = -6.1
| May record low C = -1.7
| Jun record low C = 1.1
| Jul record low C = 3.3
| Aug record low C = 2.8
| Sep record low C = -2.8
| Oct record low C = -7.2
| Nov record low C = -14.4
| Dec record low C = -21.7
| year record low C = -21.7
| precipitation colour = green
| Jan precipitation mm = 233.5
| Feb precipitation mm = 125.8
| Mar precipitation mm = 154.7
| Apr precipitation mm = 116.3
| May precipitation mm = 93.1
| Jun precipitation mm = 91.7
| Jul precipitation mm = 48.1
| Aug precipitation mm = 56.7
| Sep precipitation mm = 75.2
| Oct precipitation mm = 178.5
| Nov precipitation mm = 283.8
| Dec precipitation mm = 210.1
| year precipitation mm = 1667.5
| rain colour = green
| Jan rain mm = 206.9
| Feb rain mm = 114.7
| Mar rain mm = 143.7
| Apr rain mm = 115.2
| May rain mm = 93.1
| Jun rain mm = 91.7
| Jul rain mm = 48.1
| Aug rain mm = 56.7
| Sep rain mm = 75.2
| Oct rain mm = 178.4
| Nov rain mm = 272.7
| Dec rain mm = 185.8
| year rain mm = 1582.2
| Jan snow cm = 26.6
| Feb snow cm = 11.2
| Mar snow cm = 11.0
| Apr snow cm = 1.1
| May snow cm = 0.0
| Jun snow cm = 0.0
| Jul snow cm = 0.0
| Aug snow cm = 0.0
| Sep snow cm = 0.0
| Oct snow cm = 0.1
| Nov snow cm = 11.2
| Dec snow cm = 24.3
| year snow cm = 85.3
| unit precipitation days = 0.2 mm
| Jan precipitation days = 20.6
| Feb precipitation days = 15.9
| Mar precipitation days = 19.7
| Apr precipitation days = 17.5
| May precipitation days = 15.8
| Jun precipitation days = 14.6
| Jul precipitation days = 8.7
| Aug precipitation days = 8.5
| Sep precipitation days = 9.9
| Oct precipitation days = 17.1
| Nov precipitation days = 21.5
| Dec precipitation days = 20.1
| year precipitation days = 189.9
| unit rain days = 0.2 mm
| Jan rain days = 18.6
| Feb rain days = 14.6
| Mar rain days = 19.2
| Apr rain days = 17.5
| May rain days = 15.8
| Jun rain days = 14.6
| Jul rain days = 8.7
| Aug rain days = 8.5
| Sep rain days = 9.9
| Oct rain days = 17.1
| Nov rain days = 20.9
| Dec rain days = 18.4
| year rain days = 183.8
| unit snow days = 0.2 cm
| Jan snow days = 5.0
| Feb snow days = 2.9
| Mar snow days = 1.9
| Apr snow days = 0.2
| May snow days = 0.0
| Jun snow days = 0.0
| Jul snow days = 0.0
| Aug snow days = 0.0
| Sep snow days = 0.0
| Oct snow days = 0.1
| Nov snow days = 2.0
| Dec snow days = 4.8
| year snow days = 16.8
|source 1 = [[Environment Canada]]<ref name=CCN >{{cite web |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_normals/results_1981_2010_e.html?searchType=stnName&txtStationName=chilliwack&searchMethod=contains&txtCentralLatMin=0&txtCentralLatSec=0&txtCentralLongMin=0&txtCentralLongSec=0&stnID=735&dispBack=0 |title=Chilliwack A |work=Canadian Climate Normals 1981–2010 |date=September 25, 2013 |publisher=[[Environment Canada]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=2012-06-05%7C2021-08-21&dlyRange=2018-05-14%7C2021-08-21&mlyRange=%7C&StationID=50368&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2021&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&searchMethod=contains&Month=6&Day=22&txtStationName=cultus+lake&timeframe=2&Year=2021 |title=Cultus Lake |work=Daily Data Report For Aug 2021 |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=[[Environment Canada]] }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |url=https://climate.weather.gc.ca/climate_data/daily_data_e.html?hlyRange=2012-06-05%7C2021-08-22&dlyRange=2018-05-14%7C2021-08-22&mlyRange=%7C&StationID=50368&Prov=BC&urlExtension=_e.html&searchType=stnName&optLimit=yearRange&StartYear=1840&EndYear=2021&selRowPerPage=25&Line=1&searchMethod=contains&Month=6&Day=23&txtStationName=cultus+lake&timeframe=2&Year=2021 |title=Cultus Lake |work=Daily Data Report For June 2021 |date=October 31, 2011 |publisher=[[Environment Canada]] }}</ref>
}}

== Demographics ==
=== Metropolitan Area ===
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], the Chilliwack [[census metropolitan area|Census Metropolitan Area (CMA)]] has a population of {{val|113767|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|44365|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|46708|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:113767-101512}}|101512|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|101512|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{cvt|1444.02|km2|sqmi}}, it has a population density of {{Pop density|113767|1444.02|km2|sqmi|prec=1}}.<ref name=2021censusCMA>{{cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000501 |title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=March 28, 2022 }}</ref>

=== City of Chilliwack ===
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], the City of Chilliwack has a population of 93,203 living in 35,758 of its 37,124 total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|{{#expr:93203-83788}}|83788|1}} from its 2016 population of 83,788. With a land area of {{cvt|261.34|km2}}, it has a population density of {{Pop density|93203|261.34|km2|sqmi|prec=1}}.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web |url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000202&geocode=A000259 |title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, and census subdivisions (municipalities), British Columbia |publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] |date=February 9, 2022 |access-date=February 20, 2022 }}</ref>

==== Ethnicity ====
{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Chilliwack (2001–2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]]<br>group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB"/>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=October 27, 2021 |title=Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5909020&Geo2=CD&Code2=5909&SearchText=chilliwack&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=November 27, 2015 |title=NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5909020&Data=Count&SearchText=chilliwack&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=August 20, 2019 |title=2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5909020&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=chilliwack&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca }}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=July 2, 2019 |title=2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=5909020&Geo2=PR&Code2=59&Data=Count&SearchText=chilliwack&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=November 26, 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca }}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name="euro"|group="nb"}}
| 73,865
| {{Percentage | 73865 | 91985 | 2 }}
| 69,810
| {{Percentage | 69810 | 82210 | 2 }}
| 67,210
| {{Percentage | 67210 | 76930 | 2 }}
| 62,205
| {{Percentage | 62205 | 68670 | 2 }}
| 57,020
| {{Percentage | 57020 | 62300 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 7,255
| {{Percentage | 7255 | 91985 | 2 }}
| 6,585
| {{Percentage | 6585 | 82210 | 2 }}
| 6,030
| {{Percentage | 6030 | 76930 | 2 }}
| 3,400
| {{Percentage | 3400 | 68670 | 2 }}
| 2,550
| {{Percentage | 2550 | 62300 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 3,025
| {{Percentage | 3025 | 91985 | 2 }}
| 1,260
| {{Percentage | 1260 | 82210 | 2 }}
| 715
| {{Percentage | 715 | 76930 | 2 }}
| 555
| {{Percentage | 555 | 68670 | 2 }}
| 465
| {{Percentage | 465 | 62300 | 2 }}
|-
| Southeast Asian{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name="SoutheastAsian"|group="nb"}}
| 2,425
| {{Percentage | 2425 | 91985 | 2 }}
| 1,250
| {{Percentage | 1250 | 82210 | 2 }}
| 855
| {{Percentage | 855 | 76930 | 2 }}
| 340
| {{Percentage | 340 | 68670 | 2 }}
| 580
| {{Percentage | 580 | 62300 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name="EastAsian"|group="nb"}}
| 2,215
| {{Percentage | 2215 | 91985 | 2 }}
| 1,580
| {{Percentage | 1580 | 82210 | 2 }}
| 1,100
| {{Percentage | 1100 | 76930 | 2 }}
| 1,070
| {{Percentage | 1070 | 68670 | 2 }}
| 910
| {{Percentage | 910 | 62300 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 1,015
| {{Percentage | 1015 | 91985 | 2 }}
| 500
| {{Percentage | 500 | 82210 | 2 }}
| 370
| {{Percentage | 370 | 76930 | 2 }}
| 475
| {{Percentage | 475 | 68670 | 2 }}
| 295
| {{Percentage | 295 | 62300 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 1,005
| {{Percentage | 1005 | 91985 | 2 }}
| 685
| {{Percentage | 685 | 82210 | 2 }}
| 325
| {{Percentage | 325 | 76930 | 2 }}
| 250
| {{Percentage | 250 | 68670 | 2 }}
| 270
| {{Percentage | 270 | 62300 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name="MiddleEastern"|group="nb"}}
| 510
| {{Percentage | 510 | 91985 | 2 }}
| 200
| {{Percentage | 200 | 82210 | 2 }}
| 75
| {{Percentage | 75 | 76930 | 2 }}
| 110
| {{Percentage | 110 | 68670 | 2 }}
| 65
| {{Percentage | 65 | 62300 | 2 }}
|-
| Other{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name="Other"|group="nb"}}
| 675
| {{Percentage | 675 | 91985 | 2 }}
| 345
| {{Percentage | 345 | 82210 | 2 }}
| 245
| {{Percentage | 245 | 76930 | 2 }}
| 260
| {{Percentage | 260 | 68670 | 2 }}
| 150
| {{Percentage | 150 | 62300 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 91,985
! {{Percentage | 91985 | 93203 | 2 }}
! 82,210
! {{Percentage | 82210 | 83788 | 2 }}
! 76,930
! {{Percentage | 76930 | 77936 | 2 }}
! 68,670
! {{Percentage | 68670 | 69217 | 2 }}
! 62,300
! {{Percentage | 62300 | 62927 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 93,203
! {{Percentage | 93203 | 93203 | 2 }}
! 83,788
! {{Percentage | 83788 | 83788 | 2 }}
! 77,936
! {{Percentage | 77936 | 77936 | 2 }}
! 69,217
! {{Percentage | 69217 | 69217 | 2 }}
! 62,927
! {{Percentage | 62927 | 62927 | 2 }}
|}
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==== Religion ====
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], religious groups in Chilliwack included:<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=October 26, 2022 |title=Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=chilliwack&DGUIDlist=2021A00055909020&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=November 9, 2022 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca }}</ref>
* [[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligion]] (45,475 persons or 49.4%)
* [[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]] (41,875 persons or 45.5%)
* [[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]] (1,570 persons or 1.7%)
* [[Islam in Canada|Islam]] (750 persons or 0.8%)
* [[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]] (575 persons or 0.6%)
* [[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]] (575 persons or 0.6%)
* [[Judaism in Canada|Judaism]] (120 persons or 0.1%)
* [[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous Spirituality]] (105 persons or 0.1%)

== Economy ==
Chilliwack is part of the [[Lower Mainland|Lower Mainland-Southwest]] economic region. Chilliwack's service and retail sectors account for approximately 50% of GDP. Other growing industries include manufacturing accounting for 13%, construction at 8% and agriculture and forestry at 5% of Chilliwack's GDP.<ref name=cepco-econ>{{cite web |title=Local economy |url=http://www.chilliwackeconomicpartners.com/local-economy/ |website=Chilliwackeconomicpartners.com |access-date=March 9, 2014 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20140302055652/http://www.chilliwackeconomicpartners.com/local-economy/ |archive-date=March 2, 2014 |url-status=dead }}</ref>

{| class="wikitable"
|-
! Industry
! Est. % of GDP
|-
| [[Industrial agriculture|Agriculture]] & [[Forestry in Canada|Forestry]]
| 5%
|-
| Construction
| 8%
|-
| [[Education economics|Education]]
| 6%
|-
| [[Financial services|Finance]], Insurance & [[Housing industry|Real Estate]]
| 11%
|- 
| [[Health care industry|Health]]
| 6%
|-
| Manufacturing
| 13%
|-
| [[Public Administration]]
| 9%
|-
| Retail/[[Wholesale|Wholesale Trade]]
| 12%
|-
| Technology
| 6%
|-
| Tourism
| 9%
|-
| Other
| 15%
|-
|}

== Transportation ==

=== Airports ===
[[Vancouver International Airport]] is located about {{cvt|113|km}} from downtown Chilliwack and has non-stop flights daily to Asia, Europe, Oceania, the United States, and Mexico, and other airports within Canada. [[Abbotsford International Airport]] is located about {{cvt|42|km}} west of Downtown Chilliwack and offers scheduled service to Calgary, Edmonton, Toronto and Victoria, where passengers can connect to anywhere.
[[File:Chilliwack Airport.jpg|thumbnail|right|Chilliwack Airport]]

[[Chilliwack Airport]] is a small regional airport located in Downtown Chilliwack. It has {{cvt|1,219|m}} of paved and lit runway that includes a parallel taxiway. Approximately 70% of the estimated 60,000 annual air traffic movements are itinerant traffic that consists of both pilot training and recreational flights from all around BC and south of the border.

=== Active transportation ===
There are {{cvt|673|km}} of [[active transportation]] throughout the city, the most ''per capita'' of any municipality in the [[Lower Mainland]].<ref>{{cite web |title=General Statistics – Schedule 201 |url=https://www2.gov.bc.ca/gov/content/governments/local-governments/facts-framework/statistics/statistics |website=Municipal general and financial statistics – Province of British Columbia |publisher=Ministry of Municipal Affairs |access-date=December 28, 2023 }}</ref>

=== Highways ===
[[File:Transca chwk.jpg|thumbnail|Trans-Canada Highway at dawn in Chilliwack]]
A [[British Columbia Highway 1|four-lane to six-lane expressway]] from [[Horseshoe Bay, British Columbia|Horseshoe Bay]] to [[Hope, British Columbia|Hope]] runs through Chilliwack on the [[Lower Mainland]] section of the [[Trans-Canada Highway]].

The [[British Columbia Highway 9|Agassiz-Rosedale Highway]] is a north–south route in the eastern part of Chilliwack that acts as the last connection between Highways [[British Columbia Highway 1|1]] and [[British Columbia Highway 7|7]] eastbound before [[Hope, British Columbia|Hope]], and is the main access to the resort village of [[Harrison Hot Springs, British Columbia|Harrison Hot Springs]]. The highway first opened in 1953, originally going between Yale Road in [[Rosedale, British Columbia|Rosedale]] and Highway 7, with a ferry across the Fraser River. A bridge replaced the ferry in 1956. When the section of Highway 1 east of Chilliwack opened in 1961, Highway 9 was extended south to a junction with the new Highway 1 alignment, which replaced Yale Road as the main route between Chilliwack and Hope.

=== Mass transit ===

{{Main|Chilliwack/Agassiz-Harrison Transit System}}
[[File:Paddlewheelers at Chilliwack Landing near the present day end of Wellington Street.jpg|thumb|right|Until the railway and road access were built most travel to Chilliwack was done via paddlewheelers]]
Chilliwack Transit System consists of a fleet of 9 buses that operate along regularly scheduled routes throughout the metropolitan area. The 51 bus runs along the central Yale / Vedder artery providing transit to and between Downtown Chilliwack and UFV. Cottonwood mall acts as a central location for the bus lines that stray off from the main artery of Chilliwack. These busses include 57/58 from Broadway to Tyson, and 52/54 from Downtown Chilliwack to Promontory. 

=== Passenger rail ===
{{British Columbia Electric Railway}}
Chilliwack historically was served by the [[British Columbia Electric Railway]] New Westminster–Chilliwack interurban line. The company announced its "Rails-to-Rubber" conversion programme in 1944, and the Chilliwack line ceased service in 1950.<ref>{{cite journal |last1=Ewert |first1=Henry |title=British Columbia Electric Railway Company Limited |journal=Canadian Rail |date=January–February 2010 |issue=534 |pages=3–9 |url=http://www.exporail.org/can_rail/Canadian%20Rail_no534_2010.pdf |access-date=November 26, 2023 |archive-date=June 22, 2013 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20130622064840/http://www.exporail.org/can_rail/Canadian%20Rail_no534_2010.pdf |url-status=dead }}</ref>

Chilliwack is served by [[Via Rail]]'s [[The Canadian]] as a [[flag stop]].<ref>{{cite web |title=Chilliwack Train Station |url=http://www.viarail.ca/en/explore-our-destinations/stations/rockies-and-pacific/chilliwack |access-date=March 9, 2014 |work=viarail.ca |publisher=VIA Rail Canada }}</ref> The town is only served by westbound trains towards [[Vancouver]]. Eastbound trains call at [[Agassiz, British Columbia]] along the [[Canadian Pacific Railway|CPR]] tracks, on the other side of the [[Fraser River]]. This split in service between [[Pacific Central Station|Vancouver]] and [[Ashcroft station|Ashcroft]] is due to CN and CPR utilizing [[Double-track railway#Directional running|directional running]] through the [[Thompson River|Thompson-]] and [[Fraser Canyon]].

In 2019, the South Fraser Community Rail Society was launched by former BC premier [[Bill Vander Zalm]] and former mayor of [[Langley, British Columbia (district municipality)|Langley Township]] Rick Green, to resurrect passenger service using the former [[British Columbia Electric Railway|BCER]] right-of-way. The proposed light-rail line would be {{cvt|64|mile||order=flip}} long.<ref name="G&M-2019-07-12">{{cite news |url=https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/vancouver/article-push-begins-to-rebuild-vancouver-chilliwack-rail-line/ |title=Push begins to rebuild Vancouver-Chilliwack rail line |newspaper=[[The Globe and Mail]] |first=Kerry |last=Gold |date=July 12, 2019 |access-date=July 12, 2019 |archive-url=https://web.archive.org/web/20190712070410/https://www.theglobeandmail.com/real-estate/vancouver/article-push-begins-to-rebuild-vancouver-chilliwack-rail-line/ |archive-date=July 12, 2019 }}</ref><ref>{{cite web |title=South Fraser Community Rail |url=https://southfrasercommunityrail.ca/ |access-date=November 26, 2023 }}</ref>

== Education ==
[[File:UFVCEPCampus.jpg|thumb|UFV Campus at Canada Education Park]]

=== Post-secondary ===

[[Canada Education Park]] is an {{convert|86|acre|ha|adj=on}} campus in the Vedder Crossing neighbourhood on the south side of Chilliwack that houses several post-secondary institutions, including the [[University of the Fraser Valley]], the [[RCMP "E" Division|RCMP Pacific Region Training Centre]], and the [[Justice Institute of British Columbia]].

The [[University of the Fraser Valley]] (UFV) is the largest post-secondary school in Chilliwack, and the seventh largest in British Columbia in terms of full-time enrolment. It offers master's degrees, bachelor's degrees, associate degrees, diplomas, certificates and citations across a range of programs in fine arts, humanities, science, social sciences, applied communication, business, nursing, as well as technical and trade programs. Its campuses are located in Abbotsford, Chilliwack, Hope and Mission.

=== Private ===

{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+ Independent schools in Chilliwack
|-
! scope="col" width="220" | School
! scope="col" width="155" | Level
! Grades
|-
| Saint Mary's
| Elementary
| K-7
|-
| Unity Christian School
| Elementary-Secondary
| K-12
|-
| John Calvin School
| Elementary
| K-7
|-
| Timothy Christian School
| Elementary-Secondary
| K-12
|-
| [[Highroad Academy]]
| Elementary-Secondary
| K-12
|-
| Mount Cheam Christian School
| Elementary-Secondary
| K-12
|-
| Chilliwack Adventist Christian School
| Elementary-Junior secondary
| K-7
|-
| Cascade Christian School
| Elementary-Junior secondary
| K-12
|}

=== Public ===

{{Main|School District 33 Chilliwack}}
{| class="wikitable sortable"
|+Public schools in Chilliwack<ref>{{Cite web |url=https://www.sd33.bc.ca/reconfiguration |title=Reconfiguration {{!}} Chilliwack School District #33 |website=www.sd33.bc.ca |access-date=May 28, 2019 }}</ref>
|-
! scope="col" width="220" | School
! scope="col" width="155" | Level
! Grades
|-
| Bernard Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| [[Chilliwack Central Elementary Community School|Central Elementary Community School]]
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Cheam Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Cultus Lake Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| East Chilliwack Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Evans Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| F.G. Leary Fine Arts Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Greendale Community Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Little Mountain Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| McCammon Traditional Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Promontory Heights Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Robertson Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Rosedale Traditional Community
| Elementary, Middle
| K-8
|-
| Sardis Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Stitó:s Lá:lém Totí:lt
| Elementary, Middle
| K-8
|-
| Strathcona Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Tyson Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Unsworth Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Vedder Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Watson Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| Yarrow Community Elementary
| Elementary
| K-5
|-
| A.D. Rundle Middle
| Middle
| 6–8
|-
| Chilliwack Middle
| Middle
| 6–8
|-
| Mt. Slesse Middle
| Middle
| 6–8
|-
| Rosedale Traditional Community
| Middle
| 6–8
|-
| Vedder Middle
| Middle
| 6–8
|-
| [[Chilliwack Secondary School|Chilliwack Secondary]]
| Secondary
| 9–12
|-
| [[G.W. Graham Secondary School]]
| Secondary
| 9–12
|-
| Imagine High Integrated Arts and Technology Secondary
| Secondary
| 9–12
|-
| [[Sardis Secondary School|Sardis Secondary]]
| Secondary
| 9–12
|-
| Education Centre
| Alternative
| 8–12
|-
| Fraser Valley Distance Education
| Alternative
| K-12
|-

|}

The ''[[Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britannique]]'' operates one Francophone school: ''école La Vérendrye'' primary school.<ref>"[http://www.csf.bc.ca/ecoles/en-colombie-britannique/carte-des-ecoles/ Carte des écoles] {{Webarchive |url=https://web.archive.org/web/20150817050550/http://www.csf.bc.ca/ecoles/en-colombie-britannique/carte-des-ecoles/ |date=2015-08-17 }}." ''[[Conseil scolaire francophone de la Colombie-Britanique]]''. Retrieved on January 22, 2015.</ref>

== See also ==
{{Portal|Canada}}
* [[Chilliwack City Council]]
* [[School District 33 Chilliwack|Chilliwack school district]]
* [[Chilliwack—Hope (federal electoral district)|Chilliwack—Hope federal electoral district]]
* [[Chilliwack (electoral district)|Chilliwack provincial electoral district]]
* [[Chilliwack-Kent|Chilliwack-Kent provincial electoral district]]
* [[Neighbourhoods in Chilliwack]]
* [[Chilliwack (band)]]
* [[Fraser Valley Regional District]]

==References==

{{Reflist}}

== Further reading ==

{{refbegin}}

* {{cite news |last1=Feinberg |first1=Jennifer |title=Biopic on Chilliwack hero Piper Richardson has new funding deadline |url=https://www.theprogress.com/local-news/biopic-on-chilliwack-hero-piper-richardson-has-new-funding-deadline-7629292 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Chilliwack Progress |publisher=Black Press Media |date=November 5, 2024 |language=en}}
* {{cite news |last1=Feinberg |first1=Jennifer |title=Chilliwack to commemorate Piper Richardson centennial |url=https://www.theprogress.com/news/chilliwack-to-commemorate-piper-richardson-centennial-1859809 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Chilliwack Progress |publisher=Black Press Media |date=September 22, 2016 |language=en}}
* {{cite news |last1=Feinberg |first1=Jennifer |title=New pipe band in Chilliwack to honour service and valour of Piper Richardson |url=https://www.theprogress.com/news/new-pipe-band-in-chilliwack-to-honour-the-service-and-valor-of-piper-richardson-1897726 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Chilliwack Progress |publisher=Black Press Media |date=October 3, 2019 |language=en}}
* {{cite news |last1=Feinberg |first1=Jennifer |title=100 years of tears for brave Chilliwack piper |url=https://www.theprogress.com/news/100-years-of-tears-for-brave-chilliwack-piper-1858881 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Chilliwack Progress |publisher=Black Press Media |date=October 12, 2016 |language=en}}
* {{cite news |last1=Feinberg |first1=Jennifer |title=Banners with 4 Chilliwack veterans pictured on them honour heroes of all wars |url=https://www.theprogress.com/news/banners-with-4-chilliwack-veterans-pictured-on-them-honour-heroes-of-all-wars-1934662 |access-date=November 6, 2024 |work=Chilliwack Progress |publisher=Black Press Media |date=November 4, 2022 |language=en}}
* {{cite press release |last1=Tidcombe |first1=Matt |title=WHL awards expansion franchise to Penticton Vees, launches franchise application process for Chilliwack |url=https://chl.ca/article/whl-awards-expansion-franchise-to-penticton-vees-launches-franchise-application-process-for-chilliwack/ |website=chl.ca |publisher=Canadian Hockey League |access-date=April 2, 2025 |language=en-CA |date=March 24, 2025 |location=Calgary, Alta.}}
* {{cite news |last1=Lypka |first1=Ben |title=Chilliwack receiving WHL franchise for 2026–27 season |url=https://www.theprogress.com/local-news/chilliwack-receiving-whl-franchise-for-2026-27-season-7900319 |access-date=March 30, 2025 |work=The Chilliwack Progress |publisher=Black Press Media |date=March 24, 2025 |language=en}}
* {{cite news |last1=Lypka |first1=Ben |title=WHL apologizes for past Chilliwack mistakes, pledges future loyalty |url=https://www.theprogress.com/local-news/whl-apologizes-for-past-chilliwack-mistakes-pledges-future-loyalty-7903982 |access-date=March 30, 2025 |work=The Chilliwack Progress |publisher=Black Press Media |date=March 25, 2025 |language=en}}
* {{cite news |last1=Lypka |first1=Ben |title=Chilliwack mayor on WHL: 'I don't think it's the right move' |url=https://www.theprogress.com/local-news/chilliwack-mayor-on-whl-i-dont-think-its-the-right-move-7908424 |access-date=March 30, 2025 |work=The Chilliwack Progress |publisher=Black Press Media |date=March 27, 2025 |language=en}}
* {{cite news |last1=Lypka |first1=Ben |title=Chilliwack mayor apologizes for 'disrespect' shown to the WHL |url=https://www.theprogress.com/local-news/chilliwack-mayor-apologizes-for-disrespect-shown-to-the-whl-7911058 |access-date=March 30, 2025 |work=The Chilliwack Progress |publisher=Black Press Media |date=March 28, 2025 |language=en}}

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==External links==
{{Commons category|Chilliwack}}
* {{Official website}}
* {{Wikivoyage inline}}

{{Geographic location
| Centre    = Chilliwack
| North     = [[Kent, British Columbia|District of Kent]]<br /> (Including [[Agassiz, British Columbia|Agassiz]])
| Northeast = 
| East      = [[Hope, British Columbia|Hope]]
| Southeast = 
| South     = [[Cultus Lake, British Columbia|Cultus Lake]], [[Whatcom County]], USA
| Southwest = 
| West      = [[Abbotsford, British Columbia|Abbotsford]]
| Northwest = [[Deroche, British Columbia|Deroche]], [[Dewdney, British Columbia|Dewdney]]
}}
{{Subdivisions of British Columbia|city=yes}}
{{Chilliwack Neighbourhoods |state=autocollapse}}

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