Chilliwack, British Columbia

Chilliwack is a fast-growing Fraser Valley city an hour and a half east of Vancouver, between the Fraser River and the Vedder River, with a large agricultural base, the Cultus Lake recreation area nearby and several Stó:lō First Nations communities within its boundaries. The City of Chilliwack runs planning and building permits, business licences, bylaw enforcement and the Bylaw Adjudication system, roads and snow clearing, water and sewer utilities (including the Yarrow Waterworks), dikes and flood protection, curbside garbage, recycling and compostables collection by contract, the Chilliwack Fire Department (a composite career and paid-on-call department with six halls), emergency preparedness, parks and trails, the Chilliwack Landing Leisure Centre, the Cheam Leisure Centre, Rotary Pool and arenas, and the Chilliwack Cultural Centre with its partners. Policing is the Chilliwack RCMP detachment. The Fraser Valley Regional District runs animal control and dog licensing for Chilliwack, the regional Bailey landfill and regional parks; transit is BC Transit's Chilliwack system run with the City; the library is the Fraser Valley Regional Library; health care is Fraser Health (Chilliwack General Hospital); and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.