Maple Ridge, British Columbia

Maple Ridge is one of the fastest-growing cities in Metro Vancouver, on the north side of the Fraser River between Pitt Meadows and Mission, with the Golden Ears mountains, farmland and the Haney and Port Haney heritage areas. The City of Maple Ridge runs planning and building permits, business and dog licences, the Bylaw, Licensing and Community Safety department (bylaw enforcement, animal control and park patrols), roads and snow clearing, water distribution, sewers and storm water, the Maple Ridge Fire Department, emergency readiness, parks, the Leisure Centre, Maple Ridge Cemetery and the ACT Arts Centre with its society. Residents arrange their own garbage pickup with private haulers; curbside recycling is Recycle BC's program and the Recycling Depot is run by the Ridge Meadows Recycling Society. Policing is the Ridge Meadows RCMP detachment. Metro Vancouver supplies the drinking water, treats the sewage and runs the regional transfer stations and parks (Golden Ears is a provincial park); TransLink runs the buses and the West Coast Express; the library is the Fraser Valley Regional Library; health care is Fraser Health (Ridge Meadows Hospital); and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.