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The Changing Valley
Find all The Current's stories in The Changing Valley series here, from how the valley is growing to where the people are coming from.
Fraser Valley Current staff
March 17, 2022
Find all of our stories in the Changing Valley Series below.
The Changing Valley: How shifting demographics are upending old Fraser Valley stereotypes
Rapid growth is rendering old stereotypes about the Fraser Valley even less accurate. As the region changes, new possibilities, opportunities, and challenges are emerging.
The Fraser Valley’s widening housing price gap
Houses in Langley now cost an average of nearly $300,000 more than those in Abbotsford and more than $500,000 than those in Chilliwack. That gap has widened substantially in recent years as prices have increased across the region.Read the story here.
Exodus to the east: How Vancouver home prices have driven a surge of migration to the Fraser Valley
As house prices exploded, more than 26,000 people moved from Vancouver to Chilliwack, Abbotsford, and Mission over the course of just three years.
Babytown: The Fraser Valley is a magnet for infants
No single age group has contributed more new in-province migrants than kids under one.
Mapping the Fraser Valley’s baby boom
Across the Fraser Valley, babies are booming. But not every community is welcoming more newborns than it was a decade ago.
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