City of Maple Ridge Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

City - A populated place with legally defined boundaries, incorporated as a city municipality under the provincial Municipal Act. N side of Fraser River, between Pitt Meadows and Mission District Municipalities., New Westminster Land District

Mapped Location

City of Maple Ridge: The mapped location is an approximation and should not be used for navigation or wayfinding.

 

Information

General information on City of Maple Ridge

  • Feature Type: Incorporated

 

Official, historical, colloquial and alternative toponyms for City of Maple Ridge

A brief list of names that this geographic feature has been named

Name Description
City of Maple Ridge Official

 

Origin Notes and History of City of Maple Ridge

References to City of Maple Ridge that document the origin of its place name

Incorporated 12 September 1874, called Corporation of the District of Maple Ridge. "Maple Ridge (Municipal District)" adopted in the 18th Report of the Geographic Board of Canada, 31 March 1924, p.357, as labelled on BC Lands' map 2B, 1914. Maple Ridge (District Municipality) confirmed 11 February 1936 on 92G/2. Letters Patent amended per Order in Council #513, 9 September 2014, to change the status of the incorporated entity from a district municipality to a city municipality, to be known as the City of Maple Ridge, effective 12 September 2014.

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

Maple Ridge Post Office was opened 1 April 1885; closed 1 November 1886 (residents used Port Haney Post Office, re-named Haney Post Office 1936, further re-named Maple Ridge Post Office 1 April 1970).

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
BC place name cards, or correspondence to/from BC's Chief Geographer or BC Geographical Names Office  |  Province of British Columbia

After an abundance of maple found on the ridge. (Gosnell Year Book 1897-1901). The municipality received its charter of incorporation in 1874. George Howison kept the first post office, while James Sinclair, now with the BCER at New Westminster, was the first teacher in one of the oldest schoolhouses in the valley. This school was also the town hall until the Council took over the present hall in Haney in 1895.... Maple Ridge also contains the old church built by the Royal Engineers under Colonel Moody at Derby, the proposed site of the new capital on the south bank of the Fraser opposite to Port Haney. Handed over to the Church of England by the authorities of the day and opened March 1859.... In 1884 the church was taken to pieces, ferried over the river and rebuilt on Maple Ridge under the auspices of the Reverend T.H. Gilbert... (see also Vancouver Sun, 4 October 1924 and Vancouver Province 17 July 1924)

B.C. Geographical Names in Province of British Columbia
Nelson, Denys; Place Names of the Delta of the Fraser River; 1927, unpublished manuscript held in the Provincial Archives  |  Province of British Columbia

 

Related Catalog Titles

A Bibliography for City of Maple Ridge, Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia

Maple Ridge & Pitt Meadows a history in photographs by Donald E. Waite

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This a colorful history of this particular area in the lower Mainland of British Columbia, dealing with the families who first settled there, the First Nations peoples who were the original inhabitants and the businesses that developed. It is liberally illustrated with B&W, sepia and colourful photos as well as maps. Scattered throughout are tasteful advertisements from local businesses that have sponsored the publication of this book.

304 p. : ill. (some col.), ports. (some col.) ; 29 cm.

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History · 2nd ed · Waite Bird Photos, Maple Ridge, BC, 2010, c2008
Related Catalog Items: City of Maple Ridge · City of Pitt Meadows · Pitt Meadows

 


Related Online Resources

Maple Ridge Museum

Formed in 1957, the Maple Ridge Historical Society has devoted the many years since to the protection, preservation and sharing of all forms of our community heritage. The Historical Society Board of Directors and the members of the Historical Societ

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City of Maple Ridge

 

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Last updated: 2025-09-23