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MLA · BC PROVINCIAL 2026
# Abbotsford-Mission.
5 candidates, one seat.
This district elects one MLA. Voters mark one name on Saturday, October 24, 2026, and the candidate with the most votes wins the seat.
Abbotsford-Mission is a provincial electoral district on both banks of the Fraser River in the Fraser Valley. It takes in central Mission, the community of Hatzic, and the northeast part of Abbotsford, which the Electoral Boundaries Commission names as Ridgedale and Clayburn. The 2021 census counted 59,370 people in it, and the commission gives its area as 88 square kilometres.
## The candidates
In alphabetical order
[MLA · Abbotsford-Mission**Conservative Party of BC**Darryl Kropp
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- People, 2021 census
- 59,370
- Area
- 88 km²
- Registered voters, 2024
- 42,692
- Turnout, 2024
- 57.42%
- Median age
- 38.8
- Median household income, 2020
- $107,000
THE DISTRICT
## Where Abbotsford-Mission is
88 km² · 59,370 people
Abbotsford-Mission lies on both banks of the Fraser River in the Fraser Valley. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report says it combines central Mission and the community of Hatzic with the northeast part of Abbotsford, which the report names as Ridgedale and Clayburn. The Canadian Encyclopedia places Mission on the north bank of the Fraser River, 70 km by road east of Vancouver. The commission gives the district an area of 88 square kilometres.
On the north bank, the report says the boundaries follow Silverdale Creek, Dewdney Trunk Road, Kirkpatrick Avenue and Hatzic Lake. South of the river they follow Highway 11, and then Old Clayburn, McMillan, Old Yale, Marshall, Whatcom, McKee and Upper Sumas Mountain Roads. The commission counted 59,296 people in the district, which is 10.3% from the average district. The report gives Mission's own population as 41,519 and says that is too low for a district of its own, so the commission joined part of Mission to part of Abbotsford.
Clayburn lies at the foot of Sumas Mountain, according to the Historic Places Days page on its heritage area. The commission moved the Sumas Mountain neighbourhood out of this district and into Abbotsford South. The Canadian Pacific Railway line reached Mission in 1885, and the Mission Bridge now carries Highway 11 over the river between Mission and Abbotsford.
- Mission
- Hatzic
- Ridgedale
- Clayburn
Sources: [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf), [The Canadian Encyclopedia (opens in a new tab)](https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mission), [Historic Places Days (opens in a new tab)](https://historicplacesdays.ca/places/clayburn-village-heritage-conservation-area/), [Mission Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://missionmuseum.com/local-history/the-story-of-the-mission-bridge/)
HISTORY
## The history of the area
Checked Wednesday, October 7, 2026
### Stó:lō and Semá:th territory, and Xá:ytem
The Stó:lō Nation's website begins with the words "We are Stó:lō, People of the River" and names its territory S'ólh Téméxw. It gives the traditional Stó:lō language as Halq'eméylem. The Stó:lō Service Agency Society says its core administrative area runs from Yale to Langley, and that in 1995 the Nation submitted documents asserting its collective aboriginal rights and title. The society represents 11 First Nations, and Matsqui and Sumas are among them.
The Sumas First Nation, whose people are the Semá:th, says on its website that they have lived with Sumas Mountain, the rivers and the valley since time immemorial. It says its traditional territory lay between the Sumas and Vedder mountains, and that Semá:th Xó:tsa, Sumas Lake, was drained in 1924. BC Geographical Names records that the name Matsqui comes from Halq'eméylem and belongs to a people who lived on the lower Fraser River and at Sumas Lake.
At Hatzic, Xá:ytem (Hatzic Rock) stands at 35087 Lougheed Street in Mission. The Canadian Register of Historic Places says it was designated a national historic site in 1992. The register describes two parts: a sacred Transformer Stone, and an archaeological habitation site that it dates to 5,000 years ago. The site is run by the Xá:ytem Longhouse Interpretive Centre.
Sources: [Stó:lō Nation (opens in a new tab)](https://www.stolonation.bc.ca/about), [Sumas First Nation (Semá:th) (opens in a new tab)](https://sumasfirstnation.com/about/our-territory/), [Sumas First Nation (Semá:th) (opens in a new tab)](https://sumasfirstnation.com/about/our-history-and-culture/), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/51409.html), [Parks Canada, Canadian Register of Historic Places (opens in a new tab)](https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2256)
### St. Mary's Mission, 1861 to 1985
The Mission Museum says Father Léon Fouquet of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate travelled up the Fraser River in February 1861 and built a mission there. The settlement was first called St. Mary's Mission. A similarly named religious settlement stood in the Okanagan, so mail for this one was addressed to Mission City. In 1883 the Canadian Pacific Railway requisitioned the land where Father Fouquet had built the Mission. St. Mary's Mission moved uphill to a second site, which is now Fraser River Heritage Park.
The museum says a boys' school was running by 1863, and that the Sisters of Saint Ann opened a girls' school in 1868. It says the Oblate school closed in 1961 and a government-run school opened elsewhere. The residence closed in 1985, which the museum describes as making it one of the last residential schools to close in Canada. The museum adds that by the 20th century, many of the school's methods came from federal government policies that aimed to suppress First Nations cultures.
Sources: [Mission Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://www.missionmuseum.com/local-history/the-arrival-of-the-oblates/), [The Canadian Encyclopedia (opens in a new tab)](https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mission)
### The railway and the first municipalities, 1885 to 1892
The Canadian Encyclopedia says the Canadian Pacific Railway line reached Mission in 1885. The Mission Museum says the railway completed a bridge over the Fraser River between 1889 and 1891, and that the land developer James Welton Horne laid out the Townsite of Mission in 1891. BC Geographical Names records that the District of Mission was incorporated on July 14, 1892. Matsqui, on the other bank, was incorporated on November 26, 1892, with 54,145 acres.
BC Geographical Names says Abbotsford was named for Harry Braithwaite Abbott, who served as general superintendent of the railway's Pacific Division from 1886 to 1897. The name first appeared on John Charles Maclure's map on July 9, 1891. The Village of Abbotsford was incorporated on February 22, 1924. In 1969 the Town of Mission City and the District of Mission merged. In 1972 Abbotsford merged with the District of Sumas. On January 1, 1995 the districts of Abbotsford and Matsqui merged to form the City of Abbotsford.
Sources: [The Canadian Encyclopedia (opens in a new tab)](https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mission), [Mission Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://missionmuseum.com/local-history/a-tale-of-two-cities/), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38229.html), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/51409.html), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/752.html)
### Clayburn and the brick works, 1904 to 2011
The Abbotsford News reports that the Maclure family found fire-resistant clay in Sumas Mountain in 1904. BC Geographical Names says the brothers John Charles and Fred Soues Maclure set up the brickworks and named the place Clayburn from the words clay and kiln. The Clayburn post office opened on December 1, 1906. The Clayburn Village Museum says the Vancouver Fireclay Company was reorganized in 1909 as Clayburn Company Ltd., and that bricks and other clay products were made in Clayburn from 1905 to 1930.
The museum says the company built the village's houses and supplied fresh water, sewers, sidewalks and streetlights, along with tennis courts, a soccer pitch, a ball diamond and a nine-hole golf course. The Historic Places Days page says the seven brick houses built for the company's managers still stand, and that Abbotsford's brick industry lasted 106 years at three sites until Clayburn Industries shut down in 2011. The Abbotsford News reports that the village was protected as a heritage site in 1996. The church and schoolhouse have been restored and belong to the Clayburn Village Community Society.
Sources: [Abbotsford News (opens in a new tab)](https://www.abbynews.com/community/abbotsfords-clayburn-village-a-short-history-on-b-c-s-first-company-town/), [BC Geographical Names Office (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/34972.html), [Clayburn Village Community Society (opens in a new tab)](https://www.clayburnvillage.com/about-4), [Historic Places Days (opens in a new tab)](https://historicplacesdays.ca/places/clayburn-village-heritage-conservation-area/)
### Crossing the Fraser River, 1889 to 1973
The Mission Museum says the railway's bridge over the Fraser River was built from 1889 to 1891, with nine linked wooden spans and a swing span that could be raised to let steamships and barges pass. In 1910 the railway announced a plan to replace the wooden bridge with steel. Local residents asked for vehicle access, and the railway first said no. On July 1, 1927 the bridge opened to all road traffic, so people in Mission and Abbotsford could cross it freely.
On a Sunday morning in July 1955 the bridge collapsed into the river while a family was driving across, and the museum records that no one was hurt. The bridge reopened in October 1956, 16 months later. On July 7, 1973 a new vehicle bridge, the Mission Bridge, opened. It replaced the railway bridge as the road crossing between Mission and Abbotsford. The commission's 2023 report names Highway 11 as part of the district's southern boundary.
Sources: [Mission Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://missionmuseum.com/local-history/the-story-of-the-mission-bridge/), [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf)
### The flood of 1948
A dike is an earth wall that holds back river water. The Mission Museum says that on May 29, 1948 a loudspeaker system in downtown Mission announced that the dike at Nicomen Island had broken. On the morning of June 3, 1948 the pump house at Hatzic exploded into the air and left a gap in the dike 100 feet wide, which widened to 550 feet. By dusk, 12 square miles of Hatzic prairie were under water.
The museum gives the total as 13,135 acres of farmland flooded across Nicomen Island, Deroche, Dewdney, the Dewdney Peninsula, Hatzic and the Mission flats. It says 514 houses were destroyed. More than 30,000 civilian volunteers worked on the flood ground with the Canadian Army, Navy and Air Force. No lives were lost in the Mission region, though ten people died in other parts of the valley. To help farmers restart, the government bought cows, chickens, turkeys, pigs and berry plants in the Mission region.
Sources: [Mission Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://missionmuseum.com/local-history/flood-disaster/)
### Westminster Abbey and the commuter train, 1954 to 2021
Westminster Abbey's own history page says Benedictines from Mount Angel Abbey took over the direction of the diocesan seminary in 1939, with Father Eugene Medved as the first rector. The community became a full abbey in 1953, and Father Medved was its first elected abbot. The abbey and the seminary moved to Mission on Christmas Eve 1954, after temporary homes in Ladner and Burnaby. Cardinal Basil Hume dedicated the abbey church in 1982.
TransLink says the West Coast Express has run since 1995 between Downtown Vancouver and Mission, on weekdays at peak commuter times. The Mission Museum's timeline records that the District of Mission began a re-branding process in 2021 that included changing its name to the City of Mission.
Sources: [Westminster Abbey (opens in a new tab)](https://westminsterabbey.ca/benedictine-monasticism/our-history/), [TransLink (opens in a new tab)](https://www.translink.ca/about-us/about-translink/operating-companies/west-coast-express), [Mission Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://missionmuseum.com/local-history/a-tale-of-two-cities/)
THE SEAT
## Who has held the seat
Legislative Assembly records, 37th Parliament onward
Elections BC's volume for 2002 to 2013 first prints Abbotsford-Mission at the 39th general election, held on May 12, 2009. The Electoral Districts Act (SBC 2008 c. 14) received Royal Assent on May 1, 2008 and set the number of districts at 85. The new districts came into effect on April 14, 2009, the day the 38th Parliament was dissolved. Randy Hawes of the Liberal Party won Abbotsford-Mission in 2009 with 10,371 votes (58.36%), ahead of Lynn Perrin of the New Democratic Party with 5,788 (32.57%) and Bill Walsh of the Green Party with 1,611 (9.07%).
Mission was in a district named Maple Ridge-Mission before 2009. Elections BC's volume for 1987 to 2001 first prints that name at the 37th general election on May 16, 2001, the first held under the Electoral Districts Act (SBC 1999 c. 31), which raised the number of districts from 75 to 79. Randy Hawes of the Liberal Party won it in 2001 with 12,920 votes (56.67%). In 2005 he won with 12,095 votes (44.30%), and Jenny Stevens of the New Democratic Party received 11,896 (43.57%).
Simon Gibson of the BC Liberal Party won Abbotsford-Mission in 2013 with 10,417 votes (50.67%) and in 2017 with 12,879 votes (51.19%). Pam Alexis of the BC NDP won in 2020 with 10,364 votes (41.07%), ahead of Gibson with 9,620 (38.12%). In 2024 Reann Gasper of the Conservative Party won with 13,523 votes (55.38%), and Pam Alexis received 10,894 (44.62%). Turnout was 57.42% of 42,692 registered voters.
The commission's 2023 final report added more of central Mission and less of Abbotsford to the district, and moved the Sumas Mountain neighbourhood into Abbotsford South. It also changed the boundary with Abbotsford West to follow Old Clayburn Road east, then McMillan Road south to Old Yale Road, and placed Yennadon in Maple Ridge East. Elections BC's table that compares old and new boundaries lists the district's overlap with the 2017 to 2024 districts as 52 voting areas with Abbotsford-Mission, 21 with Maple Ridge-Mission and 1 with Abbotsford West.
Sources: [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/1987-2001-ElectionHistory.pdf), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935), [Elections BC (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf), [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf)
Members for Abbotsford-Mission
| Parliament | It sat | Member | Elected as | Party on the legislature’s record |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 43rd | 2025 to 2026 | Reann Gasper | Conservative Party | Conservative Party of BC |
| 42nd | 2020 to 2024 | Pam Alexis | BC NDP | BC NDP |
| 41st | 2017 to 2020 | Simon Gibson | | BC Liberal Party |
| 40th | 2013 to 2017 | Simon Gibson | BC Liberal Party | BC Liberal Party |
| 39th | 2009 to 2013 | Randy Hawes | BC Liberal Party | BC Liberal Party |
Members for Maple Ridge-Mission, which covered 21 of this district’s 70 voting areas before 2024
| Parliament | It sat | Member | Elected as | Party on the legislature’s record |
| --- | --- | --- | --- | --- |
| 42nd | 2020 to 2024 | Bob D'Eith | BC NDP | BC NDP |
| 41st | 2017 to 2020 | Bob D'Eith | BC NDP | BC NDP |
| 40th | 2013 to 2017 | Marc Dalton | | BC Liberal Party |
| 39th | 2009 to 2013 | Marc Dalton | | BC Liberal Party |
| 38th | 2005 to 2009 | Randy Hawes | BC Liberal Party | BC Liberal Party |
| 37th | 2001 to 2005 | Randy Hawes | | BC Liberal Party |
“Elected as” is the affiliation Elections BC printed with the winning result. The last column is the party the legislature’s records give for that parliament, which differs when a member changed party while in office. A row with that column empty is a winner Elections BC prints whom the legislature’s records leave out. Source: [Legislative Assembly of British Columbia (opens in a new tab)](https://www.leg.bc.ca/members)
### Boundaries since 2024
Abbotsford-Mission has 70 voting areas. 52 of them overlap the district of the same name used from 2017 to 2024. Others overlap these districts from 2017 to 2024: Maple Ridge-Mission (21), Abbotsford West (1).
The commission that drew the boundaries counted 59,296 people in the district, 10.3% above the average for a district, over 88 km².
Sources: [British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission, Final report, April 3, 2023 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf), [Elections BC, Voting area conversion table, 2017 to 2024 (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36)
PAST RESULTS
## Every result since 2005
From Elections BC
**2024 Provincial General Election**Reann Gasper, Conservative Party, 55.38%
| Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Reann GasperElected | Conservative Party | 13,523 | 55.38% |
| Pam Alexis | BC NDP | 10,894 | 44.62% |
24,417 valid votes · 98 rejected ballots · 42,692 registered voters · 57.42% voted
**2020 General Election**Pam Alexis, BC NDP, 41.07%
| Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Pam AlexisElected | BC NDP | 10,364 | 41.07% |
| Simon Gibson | BC Liberal Party | 9,620 | 38.12% |
| Stephen Fowler | BC Green Party | 2,667 | 10.57% |
| Trevor Hamilton | Conservative | 1,989 | 7.88% |
| Aeriol Alderking | Christian Heritage Party of B.C. | 595 | 2.36% |
25,235 valid votes · 152 rejected ballots
**2017 General Election**Simon John Gibson, BC Liberal Party, 51.19%
| Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simon John GibsonElected | BC Liberal Party | 12,879 | 51.19% |
| Andrew Murray Christie | BC NDP | 7,339 | 29.17% |
| Jennifer Holmes | BC Green Party | 4,297 | 17.08% |
| Dan Cameron | Christian Heritage Party of B.C. | 644 | 2.56% |
25,159 valid votes · 135 rejected ballots
**2013 General Election**Simon Gibson, BC Liberal Party, 50.67%
| Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Simon GibsonElected | BC Liberal Party | 10,417 | 50.67% |
| Preet Rai | BC NDP | 5,591 | 27.20% |
| Don Stahl | Conservative | 1,946 | 9.47% |
| Aird Flavelle | BC Green Party | 1,865 | 9.07% |
| Wendy Bales | Independent | 415 | 2.02% |
| Roman Bojczuk | Independent | 204 | 0.99% |
| Marcus Halliday | BC Excalibur Party | 119 | 0.58% |
20,557 valid votes · 117 rejected ballots
**2009 General Election**Randy Hawes, BC Liberal Party, 58.36%
| Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Randy HawesElected | BC Liberal Party | 10,371 | 58.36% |
| Lynn Perrin | BC NDP | 5,788 | 32.57% |
| Bill Walsh | BC Green Party | 1,611 | 9.07% |
17,770 valid votes · 160 rejected ballots
### Maple Ridge-Mission, 2005 to 2020
**2020 General Election**Bob D'Eith, BC NDP, 55.27%
| Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bob D'EithElected | BC NDP | 13,915 | 55.27% |
| Chelsa Meadus | BC Liberal Party | 8,412 | 33.41% |
| Matt Trenholm | BC Green Party | 2,849 | 11.32% |
25,176 valid votes · 326 rejected ballots
**2017 General Election**Bob D'Eith, BC NDP, 41.94%
| Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Bob D'EithElected | BC NDP | 10,989 | 41.94% |
| Marc Dalton | BC Liberal Party | 10,664 | 40.70% |
| Peter Pak Chiu Tam | BC Green Party | 3,464 | 13.22% |
| Trevor Hamilton | Conservative | 935 | 3.57% |
| Jeff Monds | Libertarian | 148 | 0.56% |
26,200 valid votes · 128 rejected ballots
**2013 General Election**Marc H. J. Dalton, BC Liberal Party, 46.61%
| Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marc H. J. DaltonElected | BC Liberal Party | 10,327 | 46.61% |
| Mike Bocking | BC NDP | 8,820 | 39.81% |
| Alex Pope | BC Green Party | 1,818 | 8.21% |
| Chad Thompson | Conservative | 1,190 | 5.37% |
22,155 valid votes · 152 rejected ballots
**2009 General Election**Marc H. J. Dalton, BC Liberal Party, 45.73%
| Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Marc H. J. DaltonElected | BC Liberal Party | 8,802 | 45.73% |
| Mike Bocking | BC NDP | 8,734 | 45.38% |
| Mike Gildersleeve | BC Green Party | 1,387 | 7.21% |
| Ian Anthony Vaughan | BC Reform | 325 | 1.69% |
19,248 valid votes · 147 rejected ballots
**2005 General Election**Randy Hawes, BC Liberal Party, 44.30%
| Candidate | Affiliation | Votes | Share |
| --- | --- | --- | --- |
| Randy HawesElected | BC Liberal Party | 12,095 | 44.30% |
| Jenny Stevens | BC NDP | 11,896 | 43.57% |
| William Stanley Walsh | BC Green Party | 2,633 | 9.64% |
| Carol Gwilt | BC Marijuana Party | 314 | 1.15% |
| Chum Richardson | Independent | 312 | 1.14% |
| Keith Smith | The Platinum Party | 53 | 0.19% |
27,303 valid votes · 164 rejected ballots
The boundaries changed before the 2009, 2017 and 2024 elections, so a result under the same name can cover a different area. Sources: [Elections BC, Provincial Voting Results (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935), [Statement of Votes, 2024 Provincial General Election (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/statement-of-votes-2024-provincial-election.pdf)
PEOPLE · 2021 CENSUS
## Who lives in Abbotsford-Mission
59,370 residents · British Columbia beside each figure
### Age
- Median age
- 38.8BC 42.8
- Under 1520.2%BC 14.3%
- 15 to 6465.3%BC 65.3%
- 65 and over14.5%BC 20.3%
- 85 and over1.3%BC 2.4%
### Households
- Households
- 19,655
- People per household
- 3.0BC 2.4
#### Who lives together
- Couples with children32.2%BC 22.7%
- Couples without children23.5%BC 26.4%
- One-parent families8.6%BC 7.6%
- Multigenerational households7.1%BC 3.7%
- People living alone17.7%BC 29.4%
#### Household size
- 1 person17.7%BC 29.4%
- 2 persons30.9%BC 35.3%
- 3 persons16.7%BC 14.5%
- 4 persons18.1%BC 12.6%
- 5 or more persons16.6%BC 8.2%
### Homes
- Median home value
- $900,000BC $785,000
- Median monthly rent and utilities
- $1,200BC $1,370
- Median monthly cost for owners
- $1,880BC $1,320
#### Own or rent
- Own their home79.7%BC 66.8%
- Rent their home20.3%BC 32.8%
#### Type of home
- Single-detached house61.4%BC 42.4%
- Semi-detached house3.3%BC 3.1%
- Row house7.6%BC 8.3%
- Apartment or flat in a duplex20.1%BC 12.2%
- Apartment in a building that has fewer than five storeys6.8%BC 20.4%
- Apartment in a building that has five or more storeys0.4%BC 10.9%
- Other single-attached house0.1%BC 0.2%
- Movable dwelling0.2%BC 2.5%
#### When the home was built
- 1960 or earlier7.3%BC 12.5%
- 1961 to 198026.2%BC 27.0%
- 1981 to 199017.1%BC 14.2%
- 1991 to 200020.3%BC 16.5%
- 2001 to 20059.6%BC 6.0%
- 2006 to 20108.1%BC 8.0%
- 2011 to 20154.5%BC 6.6%
- 2016 to 20216.9%BC 9.1%
### Housing costs
- Renters paying 30% or more of income on housing31.6%BC 37.8%
- Owners paying 30% or more of income on housing18.1%BC 19.3%
- Renters in core housing need19.7%BC 24.7%
- Owners in core housing need3.8%BC 8.0%
- Renters in subsidized housing12.0%BC 11.0%
- Owners with a mortgage70.8%BC 57.5%
### Income
Income is for the year 2020.
- Median household income
- $107,000BC $85,000
- After tax
- $95,000BC $76,000
- Median income per person
- $43,200BC $40,800
#### Living on a low income (after-tax measure)
- All ages6.7%BC 10.8%
- Under 188.1%BC 11.3%
- 18 to 645.3%BC 9.7%
- 65 and over10.6%BC 13.8%
### Languages
#### First language learned
- English81.2%BC 67.1%
- Punjabi (Panjabi)6.9%BC 4.9%
- German1.0%BC 1.0%
- French0.8%BC 1.2%
- Spanish0.7%BC 1.2%
- Korean0.6%BC 1.2%
- Mandarin0.6%BC 4.1%
- Dutch0.5%BC 0.4%
- Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)0.5%BC 1.7%
- Vietnamese0.4%BC 0.7%
#### Spoken most often at home
- English88.5%BC 78.5%
- Punjabi (Panjabi)5.7%BC 3.8%
- Korean0.5%BC 0.9%
- Spanish0.4%BC 0.6%
- Mandarin0.3%BC 3.3%
- Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)0.3%BC 0.9%
- Vietnamese0.3%BC 0.4%
- French0.2%BC 0.3%
#### English and French
- English only92.8%BC 90.1%
- English and French5.2%BC 6.6%
- Neither English nor French2.0%BC 3.3%
### Immigration
- Born outside Canada (immigrants)
- 17.3%BC 29.0%
- Non-permanent residents
- 0.8%BC 3.5%
#### Where immigrants were born
- India30.0%BC 13.8%
- United Kingdom12.3%BC 8.2%
- Philippines5.1%BC 9.2%
- United States of America4.7%BC 4.2%
- Germany3.3%BC 2.2%
- Korea, South3.2%BC 3.3%
- Netherlands2.8%BC 1.1%
- China2.7%BC 15.3%
- Oceania and other places of birth2.1%BC 2.3%
- South Africa, Republic of1.8%BC 1.1%
#### When immigrants arrived
- Arrived before 198022.7%BC 19.7%
- 1980 to 199013.8%BC 11.5%
- 1991 to 200016.9%BC 21.0%
- 2001 to 201024.6%BC 22.2%
- 2011 to 202122.1%BC 25.6%
#### Generations in Canada
- First generation19.0%BC 33.7%
- Second generation21.2%BC 21.7%
- Third generation or more59.8%BC 44.5%
### Identity and origins
- Indigenous identity
- 7.1%BC 5.9%
- Visible minority
- 19.8%BC 34.4%
#### Visible minority groups
- South Asian11.1%BC 9.6%
- Chinese1.6%BC 11.2%
- Filipino1.3%BC 3.5%
- Southeast Asian1.2%BC 1.5%
- Black1.0%BC 1.3%
- Latin American0.9%BC 1.3%
- Korean0.9%BC 1.5%
- Multiple visible minorities0.6%BC 1.2%
- Japanese0.5%BC 0.9%
- West Asian0.3%BC 1.4%
- Arab0.3%BC 0.6%
- Visible minority (other)0.1%BC 0.4%
#### Ethnic or cultural origins reported most often
- English25.4%BC 20.7%
- Scottish18.9%BC 15.8%
- German15.4%BC 11.0%
- Irish15.3%BC 12.8%
- Canadian13.2%BC 9.3%
- Dutch8.4%BC 3.9%
- French8.0%BC 6.4%
- Indian (India)7.0%BC 5.6%
- Ukrainian5.8%BC 4.3%
- British Isles4.3%BC 3.9%
### Religion
- No religion51.0%BC 52.1%
- Christian37.6%BC 34.3%
- Sikh8.2%BC 5.9%
- Hindu1.0%BC 1.7%
- Muslim0.8%BC 2.6%
- Other religions0.7%BC 1.0%
- Buddhist0.6%BC 1.7%
- Jewish0.1%BC 0.5%
- Traditional Indigenous spirituality0.1%BC 0.2%
### Education
Highest level completed, ages 25 to 64.
- No certificate, diploma or degree9.6%BC 8.0%
- High school diploma32.2%BC 25.8%
- College, trades or other certificate below a bachelor’s degree36.6%BC 31.2%
- Bachelor’s degree or higher21.6%BC 35.0%
### Work
- In the labour force
- 67.7%BC 63.3%
- Employed
- 63.7%BC 57.9%
- Unemployment rate at the census
- 6.0%BC 8.4%
#### Industries with the most workers
- Construction12.5%BC 9.0%
- Health care and social assistance12.2%BC 12.3%
- Retail trade11.9%BC 11.6%
- Manufacturing9.1%BC 5.9%
- Educational services7.8%BC 7.4%
- Public administration5.9%BC 5.5%
- Transportation and warehousing5.7%BC 5.5%
- Accommodation and food services5.5%BC 7.0%
#### Kinds of work
- Sales and service occupations24.1%BC 25.6%
- Trades, transport and equipment operators and related occupations23.6%BC 18.0%
- Business, finance and administration occupations15.5%BC 17.1%
- Occupations in education, law and social, community and government services13.3%BC 11.9%
- Health occupations7.7%BC 7.7%
- Occupations in manufacturing and utilities5.1%BC 3.4%
- Natural and applied sciences and related occupations4.7%BC 8.0%
- Natural resources, agriculture and related production occupations2.7%BC 2.8%
- Occupations in art, culture, recreation and sport2.6%BC 4.2%
- Legislative and senior management occupations1.0%BC 1.2%
### Getting to work
#### Where people worked
- Worked at home13.9%BC 22.6%
- Worked outside Canada0.3%BC 0.4%
- No fixed workplace address18.3%BC 15.3%
- Worked at a usual workplace67.5%BC 61.6%
#### How commuters travelled
- Car, truck or van93.5%BC 79.9%
- Public transit1.8%BC 9.3%
- On foot2.5%BC 6.5%
- Bicycle0.4%BC 2.0%
- Other method1.8%BC 2.3%
#### Length of the trip
- Less than 15 minutes28.0%BC 31.8%
- 15 to 29 minutes30.4%BC 34.0%
- 30 to 44 minutes16.6%BC 19.7%
- 45 to 59 minutes10.9%BC 7.3%
- 60 minutes and over14.1%BC 7.2%
### Moving
Where residents lived five years before the census.
- Lived at the same address57.3%BC 56.2%
- Moved within the same municipality17.9%BC 16.1%
- Moved from elsewhere in BC20.2%BC 17.0%
- Moved from another province2.7%BC 4.6%
- Moved from another country1.9%BC 6.1%
Counts in the census are rounded to the nearest 5, and shares are worked out from those counts. Source: [BC Stats, from Statistics Canada tabulations, 2021 Census Profile for BC Provincial Electoral Districts (2023 Redistribution) (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/census-profiles-for-bc-provincial-electoral-districts)
QUESTIONS
## Questions about Abbotsford-Mission
10 answers
### Where is Abbotsford-Mission?
Abbotsford-Mission is a provincial electoral district on both banks of the Fraser River in British Columbia. The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report says it combines central Mission and the community of Hatzic with the northeast part of Abbotsford. The commission gives its area as 88 square kilometres and counts 59,296 people in it.
### Which communities are in Abbotsford-Mission?
Abbotsford-Mission includes central Mission, Hatzic, Ridgedale and Clayburn, according to the Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report. Ridgedale and Clayburn are the northeast part of Abbotsford. On the north bank of the Fraser River the district's boundaries follow Silverdale Creek, Dewdney Trunk Road, Kirkpatrick Avenue and Hatzic Lake.
### Who won Abbotsford-Mission in the 2024 provincial election?
Reann Gasper of the Conservative Party won Abbotsford-Mission in 2024 with 13,523 votes, 55.38% of the valid vote. Pam Alexis of the BC NDP received 10,894 votes, 44.62%. Turnout was 57.42% of 42,692 registered voters, and 24,417 valid votes were counted in the district in total.
### Who represented Abbotsford-Mission before 2024?
Pam Alexis of the BC NDP represented Abbotsford-Mission before 2024. She won in 2020 with 10,364 votes, 41.07%. Simon Gibson of the BC Liberal Party won the district in 2013 and 2017, and Randy Hawes of the same party won it in 2009, the first election at which the district name was used.
### When was Abbotsford-Mission first created?
The name Abbotsford-Mission was first used at the 39th general election on May 12, 2009, under the Electoral Districts Act (SBC 2008 c. 14), which set the number of districts at 85. Randy Hawes of the Liberal Party won it that year with 10,371 votes, 58.36%. Elections BC's volume for 2002 to 2013 prints the result.
### What district covered Mission before Abbotsford-Mission?
Mission was in Maple Ridge-Mission before 2009. Elections BC's volume for 1987 to 2001 first prints that name at the 37th general election on May 16, 2001. Randy Hawes of the Liberal Party won it in 2001 and 2005. Abbotsford-Mission has 21 voting areas that overlap with Maple Ridge-Mission, as it was from 2017 to 2024.
### How did the boundaries of Abbotsford-Mission change in 2023?
The Electoral Boundaries Commission's 2023 final report added more of central Mission and less of Abbotsford to Abbotsford-Mission. It moved the Sumas Mountain neighbourhood into Abbotsford South and placed Yennadon in Maple Ridge East. The commission counted 59,296 people in the district, which is 10.3% from the average district.
### How many people live in Abbotsford-Mission?
The 2021 census counted 59,370 people in Abbotsford-Mission, with a median age of 38.8 compared with 42.8 across British Columbia. English was the first language of 81.2% of residents and Punjabi of 6.9%. Immigrants made up 17.3% of the population, and the median household income was $107,000.
### Whose traditional territory is Abbotsford-Mission on?
Abbotsford-Mission lies in the Fraser Valley, which the Stó:lō Nation calls part of S'ólh Téméxw, its territory. The Sumas First Nation, the Semá:th people, says its territory lay between the Sumas and Vedder mountains. At Hatzic, Xá:ytem (Hatzic Rock) was designated a national historic site in 1992. Each Nation's own page, listed under sources, gives its own account.
### How did Mission get its name?
Mission is named for St. Mary's Mission, which Father Léon Fouquet of the Oblates of Mary Immaculate began on the Fraser River in 1861, according to the Mission Museum. Another religious settlement with a similar name stood in the Okanagan, so mail for this one was addressed to Mission City. Abbotsford-Mission takes in central Mission.
SOURCES
## Where this page comes from
Figures read Thursday, October 8, 2026
1. [2021 Census Profile for BC Provincial Electoral Districts (2023 Redistribution) (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/census-profiles-for-bc-provincial-electoral-districts)BC Stats, from Statistics Canada tabulations · read Thursday, October 8, 2026
2. [Provincial Voting Results (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/44914a35-de9a-4830-ac48-870001ef8935)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026
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4. [Voting area conversion table, 2017 to 2024 (opens in a new tab)](https://catalogue.data.gov.bc.ca/dataset/fb26db04-780c-4229-a147-da4fd5311d36)Elections BC · read Thursday, October 8, 2026
5. [Final report, April 3, 2023 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/BCEBC-Final-Report-April-3-2023.pdf)British Columbia Electoral Boundaries Commission · read Thursday, October 8, 2026
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9. [Electoral History of British Columbia, Supplement, 2002 to 2013 (opens in a new tab)](https://elections.bc.ca/docs/rpt/2002-2013-ElectionHistory.pdf)Elections BC · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
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12. [About (opens in a new tab)](https://www.stolonation.bc.ca/about)Stó:lō Nation · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
13. [Our Territory (opens in a new tab)](https://sumasfirstnation.com/about/our-territory/)Sumas First Nation (Semá:th) · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
14. [Our History and Culture (opens in a new tab)](https://sumasfirstnation.com/about/our-history-and-culture/)Sumas First Nation (Semá:th) · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
15. [Xá:ytem / Hatzic Rock National Historic Site of Canada (opens in a new tab)](https://www.historicplaces.ca/en/rep-reg/place-lieu.aspx?id=2256)Parks Canada, Canadian Register of Historic Places · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
16. [Mission, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/38229.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
17. [Matsqui, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/51409.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
18. [Abbotsford, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/752.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
19. [Clayburn, BC Geographical Names record (opens in a new tab)](https://apps.gov.bc.ca/pub/bcgnws/names/34972.html)BC Geographical Names Office · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
20. [The Arrival of the Oblates (opens in a new tab)](https://www.missionmuseum.com/local-history/the-arrival-of-the-oblates/)Mission Museum · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
21. [A Tale of Two Cities (opens in a new tab)](https://missionmuseum.com/local-history/a-tale-of-two-cities/)Mission Museum · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
22. [The Story of the Mission Bridge (opens in a new tab)](https://missionmuseum.com/local-history/the-story-of-the-mission-bridge/)Mission Museum · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
23. [Flood Disaster (opens in a new tab)](https://missionmuseum.com/local-history/flood-disaster/)Mission Museum · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
24. [Mission (opens in a new tab)](https://thecanadianencyclopedia.ca/en/article/mission)The Canadian Encyclopedia · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
25. [The Clayburn Village Museum (opens in a new tab)](https://www.clayburnvillage.com/about-4)Clayburn Village Community Society · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
26. [Clayburn Village Heritage Conservation Area (opens in a new tab)](https://historicplacesdays.ca/places/clayburn-village-heritage-conservation-area/)Historic Places Days · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
27. [Abbotsford's Clayburn Village: a short history on B.C.'s first company town (opens in a new tab)](https://www.abbynews.com/community/abbotsfords-clayburn-village-a-short-history-on-b-c-s-first-company-town/)Abbotsford News · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
28. [Our History (opens in a new tab)](https://westminsterabbey.ca/benedictine-monasticism/our-history/)Westminster Abbey · read Wednesday, October 7, 2026
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