Langley Township was BC’s second-fastest growing municipality last year

Langley is one of the fastest-growing communities in BC—and the entire country. So is Mission. Abbotsford, just next door, is very much not.

Last year, the combined populations of Fraser Valley’s five largest municipalities grew by more than 17,000.

With population growth rates near five per cent, the two Langleys along with Mission were among BC’s five fastest-growing cities between 2022 and 2023. But as they boomed, Abbotsford’s population only ticked slightly upwards. (Chilliwack grew slightly faster than the provincial average.)