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Mission is a city in the Lower Mainland of the province of British Columbia, Canada.It was originally incorporated as a district municipality in 1892, growing to include additional villages and rural areas over the years, adding the original Town of Mission City, long an independent core of the region, in 1969.
Victoria is the capital city of British Columbia. As of 2024, British Columbia has 161 municipalities, [1] out of which 53 are classified as cities. [2] According to the 2021 Canadian census, British Columbia is the third most populous province in Canada, with 5,000,879 inhabitants, and the second largest province by land area, covering 920,686.55 square kilometres (355,479.06 square miles).
Hatzic is the location of two very important historical sites in British Columbia, the mission school of the Oblate Fathers (OMI), St. Mary's Indian Residential School, the name sake of the City of Mission, and Xá:ytem, an archaeological site and museum dating back over 9,000 years.
Full list of Mowachath/Muchalaht reserves: 0: Ahous 16: Ahousaht First Nation: Nuu-chah-nulth Tribal Council: Nuu-chah-nulth: Vargas Island, Clayoquot Sound: Full list of Ahousaht First Nation reserves: 622: Aitchelitch 9: Aitchelitz First Nation: Sto:lo Nation: Sto:lo: Chilliwack: Full list of Aitchelitz reserves: 15: Alert Bay 1: Namgis First ...
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In 1951, Langley, BC became the new host of the Strawberry Festival after the decline of berry farming and the increase in employment in the forestry industry in the Mission area. [ 4 ] The organization operated under the name of the Mission City and District Board of Trade until 1961 when its name was changed to the Mission City and District ...
Mission – The City of Mission was classified as a district municipality prior to March 29, 2021. [ 20 ] Penticton – Penticton held the district municipality classification from incorporation on January 1, 1909 to reclassification as a city on May 10, 1948.
Regional districts came into being via an order of government in 1965 with the enactment of amendments to the Municipal Act. [1] Until the creation of regional districts, the only local form of government in British Columbia were incorporated municipalities, and services in areas outside municipal boundaries had to be sought from the province or through improvement districts.