BC Stats believes Abbotsford’s population grew by another 1.9 per cent between July 2018 and July 2019. Abbotsford is a city located in British Columbia, adjacent to the Canada–United States border, Greater Vancouver and the Fraser River. The Abbotsford flag and coat of arms are the same, featuring straight, diagonal crosses representing Abbotsford as at a "crossroads". In September 1984 Pope John Paul II held an open-air Mass for over 200,000 people at the Abbotsford International Airport.[18]. [4] With an estimated population of 141,397 people[2] it is the largest municipality in the province outside Metro Vancouver. This riding has elected the following Members of Parliament: Abbotsford's MP is Ed Fast. Canada’s population topped 38 million people as of July this year, according to data released by Statistics Canada Tuesday (Sept. 29). [37] The next largest ethnic group in Abbotsford is South Asian (countries of India, Pakistan, Bangladesh, Nepal, Bhutan, Maldives and Sri Lanka) comprising 21.7% of the population. It is one of the largest cities in British Columbia, and it is the largest by population throughout the Fraser Valley Regional District. Name Province(s) Population Estimate 1997-07-01 Population Estimate 2002-07-01 Population Estimate 2007-07-01 Population Estimate 2012-07-01 Population Estimate 2017-07-01 Population Estimate 2019-07-01 ; Abbotsford - Mission: British Columbia: … In 2019 2020, the population of the city of Abbotsford, Canada is - 123 864 people. [55][56][57][58] Home games were played at the Abbotsford Entertainment & Sports Centre. Instead of seeing moderate population growth in recent years, as BC Stats previously estimated, new figures suggest that Abbotsford was one of the fastest-growing cities in all of B.C. The reason for the disparity is in large part because of a change in who estimates population growth in B.C. From 1991 to the year 2001 there was a 51% population increment. So, the population of Abbotsford in 2019 according to estimates = 147,043.2. Faster growth also means that the goals and plans envisioned in Abbotsford’s Official Community Plan – which envisions a community of 200,000 people – may need to be accelerated. [5] Abbotsford-Mission has the third highest proportion of visible minorities among census metropolitan areas in Canada, after the Greater Toronto Area and the Greater Vancouver CMA. [35] In 2016, the City of Abbotsford had 35,310 South Asians, while the Abbotsford CMA had 38,250. The British Columbia Electric Railway (BCER) arrived in 1910. CDC releases Thanksgiving, Halloween tips for COVID-safe fall celebrations, Health officials ‘steering in uncertain waters’ in tackling 2nd wave of COVID-19: Tam, Abbotsford educator receives Prime Minister’s Award for Teaching Excellence. The Museum also has a gallery that features the work of local Mennonite artists, a coffee shop serving traditional Mennonite foods, a bookstore, and a replica traditional Mennonite housebarn that includes a permanent exhibit focusing on Mennonites and agriculture. The city's population is diverse in religion, with approximately 64% following the Christian faith, and about 13.4% following Sikh.