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Maple Ridge detached benchmark sits $621,600 below the Greater Vancouver figure
City & Neighbourhood Guides

Cost of Living in Maple Ridge: The 2026 Numbers

Prices, rent, property tax, utilities and the commute, for Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, including the reason the region says transport costs more here than housing.

Maple Ridge recorded 64.0 Criminal Code offences per 1,000 residents in 2024
City & Neighbourhood Guides

Is Maple Ridge Safe? What the Crime Numbers Actually Say

Maple Ridge recorded 64.0 offences per 1,000 residents in 2024 and Pitt Meadows 46.3. What that means, what changed when the detachment split, and the risks that actually matter.

Dark card reading 2018, the last year a credible Canadian best-places-to-live ranking was published
BC-Wide Guides

Best Places to Live in BC: Built From the Actual Data

Nobody has published a credible Canadian best-places ranking since 2018. So we built one from crime, jobs, healthcare, climate and living-wage data, and published the criteria.

Dark card reading 184,000 dollars, the typical assessed value of a house in Mackenzie BC on the 2026 roll
BC-Wide Guides

Most Affordable Places to Live in BC

Three BC communities still have typical house assessments under $300,000. Where they are, what rent costs, and what you actually give up to live there.