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Living in Maple Ridge

Maple Ridge is a city in Canada. The city covered 266.8 km² in 2021. Population density was 339.7 people per km² in 2021. Foreign-born residents accounted for 24.4% of the population in 2021. The unemployment rate was 6.7% in May 2021. For Maple Ridge, annual NO₂ was 6.67 µg/m³ in 2024.

Lower unemployment than 70% of Canadian cities that publish it and cleaner air than 87% of Canadian cities that publish it.

Which Canada-wide rules apply when you move to Maple Ridge?

National rules stay on the country page instead of being relabelled as city data.

Visa and entry rulesPassport-specific entry and national residence context.BenefitsCountry-wide eligibility and official application routes.Taxes in CanadaNational rates and thresholds that apply in Maple Ridge.Healthcare eligibilityCountry-wide insurance and residence conditions.

Housing and cost

22.5% of renter households spent at least 30% of income on housing in May 2021.

No city-level rent or cost figure is published for Maple Ridge yet. We do not infer one from another place.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Households spending over 30% of income on rent22.5 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population14Official
Dwellings34,254 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada7Official
G05 Main Residential Dwellings33,103 dwellings31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada8Official

Work and income

What is the unemployment rate in Maple Ridge?

The unemployment rate is 6.7 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population14

Unemployment across cities in CanadaUnemployment in Maple Ridge is 6.7%. Of 485 cities with data, 119 have unemployment of 6 to under 8%.
unemployment rate, % · measured cities in Canada per band1 city: 0% to under 2%10–210 cities: 2% to under 4%102–497 cities: 4% to under 6%974–6119 cities: 6% to under 8%1196–8Maple Ridge 6.7%103 cities: 8% to under 10%1038–1075 cities: 10% to under 12%7510–1251 cities: 12% to under 14%5112–1418 cities: 14% to under 16%1814–168 cities: 16% to under 18%816–181 city: 18% to under 20%118–202 cities: 20% to under 22%220–22

Unemployment rate (%)

MetricValuePeriodSource
Employment rate63 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada8Official
Median gross salary (regional)2,425 EUR/month31 Dec 2020www150.statcan.gc.ca17Official
Unemployment rate6.7 %country median 8.3%11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population14Official

Public employment service

No exact public employment office is currently linked to Maple Ridge. The verified national service may still offer online registration, job search or an official office finder.

Country-level information

Job Bank and public employment services — Public employment service

Government of Canada

Job SearchMigrant Support
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Country-level service information is not treated as proof of a physical office in Maple Ridge. Sources checked through 12 Aug 2026.

Mobility and administration

MetricValuePeriodSource
G09 Bicycle Commute Share Pct0.4 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population14Official
G09 Transit Commute Share Pct4.5 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population14Official
G09 Walk Commute Share Pct3.2 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population14Official
Destinations from nearest airport2 count13 Jun 2026OpenFlights — routes.dat5Official
Nearest airportYXX13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv6Official
Distance to nearest airport27.6 km13 Jun 2026OurAirports — airports.csv6Official

Language courses and integration

No exact city-level course record is currently published for Maple Ridge. These verified national programmes may still apply; use the official programme page to check local availability.

Country-level information

IRCC newcomer language-learning services finder — State Language Course

Immigration, Refugees and Citizenship Canada

For newcomers to Canada.

English, Frenchfree
Open official information
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National programme information is not treated as proof of a course location in Maple Ridge.

Climate and air quality

Annual PM2.5 was 2.69 µg/m³ in 2024.

Is the air quality good in Maple Ridge?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 2.7 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline.

Annual mean at the measuring site(s) serving the city; current-day readings differ.

  • PM2.5 — annual mean: 2.69 µg/m³ · Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.3
Air quality vs health guidelinesAnnual means against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limits
Maple Ridge annual air pollutant levels against WHO 2021 guidelines and EU legal limitsCity valueWHO guidelineEU limit5252.7PM2.515408.0PM1010406.7NO₂µg/m³

City values from the published air-quality observations. WHO 2021 guidelines and EU limit values are published constants.

PM2.5 across cities in CanadaAnnual PM2.5 in Maple Ridge is 2.7 µg/m³. Of 92 cities with data, 33 have annual PM2.5 of 3 to under 4 µg/m³.
annual PM2.5, µg/m³ · measured cities in Canada per band2 cities: 1 µg/m³ to under 2 µg/m³21–216 cities: 2 µg/m³ to under 3 µg/m³162–3Maple Ridge 2.733 cities: 3 µg/m³ to under 4 µg/m³333–413 cities: 4 µg/m³ to under 5 µg/m³134–512 cities: 5 µg/m³ to under 6 µg/m³125–61 city: 6 µg/m³ to under 7 µg/m³16–71 city: 7 µg/m³ to under 8 µg/m³17–81 city: 8 µg/m³ to under 9 µg/m³18–92 cities: 9 µg/m³ to under 10 µg/m³29–102 cities: 10 µg/m³ to under 11 µg/m³210–111 city: 13 µg/m³ to under 14 µg/m³113–142 cities: 15 µg/m³ to under 16 µg/m³215–163 cities: 16 µg/m³ to under 17 µg/m³316–171 city: 17 µg/m³ to under 18 µg/m³117–181 city: 20 µg/m³ to under 21 µg/m³120–211 city: 40 µg/m³ to under 41 µg/m³140–41

Annual PM2.5 (µg/m³)

MetricValuePeriodSource
NO₂ — annual mean6.67 µg/m³country median 6.92024Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 station DMean observation retained at source grain; no place value is asserted because the approved 25 km observation condition is not met.4Official
PM10 — annual mean8 µg/m³country median 10.52024Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.2Official
PM2.5 — annual mean2.69 µg/m³country median 3.72024Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate.3Official
Climate Monthly Extreme High CJan 14.83 · Feb 17.56 · Mar 19.74 · Apr 26.83 · May 32.15 · Jun 33.79 · Jul 37.3 · Aug 36.04 · Sep 35.26 · Oct 24.96 · Nov 19.04 · Dec 14.27 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center1Official
Climate Monthly Extreme Low CJan -16.97 · Feb -13.8 · Mar -10.7 · Apr -3.3 · May 1.12 · Jun 4.44 · Jul 7.51 · Aug 7.22 · Sep 2.77 · Oct -3.19 · Nov -16.46 · Dec -17.55 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center1Official
Average temperature by monthJan 2.54 · Feb 2.98 · Mar 5.36 · Apr 8.32 · May 12.48 · Jun 14.88 · Jul 17.84 · Aug 17.93 · Sep 14.87 · Oct 9.94 · Nov 5.28 · Dec 1.98 °C31 Dec 2001NASA POWER / NASA Langley Research Center1Official

Cities of a similar size in Canada

Closest published populations, for a like-for-like comparison.

All Canada cities
Brossard91,525 residentsChilliwack93,203 residentsNewmarket87,942 residentsRepentigny86,100 residentsSaint-Jean-sur-Richelieu97,873 residentsKamloops97,902 residents

Population and city profile

How many people live in Maple Ridge?

The published population was 90,990 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Maple Ridge (Census subdivision 5915075)12

Who lives hereResidents by nationality, % of population
Maple Ridge residents by nationalityBy nationalityNational passport94.1%Foreign residents 5.9%

Calculated from the population and foreign-resident facts on this page.

MetricValuePeriodSource
Area267.8 km²31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada8Official
City area266.8 km²2021Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021 (Maple Ridge, CSD 5915075)11Official
Foreign-resident share22.51 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada9Official
Foreign residents5,375 people11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign_population_total; it is not immigrant status.13Official
Population density339.7 people/km²11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 6: population density per square kilometre at CSD grain. This is the exact CSD value; it is not a CMA or province observation.13Official
Population90,990 people1 Jan 2021Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Maple Ridge (Census subdivision 5915075)12Official
Population over time22 published observations, 2001–2022
Population in Maple Ridge by year, residents63,40075,20787,01498,8212001200520092015202296,378residents

Population rose 46.4% between 2001 and 2022, from 65,843 to 96,378.

International community in Maple Ridge

Named groups from exact city-grain official distributions. Citizenship, birthplace, language and ancestry answer different questions and stay separate.

Country of birth

Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data20,235100.0%
Asia9,58047.3%
Europe6,94534.3%
United Kingdom2,57012.7%
Americas2,12010.5%
Philippines2,0009.9%
India1,6158.0%
China1,4107.0%
Africa1,0655.3%
Iran9954.9%
Other places of birth in Asia9604.7%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Other places of birth in Europe9104.5%
Korea, South8604.3%
United States of America7353.6%
Germany5552.7%
Oceania and other places of birth5202.6%
Poland5152.5%
Romania5002.5%
Russian Federation4402.2%
South Africa, Republic of4402.2%
Other places of birth in Americas4302.1%
Afghanistan3801.9%
Netherlands3451.7%
Other places of birth in Africa3401.7%
Hong Kong3151.6%
Viet Nam2551.3%
Mexico2451.2%
Taiwan2251.1%
Italy2051.0%
El Salvador2001.0%
Portugal1650.8%
Pakistan1650.8%
Croatia1550.8%
Ukraine1550.8%
Brazil1400.7%
Hungary1200.6%
Bosnia and Herzegovina1150.6%
Colombia1100.5%
Iraq1050.5%
Egypt1000.5%
Nigeria1000.5%
Trinidad and Tobago900.4%
Serbia900.4%
Sri Lanka900.4%
Jamaica850.4%
Lebanon800.4%
France600.3%
Peru500.2%
Turkey500.2%
Syria450.2%
Greece400.2%
Guyana350.2%
Bangladesh350.2%
Morocco250.1%
Congo, Democratic Republic of the200.1%
Algeria150.1%
Ethiopia150.1%
Eritrea100.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15

Citizenship

Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data · 2021 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total - Citizenship for the population in private households - 25% sample data89,865100.0%
Canadian citizens84,49094.0%
Canadian citizens aged 18 and over65,93573.4%
Canadian citizens aged under 1818,55020.6%
Not Canadian citizens5,3756.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15

Language spoken at home

Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data · 2021 Census

Published groupPeopleShare
Total - Language spoken most often at home for the total population excluding institutional residents - 100% data89,970100.0%
Single responses87,49097.2%
Official languages79,18088.0%
English78,96087.8%
Non-official languages8,3059.2%
Non-Indigenous languages8,2959.2%
Indo-European languages4,4054.9%
Multiple responses2,4852.8%
Indo-Iranian languages2,3402.6%
English and non-official language(s)2,2702.5%
Sino-Tibetan languages1,5951.8%
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Published groupPeopleShare
Chinese languages1,5951.8%
Indo-Aryan languages1,4051.6%
Mandarin1,1701.3%
Punjabi (Panjabi)9551.1%
Balto-Slavic languages9501.1%
Slavic languages9451.1%
Iranian languages9351.0%
Italic (Romance) languages9101.0%
Persian languages8751.0%
Korean7400.8%
Austronesian languages7300.8%
Tagalog (Pilipino, Filipino)6400.7%
Iranian Persian6200.7%
Spanish4950.6%
Russian4800.5%
Yue (Cantonese)3750.4%
Romanian2400.3%
Afro-Asiatic languages2250.3%
Semitic languages2250.3%
French2200.2%
Polish2100.2%
Austro-Asiatic languages2000.2%
Arabic1950.2%
Vietnamese1850.2%
Dari1850.2%
Hindi1800.2%
Germanic languages1600.2%
Urdu1550.2%
Portuguese1400.2%
Serbo-Croatian1350.2%
English and French1000.1%
Uralic languages950.1%
Multiple non-official languages850.1%
Dravidian languages800.1%
Low Saxon-Low Franconian languages800.1%
Hungarian750.1%
Japanese750.1%
Persian (Farsi), n.o.s.700.1%
Afrikaans650.1%
High German languages600.1%
German600.1%
Nepali500.1%
Bosnian450.1%
Croatian450.1%
Serbian450.1%
Gujarati450.1%
Kurdish450.1%
Sign languages400.0%
Turkic languages400.0%
Telugu400.0%
Italian400.0%
Cebuano350.0%
Slovak350.0%
Ukrainian350.0%
American Sign Language300.0%
Min Nan (Chaochow, Teochow, Fukien, Taiwanese)300.0%
Turkish300.0%
Greek300.0%
Malayalam250.0%
Hmong-Mien languages250.0%
Bulgarian250.0%
Czech250.0%
Austronesian languages, n.i.e.200.0%
Tamil200.0%
Niger-Congo languages200.0%
Chinese, n.o.s.150.0%
Finnish150.0%
French and non-official language(s)150.0%
English, French and non-official language(s)150.0%
Hebrew150.0%
Khmer (Cambodian)150.0%
Hiligaynon150.0%
Dutch150.0%
Sinhala (Sinhalese)150.0%
Yoruba100.0%
Sign languages, n.i.e.100.0%
Tai-Kadai languages100.0%
Thai100.0%
Ilocano100.0%
Armenian100.0%
Scandinavian languages100.0%
Bengali100.0%
Pashto100.0%
Tibeto-Burman languages50.0%
Karenic languages50.0%
S'gaw Karen50.0%
Azerbaijani50.0%
Berber languages50.0%
Kabyle50.0%
Aramaic languages50.0%
Assyrian Neo-Aramaic50.0%
Tigrigna50.0%
Indonesian50.0%
Georgian50.0%
Baltic languages50.0%
Lithuanian50.0%
Norwegian50.0%
Swedish50.0%

Largest published groups; zero-count groups are omitted. Dimensions are source-native and are never merged. Official source15

Is Maple Ridge a good place to live?

There is no universal answer. The profile scores below show who the available published evidence may suit; they are a decision aid, not a personal recommendation.

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Remote worker49%strong on work, weak on safety · range 40–58%
Skilled employee51%strong on work, weak on safety · range 43–59%
Student45%strong on cost, weak on safety · range 37–53%
Family42%strong on housing, weak on safety · range 33–51%
Retirement57%strong on air quality, weak on admin · range 46–68%
Foreign residents5,375 people11 May 2021Official source · Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign_population_total; it is not immigrant status.
Population90,990 people1 Jan 2021Official source · Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Maple Ridge (Census subdivision 5915075)
Households spending over 30% of income on rent22.5 %11 May 2021Official source · Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population
Dwellings34,254 dwellings31 Dec 2021Official source · Statistics Canada
Employment rate63 %31 Dec 2021Official source · Statistics Canada
Median gross salary (regional)2,425 EUR/month31 Dec 2020Official source · www150.statcan.gc.ca
Every value keeps its source, geographic scope and verification date · Last checked 2026-09-03

Additional context

MetricValuePeriodSource
Residents born abroad24.4 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population14Official
G07 Bachelors Or Higher Share Pct19 %11 May 2021Statistics Canada Table 98-10-0387-04: highest certificate, diploma or degree16Official
Households33,105 households31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada8Official
Labour force participation rate67.6 %31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada8Official
Median age41.2 years31 Dec 2021Statistics Canada10Official

Yes — migrants can receive medical care in Maple Ridge when the national insurance or residence conditions are met.

Healthcare access follows the country-wide insurance rules; local capacity facts remain city data and are not used as proof of eligibility.

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Country rule verified 2026-08-03.

Common questions

Answered from the published values on this page, each with its source and date.

How many people live in Maple Ridge?

The published population was 90,990 people in 2021. Source: Statistics Canada — Census Profile 2021, Maple Ridge (Census subdivision 5915075).

Is the air quality good in Maple Ridge?

The annual PM2.5 mean is about 2.7 µg/m³ (2024) — within the WHO 2021 guideline. Source: Official ECCC/NAPS 2024 annual daily-mean station observations, reproducibly aggregated as an arithmetic mean for eligible stations within 25 km of the target city coordinate. This is a derived place observation, not an asserted municipal monitor aggregate..

What is the unemployment rate in Maple Ridge?

The unemployment rate is 6.7 % (May 2021). Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile downloads, 2021 Census of Population.

What is the typical salary around Maple Ridge?

The median gross salary is 2,425 EUR/month. Source: www150.statcan.gc.ca.

How many foreign residents live in Maple Ridge?

5,375 people residents hold a foreign nationality. Source: Statistics Canada Census Profile 2021 characteristic 1512: not Canadian citizens, population in private households, 25% sample data, at CSD grain. This is the exact foreign-citizenship interpretation used for foreign_population_total; it is not immigrant status..

Is Maple Ridge a good place to live?

Maple Ridge may suit different people for different reasons. The page's profile scores compare published cost, work, housing, safety, healthcare and other available factors; they are a decision aid, not a universal recommendation.

How many people born in Total - Place of birth for the immigrant population in private households - 25% sample data live in Maple Ridge?

The official country of birth distribution records 20,235 people (100.0%) in the source-defined population for 2021 Census. This is a country of birth measure, not a general estimate of ethnicity or migration status.

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