2233 Maple Ridge Rural

Community Health Service Areas (CHSAs) in British Columbia (B.C.) are administrative bounds nested within Local Health Areas (LHAs) as defined by the B.C. Ministry of Health. This CHSA health profile contains information about the community’s demographics, socio-economic and health/disease status as represented through various community health indicators. The purpose of CHSA health profiles is to help B.C.’s primary care network partners, public health professionals and community organizations better understand the health needs of a specific community and to provide evidence for service provisioning and prevention strategies.

Maple Ridge Rural (CHSA 2233) is 1,350 km² in size and is located in the northeastern side of Greater Vancouver, north of Highway 7. It is comprised of the neighbourhoods of Port Hammond, Albion, Whonnock, Ruskin, Websters Corners, Yennadon, and Silver Valley. It extends north to Mt Pitt and Garibaldi Provincial Park. Major establishments include the Ridge Meadows Hospital, Alouette River Correctional Centre, and Twin Maples Correctional Centre.^[1]