Abbotsford
Abbotsford is a city of about 165,000 people in the Fraser Valley of British Columbia. With mountains visible in nearly every direction, it is in one of the most geographically stunning regions of British Columbia.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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- Type: City with 154,000 residents
- Description: city located in the Fraser Valley region of British Columbia, Canada
- Also known as: “Abbotsford, BC”, “Abbotsford, British Columbia”, “Abbottsford”, and “Abby”
- Neighbors: Chilliwack, Langley, Maple Ridge, and Mission
Places of Interest
Highlights include Gur Sikh Temple and Mill Lake.
Gur Sikh Temple
Museum
Photo: Jacobsimmonds, CC BY-SA 3.0.
The Gur Sikh Temple, in Abbotsford, British Columbia, is the oldest existing Sikh gurdwara in North America and a National Historic Site of Canada. It is the only gurdwara outside of India and Pakistan that is designated as national historic site.
Mill Lake
Lake
Mill Lake is a small lake in the city of Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada, located between the Trans-Canada Highway and South Fraser Way. It is the centrepiece of Mill Lake Park.
Columbia Bible College
College
Columbia Bible College is an evangelical Mennonite Bible College in Abbotsford, British Columbia, Canada. It is affiliated with two regional Mennonite conferences, British Columbia Mennonite Brethren and Mennonite Church British Columbia.
Abbotsford
- Categories: city in British Columbia, big city, human settlement, and locality
- Location: Abbotsford, Fraser Valley Regional District, British Columbia, Canada, North America
- View on OpenStreetMap
Latitude
49.0521° or 49° 3′ 8″ northLongitude
-122.3295° or 122° 19′ 46″ westPopulation
154,000Elevation
114 metres (374 feet)IATA airport code
YXXUnited Nations Location Code
CA ABBOpen location code
84XV3M2C+R6OpenStreetMap ID
node 52556180OpenStreetMap feature
place=cityGeoNames ID
5881791Wikidata ID
Q271730
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Satellite Map
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In Other Languages
From Afrikaans to Yue Chinese—“Abbotsford” goes by many names.
- Afrikaans: “Abbotsford”
- Arabic: “أبوتسفورد، كولومبيا البريطانية”
- Arabic: “أبوتسفورد”
- Asturian: “Abbotsford”
- Belarusian: “Абатсфард”
- Belarusian: “Эбатсфард”
- Bengali: “আবুটস ফোর্ড”
- Cebuano: “Abbotsford”
- Chinese: “亞博斯福”
- Chinese: “亞布斯佛”
- Chinese: “阿伯茨福”
- Chinese: “阿伯茨福德”
- Chinese: “阿波斯福”
- Czech: “Abbotsford”
- Danish: “Abbotsford”
- Dimli (individual language): “Abbotsford, Britanya”
- Dimli (individual language): “Abbotsford”
- Dutch: “Abbotsford”
- Egyptian Arabic: “ابوتسفورد, كولومبيا البريطانيه”
- Esperanto: “Abbotsford”
- Finnish: “Abbotsford”
- French: “Abbotsford”
- Galician: “Abbotsford”
- German: “Abbotsford”
- Greek: “Άμποτσφορντ”
- Gujarati: “ઍબોટ્સફોર્ડ”
- Hausa: “Abbotsford”
- Hebrew: “אבוטספורד”
- Hindi: “एबॉट्सफ़ोर्ड”
- Indonesian: “Abbotsford, British Columbia”
- Irish: “Abbotsford”
- Italian: “Abbotsford”
- Japanese: “アボッツフォード”
- Japanese: “アボットフォード”
- Japanese: “アボツフォード”
- Kalaallisut: “Abbotsford”
- Kannada: “ಅಬ್ಬಾಟ್ಸ್ಫೋರ್ಡ್”
- Korean: “아보츠포드”
- Korean: “애버츠퍼드”
- Korean: “애보츠포드”
- Kurdish: “Abbotsford”
- Latvian: “Abotsforda”
- Lithuanian: “Abbotsford”
- Lithuanian: “Abotsfordas”
- Malay: “Abbotsford”
- Malayalam: “ആബട്സ്ഫോർഡ്”
- Marathi: “अबोटसफोर्ड”
- Norwegian Bokmål: “Abbotsford”
- Norwegian: “Abbotsford”
- Persian: “ابوتسفورد، بریتیش کلمبیا”
- Polish: “Abbotsford”
- Portuguese: “Abbotsford”
- Russian: “Абботсфорд”
- Sardinian: “Abbotsford”
- Serbian: “Аботсфорд”
- Silesian: “Abbotsford”
- Sinhala: “ඇබට්ස්ෆෝර්ඩ්”
- Slovak: “Abbotsford”
- Slovenian: “Abbotsford”
- South Azerbaijani: “ابوتسفورد، بریتیش کولومبیا”
- Spanish: “Abbotsford (Columbia Británica)”
- Spanish: “Abbotsford”
- Swahili: “Abbotsford, British Kolumbia”
- Swedish: “Abbotsford, Kanada”
- Swedish: “Abbotsford”
- Tagalog: “Abbotsford, British Columbia”
- Tamil: “அபார்ட்ஸ்போர்ட்”
- Tatar: “Әботсфорд”
- Telugu: “అబోట్స్ఫోర్డ్”
- Thai: “อับบอทส์ฟอร์ด”
- Turkish: “Abbotsford, Britanya Kolumbiyası”
- Turkish: “Abbotsford, British Columbia”
- Turkish: “Abbotsford”
- Ukrainian: “Абботсфорд”
- Urdu: “ایبٹس فورڈ، برٹش کولمبیا”
- Venetian: “Abbotsford”
- Vietnamese: “Abbotsford”
- Volapük: “Abbotsford”
- Waray (Philippines): “Abbotsford, British Columbia”
- Western Panjabi: “ایباٹسفورڈ”
- Yue Chinese: “阿波斯福”
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