Hope Real Estate Guide

Updated · By Jared Gibbons, REALTOR®

Quick facts · Hope

Typical sale price
Houses $700,250Acreages $915,000Manufactured homes $170,000
Sold, Nov 2025 to Oct 2026
40 houses, 9 manufactured homes, 5 acreages, 4 lots, 3 townhomes

Median prices from closed MLS® sales (Paragon).

On this page (12 sections)

Hope is a district municipality in the Fraser Valley Regional District at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers, at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley where the Fraser Canyon begins. Its named areas are the townsite grid (Wallace Street downtown spine, Park Street, 7th Avenue), Silver Creek (west), Kawkawa Lake (east), and Flood/Laidlaw (west fringe, where most manufactured-home parks line Flood-Hope Road).

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Hope real estate: your questions answered

Can I buy a condo in Hope?

There is no known apartment-condo building to buy into. Hope's owned strata stock is two townhouse complexes (Riverwynd Estates, Dogwood Place) and one low-rise complex (Timberlane) whose own listings disagree about whether it is townhouse or apartment product — an ownership-minded buyer here is shopping townhouses, ranchers and houses, not apartment condos.

Is Timberlane a condo building or townhouses?

One current listing calls a unit Row / Townhouse (built 1994); another calls a unit Apartment/Condo (built 1995) while describing the complex as a townhouse. Settle it from the strata plan and Form B for the specific unit before writing.

How do the seniors manufactured-home parks work — do I own anything?

You own the home and rent the pad. Lismore (87 pads) is called a "Senior's mobile home park" and Windmill (13 pads) "for seniors" in the FVRD inventory, but neither source states the exact age — get the park rules in writing before buying a home in either. Pad rent increases are capped under the MHPTA (2026: 2.3% + proportional; 2027: 2.2% + proportional).

What are Hope homes worth / how is the market?

The micro-markets — townsite, Silver Creek, Kawkawa Lake, Flood/Laidlaw acreages — price and appraise differently; do not blend comparables across them.

Is flooding a real issue for a Hope townhouse?

Parts of the District are Fraser/Coquihalla floodplain, the Fraser's design flood is measured at the Hope gauge, updated provincial floodplain maps for this reach were released in June 2026, and builds/additions in hazard areas need a Flood and Erosion Hazards Development Permit with a qualified-professional report. Check the specific parcel against the maps before writing.

Is there an acreage subdivision to buy into in Hope?

No — no named acreage subdivision, bare-land strata acreage community or presale lot offering is known. Land trades parcel by parcel: townsite lots, larger semi-rural Silver Creek and fringe parcels, and Kawkawa Lake recreational properties — and those micro-markets are never blended for pricing.

Is flooding a real issue for a Hope parcel?

Yes, parcel by parcel. The Fraser's design flood is the 1894 event measured at the Hope gauge, new provincial floodplain maps for this reach were released June 2026, and construction in hazard areas needs a Flood and Erosion Hazards Development Permit with a qualified-professional report — a dike nearby (River Parade, Glenhalla) does not remove the permit step.

Can a townsite lot add units under the new rules?

The 2024 SSMUH amendments allow 3 units on parcels under 280 m² and 4 on larger parcels in former 1–2-unit zones — gentle density on serviced lots, not an acreage-subdivision route. On ALR land the ALC rules govern instead.

Is there any half duplex for sale in Hope?

What trades here is predominantly freehold detached houses; a duplex on a single lot sells whole.

A listing calls a Hope home a duplex — can I buy one side?

Only if a strata plan or a subdivided lot gives that side its own title. Without one there is no separate half to buy.

Can a Hope lot take 3–4 units now?

Per the District's Housing Needs Report as cited, the 2024 SSMUH amendments allow 3 units on parcels under 280 m² and 4 on larger parcels in former 1–2-unit zones — confirm the lot's zone and flood status before pricing on it.

Is flooding a real issue for a Hope duplex?

Parts of the District are Fraser/Coquihalla floodplain; updated provincial floodplain maps for this reach were released June 2026, the design flood is measured at the Hope gauge, and hazard-area construction needs a District Flood and Erosion Hazards Development Permit with a QP report — a dike nearby does not remove the permit step.

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Condo buildings in Hope

Hope is the District of Hope, a district municipality in the Fraser Valley Regional District — CADREB (Chilliwack and District) board territory with its own MLS area name, "Hope & Area." Chilliwack-board figures do not apply here, and Hope has no SnapStats coverage.

Streets, schools and transit near Hope condos

  • Hope is a district municipality in the Fraser Valley Regional District at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers, at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley where the Fraser Canyon begins. Its named areas are the townsite grid (Wallace Street downtown spine, Park Street, 7th Avenue), Silver Creek (west), Kawkawa Lake (east), and Flood/Laidlaw (west fringe, where most manufactured-home parks line Flood-Hope Road).
  • Where condo stock concentrates: it barely exists to concentrate. Hope's strata stock is three named complexes — one form-conflicted low-rise on Scott Drive and two townhouse complexes on Douglas Street and 7th Avenue — inside a housing market the District's own numbers describe as mostly single-family: permits from 2021 to October 2024 were mostly single-family dwellings (70 units) plus suites (22). The townsite core around Wallace Street holds what apartment and townhouse product exists; Silver Creek is rancher-style family homes and Kawkawa Lake is recreational properties.
  • Population context (2021 Census): 6,686 people (+8.2% from 6,181 in 2016), 3,243 total private dwellings, 2,939 occupied by usual residents, median age 54.8 — an older-than-average town, which is why its rental and care ladder is as large as it is relative to its size.
  • Schools (SD78 Fraser-Cascade): Coquihalla Elementary (K–6, 455 6th Ave, ~350 students) takes the old Town of Hope, east to Sumallo Lodge including Kawkawa Lake/Othello, west to Ruby Creek, plus Spuzzum and Yale; Silver Creek Elementary (K–7) takes Silver Creek and west of it; Hope Secondary School (Gr. 7–12, 444 Stuart St) takes all Grade 7–12 students west to Ruby Creek and up the Fraser Canyon to China Bar — one secondary school for the whole area. Two Rivers Education Centre alternate.
  • Services and transit: Fraser Canyon Hospital, 1275 7th Ave, is a 10-bed Fraser Health community hospital with 24/7 emergency stabilization and care, transferring complex cases to Abbotsford Regional Hospital or Royal Columbian Hospital. The Hope & Area Recreation Centre (1005 6th Ave — arena, Dan Sharrers Aquatic Centre, fitness facilities) is managed by the FVRD. Transit is thin: BC Transit Route 72 connects Hope and Agassiz via Highway 7, with onward connections to Chilliwack via Route 71; the FVRD administers the routes and service is a few trips daily.

Local rules that affect condo buyers in Hope

  • District plans and zoning (District sources only): the current Official Community Plan is OCP Bylaw 1617, 2025, adopted February 9, 2026, updated together with the Zoning Bylaw to meet current provincial housing requirements. The governing zoning bylaw is District of Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 1324, 2012 (consolidated to March 20, 2025); its amendment list includes Bylaw 1580, 2024 (Small Scale Multi-Unit Housing, RS-1 zone, adopted June 10, 2024).
  • Suite / SSMUH rules: the District's Interim Housing Needs Report (Nov 2024) records that the 2024 SSMUH amendments allow 3 units on parcels under 280 m² and 4 on larger parcels in former 1–2-unit zones, against a calculated 20-year housing need of 2,123 units.
  • Short-term rentals: Zoning Amendment Bylaw No. 1603, 2025 (adopted September 8, 2025) made short-term rentals a permitted use in designated zones in Hope, and Council voted to opt in to the provincial registry and require a District business licence as of January 1, 2026 — stated here from a secondary summary of the District's bylaws and minutes; confirm the current District guide before relying on fee figures.
  • Flood rules are a building rule here, not background: the Fraser River's design flood profile is anchored to the Hope gauging station (the 1894 flood, treated as roughly a 500-year event), and new provincial floodplain maps covering the Coquihalla and Fraser rivers from Yale to Mission were released in June 2026. Construction in hazard areas needs a Flood and Erosion Hazards Development Permit — Council (Jan. 13, 2025) approved one for an addition conditional on a satisfactory qualified-professional report — and the District administers the Coquihalla River dikes (River Parade Flood Protection, 0.93 km; Glenhalla Subdivision, 1.01 km).
  • The District's tax-rates page records that BC Assessment notices go out each January (value as of July 1 the prior year) and rates must be set before May 15; the 2025 Annual Tax Rate Bylaw is No. 1601, 2025. No other town's scheme is imported (not Mission's, not Chilliwack's).

Good to know about Hope condos

  • Hope got a brand-new OCP in 2026. Official Community Plan Bylaw 1617, 2025 was adopted February 9, 2026, with a companion zoning update — and the District's housing-needs math behind it calculates a 20-year need of 2,123 units, mostly from anticipated growth, in a town that built 70 single-family homes and 22 suites in 2021–Oct 2024.
  • Park Street Manor turned 50 in 2025. The Hope Standard's July 18, 2025 report marks the manor's 50th anniversary (founded 1975, a Society/provincial/federal partnership) — the town's seniors-housing backbone predates most of its housing stock discussions.
  • The seniors buildings cluster because the hospital campus anchors them. Fraser Hope Lodge, the Hope Hospice Residence and Fraser Canyon Hospital all sit at 1275 7th Ave, and the Park Street buildings are a few blocks away — Hope's care geography is one walkable townsite node, not scattered sites.
  • The 2020 inventory is the last full count — treat its numbers as dated. The FVRD's District of Hope inventory (October 2020) is the source behind most unit counts in (Stalo 16, Park Street Manor 21, Riverside 30, Fraser Hope Lodge 50 beds); the Riverstone was still a "proposed" project in it and opened in 2021, which shows how fast a 2020 snapshot ages.
  • The Othello Tunnels are reopening in phases — check before quoting them. Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park was damaged at 30+ sites in the November 2021 atmospheric river; phase 1 reopened mid-July 2024 to the end of the second tunnel, the northern portion reopened June 27, 2025 with access to three of five tunnels, and the rest was expected to finish before a spring 2026 full reopening — check the park page for live status.
  • Hope's median age explains its market (2021 Census): 54.8 years, in a population of 6,686 — yet all of its purpose-built seniors supply is rental or care, so an ownership-minded downsizer is competing for ordinary ranchers and townhomes, not a 55+ product.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC condo buying rules.

Sources for the condo notes on Hope

Townhome complexes in Hope

Riverwynd Estates — 1175 7th Avenue. Strata townhouse — counted

Name, form and tenure: the developer-era launch advertising (Chilliwack Progress Real Estate Review, 2008) describes "a collection of 32 exclusive town homes" at 1175-7th Ave., Hope — 32 units on that developer source; current listings record units as Sub-Type Row / Townhouse, 3-bedroom townhomes built 2010, and one current listing feed records the same unit's Sub-Type as Strata — townhouse form and strata tenure on citable listing/developer sources (fresh check, Nov 2, 2026).

Dogwood Place — 659 Douglas Street. Strata townhouse — counted, on the basis stated

Name and form verified fresh on a current listing (and re-checked Nov 2, 2026): a unit records Sub-Type Townhouse, a 2-storey rancher/bungalow-style unit with a single garage, built 1997, with a Maintenance Grounds amenity.

Timberlane — 1275 Scott Drive.

One current listing records a unit as Sub-Type Row / Townhouse, built 1994, describing a ground-floor corner unit with pets and rentals allowed and low strata fees (gas included); another records a unit as Sub-Type Apartment/Condo, built 1995, describing the same complex in townhouse terms ("this amazing townhouse").

Streets, schools and transit near Hope townhomes

  • The District of Hope is a district municipality in the Fraser Valley Regional District, at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers, at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley where the Fraser Canyon begins. Its communities include the townsite, Silver Creek, Flood, Kawkawa Lake and Othello. Hope is the junction where the Trans-Canada Highway meets the Fraser Canyon and where Highway 7 (Lougheed) ends; Highway 3 (Hope-Princeton) and Highway 5 (Coquihalla) also branch from Hope.
  • Board ground: Hope is a CADREB (Chilliwack and District) board community with its own MLS area name, "Hope & Area." CADREB publishes no area statistics and there is no SnapStats coverage — no Hope row exists in the SnapStats FVR September 2026 report.
  • Housing shape: predominantly freehold detached — post-war and 1970s–90s stock in the townsite grid, rancher-style homes in Silver Creek, recreational properties around Kawkawa Lake — with strata a minority share near the core, and manufactured homes in parks on the District's fringe. The District's Interim Housing Needs Report (Nov. 2024) records permits 2021–Oct. 2024 as mostly single-family dwellings (70 units) plus suites (22), and a calculated 20-year need of 2,123 units.
  • Recent build mix and the 2024 SSMUH amendments (3 units on parcels under 280 m², 4 on larger parcels in former 1–2-unit zones) are the District's gentle-density route, not new townhouse complexes.
  • Schools (SD78 Fraser-Cascade): Coquihalla Elementary (K–6), 455 6th Ave, approximately 350 students; Silver Creek Elementary (K–7) in Silver Creek; Hope Secondary School (Gr. 7–12), 444 Stuart St; Two Rivers Education Centre alternate (Gr. 7–12 students west to Ruby Creek and up the Fraser Canyon to China Bar; Silver Creek's catchment is the Silver Creek area and west of Silver Creek. School names are the Ministry/SD78-listed names.
  • Transit: BC Transit Route 72 (Hope) connects Hope and Agassiz via Highway 7, with connections onward to Chilliwack via Route 71; the FVRD administers the routes. Service is limited (few trips daily) — Hope is a driving community; schedules must be checked per trip.
  • Recreation and health: the Hope & Area Recreation Centre (1005 6th Ave — arena, Dan Sharrers Aquatic Centre, fitness facilities) is managed by the FVRD; Kawkawa Lake, Memorial Park and the Coquihalla Canyon (Othello Tunnels) trail networks are the signature outdoor assets — the tunnels park is being restored in phases after the November 2021 atmospheric river (northern portion reopened June 27, 2025 with access to three of five tunnels; check the BC Parks page for live status). Fraser Canyon Hospital, 1275 7th Ave (Fraser Health), is a 10-bed community hospital with 24/7 emergency stabilization and care.
  • Nearby areas: Silver Creek and Flood (within the District), Yale, Laidlaw, Agassiz west via Highway 7, Chilliwack west via Highway 1, Boston Bar north up the Fraser Canyon.

Local rules that affect townhome buyers in Hope

  • Form B diligence (the counted stratas): Strata Property Act s. 59 — the Form B states the lot's monthly strata fees, amounts owing, approved special levies still payable, the CRF balance and an insurance summary, with the rules, current budget, any Rental Disclosure Statement and the most recent depreciation report attached; provided within 7 days, maximum $35 plus up to 25 cents per page.
  • District plan and zoning: the current plan is Official Community Plan Bylaw 1617, 2025, adopted February 9, 2026, with a companion updated Zoning Bylaw; the OCP and Zoning Bylaw were updated together to meet current provincial housing requirements, and the 2024 SSMUH amendments allow 3 units on parcels under 280 m² and 4 on larger parcels in former 1–2-unit zones.
  • Flood — the District's first diligence item: the Province's design flood profile for the Fraser River is anchored to the Hope gauging station (the 1894 flood is the design event, treated in updated frequency analysis as roughly a 500-year event), and new provincial floodplain maps covering the Coquihalla and Fraser rivers from Yale to Mission were released in June 2026. The District administers Coquihalla River dikes — River Parade Flood Protection (0.93 km) and Glenhalla Subdivision (1.01 km), both regulated — and construction in hazard areas needs a Flood and Erosion Hazards Development Permit with a satisfactory qualified-professional report (the route Council applied Jan. 13, 2025 at 62180 Delair Road). Pull the parcel's flood status before pricing or writing — a dike nearby does not remove the permit step.
  • Tax and levy notes: District of Hope municipal taxes plus FVRD levies (recreation is an FVRD service here); the Annual Tax Rate Bylaw for 2025 is No. 1601, 2025, and Council's finance report (April 28, 2025) finalized the 2025 increase at 2.81% for items the District taxes directly. Utility fees (water/sewer/solid waste) ride on the tax notice, with 5% + 5% late penalties under Utility Bylaw No. 1153 — a utility-bylaw penalty, not a municipal tax-penalty scheme.

Good to know about Hope townhomes

  • Hope is the reference point for Lower Mainland flood planning. The Fraser River's design flood profile is anchored to the Hope gauging station and the 1894 flood is the design event — a Hope buyer is buying inside the measurement system every downstream dike is judged against, which is why the June 2026 provincial floodplain maps for Yale-to-Mission matter here first.
  • The town's largest apartment building cannot be bought. The Riverstone's 37 apartment units plus eight townhouses are all rent-geared-to-income homes (opened July 2, 2021) — Hope's apartment shelf looks bigger in a building count than it is in a buyer count.
  • Hope's OCP is brand new and already the second plan in two years' conversation. OCP Bylaw 1617, 2025 was adopted February 9, 2026, with a companion Zoning Bylaw and SSMUH rules (3 units under 280 m² lots, 4 on larger) — the gentle-density stock of the next decade here is suites and small multiplexes, not new townhouse complexes.
  • The tunnels are a phased reopening, not a finished one. Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park lost 30+ sites and all five Othello Tunnels in November 2021; the northern portion reopened June 27, 2025 reaching three of five tunnels, with the balance expected before a spring 2026 full reopening — check the park page live before quoting trail access in a listing.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC townhome buying rules.

Sources for the townhome notes on Hope

Lots and land in Hope

What trades here

  • What land actually trades here: townsite lots are small-to-standard urban lots; Silver Creek and fringe properties run larger, semi-rural; Kawkawa Lake carries recreational properties.
  • Fee-simple lots: predominantly freehold detached; a fee-simple lot has no strata corporation, no Form B and no strata fees. No bare-land strata lot offered as a vacant lot is confirmed for this area.
  • Riverwynd's 32 town homes rest on its developer-era launch advertising.
  • Timberlane (1275 Scott Drive) is held out of both the townhomes and condos programs on a form conflict — current listings for the same complex disagree on its very form (Row / Townhouse in one, Apartment/Condo in another, with both describing townhouse product, and built 1994 vs 1995).
  • 24, 2025. (2) 19623 Silver Skagit Road — Bylaws 1598/1599, 2025, Country Residential (CR-1) → Light/Service Industrial (I-2); hearing May 12, 2025. The District publishes no single current-applications list, so these are examples at rezoning stage, not a complete inventory and not lot offerings. BC Housing has also proposed 52 supportive homes at 660/670 Old Hope Princeton Way — a proposal, not stock.
  • Pad-tenure frame — not lot stock, not land ownership: the District's fringe manufactured-home parks (including Lismore Mobile Home Park, Windmill Park and Crystal River Court on Flood-Hope Road) are pad-rental or leasehold tenancies — a manufactured home on a rented pad is not lot stock and not land ownership.
  • ALR edge: some agricultural land exists on the District's fringes (e.g., the Flood/Laidlaw side). ALR status is per-parcel.
  • Floodplain character: central to this market — the Fraser River's design flood profile is anchored to the Hope gauging station (the 1894 flood, treated as roughly a 500-year event), and new provincial floodplain maps covering the Coquihalla and Fraser rivers from Yale to Mission were released in June 2026.

Streets, schools and transit near Hope lots

  • Board position: Hope is a CADREB board community with its own MLS® area name, "Hope & Area"; CADREB publishes board-wide statistics only.
  • Schools (SD78 Fraser-Cascade, Ministry-listed names): Coquihalla Elementary (K–6) at 455 6th Ave, approximately 350 students; Silver Creek Elementary (K–7) in Silver Creek; Hope Secondary School (Gr. 7–12) at 444 Stuart St; Two Rivers Education Centre alternate (Gr. 7–12 students west to Ruby Creek and up the Fraser Canyon to China Bar; Silver Creek's catchment is the Silver Creek area and west of Silver Creek.

Local rules that affect land buyers in Hope

  • OCP — District of Hope Official Community Plan Bylaw 1617, 2025, adopted February 9, 2026: — the current plan, updated together with the Zoning Bylaw to meet current provincial housing requirements.
  • Zoning — District of Hope Zoning Bylaw No. 1324, 2012: (consolidated to March 20, 2025); its amendment list includes Bylaw 1580, 2024 (Small Scale Multi-Unit Housing, RS-1 zone, adopted June 10, 2024).
  • SSMUH — as the District states it: the 2024 SSMUH amendments allow 3 units on parcels under 280 m² and 4 on larger parcels in former 1–2-unit zones.
  • Flood rules: construction in hazard areas needs a Flood and Erosion Hazards Development Permit — Council (Jan. 13, 2025) approved one for an addition conditional on a satisfactory qualified-professional report — and the District administers the Coquihalla River dikes (River Parade Flood Protection, 0.93 km; Glenhalla Subdivision, 1.01 km), both regulated. Pull the parcel's flood status against the June 2026 provincial maps before pricing or writing — a dike nearby does not remove the permit step.
  • ALR block: subdivision within the ALR requires Agricultural Land Commission approval; ALR residences cannot be stratified. Caps: principal ≤500 m², suite within principal only, additional residence 90 m² (≤40 ha) / 186 m² (>40 ha). Check a parcel on the ALC maps.

Good to know about Hope lots

  • Hope is the reference point for Lower Mainland flood planning (June 2026 maps). The Fraser River's design flood profile is anchored to the Hope gauging station and the 1894 flood is the design event — a Hope buyer is buying inside the measurement system every downstream dike is judged against, which is why the June 2026 provincial floodplain maps for Yale-to-Mission matter here first.
  • Hope got a brand-new OCP in 2026 (Feb 9, 2026). OCP Bylaw 1617, 2025 was adopted February 9, 2026, with a companion Zoning Bylaw and SSMUH rules (3 units on parcels under 280 m², 4 on larger) — the gentle-density stock of the next decade here is suites and small multiplexes, not new lot subdivisions.
  • One of Hope's three named complexes cannot say what it is (Nov 1, 2026).
  • The town's largest apartment building cannot be bought (July 2, 2021). The Riverstone's 37 apartment units plus eight townhouses are all rent-geared-to-income homes operated by Mamele'awt Qweesome Housing Society — Hope's apartment shelf looks bigger in a building count than it is in a buyer count.
  • The tunnels are a phased reopening, not a finished one (June 27, 2025). Coquihalla Canyon Provincial Park lost 30+ sites and all five Othello Tunnels in November 2021; the northern portion reopened June 27, 2025 reaching three of five tunnels, with the balance expected before a spring 2026 full reopening — check the BC Parks page live before quoting trail access in a listing.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC land buying rules.

Sources for the land notes on Hope

More Hope real estate

Acreage and rural land in Hope

Land here trades as individual fee-simple townsite lots, larger semi-rural Silver Creek and fringe parcels, and recreational Kawkawa Lake properties, parcel by parcel, under a brand-new OCP.

The ground in Hope

  • Serviced vs unserviced ground: townsite parcels sit inside the District's serviced grid (utility fees — water/sewer/solid waste — ride on the tax notice per Utility Bylaw No. 1153). Never price a fringe parcel as serviced ground on a listing's say-so.

Streets, schools and transit near Hope acreages

  • Municipality: District of Hope, BC — a district municipality in the Fraser Valley Regional District, at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers, at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley where the Fraser Canyon begins. Hope is the junction community where the Trans-Canada Highway meets the Fraser Canyon and where Highway 7 (Lougheed) ends; Highway 3 (Hope-Princeton) and Highway 5 (Coquihalla) also branch from Hope.

Good to know about Hope acreages

  • Hope is the reference point for Lower Mainland flood planning (Province, June 2026): The Fraser River's design flood profile is anchored to the Hope gauging station — the 1894 flood is the design event, treated in updated frequency analysis as roughly a 500-year event — and new provincial floodplain maps covering the Coquihalla and Fraser rivers from Yale to Mission were released in June 2026.
  • Hope got a brand-new OCP in 2026 (adopted February 9, 2026): OCP Bylaw 1617, 2025 was adopted with a companion Zoning Bylaw and SSMUH rules (3 units under 280 m², 4 on larger parcels) — the gentle-density stock of the next decade here is suites and small multiplexes, not new lot subdivisions. A new OCP signals a municipality actively planning for growth — useful context for buyers and developers alike.
  • The Othello Tunnels are reopening in phases (BC Parks, 2025–2026): The November 2021 atmospheric river damaged 30+ sites and all five tunnels (built 1914); phase 1 reopened mid-July 2024 to the end of the second tunnel, the northern portion reopened June 27, 2025 with access to three of five tunnels, and the rest was expected to finish before a spring 2026 full reopening — check the park page for live status before quoting it.
  • Thacker Regional Park is a salmon park (FVRD): 11 hectares at 20840 Union Bar Road near Kawkawa Lake, with spawning/rearing channels for coho, pink and chum salmon (returns from September in even years, October in odd years), easy trails including part of the Trans-Canada Trail, open 7 a.m.–sunset.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC acreage buying rules.

Sources for the acreage notes on Hope

Duplexes and half duplexes in Hope

What a duplex looks like in Hope

  • The usual duplex form: Predominantly freehold detached stock — post-war and 1970s–90s houses in the townsite grid, rancher-style family homes in Silver Creek, recreational properties around Kawkawa Lake — plus the District's SSMUH permissions: The 2024 Small-Scale Multi-Unit Housing amendments allow 3 units on parcels under 280 m² and 4 units on larger parcels in former 1–2-unit zones, and the District's Interim Housing Needs Report (Nov. 2024) records permits 2021–Oct. 2024 as mostly single-family dwellings (70 units) plus suites (22).

Local rules that affect duplexes in Hope

  • New provincial floodplain maps covering the Coquihalla and Fraser rivers from Yale to Mission were released in June 2026, and the Fraser's design flood profile is anchored to the Hope gauging station (the 1894 flood is the design event). The District administers Coquihalla River dikes (River Parade Flood Protection, 0.93 km; Glenhalla Subdivision, 1.01 km), and construction in hazard areas needs a Flood and Erosion Hazards Development Permit with a qualified-professional report (Council, Jan. 13, 2025).
  • Servicing / registry: Some ALR land exists on the District's fringes (Flood/Laidlaw side).

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC duplex and half-duplex buying rules.

What's nearby Hope

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing, November 2026.

Transit

  • Route 72 Hope, BC Transit: connects Hope and Agassiz via Highway 7; FVRD administers the route.

Parks and recreation

  • Thacker Regional Park, 20840 Union Bar Road, Hope: FVRD park, 11 hectares near Kawkawa Lake, salmon spawning channels, Trans-Canada Trail portion.
  • Hope and Area Recreation Centre: FVRD operates the centre; its arena was under construction in 2026 while the centre stayed open.
  • Hope Library, 1005A 6 Avenue, Hope: FVRL branch.
  • Coquihalla Canyon Park: BC Parks describes the Othello Tunnels in the gorge just east of Hope.

Schools

  • Coquihalla Elementary, grades K-6, PO Box 969, Hope, School District 78 (Fraser-Cascade); confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Silver Creek Elementary, grades K-7, PO Box 670, Hope, School District 78; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Spirit of Hope Secondary, grades 7-12, PO Box 249, Hope, School District 78; confirm the catchment with the district.

Groceries and shopping

  • Save-On-Foods, 559 Old Hope-Princeton Way, Hope: supermarket.
  • Pharmasave Hope, 235 Wallace Street, Hope: pharmacy, from the store's own page.

Measured walking and driving times

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), from Hope and Area Recreation Centre, 1005 6th Avenue, Hope
ToHowMinutesDistance (km)
Coquihalla Elementary SchoolWalk141.0
Save-On-Foods, 559 Old Hope-Princeton WayDrive10.7
Thacker Regional Park, 20840 Union Bar RoadDrive20.9

Sources for what’s nearby

What's nearby, building by building

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing from each building’s address, November 2026.

  • Dogwood Place, 659 Douglas Street

    Transit
    Route 72 Hope, BC Transit: connects Hope and Agassiz via Highway 7; FVRD administers the route.
    Parks and recreation
    Thacker Regional Park, 20840 Union Bar Road, Hope: FVRD park, 11 hectares near Kawkawa Lake, Trans-Canada Trail portion. Hope and Area Recreation Centre: FVRD operates the centre; its arena was under construction in 2026 while the centre stayed open.
    Schools
    Coquihalla Elementary, K-6, 455 6th Avenue, Hope, School District 78 (Fraser-Cascade). Spirit of Hope Secondary, 7-12, PO Box 249, Hope, School District 78. Silver Creek Elementary, K-7, PO Box 670, Hope, School District 78.
    Shopping
    Save-On-Foods, 559 Old Hope-Princeton Way, Hope. Pharmasave Hope, 235 Wallace Street, Hope.

Measured walking and driving times from each building

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), starting at each building’s address
BuildingToHowMinutesDistance (km)
Dogwood Place (from the street)Coquihalla ElementaryWalk50.4
Dogwood Place (from the street)Spirit of Hope Secondary (444 Stuart St point)Walk70.5
Dogwood Place (from the street)Hope Library, 1005A 6 AveWalk110.8
Riverwynd Estates (from the street)Coquihalla ElementaryWalk80.6
Riverwynd Estates (from the street)Spirit of Hope Secondary (444 Stuart St point)Walk100.7
Riverwynd Estates (from the street)Hope Library, 1005A 6 AveWalk201.5

Sources for what’s nearby each building

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