Living in Silver Valley

Silver Valley is an MLS® sub-area name. The City doesn’t publish a street-by-street boundary for it, but the Silver Valley Area Plan covers the area north of the Alouette River. The plan divides it into three sectors, divided by two creek systems and ravines.

Route 741 runs between Haney Place and Anderson Creek Drive at 232 Street. Going out it uses 227 Street, 128 Avenue, 232 Street, 136 Avenue and 137 Avenue, and coming back it uses 141 Avenue and Silver Valley Road. Some weekday trips continue to or start from Port Haney Station. Route 733 runs between Haney Place and Rock Ridge Drive at 133 Avenue, going up 232 Street from Dewdney Trunk Road. Some weekday trips continue to or start from Port Haney Station. The West Coast Express has two Maple Ridge stops, Maple Meadows Station and Port Haney Station, with five trips daily, leaving Maple Ridge in the morning and returning in the evening, Monday to Friday. Timetable dates: 741, effective April 20, 2026; 733, effective June 23, 2025. TransLink’s August 24, 2026 news post says service improvements on routes 741 and 733 start September 7, 2026, so check the current timetable.

The Province’s school list shows Yennadon Elementary at 23347 128 Avenue and Garibaldi Secondary at 24789 Dewdney Trunk Road, and SD42’s June 2021 review lists both as affected by new Silver Valley units. I found no school inside the plan area. Catchments are set by address, so confirm a specific address with School District 42 (SD42).

Blaney Hamlet Park is at 13712 230A Street and Maple Ridge Park is at 13180 232 Street. The Silver Valley trails were originally developed as horse trails and are now shared by walkers, hikers, cyclists and equestrian riders. The Maple Ridge Public Library is at 130 – 22470 Dewdney Trunk Road, and it is the only Fraser Valley Regional Library branch in Maple Ridge.

The Silver Valley Area Plan, Section 10.3 of the Official Community Plan, dates to 2002 and was updated on November 25, 2025.

The Silver Valley Area Plan describes steep valley slopes from 20 to 45 degrees along the major creeks and rivers, inactive floodplain next to the Alouette and North Alouette Rivers, and bedrock at or near the surface in much of the area. Plans, zoning and flood rules can be different for each lot.

The plan supports single detached homes, duplexes, triplexes and fourplexes in the Eco-Cluster and Ground-Oriented designations, townhouses in the Medium Density designation and low-rise apartment or mixed-use forms in River Village. ALR status is set parcel by parcel, so check the exact address on the Agricultural Land Commission map. Lot size (MLS sales data, not an official source): the median lot size of detached houses sold recently was about 5,100 sq ft. For current figures, see the GVR monthly market report.