HammondBritish Columbia

Hammond is a historic Maple Ridge village + heritage mill town on the Fraser River, predating the rest of Maple Ridge. The village was established in the 1880s by the Hammond brothers (John and William); the sawmill that opened on Maple Crescent in 1910 — later Hammond Cedar — became the village's principal industrial anchor for over a century before Interfor closed it in 2019. The heritage commercial core runs along Maple Crescent + 113B Avenue between Hammond Road and the Fraser River, with the Hammond Community Centre + Hammond Stadium anchoring the civic + recreational amenity.

The neighbourhood is bounded roughly by Lougheed Highway (north), the Fraser River (south), 207 Street (west), and 222 Street (east). Inventory is mixed — heritage detached + commercial on the older village blocks, post-1990 detached + townhouse infill on the surrounding residential grid, and a meaningful share of older walk-up apartment + small-format mixed-use along Lougheed Highway. The Maple Ridge Official Community Plan recognises Hammond as a heritage character area with selective preservation overlays on the older village core.

For schools, Hammond sits in SD #42's Maple Ridge West zone — Hammond Elementary (11520 203 Street, K–5) is the neighbourhood catchment elementary, and most addresses feed Westview Secondary (grades 8–12) for high school. Boundaries vary address by address, so verify the live SD #42 catchment map for any specific property.

The West Coast Express Maple Meadows Station sits in adjacent Maple Ridge — Hammond addresses access WCE via the Lougheed Highway corridor + local bus connections. Maple Meadows Station provides 5 weekday-peak westbound trips to Waterfront Station + 5 eastbound returning. By car, downtown Vancouver is 60–80 minutes via Lougheed Highway + the Pitt River Bridge + Highway 7; Surrey City Centre is 35–45 minutes via Golden Ears Bridge + Highway 17.

Bill 44 SSMUH applies — Maple Ridge adopted compliant zoning bylaws ahead of the June 30, 2024 provincial deadline. Hammond's mix of heritage character lots + standard RS residential lots produces variable multiplex feasibility — the heritage overlay constrains some redevelopment paths, while standard RS lots typically permit up to 4–6-unit multiplex subject to servicing. Verify the specific lot's heritage status + zoning with Maple Ridge Planning before underwriting redevelopment optionality.

The former Hammond Cedar mill site itself — roughly 11 hectares (27 acres) of Fraser riverfront, now cleared and undergoing demolition and remediation — is the principal future-redevelopment land within Hammond. The City's updated Hammond Area Plan (OCP amending bylaw adopted late 2025) directs new mixed-use and higher-density growth toward Maple Meadows Station while protecting employment lands, but the mill site's own future use is not yet settled. Pull the live Maple Ridge Planning page for current status before pricing redevelopment optionality on adjacent parcels.

Hammond sits in SD #42's Maple Ridge West zone. Hammond Elementary (11520 203 Street, K–5) is the neighbourhood catchment elementary, and most addresses feed Westview Secondary (grades 8–12) for high school.

Catchment boundaries vary address by address, so confirm the live SD #42 catchment map for any specific property.

Hammond is one of Maple Ridge's oldest neighbourhoods — a planned 1880s townsite that grew up around the sawmill that opened on Maple Crescent in 1910, later Hammond Cedar, which ran for over a century before closing in 2019. The heritage commercial core runs along Maple Crescent + 113B Avenue between Hammond Road and the Fraser River.

The Maple Ridge OCP recognises Hammond as a heritage character area with selective preservation overlays on the older village core. The former Cedar mill site itself — about 11 hectares (27 acres) of riverfront — is now cleared and undergoing demolition and remediation, with its long-term redevelopment still to be settled.

West Coast Express Maple Meadows Station sits in adjacent Maple Ridge — Hammond addresses access WCE via the Lougheed Highway corridor + local bus connections. Maple Meadows provides 5 weekday-peak westbound trips to Waterfront Station + 5 eastbound returning.

By car, downtown Vancouver is 60–80 minutes via Lougheed Highway + the Pitt River Bridge + Highway 7; Surrey City Centre is 35–45 minutes via Golden Ears Bridge + Highway 17. The combination of WCE peak-only service + car-dependent off-peak commute is structural.