City of Maple Ridge
Silver ValleyBritish Columbia
Master-planned upland community on the northern slope of Maple Ridge: post-2000 detached and townhouse build-out under the Silver Valley Area Plan, adjacent to Golden Ears Provincial Park.
UBC Faculty of Forestry: adjacent to Silver Valley; 200+ km of public trails alongside 100+ active research projects
OCP Bylaw Ch. 10.3: simplified land-use designations, new zoning matrix, density increases for Bill 44 compliance; anchored by the planned River Village hub
SD42 Facilities Review: ~70% of Silver Valley elementary students attend; district is acquiring future school sites
KEEPS volunteer hatchery, the Lower Mainland's largest community-involved hatchery since 1983
The market in Silver Valley
Market snapshot · September 2026
Silver Valley · HPI Benchmark
Benchmark price
$1.16M
Month over month
-1.3%
Year over year
-8.5%
Sales (month)
5
Detached, townhouse and apartment only
Active listings
61
Detached, townhouse and apartment only
Greater Vancouver REALTORS® composite Home Price Index (HPI), the industry-standard measure of typical home value, adjusted for property mix. 5 sales on 61 active listings this month, too few to call the market. Over the last 12 months, sales averaged 14.3% of active listings, a balanced market by board convention. Boards call under 12% a buyers’ market and over 20% a sellers’ market.
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Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS®. The benchmark is the composite index; sales and active listings count detached, townhouse and apartment homes only. HPI benchmarks are aggregate measures; specific properties may transact above or below.
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Overview
Silver Valley is a master-planned upland community on the northern slope of Maple Ridge, bounded roughly by 240 Street (east), 232 Street (west), 132 Avenue (north, where it transitions to ALR and provincial park lands), and Dewdney Trunk Road (south). The neighbourhood is governed by the City of Maple Ridge Silver Valley Area Plan, which structures the build-out across multiple sub-neighbourhood plans on the southern slope of the upland.
Inventory is predominantly post-2000 master-planned subdivision: newer detached on conventional 40–55 foot lots, three-storey townhouse complexes on the cross-streets, and small-lot detached and townhouse infill on the southern and eastern edges. A meaningful share of post-2015 inventory continues the active build-out. The elevation produces some view inventory: south-facing parcels at the higher Silver Valley elevations look across Maple Ridge to the Fraser Valley, with Mount Baker visible on clear days.
Golden Ears Provincial Park sits immediately north: a 555-square-kilometre provincial park preserving the Golden Ears peaks and surrounding Garibaldi Ranges, Lower Mainland alpine and sub-alpine forests, Alouette Lake, and an extensive backcountry trail network. Silver Valley's upland location is the structural amenity for buyers prioritising direct provincial park trailhead access.
For schools, most Silver Valley addresses feed Garibaldi Secondary (24789 Dewdney Trunk Road) for grades 8–12. Elementary feeders include Yennadon Elementary and Whonnock Elementary depending on the specific address. SD #42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows) operates French Immersion as an application stream. The District has identified a planned new elementary for Silver Valley to serve the post-2000 build-out; verify current opening targets with SD #42.
By transit, Silver Valley is not directly served by SkyTrain or West Coast Express. The closest WCE access is Maple Meadows and Port Haney Stations via local bus connections. The upland location adds ~15–20 minutes to the WCE commute pattern vs. lower Maple Ridge. By car, downtown Vancouver is 70–95 minutes via Lougheed Highway, the Pitt River Bridge, and Highway 7; Fort Langley village is 20–30 minutes south via Golden Ears Bridge.
The upland's distance from existing transit, the new-construction master-planned character, and the Golden Ears Provincial Park adjacency are the three structural features. Pricing typically transacts at a premium to comparable lower-Maple-Ridge inventory given the construction vintage, view inventory, and park amenity.
Bill 44 applies: Maple Ridge adopted compliant zoning bylaws ahead of the June 30, 2024 provincial deadline. Most Silver Valley RS lots are multiplex-eligible (3-4 units per lot, up to 6 near frequent transit) subject to servicing capacity. The upland location has some servicing constraints; verify with Maple Ridge Planning before underwriting redevelopment optionality.
What you get living here
The things that don't show up in a listing — the standing rituals and quiet anchors that make Silver Valley feel like a place rather than a postal code.
The UBC Research Forest is the actual backyard
UBC's Malcolm Knapp Research Forest, 5,157 hectares (12,700 acres), established by Crown Grant in 1949, borders Silver Valley to the north and east, with over 200 km of trails and roads maintained for public recreation alongside 100+ active research projects. Residents hike and trail-run inside a working scientific facility (note: it stays a research forest; no bikes, no dogs).
UBC Faculty of Forestry: MKRF
Silver Valley grew from a 2002 NCP, and the rulebook just changed
The original Silver Valley Area Plan (2002) shaped two decades of detached-and-townhouse buildout on the slope. On November 25, 2025, Council adopted an updated Silver Valley Area Plan (OCP Chapter 10.3) with simplified land-use designations, a new zoning matrix, and density increases to comply with Provincial housing legislation, anchored by the planned River Village commercial hub with a Town Square and Town Green.
City of Maple Ridge: Silver Valley Area Plan
Streams set the lot lines
Maple Ridge's Water Protection Development Permit applies within 50 m of any water feature, with streamside setbacks of 10–30 m formally adopted in 2005. In Silver Valley, the Blaney Creek watershed marshlands to the west sit inside Metro Vancouver's regional park system, and the "rock barren" outcrops are protected natural clearings, so the developable envelope on any given parcel is often smaller than the lot line suggests.
City of Maple Ridge: Water Protection & Management
Salmon stewardship is a neighbourhood institution
Two volunteer-run hatcheries bracket the community: the Allco Fish Hatchery at 24959 Alouette Road (run with the Alouette River Management Society, key to the sockeye-above-the-dam enumeration program) and the Bell-Irving Hatchery on Kanaka Creek (a KEEPS / Metro Vancouver / DFO partnership since 1983, the Lower Mainland's largest community-involved hatchery, with a licensed quota of 325,000 chum, 80,000 coho, and 150,000 pink in odd years).
Alouette River Management Society · KEEPS
Yennadon is the catchment, and it's over capacity
Silver Valley sits entirely within the Yennadon Elementary catchment as of the current SD #42 map, which is worth verifying for the specific address, and SD42's own facilities review reported Yennadon at 104% utilization, with ~70% of Silver Valley elementary students attending. The district has been acquiring potential future school sites inside Silver Valley (the Blaney/Hamlet property report) to absorb projected growth, meaning "which school?" is a live, moving conversation for families buying in.
SD42 Facilities Review · Blaney-Hamlet acquisition report
Inside Silver Valley
Silver Valley reads as one neighbourhood from a distance, but on the ground the housing fabric is layered. Each piece has its own rules, its own inventory, and its own buyer.
Blaney Hamlet
The Silver Valley Area Plan's west sector, on the west side of the North Alouette River and east of Blaney Bog. Centred at 232 Street and about 137 Avenue.
Read more →Forest Hamlet and River Village
The plan's central sector, on the upper slopes beside the University of British Columbia research forest. River Village is the plan's focal point for services.
Read more →Horse Hamlet
The plan's east sector, inside a crescent of the Alouette River next to an entry to Golden Ears Provincial Park. A commercial precinct is planned at 128 Avenue and Fern Crescent.
Read more →Schools
Most Silver Valley addresses feed Garibaldi Secondary (24789 Dewdney Trunk Road) for grades 8–12. Elementary feeders include Yennadon Elementary and Whonnock Elementary depending on the specific address.
SD #42 (Maple Ridge–Pitt Meadows) operates French Immersion as an application stream. The District has identified a planned new elementary for Silver Valley to serve the post-2000 build-out; verify current opening targets with SD #42.
Daily life
Silver Valley's structural amenity is the Golden Ears Provincial Park adjacency: 555-square-kilometre provincial park with the Golden Ears peaks and surrounding Garibaldi Ranges, alpine and sub-alpine forests, Alouette Lake, and extensive backcountry trail network. Trailheads are walking-distance from many upper-slope streets.
Daily retail is car-dependent: bigger errands typically draw residents south to Haney Place Mall, Maple Meadows Mall, or to Walnut Grove Town Centre across the Golden Ears Bridge. The Silver Valley Area Plan provides for a future neighbourhood commercial centre; verify current build-out status with Maple Ridge Planning.
Commute math
No SkyTrain or West Coast Express direct access. The closest WCE access is Maple Meadows and Port Haney Stations via local bus connections. The upland location adds ~15–20 minutes to the WCE commute pattern vs. lower Maple Ridge.
By car, downtown Vancouver is 70–95 minutes via Lougheed Highway, the Pitt River Bridge, and Highway 7; Fort Langley village is 20–30 minutes south via Golden Ears Bridge. The upland's distance from existing transit is the structural commute trade-off vs. lower Maple Ridge.
Property types
- Post-2000 master-planned detached (40–55 foot lots)
- Post-2015 detached and townhouse (active build-out continues)
- View-corridor detached (south-facing upper-slope parcels)
- Three-storey townhouse complexes (cross-streets)
- Bill 44 multiplex sites (subject to servicing constraints)
- Park-adjacent inventory (Golden Ears Provincial Park boundary)
Compare Silver Valley to nearby
Albion →
The Maple Ridge sub-neighbourhood to the south: Albion trades Silver Valley's upland elevation and Golden Ears Park adjacency for closer Golden Ears Bridge access, flatter terrain, and the Albion and Cottonwood Park amenity.
Maple Ridge (parent) →
The broader Maple Ridge parent: Silver Valley is one of the master-planned sub-neighbourhoods. Silver Valley trades the broader Maple Ridge fabric for the specific upland elevation, Golden Ears Park adjacency, and post-2000 master-planned subdivision character.
Frequently asked
A few of the questions that come up most often about Silver Valley.
What schools serve Silver Valley?
What's Silver Valley's park amenity?
How does the upland elevation affect Silver Valley?
How does Bill 44 apply in Silver Valley?
Is there SkyTrain access from Silver Valley?
What tax exposure should a Silver Valley buyer model?
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The Maple Ridge submarkets
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