Abbotsford

Abbotsford is a city in southwestern British Columbia, within the Fraser Valley Regional District.

The satellite community of Huntingdon is located on the border with the United States; there is a border crossing station here. The community on the American side of the border is Sumas, Washington.

Matsqui and Sema:th, in practice satellites of Abbotsford and located within the city limits, are exclave of the Stó:lō Nation IAD and not part of the Fraser Valley Regional District.

Commerce
Boeing, formerly De Havilland British Columbia, is the largest industrial enterprise in Abbotsford.

Air
Abbotsford International Airport is physically one of the largest in BC. It primarily serves the needs of Boeing, but hosts an array of scheduled flights to domestic and international destinations, serves as the main hub for Island Express Air and Jetlines, and as an alternate for Grant McConachie International Airport when needed. Other airlines serving Abbotsford with scheduled flights are Caledonian Airways, Swoop, Valley Air Taxi, and WestJet.

The BC Aviation Museum is located on the grounds of Abbotsford International Airport.

Other airports in Abbotsford are the Abbotsford Regional Hospital & Cancer Centre Heliport, the Sumas Mountain Heliport, and the Abbotsford Teck Heliport.

Rail
Abbotsford is served by the BC Hydro Railway, BC Rail, the North Western Pacific Railroad, and the Washington & British Columbia Railway.

BC Hydro Railway
Abbotsford is the division point of BC Hydro's Fraser Valley Line and of the Interurban passenger service; the Western Interurban runs between Abbotsford and Liverpool, Surrey, and the Eastern Interurban runs between Abbotsford and Chilliwack. Both lines have a number of stops within greater Abbotsford. Both passenger and freight traffic on the BC Hydro Railway are heavy through Abbotsford. The Fraser Valley Line connects to the NWP and the W&BC at Abbotsford proper and at Huntingdon; it crosses the NWP at Clayburn, but there is no connection between the two railways there.

BC Rail
BC Rail's Inter-Dominion Line passes through the northern part of greater Abbotsford, but does not enter Abbotsford proper; there are stations in the satellites of Gifford and Matsqui.

North Western Pacific Railroad
Abbotsford, located on the NWP's Bellingham & Northern Line between Mission and Bellingham, Washington, USA, is the railway's most important point in BC. The NWP's station in Abbotsford proper connects to BC Hydro's Fraser Valley Line, and to the Washington & British Columbia Railway's Sumas Crossing Line and VV&E Line. This line sees a great deal of international freight traffic, primarily shipping aircraft wings from the Boeing plant in North Poplar to Everett, Washington.

Abbotsford's satellite community of Huntingdon is served by stations on the Bellingham & Northern Line, and there is a branch to North Poplar to serve the Boeing plant; in Matsqui there is a junction with BC Rail.

Washington & British Columbia Railway
Abbotsford is an important point on the W&BC's VV&E Line from Cloverdale, Surrey to Hope, and is the northern terminus of the railway's Sumas Crossing Line to Sumas, Washington. At Abbotsford proper the W&BC connects to BC Hydro's Fraser Valley Line, and to the NWP's Bellingham & Northern Line.

Since 2020, the W&BC has been exploring the possibility of a direct train between Kamloops and Seattle, Washington, which would run via Abbotsford.

The W&BC also operates a RailBus service under contract to the Greater Vancouver Transit Authority between Cloverdale and Abbotsford. Fares are fully integrated into the GVTA fare structure.

Road
The Inter-Dominion Highway (BC Highway 1) bisects Abbotsford, marking the border between the suburbs of Clearbrook and North Poplar, and between Abbotsford proper and the satellite of Huntingdon.

The Fraser Highway (BC Highway 1A) has its eastern terminus at the junction with Highway 1 in the Townline Hill subdivision of Abbotsford West.

The Sumas Highway (BC Highway 11) is the main north-south arterial, connecting Abbotsford to the city of Mission via the northern satellite of Matsqui, located on the south bank of the Fraser River opposite Mission, to Sumas, Washington via the satellite of Huntingdon on the border. BC 11 becomes Washington State Route 9 at the border, which continues to Seattle. Highway 11 and Highway 1 interchange in the McMillan subdivision of Abbotsford East.

Baseball
The Abbotsford Flyers are the city's representatives in the British Columbia Baseball League, playing at Delair Park, with a capacity of 5,178 spectators.

Football
Two clubs represent Abbotsford in the British Columbia Football League, Abbotsford FC and Matsqui Village FC in the satellite of Matsqui; at present, both play in the lower tiers of the BC football pyramid.

Abbotsford FC, a semi-pro club whose home is Bateman Park with a capacity of 1,936, have played a total of six seasons in the Football League, the last of these ending in relegation in 1979. The club's greatest success was a fifth-place finish in Division Three in 1974; their best FA Cup performance has been to reach the 4th Round on four occasions.

Matsqui Village FC is an amateur club playing at the Matsqui Village Green, with a capacity for 500 spectators; their greatest success thus far has been a third-place finish in the Southwest Football Championship in 1981, but they failed to win promotion in the Division Three Qualification Competition that year.

Hockey
The Abbotsford Pilots of the British Columbia Hockey League play at Abbotsford Arena, which has a capacity of 8,335.

Rugby
Abbotsford RFC play at Exhibition Park, which seats 8,000 spectators.

Military
Detachments of the Royal BC Air Force are often stationed at Abbotsford International Airport.