Education

Childhood Education

The Chilliwack School District #33 is part of BC’s public school system and services more than 14,000 school-age children with 1,800 teachers and staff. Chilliwack is home to 20 public elementary schools, six middle schools, three secondary schools, and four alternative schools (including a distance learning school and First Nations school). The district also offers a continuing education program.

Higher Education

The University of the Fraser Valley (UFV) is a fully accredited, public post secondary institution that enrolls over 15,000 students per year at all campuses. Consistently ranked as one of the top universities in the country by the Globe and Mail’s Canadian University Report, UFV offers more than 100 programs, including master and bachelor degrees, with majors, minors, and extended minors in more than 30 subject areas, and more than a dozen trades and technology programs.