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Cloverdale | |
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 176 Street in historic Cloverdale | |
  Cloverdale Location of Cloverdale withinMetro Vancouver | |
| Coordinates:49°06′00″N122°43′59″W / 49.100°N 122.733°W /49.100; -122.733 | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Region | Lower Mainland |
| Regional District | Metro Vancouver |
| City | Surrey |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Brenda Locke |
| • MP (Fed.) | Tamara Jansen (CPC) |
| • MLA (Prov.) | Elenore Sturko (BCC) |
| Population (2016)[1] | |
• Total | 65,645 |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
Cloverdale is atown centre in the city ofSurrey, British Columbia, a southeastern suburb ofGreater Vancouver, located just west of theCity of Langley. The town centre was initially founded as a small farm community in 1870 for its fertile land and temperate climate. Cloverdale eventually amalgamated into Surrey as one of its six town centres.[2]
Cloverdale is known as ahistoric centre ofSurrey, and is home to manyheritage sites, including Christ Church, one of Surrey's oldest buildings (built in 1882).[3] It is also the location of the City of Surrey's official museum.[4]
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William Shannon (1843–1928) was one of the first settlers to the Surrey Cloverdale region, buying 960 acres of land from the government in 1875.[5][6] He was inspired to name the area from theclover that grew there in abundance.[6]
Cloverdale was the City of Surrey's first town centre, officially established in 1879 near Five Corners, the historic intersection of 60 Avenue and Old McClellan Road.[5] Adding railways was significant in developing the area. Linking Bellingham, Washington to New Westminster was the subsidiary of theGreat Northern Railway forged in the valley in 1891 and created a station named Cloverdale.[5]
In 1881, the first Surrey Town Hall was constructed there. In 1912, the Municipal Hall was built in the southwest corner of Cloverdale.[5]
In 1882, Surrey's first school was established on land donated by Joseph Shannon.[5]
In the 1920s and 1930s, Cloverdale was a common destination for Americans in Washington State seeking for alcohol to address the Prohibition laws.[5]
In 1968, Cloverdale's population reached to 5,000.[5] By 2016, the population stood at 65,645.[7]
Cloverdale includes a campus ofKwantlen Polytechnic University (KPU), called KPU Tech. It is the main campus for the Faculty of Trades and Technology at KPU.[8]
Cloverdale's Canada Day events are the most popular in Western Canada. For example, 100,000 people were expected to attend the 2018 July 1 celebrations.[9]
Cloverdale is best known[citation needed] outside its immediate vicinity as the primary "main street" and "downtown" sets for the television showSmallville. A billboard once stood on the edge of the community that read, "Destination Cloverdale – Home of Smallville."[10]
The community has been home to other filming, including one ofCoca-Cola's Christmas commercials. Despite filming during summer, the town square was decked with Christmas decorations, including fake snow.
In June 2006, a film titledDeck The Halls was filmed, and the area was once again decorated in Christmas decorations and fake snow.
In September 2006 the feature filmPostal was filmed in Cloverdale.
The 2007 filmHot Rod, starringAndy Samberg, was also filmed in Cloverdale. A portion of 176th Street was shut down to accommodate ariot scene and amotorcycle stunt involving jumping over fifteenschool buses was filmed at theCloverdale Fairgrounds.
In addition to being filmed there, the town of Cloverdale was a fictional setting of theStargate Universe episode"Cloverdale".
In July 2012 and February 2016, the TV showSupernatural was filmed at Christ Church on Old McLellan Road.
Superman returned to Cloverdale with the CW show Superman & Lois which was filmed here from 2020–2024. The main street of Smallville this time was a set located near the Stetson Bowl on the Cloverdale Fairgrounds.
From March 2021 until July 2021, theHBO Max seriesPeacemaker was filmed in several different locations.
TheCloverdale Fairgrounds was one of the North American stops of the 1994Lollapalooza in August 1994. Featured performers wereSmashing Pumpkins,The Beastie Boys, andA Tribe Called Quest.
The yearlyCloverdale Rodeo and Country Fair, on theVictoria Day long weekend, attracts visitors from around western North America. It is the fifth-largest rodeo in Canada.[11] Its location, theCloverdale Fairgrounds, is also home toFraser Downs, a popular racetrack and casino.
| Ethnic groups in Cloverdale (2016) Source:[1] | % | |
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| Ethnic group | European | 69% |
| South Asian | 14% | |
| Aboriginal | 5% | |
| Filipino | 4% | |
| Chinese | 3% | |
| Other | 5% | |
| Total % | 100% | |
| Languages spoken in Cloverdale (2016) Source:[2] | % | |
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| Language | English | 87% |
| Punjabi | 5% | |
| Korean | 2% | |
| Mandarin | 1% | |
| Spanish | 1% | |
| Other | 4% | |
| Total % | 100% | |
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