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    Abbotsford is a Canadian city located in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, adjacent to Greater Vancouver. It is the fifth largest municipality in British Columbia, home to 133,497 people. Its Census Metropolitan Area, which includes the District of Mission, is the 23rd largest in Canada, with 170,191 people. Abbotsford has the third highest proportion of visible minorities among Census Metropolitan Areas in Canada, after the Greater Toronto Area and Greater Vancouver. It has also been named by Statistics Canada as Canada’s most generous city in terms of donations for nine straight years. Abbotsford is the largest city by area in British Columbia. It is home to the University of the Fraser Valley, TRADEX and Abbotsford International Airport, which hosts the Abbotsford International Airshow. The municipality's southern boundary is the Canada–United States border, across which is Sumas, Washington. In Canada, it is bordered by Langley to the west, the Fraser River and Mission to the north, and Chilliwack to the east. Much of Abbotsford has dramatic views of Mount Baker and the Coast Mountains.

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  1. Abbotsford

    the residence of Sir Walter Scott, on the Tweed, near Melrose, built by him on the site of a farm called Clarty Hole.

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  1. Abbotsford

    The name given by Sir Walter Scott to his residence on the banks of the Tweed, from the poetical assumption that the abbots of Melrose must have forded the stream hereabouts in olden times.

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  1. Chaldean Numerology

    The numerical value of Abbotsford in Chaldean Numerology is: 4

  2. Pythagorean Numerology

    The numerical value of Abbotsford in Pythagorean Numerology is: 3

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