Hope is a district municipality at the confluence of the Fraser and Coquihalla rivers in the province of British Columbia, Canada.

To the east, over the Cascade Mountains, is the Interior region, beginning with the Similkameen Country on the farther side of the Allison Pass in Manning Park.

As it lies at the eastern end of the Fraser Valley in the windward Cascade foothills, the town gets very high amounts of rain and cloud cover – particularly throughout the autumn and winter.

In late 1782, a smallpox epidemic among the Stó:lō killed thousands – an estimated two-thirds of the population.

Late in 1859, Reverend Alexander St. David Francis Pringle arrived in Hope, and on 1 December of that year, founded the first library on the British Columbia mainland.

[12]: 115 During World War II an internment camp for Japanese Canadians was set up near Hope at Tashme, now known as Sunshine Valley, just beyond the 100-mile exclusion zone from the coast.

[13][14] In 2020, a wood carved statue of Sylvester Stallone character John Rambo was erected in Hope.

[15] Hope is at the easternmost point of British Columbia's lower mainland area and is usually considered to be part of the Fraser Canyon area or "eastern Fraser Valley" as "Lower Mainland" is commonly understood as synonymous with "greater Vancouver".

Only to the west can flat land be seen, and that view is dominated by the broad lower reaches of the Fraser River.

At Hope, the river enters a broad flood plain extending 130 kilometres (81 mi) to the coast and Vancouver.

The Skagit River begins south of Hope, across a low pass from the head of the Silverhope valley, which is the access to the Canadian shoreline of Ross Lake.

The 2014 Economic Profile identifies several sectors as significant areas of opportunity within the local economy:[28] In addition, the Revitalization Tax Exemption Bylaw, adopted by the Hope District Council in 2013,[28] encourages property owners who develop or redevelop their properties to apply for financial incentives in the form of tax relief.

[29] It is located in downtown Hope and has several rooms displaying sculpture, pottery, paintings and drawings, jewellery, fabric arts, basketry, cards and gifts, and photography.

Events include a parade, fireworks display, midway, chainsaw carving competition, demolition derby, kids' carnival, and 4x4 racing.

Exhibits include First Nations culture, early Fort Hope, the Fraser Canyon Gold Rush, the Kettle Valley Railway, pioneer life, logging, and mining.

Hope Memorial Park, adjacent to the District Hall and Friendship Garden, is the site of a concert series on Sunday afternoons in July and August.

The Othello Tunnels portion of Kettle Valley Trail, 4 km to-and-back, is stroller-friendly and wheelchair-accessible.

[38] The mayor of Hope also serves as a director on the board of the Fraser Valley Regional District.

[42] Hope is in the electoral district of Chilliwack—Hope,[43][44] which is represented in the House of Commons of Canada by Mark Strahl.

The airfield is home to the Vancouver Soaring Association, a gliding club owning and operating school and recreational sailplanes and tow planes.

[14] Other films shot there include Shoot to Kill (1988), starring Sidney Poitier, Tom Berenger and Kirstie Alley.

Other films made in whole or in part in and around Hope have included Fire with Fire (1986), White Fang II (1994), Far from Home: The Adventures of Yellow Dog (1995), The Pledge (2001), The Stickup (2003, starring James Spader), Suspicious River (2004), Afghan Knights (2007), and Wind Chill (2007).

In Spider-Man issues #8–12 (the "Perceptions" story arc) by Todd McFarlane, a wendigo creature is blamed in the deaths of several children near Hope, British Columbia, and terrorizing the town.

Hope features as the final location in the 2015 simulation video game Rebuild 3: Gangs of Deadsville.