Bordered by the Fraser River to the south, mountain ranges to the north and the Pitt River to the west, the picturesque community Pitt Meadows lies 40 kilometres east of the hustle and bustle of Vancouver. This rural area between Port Coquitlam and Maple Ridge comprises the communities of Hammond and Pitt Meadows, separated from Coquitlam by the Pitt River and Pitt River Bridge. Pitt Lake, Pitt River and Pitt Meadows were named after William Pitt, the British Prime Minister during the Napoleonic era.

The first inhabitants of the area were the Coast Salish Indians, who lived, gathered and hunted on the productive land for centuries before the first European settlers arrived in 1858. The settlers, many of whom had worked for the Hudson's Bay Company, established residences on land across the Fraser River from the fort at Fort Langley. They settled into a hard lifestyle of clearing and working the farmland, where success was achieved by very few.

The municipality of Pitt Meadows was incorporated in the fall of 1874, with the Federal Free Homestead Act passed in the same year attracting more settlers to the area. The act provided land for $1 per acre to those enduring enough to clear the land, fence it, and establish a residence within three years. After 1885, the arrival of the railway attracted more people to the area, who established the neighborhoods of Whonnock, Ruskin, Pitt Meadows, Webster's Comer and Albion. The completion of the Lougheed Highway in 1931 renewed activity and development in Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge.

The two communities of Pitt Meadows and Maple Ridge to the east are among the fastest growing in the Lower Mainland, offering a rural setting in close proximity to the main urban centers. Pitt Meadows is an agricultural area known for its specialty crops, including blueberries, cranberries, raspberries and strawberries. The Fraser River also supports a commercial fishery, and forest products are a major resource sector in the region.