ColebrookSurrey

Colebrook is ringed by protected land: 28% within 10 km

Inside the neighbourhood itself, 14% of the land is protected. For a provincial park, Peace Arch Park lies 12 km off. Within 10 km, the count of public protected areas is 144, above British Columbia’s towns (14) and Canadian towns (4) alike. The largest named area nearby is Boundary Bay Wildlife Management Area, 11,770 ha, 0.2 km away.

Colebrook is a town of owners: 84% of households own their home, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Measured across the Vancouver metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

A year’s rent came to 19% of the median household income, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (24%) and Canadian towns (20%).

Health in Colebrook beats 86% of Canadian towns

A hospital lies 8.3 km from the typical home, above both British Columbia’s towns (4.4 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 83.2, women 85.8 and men 80.7 (2022/2024). Self-rated health is ordinary for British Columbia: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 50%. Colebrook doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Fraser South Health Service Delivery Area.

Commuters in Colebrook travel further than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, 30 min on average

Crime runs heavier where Colebrook is policed than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, at an index of 94

Violent incidents in its police area came to 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12) alike. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 76, close to British Columbia’s towns (76) and below Canadian towns (86). For Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, the only official count covers all of the Surrey service area, Colebrook included.

20 of Colebrook’s 29 tested schools score in the lower two fifths in British Columbia

No single board runs them all: there are 3. Of the 31, one teaches in French (2% of schools in British Columbia). In or within 3 km of Colebrook: 27 elementary schools, 2 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools.

Few Canadian towns get more rain and snow than Colebrook: 1,649 mm a year

A normal December brings 14 cm of snow, the most of any month. For the wettest month, look to January: 252 mm on average. There are 60 days of frost in a typical year, about level with British Columbia’s towns (60) and below Canadian towns (159). A July afternoon in Colebrook typically reaches 25.0°C.

Earthquake risk in Colebrook runs 16 times the typical Canadian town’s: $0.47 per $1,000 a year

Radon tests for the Fraser South health region · Shared with the rest of the city of Surrey: earthquake risk

Fire seldom reaches Colebrook: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.003% a year). The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from City of Surrey.

More of Colebrook belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 66%

11% of residents are children under 15. People 65 and over make up 23% of the town, above British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (19%) alike.

Expect November days around 10°C in Colebrook, nights around 2°C

Precipitation in November averages 249 mm. Into December, the normals move to 6°C and freezing. About 3 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s White Rock forecast, on the Weather page.

2 MPs share Colebrook, which straddles Delta and South Surrey—White Rock

Local decisions for Colebrook are made by Surrey’s council; neighbourhoods don’t have their own.

Surrey Public Library draws 3.4 visits per person served, behind 76% of British Columbia’s town libraries

Surrey Public Library serves the whole of Surrey, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 703,615 people, Colebrook among them.