Fraser HeightsSurrey

More households own their home in Fraser Heights than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns: 83%

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

Rent took nearly a quarter of household income, near British Columbia’s towns (24%) and higher than Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a quarter of households, above both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Fraser Heights scores better for health than 89% of Canadian towns

For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 83.2 years at birth, 85.8 for women and 80.7 for men. The survey counts 8.2% of adults as smokers, below British Columbia’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 50% for British Columbia. The town’s own part is the trip to care, and Fraser Heights’ is long: 5.6 km to a hospital on average, against 3.7 km typical.

For the force that serves Fraser Heights, the Crime Severity Index is 94, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

Measured across the Surrey service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

Violent incidents in its police area came to 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 76, close to British Columbia’s towns (76) and below Canadian towns (86).

3 school boards share Fraser Heights

The 3 km around Fraser Heights counts 37 elementary schools and 1 secondary school. Results are mixed: 10 of 38 schools above the middle in British Columbia, 20 below it. The nearest secondary school is 4.1 km away, above British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.

July afternoons in Fraser Heights reach 25.0°C (British Columbia towns 23.1°C, Canadian towns 25.5°C)

Rain and snow peak in January, at 252 mm. Counting rain and snow alike, 1,649 mm falls in a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). On a January night, the temperature in Fraser Heights falls to about 0.5°C. Between the last spring frost, 11 April, and the first in autumn, 30 October, lie 201 days.

Trips to work from Fraser Heights take longer than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 31 min on average

The car carried 89% of commuters at the census.

Shaking costs buildings in Fraser Heights $0.47 a year per $1,000 of value, 16 times the typical town’s

Flood mapping exists: 2 studies, most recently by City of Coquitlam. Little of the land around Fraser Heights has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.003% a year. Fraser Heights doesn’t get its own earthquake risk figures; the ones here come from the city of Surrey.

More of Fraser Heights belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 72%

Children under 15 make up 17%, above British Columbia’s towns (14%) and close to Canadian towns (16%). 15% of residents have reached 65.

A normal November in Fraser Heights runs from 2°C to 10°C

For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Pitt Meadows forecast. Then December: 6°C by day, freezing at night. About 3 cm of snow falls in a normal November. A normal November brings 249 mm of rain and snow.

Fraser Heights sends Tako van Popta (Conservative Party of Canada) to the Commons from Langley Township—Fraser Heights

From British Columbia come 43 MPs, 20 of them with the Liberal Party of Canada.

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

Fraser Heights is served by Surrey Public Library, the library of all of Surrey, so the figures here are the city’s, for 703,615 people.

The The Trans Canada Trail passes Fraser Heights

Protected areas open to the public, within 10 km of the town: 126, above both British Columbia’s towns (14) and Canadian towns (4). For a swim, Barnston Bare Beach is the nearest of 6 beaches within 5 km. Pinecone Burke Park is the closest provincial park, at 9.7 km. Inside the neighbourhood itself, 24% of the land is protected.