GuildfordSurrey

Rent takes more of local pay in Guildford than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 35% of household income

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

Owners make up 58% of households, below both British Columbia’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%). 24% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike.

For health, Guildford is ahead of 91% of Canadian towns

Smokers make up nearly a tenth of the region’s adults, below British Columbia’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (12%) alike. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 83.2 years at birth, 85.8 for women and 80.7 for men. Across the region, 50% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in British Columbia (50%). Measured from where Guildford’s residents live, a hospital is 3.6 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see.

Trips to work from Guildford take longer than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 35 min on average

Guildford’s schools mostly sit under the middle in British Columbia, 27 of the 43 with results

Its 3 km reach takes in 39 elementary schools, 4 secondary schools and 4 alternative or adult schools, all of Guildford’s schooling. From the town centre, high school starts 3.2 km away, above British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km) alike.

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

Violent crime in the area its police cover: 9.7 per 1,000 people a year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 76, close to British Columbia’s towns (76) and below Canadian towns (86).

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

Counting rain and snow alike, 1,649 mm falls in a year, above British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm) alike. On a January night, the temperature in Guildford falls to about 0.5°C. Frost usually lifts by 11 April and returns around 30 October: 201 days without it. Rain and snow peak in January, at 252 mm.

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

Radon tests for the Fraser South health region

Fire seldom reaches Guildford: since 1986, 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned (0.003% a year). Flood mapping: none on the national inventory of the town. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Surrey, Guildford included.

Visible minorities make up more of Guildford than of British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 70%

People 65 and over make up 13% of the town, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (19%). Children under 15 count for 17% of the people here.

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

A typical November adds 3 cm of snow. Looking ahead to December, expect highs near 6°C and lows near freezing. November normally sees 249 mm of precipitation. Hour-by-hour figures come from ECCC’s Pitt Meadows forecast, on the Weather page.

Federally, Guildford is divided between 2 ridings, among them Fleetwood—Port Kells and Surrey Centre

Guildford has no council of its own: it is a neighbourhood of Surrey, run by the city council.

Surrey Libraries logs 3.4 visits per person served, fewer than 76% of British Columbia’s town libraries

Guildford is served by Surrey Libraries, the library of all of Surrey, so the figures here are the city’s, for 703,615 people.

Within 10 km of Guildford: 123 public protected areas

4 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Green Timbers Greenway and Fraser Heights Greenway. The closest provincial park is Pinecone Burke Park, 12 km from the edge of town. A drive of 46 km reaches Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, the nearest national park. Within 10 km, 4.5% of the land is protected, between British Columbia’s towns (6.7%) and Canadian towns (2.3%).