Johnston HeightsSurrey

Rent takes more of local pay in Johnston Heights than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 32% of household income

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Vancouver metro area

68% of households are owner-occupiers. Shelter took 30% or more of income for 25% of households, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Johnston Heights scores better for health than nine in ten Canadian towns

Measured across the Fraser South Health Service Delivery Area: health survey and life expectancy

The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 50%; British Columbia as a whole is at 50%. Across the region, life runs to 83.2 years on average: women 85.8, men 80.7, in 2022/2024. Nearly one in ten adults smoke, daily or now and then, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (12%). The town’s own part is the trip to care: residents of Johnston Heights live 2.9 km from a hospital on average, close to the typical town’s 3.7 km.

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

Violence across its police area runs at 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 76, close to British Columbia’s towns (76) and below Canadian towns (86). Johnston Heights doesn’t get its own Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures; the ones here come from the Surrey service area.

Commuters in Johnston Heights travel further than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, 35 min on average

Most schools around Johnston Heights score below the middle in British Columbia: 41 of 65

Counting a 3 km margin, Johnston Heights has 58 elementary schools, 6 secondary schools, 1 school for every grade and 4 alternative or adult schools. Secondary school means a trip of 2.3 km at the nearest, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).

Hardly any Canadian towns collect more precipitation than Johnston Heights: 1,649 mm a year

A July afternoon in Johnston Heights typically reaches 25.0°C. Winter lows average 0.5°C in January, near British Columbia’s towns (0.5°C) and higher than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). January is the wettest month, with 252 mm of rain and snow on average. The frost-free season runs from 11 April to 30 October, 201 days.

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

Area-wide: radon tests, counted over the Fraser South health region

Burn scars are few around Johnston Heights, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.003% a year). The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from City of Surrey.

More of Johnston Heights belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 73%

Over-65s are 16% of the population. 1.8% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Children under 15 make up 15% of residents.

In Johnston Heights, November normally means 10°C afternoons and 2°C nights

Rain and snow over a typical November come to 249 mm. November usually brings some 3 cm of snow. A normal December brings highs of 6°C, lows of freezing. The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Pitt Meadows.

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

Johnston Heights is a Surrey neighbourhood, so city council decides its local matters.

Fewer visits per person served than three in four British Columbia’s town libraries: Surrey Public Library counts 3.4

The library figures on this page are Surrey’s: Surrey Public Library serves all 703,615 people of the city, Johnston Heights among them.

The The Trans Canada Trail passes Johnston Heights

43 km separate the town from Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, its nearest national park. 6 beaches are mapped within 5 km, none with a name. For a provincial park, Pinecone Burke Park lies 13 km off. Protected areas open to the public, within 10 km of the town: 129, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (14) and Canadian towns (4).