Morgan CreekSurrey

Most households in Morgan Creek own their home: 91%, more than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns

24% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%). Morgan Creek doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Vancouver metro area.

Health in Morgan Creek beats 90% of Canadian towns

Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 83.2, women 85.8 and men 80.7 (2022/2024). On average 15% of adults live with arthritis, diabetes or high blood pressure, close to British Columbia’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). Across the region, 50% of adults say their health is very good or excellent, much as in British Columbia (50%). What sets Morgan Creek apart within its region is distance, and at 4.1 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

Morgan Creek has more protected land around it than 9 in 10 Canadian towns

The 10 km around town hold 157 protected areas. The closest provincial park is Peace Arch Park, 6.1 km from the edge of town. A drive of 33 km reaches Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, the nearest national park. OpenStreetMap shows 4 walking routes nearby, including the Semiahmoo Greenway and Pioneer Greenway.

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

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Surrey service area

Its police area recorded 9.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, below 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).

July highs in Morgan Creek: 25.0°C, against 23.1°C in British Columbia’s towns and 25.5°C in Canadian towns

Precipitation totals 1,649 mm a year, above both British Columbia’s towns (1,152 mm) and Canadian towns (883 mm). The coldest nights come in January, when Morgan Creek averages a low of 0.5°C. A normal December brings 14 cm of snow, the most of any month. The most precipitation falls in January: 252 mm in a normal year.

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

Source area for radon tests: the Fraser South health region

The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from City of Surrey. Little of the land around Morgan Creek has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.003% a year. Behind earthquake risk sits data gathered across the city of Surrey, with Morgan Creek one part of it.

Commuters in Morgan Creek travel further than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, 29 min on average

The car took 91% of commuters, higher than British Columbia’s towns (87%) and near Canadian towns (89%).

Visible minorities make up more of Morgan Creek than of British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 43%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 1.4% of residents, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). The under-15s are 18% of the population here. People 65 and over make up just over a fifth of the town.

A normal November in Morgan Creek runs from 2°C to 10°C

A normal November brings 249 mm of rain and snow. By December, a normal day reaches 6°C and a night falls to freezing. About 3 cm of snow falls in a normal November. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s White Rock forecast.

Ernie Klassen (Liberal Party of Canada) holds South Surrey—White Rock, the riding that includes Morgan Creek

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

At 3.4 visits per person served, Surrey Public Library is quieter than three in four British Columbia’s town libraries

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

8 above the middle in British Columbia, 8 below: Morgan Creek’s 24 tested schools

Counting a 3 km margin, Morgan Creek has 22 elementary schools, 1 secondary school and 2 alternative or adult schools. From the town centre, high school starts 4.8 km away, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (1.8 km) and Canadian towns (1.2 km).