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Renting in Newton eats 30% of household income, more than in both British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

The owner-occupied share of households is 62%.

For health, Newton is ahead of 90% of Canadian towns

The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 15% of adults, about level with British Columbia’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). In the health survey, half of adults in the region rate their health very good or excellent, close to British Columbia’s 50%. Across the region, life runs to 83.2 years on average: women 85.8, men 80.7, in 2022/2024. What sets Newton apart within its region is distance, and at 3.7 km to a hospital it is ordinary (3.7 km typical).

Most schools around Newton score below the middle in British Columbia: 67 of 87

They come under 3 school boards. In French: one of the 94 schools, where in British Columbia the share is 2%. Within 3 km of Newton are 76 elementary schools, 9 secondary schools, 2 schools for every grade and 7 alternative or adult schools.

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

Within 10 km, the count of public protected areas is 172, above British Columbia’s towns (14) and Canadian towns (4) alike. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, at 38 km. Walkers have 6 mapped routes close by, starting with the Green Timbers Greenway and Serpentine Greenway. Green Timbers Urban Forest Park (171 ha) is the biggest, 0.3 km from town.

Crime runs heavier where Newton 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 both British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12). For violence alone, its police area’s index was 76, about level with British Columbia’s towns (76) and below Canadian towns (86).

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

The car took 79% of commuters, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (87%) and Canadian towns (89%).

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

July afternoons reach 25.0°C on average, above British Columbia’s towns (23.1°C) but below Canadian towns (25.5°C). For the wettest month, look to January: 252 mm on average. A normal December brings 14 cm of snow, the most of any month. Newton sees January nights of 0.5°C on average.

Shaking costs buildings in Newton $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 · Measured across the city of Surrey: earthquake risk

Wildfire is rare near Newton: 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.004% a year. The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from City of Surrey.

Visible minorities make up more of Newton than of British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 81%

People 65 and over make up 15% of the town, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (19%). The under-15s are 16% of the population here.

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

ECCC’s forecast for White Rock is on the Weather page, hour by hour. Rain and snow over a typical November come to 249 mm. November usually brings some 3 cm of snow. The month after, December, normally sees 6°C afternoons and freezing nights.

3 MPs share Newton, which straddles Surrey Newton and Surrey Centre

Newton 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 Libraries is quieter than 76% of British Columbia’s town libraries

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