Port MannSurrey
The neighbourhood has 5,988 residents and lies in Surrey. Of Surrey’s 31 neighbourhoods, this is one.
Is Port Mann a good place to live?
A town of contrasts. Its weakest subject is cost of living (D−). Port Mann grades C overall, better than 28% of Canadian towns, and ranks #166 of 250 in British Columbia. Crime is the sore point (C−). Health is a strength (A). Fewer journeys need a car (A−). The rest of its grades are middling: B for schools and B for hazard risk.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Port Mann grades
Each subject compares Port Mann with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Port Mann stand out
The 3 things Port Mann does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Port Mann.
Renting in Port Mann eats 28% of household income, more than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns
Source area for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom: the Vancouver metro area
27% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Households that own their home make up 64%.
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Port Mann | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 27% | 21% | 18% |
| Rent as a share of income | 28% | 24% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 64% | 76% | 74% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.
Port Mann gets an A for health
Shared with the rest of the Fraser South Health Service Delivery Area: health survey and life expectancy
8.2% of adults smoke, daily or now and then, below both British Columbia’s towns (9%) and Canadian towns (12%). Self-rated health is ordinary for British Columbia: 50% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 50%. Women in the region live to 85.8 and men to 80.7, 83.2 years taken together (2022/2024). For Port Mann itself the measure is access: 3.5 km to the nearest hospital, much like the typical 3.7 km.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Port Mann | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Life expectancy at birth | 83.2 | 81.0 | 81.5 |
| Smokers | 8.2% | 9% | 12% |
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 15% | 15% | 17% |
| Very good or excellent health | 50% | 50% | 52% |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
For the force that serves Port Mann, the Crime Severity Index is 94, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns
Violent incidents in its police area came to 9.7 per 1,000 residents a year, below British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12) alike. The violent index for its police area came to 76, near British Columbia’s towns (76) and lower than Canadian towns (86). Figures for Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 are published for the Surrey service area as a whole, not for Port Mann alone.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Port Mann | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Crime Severity Index | 94 | 83 | 67 |
| Violent crime | 9.7 | 12.5 | 12 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average
Trips to work from Port Mann take longer than from British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 35 min on average
84% of commuters drove, close to British Columbia’s towns (87%) and below Canadian towns (89%).
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Port Mann | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 35 min | 26 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 84% | 87% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.
Few Canadian towns get more rain and snow than Port Mann: 1,649 mm a year
December is the snowiest month, with 14 cm on average. The most precipitation falls in January: 252 mm in a normal year. A normal January night drops to 0.5°C, about level with British Columbia’s towns (0.5°C) and above Canadian towns (−13.5°C). In July, daytime highs in Port Mann average 25.0°C.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Port Mann | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Precipitation a year | 1,649 mm | 1,152 mm | 883 mm |
| January night low | 0.5°C | 0.5°C | −13.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 60 | 60 | 159 |
| Snowfall a year | 37 cm | 51 cm | 141 cm |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Pitt Meadows)
Shaking costs buildings in Port Mann $0.47 a year per $1,000 of value, 16 times the typical town’s
2 flood studies cover the town, the latest by City of Coquitlam. Little of the land around Port Mann has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.003% a year.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Port Mann | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.47 | $0.36 | $0.030 |
| Radon tests above the guideline | 0% | 1.8% | 6.6% |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Radon tests: one figure for all of the Fraser South health region · Area behind the earthquake risk figures: the city of Surrey
4 boards run the schools in and around Port Mann
The 3 km around Port Mann counts 53 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 11 alternative or adult schools. On the tests, 19 of 57 schools land above the middle in British Columbia, 29 under it.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| Iqra School IndependentIn Port MannElementary | Elementary | – | Independent |
| Purpose Independent Secondary School IndependentNearest secondary school, 1 kmSecondary | Secondary | – | Independent |
| Home Learners Program OnlineResults in the top fifth in British ColumbiaAlternative or adult | Alternative or adult | – | English public |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Port Mann | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 4 | 2 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26
More of Port Mann belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 59%
15% of residents are 65 or over, below both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (19%). Children under 15 count for 16% of the people here.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
48.5% of Port Mann’s residents are women
Women numbered 2,900 and men 3,085 in 2021, next to a 50.9% share of women for Canada.
| Port Mann | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 16% | 14% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 70% | 64% | 64% |
| 65+ | 15% | 21% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 19% | 13% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 45% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; British Columbia and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Expect November days around 10°C in Port Mann, nights around 2°C
In November, the normal is 249 mm of rain and snow. Then December: 6°C by day, freezing at night. A typical November adds 3 cm of snow. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Pitt Meadows forecast.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | 7°C | 0°C | 600 mm |
| Spring | 15°C | 5°C | 373 mm |
| Summer | 24°C | 12°C | 153 mm |
| Autumn | 15°C | 6°C | 523 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Pitt Meadows); the forecast is on the Weather page
Surrey Centre, which takes in Port Mann, is held by Randeep Sarai (Liberal Party of Canada)
Provincially, Port Mann votes in Surrey City Centre; the open record doesn’t name its MLA (Member of the Legislative Assembly, the provincial or territorial legislature) in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, so the legislature’s own list is linked below.
Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada
Surrey Public Library draws 3.4 visits per person served, behind 76% of 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, Port Mann among them.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Within 10 km of Port Mann: 106 public protected areas
OpenStreetMap shows 7 unnamed beaches within 5 km. 11 km from town is Pinecone Burke Park, the nearest provincial park. The closest of Canada’s national parks is Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, at 46 km. The protected share within 10 km is 5.1%, where a typical Canadian town has 2.3%.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Port Mann | British Columbia | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 106 | 14 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 5.1% | 6.7% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
Everything we know about Port Mann
Holy Eucharist Cathedral and 23 more in and around Port Mann
Museums, historic sites, parks, gardens and days out in and near Port Mann, the best known first.
CathedralHoly Trinity Cathedral1 km outside town, to the northwestMuseumMuseumThe Black Arts Centre1.8 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumMackin Heritage House2 km outside town, to the northArt galleryArt gallerySurrey Art Gallery4.3 km outside town, to the southwestMuseumMuseumS.P.A.R.C. Museum3.2 km outside town, to the northeastPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (1)
- Holy Trinity Cathedral: sageb1, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Port Mann
Neighbourhood in Surrey
Census areas put together by TownRatings make up Port Mann, one part of Surrey; the city’s map or OpenStreetMap gives it its name.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 5,988 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- British Columbia
- City
- Surrey
- Census subdivision
- 5915004
Port Mann’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Mann | 5,988 | — | C | D− | C− | A |
| Birdland | 10,745 | 1.4 | D | D− | C− | A |
| Whalley | 52,642 | 2.3 | D | D− | C− | A |
| Bridgeview | 3,511 | 2.6 | C− | D− | C− | A |
| Guildford | 14,663 | 3 | D | D− | C− | A |
| Johnston Heights | 30,971 | 3.2 | C− | D− | C− | A |
| Fraser Heights | 17,688 | 4.6 | C+ | D− | C− | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).