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Most households in Surrey Centre own their home: 81%, more than in British Columbia’s towns or across Canadian towns

Measured across the Vancouver metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Rent took just over a fifth of household income, between British Columbia’s towns (24%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a fifth of households, about level with British Columbia’s towns (21%) and above Canadian towns (18%).

Surrey Centre scores better for health than 85% of Canadian towns

The health survey and life expectancy numbers here cover the Fraser South Health Service Delivery Area

A hospital lies 9.1 km from the typical home, above British Columbia’s towns (4.4 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km) alike. On self-rated health the region tracks the province: 50% very good or excellent, 50% for British Columbia. The region’s 2022/2024 life expectancy is 83.2, with women at 85.8 and men at 80.7.

Crime runs heavier where Surrey Centre 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

The force’s area logs 9.7 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 76, about level with British Columbia’s towns (76) and below Canadian towns (86).

Household incomes in Surrey Centre are higher than in 98% of Canadian towns

Just over nine in ten commuters drove, about level with Canadian towns (89%) and above British Columbia’s towns (87%). Workers spend 29 min getting to work, on average.

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

Winter lows average 0.5°C in January, near British Columbia’s towns (0.5°C) and higher than Canadian towns (−13.5°C). Between the last spring frost, 11 April, and the first in autumn, 30 October, lie 201 days. A normal January brings 22 cm of snow, the most of any month. January is the wettest month, with 252 mm of rain and snow on average.

Surrey Centre’s 36 schools with results spread wide in British Columbia, 8 in the top two fifths and 16 in the bottom two

Within 3 km of Surrey Centre are 31 elementary schools, 3 secondary schools and 2 alternative or adult schools.

More of the land around Surrey Centre is protected than around 8 in 10 Canadian towns

Peace Arch Park is the closest provincial park, at 11 km. Public parks and reserves within 10 km: 189, above both British Columbia’s towns (14) and Canadian towns (4). 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 Clover Valley Greenway and Surrey Lake Greenway.

Shaking costs buildings in Surrey Centre $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 Surrey Centre has burned: 0.1% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.004% a year. Nobody publishes earthquake risk for Surrey Centre alone, so this card uses the figure for the city of Surrey.

More of Surrey Centre belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 44%

The 65-and-over age group makes up 15% of residents. Children under 15 make up 19%, above both British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%).

What November brings in Surrey Centre: 2°C at night, 10°C by day

About 7 cm of snow falls in a normal November. Then December: 6°C by day, freezing at night. Expect about 249 mm of rain and snow over November. For today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Langley forecast.

Cloverdale—Langley City, which takes in Surrey Centre, is held by Tamara Jansen (Conservative Party of Canada)

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

surrey public library logs 3.4 visits per person served, fewer than three in four British Columbia’s town libraries

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