Photo: Bplimley · CC BY-SA 4.016% of households are one person living alone, fewer than in 89% of Canadian towns
The figure for visible minority residents is 44% in Surrey Centre and 15% across Canada’s towns. The neighbourhood counted 16,482 residents and 5,235 households at the 2021 Census. Households in single-detached houses: 45% of the total. At 28%, the share of immigrants is higher than in 69% of Canadian towns.
Surrey Centre ranks above 77% of Canadian towns on children under 15: 19%
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Residents by five-year age band, each beside the typical town (the tick).
The median age in Surrey Centre is 39, lower than in 70% of Canadian towns. Set beside that, 16% of residents are under 15 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Surrey Centre, 39. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
51% women, 49% men
About an even split.
Bigger households than 93% of Canadian towns: 3.1 people each on average
Who shares a home: household types and sizes.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
In Surrey Centre, 8.3% of households are one-parent families.
Common-law partners: 6.4%, a lower share than 84% of Canadian towns
Married, common-law, single: residents 15 and over.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 27% of adults, beside a typical 27%. By way of comparison, just over one in ten residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Below 64% of Canadian towns: 19% of households rent their home
Dwelling types, tenure and age of the housing. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
With households in buildings of five or more storeys at 1.5%, Surrey Centre is ahead of 63% of Canadian towns on that count. Elsewhere, a quarter of households rent their home across Canada’s towns.
$126,600 a year: the median household income
Incomes are 2020’s, the census’s reference year, and include pandemic benefits such as CERB. Total household income: the median household, and the spread from low to high.
Households by income · share of households
The middle household in Surrey Centre had $126,600 before tax, 47% above the median across Canada’s towns ($86,000). Across British Columbia’s towns the median is $87,000. Pandemic payments such as CERB reached 28% of income recipients here, against 28% in the typical town.
A higher share of residents without Canadian citizenship than 60% of Canadian towns, at 7.9%
Where immigrants were born and when they came, and how recently residents moved in.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 35%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
Recent arrivals are nearly a quarter of immigrants (2011 to 2021), beside 27% across Canada’s towns. To put it in context, 5.8% of residents are not Canadian citizens across Canada’s towns. The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (72%) and in Europe (16%). A year before the census, 11% lived somewhere else: fewer than the typical 11% across Canada’s towns.
Surrey Centre: 39% of residents said they have no religion, above 63% of Canadian towns
Residents’ own answers on visible minority, Indigenous identity and religion.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Sikh (19%) and Hindu (2.7%). The wider picture: just over a third of residents said they have no religion across Canada’s towns. Little separates the share of Indigenous residents here, 3%, from the figure across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 65%, and 4.5% speak French as well
The official languages residents can speak, and the ones they learned first.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 77%, French 0.1%. Lower than in 81% of Canadian towns: 4.5% of residents speak English and French. Residents whose mother tongue is French are about as common here as across Canada’s towns: 0.6%.
A higher share of degree holders aged 25 to 64 than 53% of Canadian towns, at 28%
The highest diploma or degree of adults of working age (25 to 64).
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
At the other end, 6.4% hold no certificate, diploma or degree, against a typical 9.5%. As a reference point, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
A job for 64% of residents aged 15 and over
The census counted work in May 2021, mid-pandemic, so read these rates as a pandemic snapshot. Work, briefly: employment, unemployment, participation and working from home. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
Across Canada’s towns the typical rate is 58%, below this 64%.
19th lowest median age among 41 towns of 16,036 to 16,959
The Canadian towns closest in population, from youngest to oldest.
Median ages here range from 32.8 in Evergreen to 57.2 in Saint-Charles-Borromée. Nearest to Surrey Centre in age: Glen Cairn (38.7), Saint-Émile (38.8), Mercier (39.2) and Old Hunt Club (39.8).
Around Surrey Centre, 3 of 6 towns have a higher median age
Places nearby, shaded by median age, each linked to its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Surrey Centre | 16,482 | — | 39 | 15% | 28% |
| Cloverdale | 13,615 | 2.5 km | 39.6 | 15% | 30% |
| Provinceton | 11,625 | 2.8 km | 38.2 | 13% | 34% |
| Rosewood Park | 9,004 | 4.3 km | 42.1 | 19% | 27% |
| Sullivan | 42,135 | 4.4 km | 35.6 | 11% | 48% |
| Sunrise Estates | 4,292 | 4.5 km | 41.2 | 19% | 35% |
| Clayton Heights | 8,961 | 5.0 km | 35 | 6.9% | 31% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The census’s own words. The census takes “visible minority” from the Employment Equity Act: anyone other than Indigenous peoples who is non-white in colour or race. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are what residents reported, compared here with other towns and never used as a label.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. Each comparison is its own median: over British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, and over all Canadian towns of that size (whole cities and First Nations reserves left out). Percentiles are within Canada only.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Built up from dissemination areas: Statistics Canada stops at the municipality. Rounded counts are added together and medians estimated from the published groups. The 2016 areas don’t line up with these, so the change since 2016 isn’t shown.
- What these tables don’t give. Not in the Census Profile: unpaid care, cars, internet access, and how each age group has changed since 2016. We also chart no ethnic origins besides visible minority and Indigenous identity.
Questions about Surrey Centre’s residents
Is Surrey Centre good for families?
Across Canada’s towns, a typical 16% of residents are under 15; here, 19%. 57% of households are couple families and 8.3% one-parent families. Schools near Surrey Centre are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Surrey Centre?
$126,600 before tax, in 2020: the middle household’s income in Surrey Centre (Canada’s towns: $86,000).
What is the population of Surrey Centre?
16,482, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Surrey Centre alone.
What is the average age in Surrey Centre?
39 is the median age, younger than 70% of Canadian towns. Under 15: 19%. 65 and over: 15%.
Is Surrey Centre bilingual?
Both official languages are spoken by 4.5% of residents, against a typical 7.5% across Canada’s towns. 93% speak only English and 0% only French; 0.6% grew up with French.
How diverse is Surrey Centre?
Immigrants make up 28% of residents, against 17% across Canada’s towns. 44% are members of a visible minority, and 3% are First Nations, Métis or Inuit.
What religion are people in Surrey Centre?
Christian: 35%. No religion: 39%. Another religion: 26%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. 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).