WhalleySurrey

Rent takes more of local pay in Whalley than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 38% of household income

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Vancouver metro area

The median home value was $500,000, lower than British Columbia’s towns ($720,000) yet higher than Canadian towns ($406,000). Shelter took 30% or more of income for nearly a third of households, above both British Columbia’s towns (21%) and Canadian towns (18%).

Few places match Whalley for health: it beats 93% of Canadian towns

Measured across the Fraser South Health Service Delivery Area: health survey and life expectancy

For Whalley itself the measure is access, and it scores well: 1.8 km to the nearest hospital, where 3.7 km is typical. Statistics Canada puts life expectancy at 83.2, above both British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5). About as many adults call their health very good or excellent here as across British Columbia, 50% against 50%.

Commuters in Whalley travel further than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns, 37 min on average

In the lower two fifths in British Columbia: 43 of the 56 schools around Whalley with results

Counting a 3 km margin, Whalley has 50 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools, 1 school for every grade and 5 alternative or adult schools.

The police who cover Whalley record more serious crime than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: a Crime Severity Index of 94

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. For violence alone, its police area’s index was 76, near British Columbia’s towns (76) and lower than Canadian towns (86). Behind Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 sits data gathered across the Surrey service area, with Whalley one part of it.

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

A normal winter brings 37 cm of snow, below British Columbia’s towns (51 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. Rain and snow peak in January, at 252 mm. Gardeners get 201 frost-free days, from 11 April to 30 October. Whalley sees January nights of 0.5°C on average.

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

0.1 km out lies the largest, Green Timbers Urban Forest Park, at 171 ha. For a provincial park, Pinecone Burke Park lies 13 km off. Public parks and reserves within 10 km: 123, above British Columbia’s towns (14) and Canadian towns (4) alike. 5 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the BC Parkway and Green Timbers Greenway.

Shaking costs buildings in Whalley $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 · Shared with the rest of the city of Surrey: earthquake risk

The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from City of Surrey. Wildfire is rare near Whalley: 0.1% of the land within 25 km has burned since 1986, a burn rate of 0.003% a year.

More of Whalley belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 74%

People 65 and over make up 12% of the town. 13% are under 15, below British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%) alike.

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

November usually brings some 3 cm of snow. Expect about 249 mm of rain and snow over November. December follows at 6°C by day and freezing by night. ECCC’s forecast for Pitt Meadows is on the Weather page, hour by hour.

Randeep Sarai (Liberal Party of Canada) holds Surrey Centre, the riding that includes Whalley

The Liberal Party of Canada has 20 of the 43 MPs elected in British Columbia.

Surrey Libraries logs 3.4 visits per person served, fewer than 76% of British Columbia’s town libraries

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