Surrey, British Columbia

Surrey
City of Surrey
From top left: Surrey City Hall, Crescent Beach, Peace Arch, Surrey Museum, Newton Town Centre
Nickname: 
City of Parks
Motto: 
"The future lives here"
Location of Surrey
Location of Surrey
Coordinates: 49°11′24″N 122°50′56″W / 49.19000°N 122.84889°W / 49.19000; -122.84889
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Regional districtMetro Vancouver
Incorporation1879 (municipality status)
 1993 (city status)
Government
 • MayorDoug McCallum
 • City Council
List of councillors
  • Linda Annis (Surrey First)
  • Doug Elford (Safe Surrey Coalition)
  • Laurie Guerra (Safe Surrey Coalition)
  • Brenda Locke (independent)[1]
  • Jack Hundial (independent)[2]
  • Mandeep Nagra (Safe Surrey Coalition)
  • Allison Patton (Safe Surrey Coalition)
  • Steven Pettigrew (independent)[3]
 • MLAs
 • MPs
 • School trustees
List of trustees
  • Terry Allen (Surrey First Education)
  • Bob Holmes (Surrey First Education)
  • Laurie Larsen (Surrey First Education)
  • Laurae McNally (independent - represents City of White Rock)
  • Garry Thind (Surrey First Education)
  • Gary Tymoschuk (Surrey First Education)
  • Shawn Wilson (Surrey First Education)
Area
 • Total316.41 km2 (122.17 sq mi)
Highest elevation
134 m (440 ft)
Lowest elevation
0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2016)
 • Total517,887
 • Rank12th
 • Density1,636.8/km2 (4,239/sq mi)
DemonymSurreyite[4]
Time zoneUTC-08 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-07 (PDT)
Forward sortation area
Area code(s)604, 778, 236
Highways
Hwy 1 (TCH)
Hwy 1A
Hwy 15
Hwy 17
Hwy 99
Websitesurrey.ca

Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is a part of Metro Vancouver, which is next to the cities of; Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam to the north, Pitt Meadows to the north east, Langley to the east, New Westminster to the north west, White Rock to the south, and Delta to the west. Surrey is also next to Blaine, Washington, USA to the south.

Surrey has six town centres: Whalley, Newton, Guildford, Fleetwood, Cloverdale, and South Surrey.

The mayor of Surrey is Linda Hepner.

  1. Reid, Amy (27 June 2019). "Locke splits from Safe Surrey, slamming mayor's 'my-way-or-the-highway' approach". Surrey Now-Leader.
  2. Hasegawa, Regan (18 July 2019). "Mayor's police plan 'will make Surrey less safe,' says councillor leaving party". CTV News Vancouver. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  3. Zytaruk, Tom (31 May 2019). "Councillor Steven Pettigrew parts ways with Safe Surrey Coalition". Surrey Now-Leader. Retrieved 26 July 2019.
  4. "Demonyms—From coast to coast to coast". Language Portal of Canada. Government of Canada. Archived from the original on July 21, 2016. Retrieved March 30, 2012.

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