City of Surrey's 2024-2028 Financial Plan

SURREY’S HISTORY

CITY SERVICES In 2023, the City of Surrey collected $600 million in taxation revenue, for both general and utilities operating. These funds are used to support City services such as:

• 15 fire halls and 416 fire fighters, of which 16 are paid-on-call volunteers; • Policing services, during transition, are delivered by Surrey RCMP with support from SPS. Policing services are headquartered on Highway 10 along with five community policing stations; • 10 library branches, including the main branch located at Surrey City Centre Library; • Four professional cultural institutions including the Museum of Surrey and its interactive kids gallery, textile studio, and cultural events; the Surrey Art Gallery with visual arts studios, Tech Lab, digital media gallery and the City’s permanent art collection; and the Civic Archives provides access to local government records and community collections including extensive photographic records; and the Historic Stewart Farm which is a heritage site featuring eight designated heritage buildings that support a range of year round programming; • 14 community recreation centres that include gymnasiums, fitness and multi-purpose rooms; one nature centre; five indoor pools and eight outdoor pools; five ice arenas providing nine sheets of ice; eight skate parks including two covered youth parks and two parkour parks; ten drop-in youth lounges, one seniors centre and seniors programming in all community recreation centres; • Totest Aleng: Indigenous Learning House is a new, unique venue located within Elgin Heritage Park;

• Surrey Civic Theatres include the Main Stage (402 seats) and Studio Theatre (130 seats) at the Surrey Arts Centre along with the Centre Stage venue (200 seats) at City Hall; • Over 100 public art installations are distributed across Surrey in civic facilities, parks and public realm; • Four community arts facilities including Newton Cultural Centre, which houses the Arts Council of Surrey; the Parkway Studios which houses the Royal Canadian Theatre Company; South Surrey Recreation and Arts Centre which houses the Semiahmoo Arts, and Crescent Park Pottery Studio which houses Semiahmoo Potters Society; • 7,096 acres of City owned parkland (excludes Metro Vancouver Regional Parks within City boundaries) that contain 190 full size grass athletic fields, 17 full-size artificial turf fields, three track and field complexes, 73 public tennis courts, eight skate parks, 296 kilometres of trails and paths and two large urban forest parks; • Improvements to the various transportation routes within the City including road widening, median beautification, construction of pedestrian/cycling overpasses and large scale transportation projects; • Many water, sewer, drainage, and dyking improvements and; • Transforming Surrey from a suburban community to a thriving urban environment with national and international opportunities for business and tourism.

City of Surrey | 2024—2028 Financial Plan | Community Profile

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