City of Surrey's 2024-2028 Financial Plan

POPULATION AND GROWTH STATISTICS

The following illustrates the distribution of the City population within each of our six communities. Over the last five years the average annual growth rate in both Fleetwood and Whalley (including the City Centre) have been the two highest at 1.5% and 2.6%, respectively. In the next five years, it is expected that the average annual growth rate in Whalley (including the City Centre) (2.4%) will continue to be the highest in the City, due to the

Total Population in Surrey by Community (2019 to 2028)

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Total Population

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Year

Fleetwood

Guildford

Cloverdale

South Surrey

Whalley (Included the City Centre)

Newton

Numbers for 2024 - 2028 are projected Source: City of Surrey Planning & Development Department

increasing density in North Surrey’s City Centre area.

Surrey’s population at the end of 2023 comprised approximately 21.23% of the population of Metro Vancouver. Based on Statistics Canada’s 2021 census for percentage growth from 2016 to 2021, Surrey ranked as one of the top municipalities in Canada, having grown by 9.7% between 2016 and 2021. This compares to the provincial average of 7.6% and the national average of 5.2%.

Population Change (in percentage) for Surrey and Higher Level geographies, 2016-2021

12

10

8

6

4

Percent Change (%)

2

0

Surrey (City)

Vancouver

Metro Vancouver British Columbia

Canada

Regions

Source: Statistics Canada 2016 Census Profile

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