2025-2029 Surrey Financial Plan

STRATEGIC FRAMEWORK

Performance Indicators under the Eight Community Themes

Indicator

Performance Indicator Description

2019

2020

2021

2022

2023

Trees Planted by City (Ecosystems) Green Infrastructure Network (Ecosystems) Online Registrations for City Programs (Health and Wellness)

Average number of street trees and park trees planted on public property (five-year average) Number of acres in the Green Infrastructure Network (“GIN”) that are protected Percentage of Parks, Recreation and Culture management system program registrations initiated online Number of individuals who volunteered with Surrey Fire Service, Surrey Libraries, Surrey Animal Resource Centre, and Parks, Recreation and Culture Department

4,408

4,372

3,759

3,671

3,416

5,215

5,275

5,418

5,419

5,251

51%

66%

82%

70%

71%

City Volunteers (Inclusion)

13,008

3,948

4,845

6,087

10,418

Availability of Employment (Economic Prosperity and Livelihood) City Tax Base (Economic Prosperity and Livelihood) Businesses by Sector (Economic Prosperity and Livelihood) Protected Heritage Sites (Education & Culture) Arts and Culture Groups (Education & Culture) City Cultural Grants (Education & Culture) Corporate Greenhouse Gas (GHG) Emissions (Infrastructure)

Number of jobs per resident worker

0.81:1

0.82:1

0.82:1

0.84:1

0.86:1

71% Res., 29.0% Com./Ind.

74.5% Res. 25.5% Com/Ind

69.3% Res. 30.7% Com/Ind

68.5% Res. 31.5% Com/Ind

67.7% Res. 32.3% Com/Ind

Proportion of the City’s tax base derived from residential, business, industrial, and other sources

Number of business licenses in all sectors

18,572

18,720

18,975

19,654

20,732

Number of protected natural and human built heritage sites that are recognized in the City’s Heritage Register Number of arts and culture groups registered with the Surrey Arts Council and Semiahmoo Arts Council

69

72

73

73

74

466

191

203

326

332

Number of grants issued by the City through the Cultural Grants program

103

86

78

79

82

Total corporate greenhouse gas emissions, for buildings and fleet (both municipal and contracted) (t CO 2 e)

22,064

20,433

17,495

20,694

17,350

Residential Water Consumption (Infrastructure) Community Waste Reduction (Infrastructure) Crime Rate/Crime Severity Index (Public Safety)

Average residential water consumption, per capita (L/day)

272

243

242

239

249

Percentage of household waste diverted from the landfill An index of annual crime rates, and weighted police-reported incidents according to the seriousness of the offense. The base index is 100 for Canada in 2006 Number of residential break and enter incidents reported to or discovered by police per 100,000 population Percentage of households within 800m access to transit stops along Surrey’s active frequent transit network

38%

32%

31%

35%

36%

104.01

95.01

93.12

101.61

110.77

Residential Break and Enter (Public Safety)

240

183

173

134

104

800m Access to Transit Stops (Built Environments and Neighbourhoods)

NA*

NA*

32%

32%

32%

* New measurement methodology of data was applied, with data not available for these years

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