2025-2029 Surrey Financial Plan

COMMUNITY OF SURREY

CITY SERVICES In 2024, the City of Surrey collected $648 million in taxation revenue, for both general and utilities operating. These funds are used to support City services such as: • •

15 fire halls and 430 fire fighters, of which 12 are paid-on-call volunteers; • 10 library branches, including the main branch located at Surrey City Centre Library. Plus one mobile branch/van; • Four 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; 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; • 11 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 community recreation centres; • Totest Aleng: Indigenous Learning House is a unique venue supporting indigenous cultural practices 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;

UrbanScreen, Surrey Art Gallery’s award-winning outdoor venue, moved to Surrey Civic Plaza. This art-dedicated projection venue showcases digital art after dark, year-round; • Over 140 public art installations are distributed across Surrey in civic facilities, parks and public realm; • Four community arts facilities, which includes the Arts Council of Surrey, Newton Cultural Centre, the Parkway Studios, and South Surrey Recreation Centre & Arts Centres; • 7,117 acres of City owned parkland (excludes Metro Vancouver Regional Parks within City boundaries) that contain 221 athletic fields, 17 full-size artificial turf fields, three track and field complexes, 73 public tennis courts, eight skate parks, 305 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 cycling overpasses and large scale transportation projects; • New water and sewer improvements in North Surrey, replacement of the Colebrook drainage pump station, and

early works to support the Surrey Langley SkyTrain extension; and

• Transforming Surrey from a suburban community to a thriving urban environment with national and international opportunities for business and tourism.

City of Surrey | 2025—2029 Financial Plan | Community Profile

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