2025-2029 Surrey 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 South Surrey and Whalley (including the City Centre) have been the two highest at 2.0% and 2.6%, respectively. In the next five years, it is expected that the average annual growth rate in Whalley (including the City Centre) (4.8%) will continue to be the highest in the City, due to the

Total Population in Surrey by Community (2020 to 2029)

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Total Population

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2021

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2025

2026

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2028

2029

Year

Guildford

Fleetwood

Cloverdale

South Surrey

Newton

Whalley (Included the City Centre)

Numbers for 2025 - 2029 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 2024 comprised approximately 20.85% of the population of Metro Vancouver. Based on Statistics Canada’s 2021 census for population 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 2021 Census Profile

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