City of Surrey's 2021 - 2025 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 both North and South Surrey’s growth rate have been the two highest at 2.45% and 2.06%, respectively. In the next five years, it is expected that the average annual growth rate in North Surrey (2.74%) will continue to be the highest in the City, due to the

Total Population in Surrey by Community (2016 to 2025)

180,000

160,000

140,000

120,000

100,000

80,000

60,000 Population

40,000

20,000

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Fleetwood Guildford Cloverdale South Surrey North Surrey Newton

increasing density in North Surrey’s City Centre area. Surrey’s population at the end of 2020

Numbers for 2021 - 2025 are projected Source: City of Surrey Planning & Development Department

comprised approximately 21.7% of the population of Metro Vancouver. Over the next five years, Surrey’s share of regional population growth is expected to remain consistent at approximately 21.3% of total growth. Based on Statistics Canada’s 2016 census for percentage growth from 2011 to 2016, Surrey ranked in the top 10 in Canada for municipalities with a 2011 population greater than 100,000, having grown by 10.6% between 2011 and 2016. Edmonton was first with a total growth of 14.8% and was followed by Brampton with a total growth of 13.3%. In the Province of B.C., only the Township of Langley had a higher percentage growth than Surrey at 12.6%. Vancouver’s population, in comparison, grew by 4.6% from 2011 to 2016 and Burnaby’s population grew by 4.3%.

Population change (in percentage) for Surrey and higher level geographies, 2011-2016

12

10

8

6

4

Percent Change (%)

2

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Surrey (City)

Vancouver

Metro Vancouver British Columbia

Canada

Regions

Source: Statistics Canada 2016 Census Profile

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