Census Profile - 2016 Census Surrey, City, British Columbia

Statistics Canada is currently doing the 2021 Census. Every five years, Canadians are invited to participate in the census to help paint a portrait of Canada's diverse population and the places where we live.

The next Census of Population and Census of Agriculture will take place in May 2021. Census Day is May 11, 2021.

Surrey                                                                                                                                                BC

Population, 2016  : 517,887                                                                                    4,648,055

Population, 2011 :  468,251                                                                                    4,400,057

Population percentage change, 2011 to 2016 : 10.6                                                         5.6   

Private dwellings occupied by usual residents:  169,964                                        2,063,417

Population density per square kilometre: 1,636.8                                                                 5 

Land area in square kilometres: 316.41                                                                922,503.01

Population in 2006 : 394,976                                                     4,113,487

2006 to 2011 population change (%): 18.6                                           7.0

Population density per sq/km in 2006 : 1479.9                                     4.8

Land area in square kilometres: 316.41                                                                922,509.29

Surrey-Langley SkyTrain

Mayors’ Council wants feds to fund Surrey-Langley SkyTrain in upcoming budget

Mayors’ Council on regional transportation sent letter to federal government Monday

SkyTrain running through Whalley

The Mayors’ Council on regional transportation sent a letter to the federal government Monday calling on it to direct new funding to the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain project and zero-emission buses in its upcoming 2021-2022 budget.

Prime Minister Justin Trudeau recently announced there’d be $14.9 billion to fund transit projects over the next eight years. The mayors want the feds to commit to fund Stage Two of the SkyTrain project, which would see it expanded from Fleetwood to Langley.

Township of Langley Mayor Jack Froese, vice-chairman of the mayor’s council, said the funding, “if committed in the coming months, will clear the path for shovel-ready projects like the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain and our Low-Carbon Fleet Strategy to help our region expand transit service, create new jobs, and recover ftrom the pandemic more quickly.”