Surrey
One of Canada's fastest growing cities
Surrey is one of Canada’s fastest growing cities and its land mass makes it the largest city in the province, equal to the size of Vancouver, Richmond and Burnaby combined.
Known as the City of Parks, Surrey has over 6,000 acres of parkland and 15 golf courses and driving ranges. Also, despite rapid growth, Surrey has held onto the rural flavour of its past, with about 35 per cent of its land designated as agricultural and still actively farmed.
Area facts
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Location: | 43 km east of Vancouver |
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Population: | 394,976 |
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Key Industries: | manufacturing, wholesaling, agriculture and commerce |
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Transportation: | car, bus, SkyTrain |
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Schools: | kindergarten to grade 12; Simon Fraser University, Kwantlen Polytechnic University |
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Hospital: |
Surrey Memorial is a 507 acute care bed, University of BC Affiliated, regional referral and community teaching hospital that has the busiest emergency in BC, and offers medical, surgical, neonatal intensive care, tertiary, ambulatory, cardiology, rehab, as well as 24/7 emergency services with 94,500 visits annually. The new Critical Care Tower will increase Surrey to 650 beds by 2014, providing a dedicated perinatal centre, helipad, expanded ICU as well as a new emergency opening in 2013. Jim Pattison Outpatient Care and Surgery Centre is a brand new, state-of-the-art out-patient facility that opened in June 2011 in Surrey, BC and provides ambulatory and surgical daycare services as well as many specialized clinics such as anticoagulation and chronic pain, breast health, chronic disease management for diabetes, cardiac and lung health with lab, medical and diagnostic imaging and pharmacy services. |
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