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Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is located south of the Fraser River on the Canada–United States border. It is a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver regional district and metropolitan area.
The City of Surrey is the largest city by land area and second most populated in Metro Vancouver. We are a forward-thinking, globally recognized leader in building vibrant, sustainable communities through technology and innovation.
Surrey (/ ˈsʌri /) [4] is a non-metropolitan county and also a ceremonial county in South East England and one of the home counties. It is bordered by Greater London to the northeast, Kent to the east, East and West Sussex to the south, and Hampshire and Berkshire to the west. The largest settlement is Woking.
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The Kwantlen and Semiahmoo people, part of the Straits Salish group, have lived in the Fraser River and Boundary Bay area for more than 6,000 years (see Coast Salish). Decimated by disease after the arrival of Europeans, the Kwantlen were given a small reservein Surrey. Since then, the city has purchased the reserve and turned it into a park. The S...
Surrey grew slowly in the beginning, with lumbering and agriculture as the main industries. A double-span bridge across the Fraser River (1904) provided Surrey’s only access to New Westminster and Vancouver until the Pattullo Bridge (1937) was built. Railways and roads brought steady industrial and commercial growth. This growth was furthered by an...
Industries employing the large numbers of people in Surrey include retail, healthcare and social assistance, construction, manufacturing, accommodation and food services.
Surrey is home to campuses of Kwantlen Polytechnic University and has a campus of Simon Fraser University. With more than 200 parks, the city is known as the “City of Parks.” Cloverdale, Surrey's agricultural heart, boasts harness horse racing and Canada's second-largest rodeo. The Historic Stewart Farm has a restored Victorian-style farmhouse depi...
Surrey is a city in British Columbia, Canada. It is a part of Metro Vancouver, which is next to the cities of; Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam to the north, Pitt Meadows to the north east, Langley to the east, New Westminster to the north west, White Rock to the south, and Delta to the west. Surrey is also next to Blaine, Washington, USA to the south.
Central City Building in Surrey. Surrey is Vancouver's largest suburb in both population and area, and is one of the fastest growing cities in British Columbia. It is expected to be the most populated city in British Columbia by around 2030.
