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Residency in Surrey, British Columbia

4 programs list Surrey as where they train in 2027: 2 in the R-1 match and 2 in the FM/ES match, at 2 schools. They state 40 positions in all.

  • 568,322

    Population, 2021

  • A city of 100,000+

    Vancouver population centre, 2,426,160 people

  • about 35 min drive

    Airport with scheduled flights

  • 8 h 12 min to 16 h 14 min

    Shortest and longest day

4 programs in 2027 · 2 R-1 · 2 FM/ES · 2 schools

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The Peace Arch and lawn at Peace Arch Park in Surrey, with the water beyond
Photo: Weixi Zeng · CC BY-SA 3.0(opens in a new tab) · Wikimedia Commons(opens in a new tab)

Key numbers for Surrey

Winter

3.6 °CJanuary mean8 h 12 mindaylight on 21 Dec

0.0 days a year below −20 °C · 37 cm of snow a year

Daily means, 1991–2020 normals, Pitt Meadows, 14.5 km away.

Snowfall: Vancouver International (Airport), 21.2 km away.

Summer

18.8 °CJuly mean16 h 14 mindaylight on 21 Jun

Daily means, 1991–2020 normals, Pitt Meadows, 14.5 km away.

Nearest city of 100,000+

This is one

Vancouver population centre, 2,426,160 people.

Airport with scheduled flights

about 35 minby road

To Vancouver International Airport (YVR), 21.5 km away in a straight line.

Rent vs PGY-1 pay

$2,107a month

One-bedroom, new tenant, Surrey-South Fraser: 35.4% of gross PGY-1 pay in British Columbia ($71,390 a year).

Notice: rent is 30% or more of gross PGY-1 pay.

After tax (pay and rent after tax, on the provinces page)

Ochre marks a figure past a fixed line below, and nothing else. Places are not compared with each other.

The lines: under 8 h of daylight on 21 Dec; 17 h or more on 21 Jun; 30 or more days a year below −20 °C; 4 h or more by road to a city of 100,000+; 90 min or more by road to the airport; rent at 30% or more of gross PGY-1 pay.

Programs in Surrey

2027 programs whose location label names Surrey, grouped by match, disciplines A to Z.

R-1 match 2 programs

Enhanced skills (FM/ES) 2 programs

Living in Surrey

Public statistics for this place, each with its source and reference period. They describe the place, not any program. Check each source before you rely on it.

More photos

Photos of Surrey from Wikimedia Commons, openly licensed and credited under each. They show the place, not the program.

Where it is and getting around

Map of the area around Surrey, with dashed rings 10 km and 50 km from the centre and the airport YVR marked.

The dashed rings are 10 km and 50 km from the centre of the place. This is a picture, not a live map.

Nearest airport with scheduled flights: YVR, 22 km away in a straight line.

Open on the map (the map page, with this province selected)

Drive times are free-flow estimates on roads from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), rounded: no traffic, weather or ferry waits.

Nearest airport with scheduled flights
31.7 km by road Scheduled service as listed by OurAirports; check the airport for current routes.

Weather and daylight

Average temperature, °C

Average temperature by month: 3.1 °C in December, 18.8 °C in JulyMonthly mean temperature, January to December, in degrees Celsius: 3.6, 4.6, 6.8, 9.7, 13.5, 16.1, 18.8, 18.8, 15.7, 10.5, 6.0, 3.1. Year: 10.6.0°5°10°15°20°3.6°JFMAMJ18.8°JASOND

Daily mean, 1991–2020 normals at Pitt Meadows, 14.5 km away.

Show the numbers: Monthly climate normals, 1991–2020, from Pitt Meadows and Vancouver International (Airport)
Monthly climate normals, 1991–2020, from Pitt Meadows and Vancouver International (Airport)
MonthAverage temperature (°C)Snowfall (cm)Days below −20 °C
January3.612.30.0
February4.64.50.0
March6.82.60.0
April9.70.10.0
May13.50.00.0
June16.10.00.0
July18.80.00.0
August18.80.00.0
September15.70.00.0
October10.50.10.0
November6.03.20.0
December3.113.90.0
Whole year10.636.60.0

Hours of daylight

Hours of daylight by month: 8 h 14 min in December, 16 h 12 min in JuneSunrise to sunset on the 15th of each month, in hours: 8.6, 10.1, 11.8, 13.7, 15.3, 16.2, 15.9, 14.5, 12.7, 10.9, 9.2, 8.2. Jun: 16 h 12 min. Dec: 8 h 14 min.0.0 h6.0 h12.0 h18.0 h24.0 hFebAprJunAugOctDec16 h 12 min8 h 14 min8.2 h

Sunrise to sunset on the 15th of each month, computed from the latitude (49.20° N). Hills and cloud are not counted.

Show the numbers: Daylight, sunrise to sunset, computed from latitude
Daylight, sunrise to sunset, computed from latitude
DayDaylight
January 158 h 38 min
February 1510 h 07 min
March 1511 h 47 min
April 1513 h 40 min
May 1515 h 16 min
June 1516 h 12 min
July 1515 h 52 min
August 1514 h 28 min
September 1512 h 41 min
October 1510 h 53 min
November 159 h 11 min
December 158 h 14 min
21 Dec, shortest day8 h 12 min
21 Jun, longest day16 h 14 min

Things to do nearby

Places mapped in OpenStreetMap within a set distance of the town centre. A count, not a rating.

In town, within 10 km

  • 564parks
  • 859playgrounds
  • 8ice rinks
  • 3swimming pools with a name
  • 4climbing places
  • 20libraries
  • 15museums
  • 15theatres
  • 5cinemas
  • 11arts centres
  • none mappedfor music venues
  • 6markets

Outdoors, within 50 km

  • 166protected areas with a name
  • 212nature reserves with a name
  • 189lakes with a name
  • 623beaches
  • 93campsites
  • 3ski areas
  • 94golf courses

Protected and conserved areas on the official list within 50 km: 299.

Nearest mapped ski area: Mt Seymour, 19 km in a straight line.

On foot and by bike, within 25 km

  • 1,920 kmof footpaths
  • 430 kmof signed hiking and bike routes

Lengths of mapped paths and signed routes follow how much has been mapped locally more than how much trail there is.

Counts what volunteers have mapped, not everything that exists; small and northern towns are often under-mapped, so “none mapped” is not “none”. Includes places across the US border.

Map data from OpenStreetMap (opens in a new tab), available under the Open Database License (opens in a new tab).

People

2021 Census. Figures are for the municipality of Surrey, not the metropolitan area. Statistics Canada rounds counts, so small places are approximate.

Age

Median age 38.4. People aged 20 to 39: 29.6%.

  • 0 to 14 16.6%
  • 15 to 64 68.1%
  • 65 and over 15.3%

Municipality of Surrey, 2021 Census.

Show the numbers: Age of residents, 2021 Census
Age of residents, 2021 Census
Age groupShare of residents
0 to 1416.6%
15 to 6468.1%
65 and over15.3%
20 to 39 (inside 15 to 64)29.6%
Median age38.4 years

Official languages people can speak

  • English only 89.4%
  • English and French 3.9%
  • French only 0.0%
  • Neither 6.7%

Share of residents who can conduct a conversation in each. Not the language spoken at home.

Show the numbers: Official languages residents can speak, 2021 Census
Official languages residents can speak, 2021 Census
Can speakShare of residents
English only89.4%
English and French3.9%
French only0.0%
Neither6.7%
Immigrants
44.6% of residents arrived 2016–2021: 7.1% · non-permanent residents: 6.2%
Indigenous identity
2.2% of residents
How people commute
car, truck or van 82.2% · public transit 13.1% · walking or cycling 2.9% · other 1.8% Average commute: 29.7 minutes. Shares are of people who commute.The way Canadians commute was altered in 2021 by the pandemic, with lockdowns to slow the spread of COVID-19 and changes in how and where Canadians worked leading to 2.8 million fewer commuters, compared with five years earlier. Statistics Canada, The Daily, 30 Nov 2022(opens in a new tab)
Median household income
$98,000 before tax $87,000 after tax · income year 2020, in 2020 dollars

Rural context, housing and work

Each figure names the area it covers. A missing line means the source publishes nothing for this area. These describe the place, not every site a program trains in.

Population centre
Vancouver, a large urban population centre (100,000 or more people) 2,426,160 people in 2021
Remoteness index
0.107 0 is least remote, 1 is most remote. Statistics Canada calls this index experimental.
Rental vacancy rate
3.7% October 2025 survey, Vancouver, British Columbia (census metropolitan area). The share of purpose-built rentals (three units and over) vacant, not a rent.
Basic cost of living
$64,351 a year Market Basket Measure 2025, Vancouver, British Columbia, for two adults with two children. A modest, basic basket (the poverty line), not a resident’s budget. A size-class region is not the town itself.
Unemployment rate
6.5% September 2026, three-month average, seasonally adjusted, Vancouver, British Columbia (census metropolitan area); standard error 0.4 points. A survey estimate.

Sources and licences

  • Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada. Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files.
  • Adapted from Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation, Rental Market Survey, October 2025 (vacancy rates), and Statistics Canada, Table 34-10-0130-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Canada Mortgage and Housing Corporation or Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Computed from latitude.
  • Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (December 2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  • Data Source: Environment and Climate Change Canada (Canadian Climate Normals 1991-2020).
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Index of Remoteness (17-26-0001), 2021. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, table 98-10-0011-01, and the 2021 Census Cartographic Boundary Files. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence - Canada.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 14-10-0459-01 Labour force characteristics by census metropolitan area, three-month moving average, seasonally adjusted, reference month 2026-09. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 11-10-0066-01 Market Basket Measure (MBM) thresholds for the reference family by Market Basket Measure region, component and base year, 2025. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Map data from OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
  • Drive times computed from OpenStreetMap road data, © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).
  • Airport data from OurAirports (public domain).
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0011-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and population centres, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population, table 98-10-0022-01. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0002-01 Population and dwelling counts: Canada and census subdivisions (municipalities), 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0057-01 Household income statistics by household type: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0173-01 Mother tongue by knowledge of official languages: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0266-01 Indigenous identity by Registered or Treaty Indian status: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0307-01 Immigrant status and period of immigration by place of birth: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Adapted from Statistics Canada, Table 98-10-0458-01 Main mode of commuting by commuting duration, time leaving for work, age and gender: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions, 2021 Census. This does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada of this product.
  • Photographs: Wikimedia Commons. Each photo is credited under it with its author and licence (CC0, CC BY, CC BY-SA or public domain). Resized and re-encoded as WebP; not cropped.
  • Map data from OpenStreetMap (https://www.openstreetmap.org/copyright), available under the Open Database License (ODbL).
  • Map images drawn from OpenFreeMap tiles (https://openfreemap.org), © OpenMapTiles (https://openmaptiles.org).
  • Airport data from OurAirports (public domain).

Across British Columbia

A page for each specialty trained in Surrey lists its programs across British Columbia, school by school.

Nearby places

Places with a page within 300 km of Surrey in a straight line, nearest first; not a driving distance.

Other places in British Columbia 13

Places with a page, A to Z.

A program’s streams share one row, and a quota two of its streams both state is counted once in the totals. Positions are the quotas each program page states; a program that states none is not counted as zero. CdnMD is independent of CaRMS: confirm everything on carms.ca (opens in a new tab).