Whalley, Surrey
Town centre of Surrey in British Columbia, Canada / From Wikipedia, the free encyclopedia
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Whalley is the most densely populated and urban of the six town centres in Surrey, British Columbia, Canada. It encompasses City Centre, the city's central business district, and is home to the Surrey City Hall, the main branch of Surrey Libraries, Central City, SFU Surrey[4] and the site of Kwantlen Polytechnic University's (KPU) Civic Plaza campus.[5] It is the only town centre in Surrey served by Metro Vancouver's SkyTrain rapid transit system. Expo Line stations serving Whalley include Scott Road, Gateway, Surrey Central and King George.
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Whalley
Surrey City Centre | |
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Location of Whalley within Metro Vancouver | |
Coordinates: 49°11′30″N 122°50′45″W | |
Country | Canada |
Province | British Columbia |
Region | Lower Mainland |
Regional District | Metro Vancouver |
City | Surrey |
Incorporated | 1948 |
Government | |
• Mayor | Brenda Locke |
• MP (Fed.) | Randeep Sarai (Liberal)[1] |
• MLA (Prov.) | Bruce Ralston (NDP) |
Population (2016) | |
• Total | 102,555[2][3] |
Including City Centre | |
Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
• Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
Based on the city of Surrey statistics, Whalley is the second-most populous community in Surrey after Newton.[6] As of 2018,[update] the population of Whalley is 75,610,[7] while the population of City Centre, the central subarea in the Whalley core, is 26,945.[8] The total population of the area is 102,555. Whalley is represented in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia by the Surrey-Whalley riding and in the House of Commons of Canada by the Surrey North riding. Randeep Sarai is Whalley's Member of Parliament, and Bruce Ralston is its MLA.