Surrey

second largest city in British Columbia, Canada
Organization city_in_british_columbia Q390583
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Surrey

Summary

Surrey is a city in British Columbia[1]. Surrey ranks in the top 9% of city_in_british_columbia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,191 views/month).[2]

Key Facts

  • Surrey is located in Metro Vancouver Regional District[3].
  • Surrey is in the country of Canada[4].
  • Surrey is on the body of water Fraser River[5].
  • Surrey is on the body of water Boundary Bay[6].
  • Surrey is on the body of water Serpentine River[7].
  • Surrey is on the body of water Campbell River[8].
  • Surrey is on the body of water Nicomekl River[9].
  • Surrey's instance of is recorded as city in British Columbia[10].
  • Surrey's instance of is recorded as big city[11].
  • Surrey's shares border with is recorded as Coquitlam[12].
  • Surrey's shares border with is recorded as White Rock[13].
  • Surrey's shares border with is recorded as Delta[14].
  • Surrey's shares border with is recorded as Langley[15].
  • Surrey's shares border with is recorded as New Westminster[16].
  • Surrey's shares border with is recorded as Blaine[17].
  • Surrey's shares border with is recorded as Port Coquitlam[18].
  • Surrey's shares border with is recorded as Pitt Meadows[19].
  • Surrey's shares border with is recorded as Langley[20].
  • Surrey's contains the administrative territorial entity is recorded as Semiahmoo[21].
  • Surrey's twinned administrative body is recorded as Taicang[22].
  • Surrey's twinned administrative body is recorded as Zhuhai[23].
  • Surrey's twinned administrative body is recorded as Kōtō[24].
  • Surrey's legislative body is recorded as Surrey City Council[25].
  • Surrey's Commons category is recorded as Surrey, British Columbia[26].
  • Surrey's located in time zone is recorded as Pacific Time Zone[27].

Body

Founding

1879 marks the founding of Surrey[28].

Identity

Surrey's official name is recorded as {'lang': 'en', 'text': 'City of Surrey'}[29].

Why It Matters

Surrey ranks in the top 9% of city_in_british_columbia entities by monthly Wikipedia readership (2,191 views/month).[2] Surrey has Wikipedia articles in 23 language editions, a strong signal of global cultural recognition.[30] Surrey is known by 12 alternative names across languages and contexts.[31]

References

Programmatic citations — every numbered marker resolves to a verifiable graph row below.

Direct Wikidata claims

  1. [4] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  2. [10] . GeoNames. Retrieved . surrey.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  3. [11] . wikidata.org.
  4. [12] . wikidata.org.
  5. [13] . wikidata.org.
  6. [14] . wikidata.org.
  7. [15] . wikidata.org.
  8. [16] . wikidata.org.
  9. [17] . wikidata.org.
  10. [18] . wikidata.org.
  11. [19] . wikidata.org.
  12. [20] . wikidata.org.
  13. [3] . GeoNames. Retrieved . wikidata.org.
  14. [21] . wikidata.org.
  15. [22] . wikidata.org.
  16. [23] . canadainternational.gc.ca. canadainternational.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  17. [24] . canadainternational.gc.ca. canadainternational.gc.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.
  18. [25] . wikidata.org.
  19. [5] . wikidata.org.
  20. [6] . wikidata.org.
  21. [7] . wikidata.org.
  22. [8] . wikidata.org.
  23. [9] . wikidata.org.
  24. [26] . wikidata.org.
  25. [27] . wikidata.org.
  26. [28] . wikidata.org.
  27. [29] . Gazetteer. Retrieved . surrey.ca. Provenance: wikidata.org.

Class ancestry

  1. [1] . Wikidata. wikidata.org.

Aggregate / graph-position facts

  1. [2] . Wikimedia Foundation. dumps.wikimedia.org.
  2. [30] . Wikidata sitelinks. wikidata.org.
  3. [31] . Wikidata aliases. wikidata.org.

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  1. 16d ago · MatSuBot bot · 2026-05-18 view diff on Wikidata ↗
    Category of associated people Category:People from Surrey, British Columbia
    Coordinate location {'lat': 49.1833, 'lon': -122.85}
    Area {'unit': 'Q712226', 'amount': '+316.41'}
    Topic has template Template:SurreyBCNeighbourhoods, Template:Surrey, British Columbia
    + 29 other properties edited (see Wikidata diff for full list)
    "/* wbeditentity-update-languages-short:0||dz, mg */ import labels from sitelinks"
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