21 Facts About Surrey South

1. Surrey South will face Berthold today at 4:30 pm in a loser-out match, while the Mavericks have a date with Glenburn today at 7:30 pm in the semifinals.

2. Surrey South currently faces the problem of Urban Sprawl, the phenomenon that is characterized by the low density residential, with almost no commercial or industrial zoning.

3. Surrey South hosted the Canadian national qualifying tournament in 2006, and sends a local team to compete for a spot in the Little League World Series in Williamsport, Pennsylvania.

4. One of the lesser-known events in Surrey South is the annual Nicomekl River Race.

5. Surrey South has the largest Canada Day event of its kind in Western Canada.

6. Surrey South is the home of Kwantlen Polytechnic University, a polytechnic university that opened its doors in the Newton Town Centre of Surrey in 1981 as a response to the growing need for expanded vocational training across the Fraser Valley.

7. Surrey South is home to the third campus of Simon Fraser University, which opened its doors in Surrey in 2002.

8. In 2018, Surrey South opened a $68million biofuel facility, the first in North America.

9. Surrey South forms an integral part of Metro Vancouver as it is the second largest city in the region, albeit while serving as the secondary economic core of the metropolitan area.

10. The current mayor of Surrey South is Doug McCallum, who took office on November 5, 2018.

11. Surrey South was incorporated in 1879, and encompasses land formerly occupied by a number of Halqemeylem-speaking aboriginal groups.

12. Surrey South is a city in the province of British Columbia, Canada, located south of the Fraser River and north of the Canada–United States border.

13. Surrey South has more organisation and company headquarters than any other county in the UK.

14. The average wage in Surrey South is bolstered by the high proportion of residents who work in financial services.

15. Surrey South has the highest GDP per capita in the UK and the highest cost of living in the UK outside of the capital.

16. Surrey South had little political or economic significance in the Middle Ages.

17. At this point Surrey South was evidently under Kentish domination, as the abbey was founded under the patronage of King Ecgberht of Kent.

18. Surrey South contains England's principal concentration of lowland heath, on sandy soils in the west of the county.

19. Surrey South is divided in two by the chalk ridge of the North Downs, running east-west.

20. Surrey South has proximity to London and to Heathrow and Gatwick airports, along with access to major arterial road routes including the M25, M3 and M23 and frequent rail services into Central London.

21. Surrey South is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada that was created in the 2015 redistribution from parts of Surrey-Cloverdale and Surrey-Panorama.