Surrey City Centre Surrey · A guide for buyers and owners
Surrey City Centre, also called Whalley, is the downtown of the City of Surrey, around Surrey Central Station on the Expo Line.
- 1Gateway StationExpo Line
- 2Surrey Central StationExpo Line
- 3King George StationExpo Line
- 4Surrey City Hall13450 104 Avenue
- 5City Centre Library10350 University Drive
- 6Holland Park13428 Old Yale Road
- 7Surrey Memorial Hospital13750 96 Avenue
- 8Simon Fraser University Surrey13450 102 Avenue
- The City Centre community boundary, the area for homes for sale
- The City Centre Plan’s districts, the area measured
What Surrey City Centre is like
Surrey City Centre is the downtown of the City of Surrey. Three Expo Line stations serve it: Gateway, Surrey Central and King George.
| Measure | Count |
|---|---|
| Lots in the plan | 2,295 |
| Zoned for a detached house | 1,605 |
| Typical detached-house lot | 8,100 sq ft |
Source: City of Surrey open data, Lot and Zoning, November 6, 2026. Believed accurate, not guaranteed.
City Hall, the library, Simon Fraser University Surrey and Surrey Memorial Hospital are on the map. Most of its lots are zoned for a detached house, not a tower.
Central Downtown is the plan district round Surrey Central Station. City Hall, the library and Simon Fraser University Surrey are in it.
Gateway is the plan district round Gateway Station, 1.1 kilometres north of Surrey Central.
King George is the plan district round King George Station, 0.8 kilometres south of Surrey Central, where the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain starts.
What the rules let be built near a station
The Province requires a city to allow a minimum height and density within 800 metres of a SkyTrain station. These are minimums: the City may allow more.
| Distance from the station | Floor space, times the lot | Storeys |
|---|---|---|
| Within 200 metres (Tier 1) | 5.0 | 20 |
| 200 to 400 metres (Tier 2) | 4.0 | 12 |
| 400 to 800 metres (Tier 3) | 3.0 | 8 |
Source: B.C. Reg. 263/2023, Local Government Transit-Oriented Areas Regulation, read November 6, 2026. Believed accurate, not guaranteed.
Try a distance from a station.
Tier 2: floor space of 4.0 times the lot, 12 storeysThe least the Province requires the City to allow 200 to 400 metres from a station. The City may allow more. The measure is from the station, not the street.
Zoning has not caught up with the rings
About 69.7% of the lots zoned for a detached house lie inside a station ring, the Province’s distance bands around each station. That is 1,119 of 1,605.
Source: City of Surrey open data, Transit Oriented Area Properties and Zoning, November 6, 2026. Believed accurate, not guaranteed.
Source: City of Surrey open data, Zoning Boundaries, November 6, 2026. Believed accurate, not guaranteed.
A house inside a ring may carry value for a developer that a house elsewhere does not. A buyer who counts on that is guessing: a lot is rarely sold alone, and the City still decides each rezoning.
Surrey City Centre homes and lots
Within two kilometres of Surrey Central Station the typical detached-house lot, 8,000 sq ft, is the largest of the seven Surrey areas measured. Inside the plan it is 8,100 sq ft.
- City Centre8,000
- Guildford7,350
- Tynehead7,250
- Fleetwood7,200
- Cloverdale7,200
- Newton7,150
- Sullivan5,700
Source: City of Surrey open data, November 6, 2026. Believed accurate, not guaranteed.
Schools in Surrey City Centre
Three high-school catchments share the plan area: Kwantlen Park Secondary has 57% of the land. Seven elementary catchments each cover 5% or more.
Source: City of Surrey open data, school catchments, November 6, 2026. Believed accurate, not guaranteed.
Catchments are reviewed. The district’s locator, linked below, names the school for one address.
Getting around from Surrey City Centre
The Expo Line runs through the area: Gateway, Surrey Central and King George are all inside it. The Surrey-Langley SkyTrain, planned for late 2029, starts at King George Station and runs east on Fraser Highway.
| Station | Distance |
|---|---|
| King George Station (Expo Line) | 0.8 km |
| Gateway Station (Expo Line) | 1.1 km |
| Green Timbers Station (planned) | 1.6 km |
| Scott Road Station (Expo Line) | 2.5 km |
Source: City of Surrey open data, station rings; Province of British Columbia, November 6, 2026. Believed accurate, not guaranteed.
Surrey City Centre prices
In October 2026 the of a detached house in the board’s Whalley region was $1.13M, says the . A condo was $377K.
Source: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, October 2026. Believed accurate, not guaranteed.
Source: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, October 2026. Believed accurate, not guaranteed.
Source: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, benchmark price by month, the past ten years. Believed accurate, not guaranteed.
takes cash. Try the board’s October 2026 benchmark price for a condo.
| Down payment | $18,750 |
|---|---|
| $5,500 | |
| Legal fee | about $1,750 |
| about $200 |
Down payment: 5% of the first $500,000 of the price, plus 10% of the rest.
$26,000in cash to close, before the mortgage. The legal fee ($1,500–$2,000) is counted at its middle.
Surrey City Centre homes for sale
No condos are among the newest homes for sale in Surrey City Centre.
Before you buy
- A house you hope to sell to a developer: 486 of the 1,605 detached-house lots in the plan are outside every ring, and the City decides each rezoning. Zoning and the rings
- A condo: read the strata documents, the minutes and the before you offer. Buyer due diligence
- The school for the address: three high-school catchments share the area. Schools
Selling in Surrey City Centre
A detached house in the board’s Whalley region took 48 days on average to sell. At the end of October 2026, 76 were for sale: 28 months of supply, the most of the six regions compared. The board’s months of supply divides the homes for sale by the average monthly sales of the past twelve months.
Source: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, October 2026. Believed accurate, not guaranteed.
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- Everything measured on this page comes from the City of Surrey’s open data (gisservices.surrey.ca), read November 6, 2026: Lot, Zoning Boundaries, Official Community Plan designations, Parks, Elementary and Secondary School Catchments, Transit Oriented Area Properties, Skytrain Guideways, Communities and City Centre District Boundaries. The plan figures count the 2,295 lots whose centre point lies inside the City Centre Plan’s districts (the thin outlines on the map). The heavy outline is the City’s City Centre community boundary, used only to choose the homes for sale. For the comparison of seven areas, each is measured in its own circle of two kilometres round a named place (Sullivan: Sullivan Community Hall; Tynehead: Tynehead Community Hall; City Centre: Surrey Central Station; Newton: Newton Exchange; Guildford: Guildford Mall Exchange; Fleetwood: Fleetwood Station; Cloverdale: Cloverdale Hotel). The City’s licence terms are its Open Data License. City of Surrey open data
- Station rings: Housing Statutes (Transit-Oriented Areas) Amendment Act, 2023 and the Local Government Transit-Oriented Areas Regulation, B.C. Reg. 263/2023. Around a SkyTrain station the regulation sets minimum allowable densities that a city must allow and may exceed: Tier 1 within 200 metres, 5.0 times the lot in floor space and 20 storeys; Tier 2 to 400 metres, 4.0 and 12; Tier 3 to 800 metres, 3.0 and 8 (Fact Bank bc.tod.transit_oriented_development). The City’s layer Transit Oriented Area Properties lists each lot’s tier; a lot is counted in a ring only where the City marks the rule as applicable. In the plan districts: Tier 1 104 lots, Tier 2 531, Tier 3 1,052, marked not applicable 44, in no ring 564. Local Government Transit-Oriented Areas Regulation
- Zoning: lots in the plan districts by the City’s zone, 1,605 in detached-house zones (R and RA), 306 commercial, 245 comprehensive development, 126 apartment and townhouse (MR and RM), 6 semi-detached, 7 other. Detached-house zoned lots by ring: Tier 1 33, Tier 2 289, Tier 3 797, outside the rings 486. 68 lots in the districts are on the City’s Frequent Bus Stop Area Eligible Lots list.
- Lots: within two kilometres of Surrey Central Station, 5,618 detached-house lots, median 8,000 sq ft; inside the plan districts the median is 8,100 sq ft. The other six areas, in their circles: Sullivan 5,700 sq ft; Tynehead 7,250 sq ft; Newton 7,150 sq ft; Guildford 7,350 sq ft; Fleetwood 7,200 sq ft; Cloverdale 7,200 sq ft.
- School catchments: shares of the plan districts’ land (a grid of points 50 metres apart) in each catchment, City of Surrey catchment layers. Secondary: Kwantlen Park 57%, Queen Elizabeth 25.3%, Guildford Park 17.8%. Elementary schools covering 5% or more: Forsyth Road 23.6%, Lena Shaw 17.2%, A.H.P. Matthew 11.9%, Old Yale Road 11.7%, K.B. Woodward 11.6%, Simon Cunningham 10%, Theresa Clarke 5.7%. The district’s locator decides one address. Surrey Schools catchment locator
- Lot counts: 1,119 of 1,605 lots zoned for a detached house (69.7%) lie inside a station ring; counting every kind of lot, 1,687 lie in a ring.
- Distances from Surrey Central Station, in a straight line: King George Station (Expo Line) 0.8 km; Gateway Station (Expo Line) 1.1 km; Green Timbers Station (planned) 1.6 km; Scott Road Station (Expo Line) 2.5 km.
- Distances are straight lines from Surrey Central Station to the centre of each station’s City ring (Transit Oriented Area station rings), measured 2026-11-06. Surrey-Langley SkyTrain: 16 kilometres on an elevated guideway from King George Station to 203 Street in Langley City; eight stations; current anticipated in-service date late 2029. Province of British Columbia, read November 6, 2026. The dates are the Province’s and may change. Surrey Langley SkyTrain
- Prices: Fraser Valley Real Estate Board benchmark prices, October 2026, through the site’s market snapshot. The board reports this area as its Whalley region, which the page uses for City Centre; the other regions are the board’s own. Detached: Sullivan Station $1,359,700; Fleetwood Tynehead $1,347,900; Cloverdale $1,326,400; East Newton $1,301,200; Whalley $1,131,900; Guildford $1,061,400. Condo (the board’s apartment series): Sullivan Station $530,200; Cloverdale $501,800; Fleetwood Tynehead $490,400; Guildford $470,000; East Newton $403,700; Whalley $376,800. Whalley detached sales in the 12 months: 30 in the 11 months the board reports, average sale price $1,313,775; 76 detached houses for sale at the end of October 2026. Months of supply (homes for sale divided by average monthly sales of the past twelve months): Sullivan Station 11.3; Fleetwood Tynehead 10.2; Whalley 27.9; East Newton 12.5; Guildford 10; Cloverdale 6.2. Average days to sell: Sullivan Station 47; Fleetwood Tynehead 48; Whalley 48; East Newton 39; Guildford 48; Cloverdale 35.
- Price history: the board’s benchmark price, month by month for ten years, from the site’s Market Insights (the board’s monthly statistics, filled from the Canadian Real Estate Association where the board has no month).
- Homes for sale are chosen by their map position inside the heavy outline drawn at the top. The count is live today and covers every home type.
- Places on the map: the three Expo Line stations (City of Surrey station layer), and City Hall, the library, Holland Park, the hospital and Simon Fraser University Surrey by street address from the City of Surrey address layer.
- Hansard, 30 November 2023, p.m. (Issue 375): Royal Assent to Bills 44 and 47, Legislative Assembly of British Columbia
- Local Government Transit-Oriented Areas Regulation, BC Reg 263/2023, BC Government
- Transit-oriented areas (Province of British Columbia), BC Government
- Vancouver Charter Transit-Oriented Areas Regulation, BC Reg 265/2023, BC Government
- Provincial Policy Manual: Transit-Oriented Areas, BC Government
- Local government housing initiatives, BC Government
- B.C.'s Transit-Oriented Development Program, BC Government
Last checked November 6, 2026. Text and figures are licensed Creative Commons Attribution 4.0.