Surrey, British Columbia
24 answers · 148 facts matched to official text · sources read 2026-11-05Surrey is the largest city by area in Metro Vancouver and the second most populous, spread over six town centres: City Centre (Whalley), Guildford, Fleetwood, Newton, Cloverdale and South Surrey. The City of Surrey runs planning and building permits, business licences, bylaw and animal services (including dog licences and the Surrey Animal Resource Centre), roads, water distribution, sewers and drainage, curbside garbage, recycling and organics collection, Surrey Fire Service, the Surrey Emergency Program, parks, recreation centres, pools and arenas, and since November 2024 its own municipal police force, the Surrey Police Service. Metro Vancouver supplies the drinking water, treats the sewage, runs the two Recycling and Waste Centres and the regional parks. TransLink runs the buses, SkyTrain and HandyDART. Health care is Fraser Health, and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.
Building, renovating and your property
7- Surrey building permits: when you need one and how to apply
- Surrey fence rules: permits and height limits
- Surrey permits for decks, sheds, carports and garages
- Surrey building permit fees
- Surrey zoning: find your zone and what it allows
- Surrey secondary suite and carriage house rules
- Surrey tree removal rules and permits
Garbage, recycling and waste
2Water, sewer, roads and snow
1- Surrey watering restrictions· More than one level of government
Pets, animals and wildlife
5Parking, tickets and driving
1Bylaws, noise and complaints
5Starting and running a business
2Housing and renting
1- Surrey short-term rental rules (Airbnb, Vrbo)· More than one level of government
.md appended (or send Accept: text/markdown), and as JSON with .json. All answers for Surrey in one file: index.json. Question list for this place: llms.txt. Full text of every answer here: llms-full.txt. Zones: zoning/index.json; zone of an address: /ca/bc/surrey/zoning/lookup?address=. Official boundary as GeoJSON: boundary.geojson. All places: /llms.txt.