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Kira Schaeffer towers over the crowd at North Delta Luminary Festival Saturday (Sept. 12) at Sunstone Park. Schaeffer was one of the stilt-walking entertainers at the annual event. For more photos from the Luminary Festival, see page 12 and visit Thenownewspaper.com. (Photo: GORD GOBLE)
Some of the study’s findings: ❚ One in 10 children who are born in B.C. are born in Surrey. ❚ Surrey’s population nearly doubled between 1991 and 2011. ❚ The community that Tom Zytaruk experienced the most population Now staff Twitter @tomzytaruk growth between 2001 and 2011 was Cloverdale, at 87.3 per cent. ❚ Surrey’s birth rate is 13.5 SURREY — United Way of the births per 1,000 residents, Lower Mainland has done a deep study of Surrey and has released compared to B.C.’s average of 9.9. its findings as part of a series of ❚ The top spoken languages community profiles. are English, Punjabi, Michael McKnight, Mandarin, Tagalog the organization’s and Hindi. president and CEO, ❚ Slightly more presented the findings than 40 per cent of to Surrey city council Surrey’s residents are on Monday. This, immigrants. he said, was “to ❚ The city is home emphasize” the scope to 27 per cent of all of work the United government-assisted Way does in this city. refugees who have Michael McKnight McKnight said settled in B.C. the study was done in an effort On the economic front, the to confirm some of the city’s median family income in Surrey challenges and find out where its in 2010 was $78,283 compared to most vulnerable residents live, to $80,006 in Metro Vancouver; 18.7 make sure United Way is making per cent of families with children the most effective use of its under age 18 live in poverty in resources here. Surrey compared to 19.5 per cent “This comprehensive in Metro Vancouver; and 37.7 per community profile is a valuable cent of Surrey renters spend more resource to help United Way and than 30 per cent of their income others plan for future needs,” on rent. McKnight said. see REPORT › page 4
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