Newton Town Centre

Newton, British Columbia
East facing view of the Newton Town Centre on 72 Avenue.
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	Lower Mainland
Regional District	Metro Vancouver
City	Surrey, British Columbia
Government
– Mayor	Dianne Watts
– MP (Fed.)
– MLA (Prov.)	Harry Bains (NDP)
Population
– Total	120,714
	June 2009
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
Postal code span

Newton Town Centre is a town centre of the city of Surrey, British Columbia. It is the location for the Surrey City Hall and Courthouse, a local Surrey Public Library branch, a Kwantlen Polytechnic University campus, and the headquarters of Surrey's RCMP detachment. The studios of ethnic radio station Red FM are also located here.

Geography

For planning purposes, the City of Surrey generally considers Newton's borders to be: 120 Street on the west; Colebrook Road to the south, and 152 Street to the east. The northern boundary varies between 80 and 88 Avenues.

Demographics

Newton has the largest population of all the city's town centers,^[1] as well as the most ethnically diverse population; over half of the population is considered visible minority (predominantly Sikh)^[2]. According to the 2001 census, the population of Newton was 91,595.

See also

• Surrey-Newton provincial electoral district
• Surrey-Panorama Ridge provincial electoral district
• Newton-North Delta federal electoral district

Notes

1. ^ "Surrey Population Estimates and Projections". City of Surrey. http://www.surrey.ca/Doing+Business/Population+and+Demographics/Population+Estimates+and+Projections.htm. Retrieved 2009-04-20. 
2. ^ City of Surrey Community Profile: Newton

External links

• City of Surrey website