Newton Town Centre
| Newton, British Columbia | |
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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 | Linda Hepner |
| • MLA (Prov.) | Harry Bains (NDP) |
| Population | |
| • Total | 120,714 |
| June 2009 | |
| Time zone | PST (UTC-8) |
Newton Town Centre is a town centre of the city in Surrey, British Columbia. It is the location for the previous 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 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 centres,[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.
Surrounding town centres
Adjacent places of Newton Town Centre | |||
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See also
- Surrey-Newton provincial electoral district
- Surrey-Panorama Ridge provincial electoral district
- Newton-North Delta federal electoral district
Notes
- ↑ "Surrey Population Estimates and Projections". City of Surrey. Archived from the original on October 18, 2008. Retrieved 2009-04-20.
- ↑ City of Surrey Community Profile: Newton Archived September 11, 2006, at the Wayback Machine.