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Originally Posted by hipster duck
The Saanich example is the best precedent for Surrey.
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Not really. Saanich remains a district municipality and will for the foreseeable future -it is not a real city in any way, just a big residential suburban area with no identity. There is no business/city centre etc. of any kind, or one forming anytime soon. I think Saanich will remain like this - due to the city of Victoria essentially acting as the downtown/urban/cultural core of the region.
Surrey is far more well known around the country, Saanich? not at all. I think part of it is addresses - sounds silly I guess, but people in the main municipalities in the Victoria region use Victoria as their official address, even though they live in Oak Bay, Langford or Saanich etc.
LOL - this is the mailing address for the Saanich municipal hall:
770 Vernon Avenue,
Victoria, BC
This is the mailing address for Langford City Hall:
877 Goldstream Ave,
Victoria, BC V9B 2X8
Surrey appears to (me) be more aggressive in their region, and will try to push its weight once it is bigger than Vancouver, population wise. Even if the
official CMA name gets changed to Vancouver-Surrey... it will always be Vancouver in conversation. The names are just for administrators and statistics people.