British Columbia Recreation and Parks Association (Facility Excellence Award)

Received for the innovative design and construction of the Guildford Recreation Centre. 

Canada's Top 100 Employers

The City of Surrey has been recognized as a Top 100 Employer for 2005.  For more information click here.

Canadian Award for Financial Reporting

Received for the annual financial report.  The award recognizes and encourages municipal governments to publish high quality financial reports.  For more information click here.

Industry Canada Library Net Best Practices Award

Strawberry Hill Library electronic classroom.  Received in recognition of innovative partnership and technology training opportunities.

Interior Designers Institute of BC (Gold Award of Excellence)

Awarded to Proscenium Architecture and Interiors Inc. for the City of Surrey's Surrey Arts Centre Redevelopment project and its innovative retrofit design.

International Economic Development Council (Marketing Awards)

The IEDC awarded the City of Surrey two economic development recognitions, a first place "Special Purpose Award" for its brochure on Starting a Business and a "Special Recognition Award" for its Economic Development Profile brochure.

National Association of Industrial Office Parks

Member survey conducted regionally recognized Surrey as the community "most open for business" and community with the "quickest turnaround time" for development application for 2003.

Recreation Facilities Association of BC (Outstanding Facility Award)

Awarded to the Guildford Recreation Centre Facility for its innovation in design, development and operation.  

Surrey Delta Immigrant Services Society (Cultural Diversity Award for Business Corporate Category)

Received by the City of Surrey Arts Centre.  The award recognizes organizations that embrace cultural diversity as a key component to growth and prosperity in programs and services.  

Union of British Columbia Municipalities (2003 Excellent Awards - Best Practices)

"Award of Merit" recipient for a paper and practice on "Reducing Uncertainties for Predicting Annual Staffing Costs".

Union of British Columbia Municipalities (Local Government Excellence Award for Innovation

Awarded for the joint Planning and Development and Engineering Department work carried out in conjunction with the East Clayton Neighbourhood Concept Plan (NCP) process.

United Way (Gold Award)

5th consecutive years - The "Gold Award" is measured at a level of at least 80% of its workplace's total payroll for one day.