How Does Surrey Rank?
Here is something that I found a few years back, on a pamphlet from the Canine Advocates Watchdog Society (which I believe was responsible for petitioning for the Blackie Spit Dog Park):
City……………………. # Dogs ……………. Off-Leash Parks
Calgary………………….90,000………………….300
Edmonton……………..50,000…………………….41
Vancouver……………..50,000……………………30
Toronto………………….60,000….………………..29
North Vancouver……25,000……………………17
Halifax…………………………n/a…………………….16
Montreal………………………n/a……………………14
West Vancouver……….5,000.………………….14
Victoria……………………10,000………………….11
Winnipeg………………100,000…………………..11
Vernon………………………….n/a……………………7
Whistler……………………2,500…………………….7
Richmond……………….20,000…………………….6
Kelowna……………………….n/a……………………..5
Burnaby…………………20,000……………………..4
Coquitlam……………..15,000……………………….4
Delta……………………..30,000………………………4
Salmon Arm…………………n/a…………………….4
Surrey…………………….68,000……………………3
Langley………………….30,000……………………..2
White Rock……………….4,500…………………….0