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White Rock is a city with an area of 5.28 km² and a population of 18,250 people Search and find companies, telephone numbers, addresses, email addresses in the Business Directory White Rock White Rock is located in the southwest corner of the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada, forty-five kilometers from Vancouver and only five minutes to the Canada/US border. It is a seaside community clustered around an eight kilometer sandy beach and the warm shallow waters of Semiahmoo Bay. The city of Surrey, British Columbia surrounds White Rock on three sides, with the dividing lines between the two municipalities set at 136th Street to the West, 16th Avenue to the North, and 160th Street to the East. Many people who live in South Surrey consider themselves residents of White Rock, and many people who reside in White Rock proper, resent this. Because of its moderate climate, White Rock is a preferred retirement spot. The average summer temperature is twenty-three degrees Celsius while the average winter temperature is six degrees Celsius. White Rock is named for a distinctive large white boulder found on its beach near the promenade. The boulder itself remains white only through frequent applications of white paint by the city parks department, as it has been a popular graffiti target for over thirty years.