White Rock is a city in British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It borders Semiahmoo Bay to the south and is surrounded on three sides by Surrey. To the southeast across a footbridge lies the Semiahmoo First Nation, which is within the borders of Surrey. Semiahmoo Bay and the Southern Gulf Islands in the Strait of Georgia are also to the south.
White Rock is named for a large white boulder on its beach near the promenade, a glacial erratic that migrated south during the last glaciation. The 486-ton granite boulder was kept white by shellfish-eating seabirds whose guano covered the rock so much that 19th-century sailors used it as a beacon. It is now kept white through monthly applications of white paint by the city parks department and has been a graffiti target.  The White Rock Pier is located nearby.
Darryl Walker has been mayor since 2018.




White Rock is located on the Burrard Peninsula, a landform jutting northward into the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver and Nanaimo. The city occupies an area of .
The City of White Rock includes several distinct neighbourhoods:
According to Statistics Canada, White Rock has a total land area (including water) that measures 13.91 km² (5.36 sq mi).

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