About Willoughby
Willoughby is the fastest-growing area in the Township of Langley. Fifteen years ago most of it was farmland and scattered acreage. It is now a dense grid of townhome and single-family communities, with thousands more homes in the development pipeline. New neighbourhoods come out of the ground every year, drawing young families who want newer construction at prices below Vancouver and Burnaby. The Township does not publish a Willoughby-only population count — its statistical profile reports Township-wide — so treat any precise Willoughby headcount you see quoted elsewhere with suspicion.
The area is centred around 208th Street and 80th Avenue. Willoughby Town Centre has banks, coffee shops, restaurants, and daily essentials. Willowbrook Shopping Centre is a 5-minute drive south with 130+ stores. The big news is the Surrey-Langley SkyTrain extension, with an anticipated in-service date of 2029, which will give Willoughby much better transit access to the rest of Metro Vancouver. A new school campus — Smith Campus — is opening in fall 2027 with a secondary school (Emery Dosdall Secondary) and a middle school, adding 2,800 student seats to handle the growing population.
