Burnaby

Burnaby
Burnaby
City
	City of Burnaby
	From top, left to right: Metrotown skyline, Brentwood Town Centre station on the Millennium Line, Metropolis at Metrotown mall, Deer Lake Park, Burnaby Mountain and the Burrard Inlet, Cherry blossom bloom on a residential street, Brentwood, Metrotown, and Edmonds skylines
	Flag Coat of arms Logo
	Motto(s): By River and Sea Rise Burnaby
	Location of Burnaby in Metro Vancouver
	Coordinates: 49°16′N 122°58′W / 49.267°N 122.967°W
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Regional district	Metro Vancouver
Established	1891
Incorporated as a district municipality	September 22, 1892
Incorporated as a city	September 22, 1992
Named for	Burnaby Lake
Seat	Burnaby City Hall
Government
• Type	Mayor–council government
• Body	Burnaby City Council
• Mayor	Mike Hurley (Ind.)
• City council	List of councillors Pietro Calendino; Sav Dhaliwal; Alison Gu; Joe Keithley; Richard T. Lee; Maita Santiago; Daniel Tetrault; James Wang;
• MP	List of MPs Peter Julian (NDP) New Westminster—Burnaby; Jagmeet Singh (NDP) Burnaby South; Terry Beech (Liberal) Burnaby North—Seymour;
• MLA	List of MLAs Raj Chouhan (NDP) Burnaby-Edmonds; Anne Kang (NDP) Burnaby-Deer Lake; Janet Routledge (NDP) Burnaby North; Katrina Chen (NDP) Burnaby-Lougheed;
Area
• Total	96.6 km2 (37.3 sq mi)
• Land	90.57 km2 (34.97 sq mi)
Highest elevation (Burnaby Mountain)	370 m (1,214 ft)
Lowest elevation (Sea level)	0 m (0 ft)
Population (2021)
• Total	249,125
• Estimate (2023)	279,948
• Rank	22nd in Canada; 3rd in British Columbia; 3rd in Metro Vancouver;
• Density	2,750.7/km2 (7,124/sq mi)
Time zone	UTC−08:00 (Pacific Standard Time)
• Summer (DST)	UTC−07:00 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Forward sortation area	V3N, V5A – V5C, V5E, V5G – V5H, V5J
Area codes	604, 778, 236, 672
Website	www.burnaby.ca

Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard Inlet with its Indian Arm to the north, Port Moody and Coquitlam to the east, New Westminster and Surrey across the Fraser River to the southeast, and Richmond on Lulu Island to the southwest. It has a population of 249,125 as of the 2021 census.

Burnaby was incorporated in 1892 and achieved its city status in 1992. A member municipality of Metro Vancouver, it is British Columbia's third-largest city by population (after Vancouver and Surrey), and is the seat of Metro Vancouver's regional district government. 25% of Burnaby's land is designated as parks and open spaces, one of the highest in North America.^[4]

The main campuses of Simon Fraser University and the British Columbia Institute of Technology are located in Burnaby. It is home to high-tech companies such as Ballard Power (fuel cell), Clio (legal software), D-Wave (quantum computing), General Fusion (fusion power), and EA Vancouver. Burnaby's Metropolis at Metrotown is the largest mall in British Columbia, the third most visited in Canada and the fifth largest in the nation.^[5] Canada's largest film and television production studio^[6] and more than 60% of BC's sound stages are in Burnaby, contributing to the growth of Hollywood North.^[7]

The city is served by SkyTrain's Expo Line and Millennium Line. Metrotown station in Metrotown is the busiest station on weekends and the second-busiest on weekdays in regional Vancouver's urban transit system as of 2021.^[8]

^ "Contact Us | City of Burnaby". www.burnaby.ca. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
^ ^a ^b Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).
^ Services, Ministry of Citizens'. "Population Estimates - Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Archived from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.
^ "GET OUTSIDE". tourismburnaby.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
^ "Shopping malls annual footfall Canada". Statista. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.
^ "New renderings of Canada's largest film and TV production studio in Burnaby". Daily Hive Vancouver. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.
^ "CityConnect" (PDF). City of Burnary. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 13, 2022.
^ "Top-10 busiest SkyTrain stations in 2021". May 25, 2022. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

[1] "Contact Us | City of Burnaby". www.burnaby.ca. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.

[2021census-2] Cite error: The named reference 2021census was invoked but never defined (see the help page).

[3] Services, Ministry of Citizens'. "Population Estimates - Province of British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Archived from the original on July 3, 2024. Retrieved July 4, 2024.

[4] "GET OUTSIDE". tourismburnaby.com. Archived from the original on May 21, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

[5] "Shopping malls annual footfall Canada". Statista. Archived from the original on June 13, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

[6] "New renderings of Canada's largest film and TV production studio in Burnaby". Daily Hive Vancouver. Archived from the original on August 19, 2022. Retrieved August 19, 2022.

[7] "CityConnect" (PDF). City of Burnary. 2022. Archived (PDF) from the original on June 13, 2022.

[8] "Top-10 busiest SkyTrain stations in 2021". May 25, 2022. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.

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