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
Motto(s): 
By River and Sea Rise Burnaby
Location of Burnaby in Metro Vancouver
Location of Burnaby in Metro Vancouver
Coordinates: 49°16′N 122°58′W / 49.267°N 122.967°W / 49.267; -122.967
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
Regional districtMetro Vancouver
Established1891
Incorporated as a district municipalitySeptember 22, 1892
Incorporated as a citySeptember 22, 1992
Named forBurnaby Lake
SeatBurnaby City Hall
Government
 • TypeMayor–council government
 • BodyBurnaby City Council
 • MayorMike 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
 • MLA
Area
 • Total96.6 km2 (37.3 sq mi)
 • Land90.57 km2 (34.97 sq mi)
Highest elevation370 m (1,214 ft)
Lowest elevation0 m (0 ft)
Population
 (2021)[2]
 • Total249,125
 • Estimate 
(2023)[3]
279,948
 • Rank
 • Density2,750.7/km2 (7,124/sq mi)
Time zoneUTC−08:00 (Pacific Standard Time)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−07:00 (Pacific Daylight Time)
Forward sortation area
Area codes604, 778, 236, 672
Websitewww.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 the Lulu Island to the southwest.

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]

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  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.