Burnaby
Burnaby | |
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City | |
Skyline of Metrotown Brentwood Simon Fraser University Deer Lake Hats Off Day parade at the Heights Burnaby Lake and Lougheed Town Centre | |
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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 after | Burnaby Lake |
| Seat | Burnaby City Hall |
| Government | |
| • Type | Mayor–council government |
| • Body | Burnaby City Council |
| • Mayor | Mike Hurley (Ind.) |
| • City council | List of councillors
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| • MP | |
| • MLA | List of MLAs
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| 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 | 0 m (0 ft) |
| Population (2021)[2] | |
• Total | 249,125 |
• Estimate (2023)[3] | 279,948 |
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| • 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 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]
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- ^ "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.
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- ^ "Top-10 busiest SkyTrain stations in 2021". May 25, 2022. Archived from the original on June 30, 2022. Retrieved June 13, 2022.