Buckingham HeightsBurnaby

Buckingham Heights gets a D− for cost of living

Shared with the rest of the Vancouver metro area: rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Rent took nearly a quarter of household income, near British Columbia’s towns (24%) and higher than Canadian towns (20%). Home ownership covers 78% of households.

Few places match Buckingham Heights for health: it beats 87% of Canadian towns

The three chronic conditions the survey tracks average 15% of adults, about level with British Columbia’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 48%; British Columbia as a whole is at 50%. Across the region, life runs to 84.4 years on average: women 86.6, men 82.1, in 2022/2024. Measured from where Buckingham Heights’ residents live, a hospital is 3.9 km away, near the 3.7 km most towns see.

Winters are mild in Buckingham Heights: January nights hold at 3.3°C, above British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

July afternoons reach 23.0°C on average, close to British Columbia’s towns (23.1°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). Most of the snow comes in December, about 14 cm. For the wettest month, look to November: 245 mm on average.

Results around Buckingham Heights split both ways in British Columbia: 26 of 51 schools high, 12 low

Its 3 km reach takes in 44 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 11 alternative or adult schools, all of Buckingham Heights’s schooling. Within 3 km, 2 boards share the schools, about level with British Columbia’s towns (2) and below Canadian towns (3).

Earthquakes are Buckingham Heights’ biggest hazard: $0.36 of damage a year per $1,000 of buildings, 12 times the norm

Burn scars are few around Buckingham Heights, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.003% a year). No flood study for Buckingham Heights is on the national inventory. Buckingham Heights doesn’t get its own radon tests figures; the ones here come from the Fraser North health region. For earthquake risk, the only official count covers all of the city of Burnaby, Buckingham Heights included.

Buckingham Heights gets a C+ for safety

Measured across the Burnaby service area: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000

For violence alone, its police area’s index was 65, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (76) and Canadian towns (86). The force’s area logs 10.9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year. Property crime in the area its police cover: 35.9 per 1,000 people a year.

Visible minorities make up more of Buckingham Heights than of British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 75%

0.6% of residents have an Indigenous identity, below British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%) alike. People 65 and over make up 18% of the town. One measure of family life: 15% of residents are under 15.

In Buckingham Heights, November normally means 10°C afternoons and 5°C nights

The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Vancouver. Next comes December, with normal highs of 7°C and lows of 3°C. November normally sees 245 mm of precipitation.

2 MPs share Buckingham Heights, which straddles Burnaby Central and New Westminster—Burnaby—Maillardville

Buckingham Heights is a Burnaby neighbourhood, so city council decides its local matters.

Buckingham Heights has no public library of its own; the nearest is BPL: Tommy Douglas Library, 1.4 km away

Burnaby Public Library serves the whole of Burnaby, so the library figures on this page are the city’s: 299,682 people, Buckingham Heights among them.

33 public protected areas lie within 10 km of Buckingham Heights

Within 10 km of the town, 4.2% of the land is protected, against 2.3% around a typical Canadian town. The closest provincial park is Mount Seymour Park, 7.4 km from the edge of town. Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is the closest national park, 45 km from town. 3 mapped walking routes pass within 2 km, among them the Central Valley Greenway and Deer Lake COVID-19 One-way Loop.

Household incomes in Buckingham Heights are higher than in 96% of Canadian towns

By car: that was how 84% of commuters travelled at the census. The average trip to work took 30 min, above both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).