Photo: The Cosmonaut · CC BY-SA 2.5 caHalf of Burnaby Mountain is under 34, younger than 94% of Canadian towns
56% of residents said they have no religion; across Canada’s towns the figure is 35%. Locally, just over a fifth of residents are not Canadian citizens. Compared with other places, renter households are common here: 47%, more than in 83% of Canadian towns. Burnaby Mountain counted 9,248 residents and 3,750 households at the 2021 Census.
What stands out about the people of Burnaby Mountain
Younger than most towns
Half of Burnaby Mountain’s residents are under 34 and half over; the typical median across Canadian towns is 42. 17% are under 15 and 10% are 65 or over. Ages ↓
A neighbourhood of high-rises
39% of households live in a building of five or more storeys, more than in 93% of Canadian towns; 69% of homes are condominiums. Homes ↓
A neighbourhood people move to
21% of residents lived at another address a year before the census, 1.9 times the typical share; 49% moved within five years. Immigrants & newcomers ↓
Many graduates
57% of residents aged 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher, more than in 92% of Canadian towns; 13% have a master’s. Qualifications ↓
Written from the data on this page: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census.
In Burnaby Mountain, 19% of residents are aged 15 to 24, more than in 99% of Canadian towns
All figures are the 2021 Census’s unless another date is shown. Every five-year age group as a share of residents; ticks mark the typical town.
In Burnaby Mountain, one in ten residents are 65 or over, beside 19% across Canada’s towns. The wider picture: 11% of residents are aged 15 to 24 across Canada’s towns.
Median age of Canadian towns of 2,500+
■ Burnaby Mountain, 34. The typical town is 42.
Broad ages · share of residents
Women and men · all residents
49% women, 51% men
About an even split.
Smaller households than 59% of Canadian towns: 2.3 people on average
Households by family type and by the number of people in them.
Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns
People per household
Canada’s towns.
Shared houses stand out: 7.2% of households are unrelated adults living together, more than in 88% of Canadian towns. One-person households: 29% of the total. Nothing unusual on one-parent families: 9.1%, close to the figure across Canada’s towns.
Only 9.2% of residents 15 and over live common-law in Burnaby Mountain
How adults live as couples, or don’t, with common-law unions shown on their own.
Marital status · residents 15 and over
Singles who have never married make up 36% of adults, beside a typical 27%. Elsewhere, 11% of residents 15 and over live common-law across Canada’s towns.
Burnaby Mountain ranks above 93% of Canadian towns on households in buildings of five or more storeys: 39%
The kinds of homes people live in, who owns and who rents, and how old the homes are. Prices, rents and shelter costs are on Cost of living.
Type of home
Owners and renters · share of households
When homes were built · share of homes
Across Canada’s towns, the share of households in single-detached houses is 64%; Burnaby Mountain has 6%.
Half of households earn more than $86,300 a year
Census incomes are for 2020, the year before the census, when CERB and other pandemic benefits topped up many households. What households took in before tax, at the middle and across income groups.
Households by income · share of households
The median across Canada’s towns is $86,000, and Burnaby Mountain’s, at $86,300, is close to it. Across British Columbia’s towns, half of households had more than $87,000 before tax. The pandemic’s benefits: 28% of income recipients, against 28% in the typical town.
More residents who moved in within the year than 94% of Canadian towns: 21%
Birthplaces and arrival years of immigrants, citizenship and recent moves.
Immigrants, by continent of birth · share of all residents; the bar runs to 45%
When immigrants arrived · share of immigrants
Citizenship and moving · share of residents
The largest groups of immigrants were born in Asia (59%) and in Europe (25%). Across Canada’s towns, just over one in ten residents lived at another address a year earlier. Higher than in 80% of Canadian towns: 36% of residents are immigrants. Add to that, of the immigrants living here, 28% came between 2011 and 2021; across Canada’s towns the share is 27%.
Above 81% of Canadian towns: 44% of residents belong to a visible minority
Identity and faith, in the census’s categories.
Visible minority and Indigenous identity · all residents
Religion · all residents
Other faiths: Muslim (4.8%). The wider picture: 15% of residents belong to a visible minority across Canada’s towns. At 3.3%, the share of Indigenous residents is in line with the figure across Canada’s towns.
English is the mother tongue of 54%, and 7.9% speak French as well
Who can speak English and French, mother tongue, and the language spoken most at home.
Can hold a conversation in · share of all residents
Mother tongue · share of all residents
At home: English 71%, French 0.3%. 1.1% of residents have French as their mother tongue, a lower share than in 67% of Canadian towns.
Burnaby Mountain ranks above 92% of Canadian towns on degree holders aged 25 to 64: 57%
Education of residents 25 to 64, by highest credential.
Highest qualification · residents 25 to 64
No certificate at all: 3.1%, against 9.5%. As a yardstick, 27% of residents 25 to 64 hold a bachelor’s degree or higher across Canada’s towns.
Employment: 63% of residents 15 and over had a job
Counted in May 2021, during COVID-19, these rates catch the job market before it had recovered. Four labour figures from the census. Jobs, industries and the commute are on Work & commute.
The employment rate of 63% is above the typical 58% across Canada’s towns.
41 towns of 9,043 to 9,451 people: this is the 5th youngest
Towns of about this size, placed by median age.
Vankleek Hill is the oldest at 52.4, Oromocto the youngest at 31.8. The closest ages to Burnaby Mountain’s belong to Silver Berry (33.6), Amber Trails (33.7), Downtown Commercial Core (34.1) and Sainte-Brigitte-de-Laval (34.8).
Burnaby Mountain is younger than every town around it
Neighbouring places and their median ages; each name opens its page.
| Town | People | Away | Median age | 65+ | Immigrants |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Burnaby Mountain | 9,248 | — | 34 | 10% | 36% |
| Lougheed | 15,442 | 3.0 km | 40.7 | 16% | 46% |
| Montecito | 10,734 | 3.4 km | 44.4 | 21% | 45% |
| Lake City | 3,240 | 3.5 km | 44.7 | 23% | 43% |
| Bainbridge | 3,015 | 3.7 km | 43.3 | 21% | 41% |
| Lochdale | 7,463 | 3.7 km | 41.2 | 18% | 44% |
| Port Moody | 38,285 | 4.9 km | 41.6 | 14% | 33% |
Health, work, housing and schools
What this data can and can’t tell you
- What these tables don’t give. Some things the page can’t show: the Census Profile asks nothing about unpaid care, cars or internet access, and gives no change by age since 2016. Ethnic origins beyond visible minority and Indigenous identity aren’t charted.
- The census’s own words. Indigenous identity, immigrant status and religion are as residents answered them. “Visible minority” follows the Employment Equity Act, meaning people other than Indigenous peoples who are non-white in colour or race. We compare these figures across towns; none is a label for a town.
- Against British Columbia’s towns and Canada’s towns. For each measure we take the median of British Columbia’s towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, then the median of all Canadian towns. Neither counts whole cities or reserves, and every percentile is a Canadian one.
- Neighbourhoods are sums of small areas. Statistics Canada reports the census by municipality; a neighbourhood’s figures are the sum of its dissemination areas, rounded counts and all, with medians estimated from age and income groups and no 2016 count, as the 2016 areas don’t fit.
Questions about Burnaby Mountain’s residents
What is the average age in Burnaby Mountain?
Half the residents are older than 34 and half younger, younger than 94% of Canadian towns; 17% are children under 15 and 10% are 65 or over.
Is Burnaby Mountain bilingual?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 7.5% are bilingual; here 7.9% are. Another 0% speak only French and 90% only English, and French is the first language of 1.1%.
How diverse is Burnaby Mountain?
Across Canada’s towns a typical 17% are immigrants; here, 36%. A visible minority makes up 44% and Indigenous residents 3.3%.
What religion are people in Burnaby Mountain?
Most often Christian (33%) or no religion (56%); other religions make up 11%.
Is Burnaby Mountain good for families?
Children under 15 are 17% of residents, against 16% across Canada’s towns. Couple families make up 50% of households and one-parent families 9.1%. Schools near Burnaby Mountain are on its Schools page.
What is the median income in Burnaby Mountain?
Median total household income in Burnaby Mountain was $86,300 in 2020, against a median of $86,000 across Canada’s towns.
What is the population of Burnaby Mountain?
9,248, at the 2021 Census: Statistics Canada makes no later estimate for Burnaby Mountain alone.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).