Garden VillageBurnaby

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This neighbourhood in Burnaby has a population of 6,492. It is one of the 18 neighbourhoods that make up Burnaby.

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Population

6,492

people, Census 2021

Median age

42.9

years · British Columbia’s towns: 48

Postsecondary

57%

of residents 15 and over hold a postsecondary certificate, diploma or degree · Canadian towns: 56%

Walk, cycle, transit

25%

walk, cycle or take transit to work · Canadian towns: 8%

Is Garden Village a good place to live?

Health is where it shines (A). Garden Village’s overall grade, B, puts it better than 55% of Canadian towns. It ranks #68 of 250 in British Columbia. Add walkability to its strengths (A+). What counts against it is cost of living (D−). Jobs & income is weaker too (C). Its other grades sit near the middle: C+ for safety and B for hazard risk.

Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.

StrongestA⁺Walkability AHealth A⁻SchoolsWeakestD⁻Cost of living

How Garden Village grades

Each subject compares Garden Village with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.

How grading works

Cost of livingHomes are among the least affordable for local incomesD⁻Open →WalkabilityIn the top fifth of the towns comparedA⁺Open →HealthBased on how healthy residents are for their agesAOpen →SchoolsSchools rank among the strongest comparedA⁻Open →Jobs & incomeBehind most towns comparedCOpen →Hazard riskAbout average among the towns comparedBOpen →SafetyBased on crimes reported per residentC⁺Open →

How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →

What makes Garden Village stand out

The 3 things Garden Village does most differently from other towns.

Picked automatically from the data

Home value ÷ household income

Housing

16.5 times household income

The middle of Canadian towns: 4.7 times

Median owner’s estimate $1,700,000, Census 2021; income for 2020.

Cost of living

Behind 99%

of Canadian towns on cost of living

Its cost of living grade: D−.

Walkability

Better than 99%

of Canadian towns on walkability

Its walkability grade: A+.

The data

Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Garden Village.

HousingCost of living D⁻

Renting in Garden Village eats 28% of household income, more than in both British Columbia’s towns and Canadian towns

$1,700,000median home value, 2021D⁻Cost of living Grade

The rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom numbers here cover the Vancouver metro area

The owner-occupied share of households is 64%.

What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census

Garden Village$1,700,000

British Columbia$720,000

Canadian towns$406,000

Census 2021	Garden Village	British Columbia	Canada
Households spending 30%+ on shelter	28%	21%	18%
Rent as a share of income	28%	24%	20%
Households owning their home	64%	76%	74%

$2,364

monthly rent for a two-bedroom

Full pageGarden Village’s cost of living pageOpen the full Cost of living page

Renting$2,364 a month · A two-bedroom apartment, CMHC’s survey Cost of living16.5 times household income · The median owner’s estimate, $1,700,000, against the median household income Owners and renters64% own their home

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · Values come from owners at the 2021 census and incomes from 2020, so they predate the later rise in rates.

HealthHealth A

For health, Garden Village is ahead of 91% of Canadian towns

48%very good or excellent healthAHealth Grade

Arthritis, diabetes and high blood pressure affect 15% of the region’s adults on average, close to British Columbia’s towns (15%) and below Canadian towns (17%). A baby born in the region can expect 84.4 years, 86.6 for a girl and 82.1 for a boy (2022/2024). Self-rated health is ordinary for British Columbia: 48% of the region’s adults say very good or excellent, the province 50%. Measured from where Garden Village’s residents live, the nearest hospital is 1.4 km away, under the typical 3.7 km. Garden Village shares its health survey and life expectancy numbers with the rest of the Fraser North Health Service Delivery Area.

Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised

Garden Village48%

British Columbia’s towns50%

Canadian towns52%

Health	Garden Village	British Columbia	Canada
Life expectancy at birth	84.4	81.0	81.5
Smokers	7.5%	9%	12%
Very good or excellent health	48%	50%	52%
Chronic conditions (average share)	15%	15%	17%

84.4

years of life expectancy, 2022/2024

1.4 km

from homes to a hospital, on average

7.5%

of adults smoke, age-standardised

0.7 km

from homes to a pharmacy, on average

Full pageGarden Village’s health pageOpen the full Health page

Health survey48% very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised Getting care1.4 km to a hospital · A pharmacy 0.7 km away on average The wider areaLife expectancy: women 86.6, men 82.1 Conditions and habits15% with chronic conditions · adults, age-standardised

Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities

Climate

Garden Village has milder winters than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: January lows of 3.3°C

23.0°CJuly afternoons

The warmest stretch brings July afternoons of 23.0°C, about level with British Columbia’s towns (23.1°C) and below Canadian towns (25.5°C). A normal December brings 14 cm of snow, the most of any month. For the wettest month, look to November: 245 mm on average.

Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

Winter7.6°C

Spring14.1°C

Summer22.1°C

Autumn14.3°C

Normals, 1991–2020	Garden Village	British Columbia	Canada
Days with frost a year	17	60	159
January night low	3.3°C	0.5°C	−13.5°C
Precipitation a year	1,537 mm	1,152 mm	883 mm
Snowfall a year	37 cm	51 cm	141 cm

37 cm

of snow a year

days with frost a year

142

days with precipitation a year

Full pageGarden Village’s climate pageOpen the full Climate page

The yearJuly highs 23.0°C, January lows 3.3°C Rain and snow1,537 mm a year · Canadian towns: 883 mm Snow37 cm of snow a year Weather station11 km to the station · Vancouver (Harbour)

Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Vancouver (Harbour))

SchoolsSchools A⁻

The schools around Garden Village answer to 3 boards

56schools within 3 kmA⁻Schools Grade

Within 3 km of Garden Village are 43 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 8 alternative or adult schools. Of its 44 tested schools, 19 sit in the top two fifths in British Columbia and 10 in the bottom two. In French: one of the 56 schools, where in British Columbia the share is 2%.

School	Level	Students	System
École Inman Elementary Second fifth in British ColumbiaIn Garden VillageElementary	Elementary	–	English public
Moscrop Secondary Second fifth in British ColumbiaNearest secondary school, 0.1 kmSecondary	Secondary	–	English public
Anne-Hebert FrenchTeaches in FrenchElementary	Elementary	–	French public
Corpus Christi School IndependentResults in the top fifth in British ColumbiaElementary	Elementary	–	Independent

See all 56 schools →

Schools by system · Schools within 3 km

English public46

Independent9

French public1

Schools within 3 km	Garden Village	British Columbia	Canada
School boards	3	2	3

0.7 km

to the nearest secondary school

Full pageGarden Village’s schools pageOpen the full Schools page

The boards3 school boards · SD 41 Burnaby Every school56 schools within 3 km · 43 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 8 alternative or adult schools Results19 of 44 in the top two fifths · of the schools with results, placed against every school in British Columbia Language1 of 56 teach in French · 2% of schools in British Columbia Questions“What schools are there in Garden Village?”

Provincial school lists and results, 2025/26

Work & commuteJobs & income C

Driving to work is less common in Garden Village than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 72% of commuters

25%walk, cycle or take transit

Commutes averaged 32 min, above both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

How working residents got to work · census 2021

Car or van72%

Public transit24%

Walk1%

Census 2021	Garden Village	British Columbia	Canada
Car or van	72%	87%	89%
Average trip	32 min	26 min	26 min

$103,300

median household income, 2020

30%

worked from home, May 2021

33%

of commuters work inside the municipality

Full pageGarden Village’s work & commute pageOpen the full Work & commute page

Getting to work25% walk, cycle or take transit Unemployment11% unemployed · Of the labour force · Canadian towns: 9.9%

Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · Counted in May 2021, under pandemic rules: fewer commutes and more people between jobs than in a normal year.

Outdoors

4 mapped walking routes pass Garden Village

1.3%of the land within 10 km protected

Gulf Islands National Park Reserve is the closest national park, 45 km from town. For a swim, Trout Lake Beach is the nearest of 6 beaches within 5 km. The closest provincial park is Mount Seymour Park, 8.4 km from the edge of town. The 10 km around town hold 20 protected areas.

Protected land · of the land within 10 km

Garden Village1.3%

British Columbia’s towns6.7%

Canadian towns2.3%

Outdoors	Garden Village	British Columbia	Canada
Protected land within 10 km	1.3%	6.7%	2.3%
Public protected areas within 10 km	19	14	4

45 km

to Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

8.4 km

to Mount Seymour Park

beaches within 5 km

public protected areas within 10 km

Full pageGarden Village’s outdoors pageOpen the full Outdoors page

Footpaths & routes4 named routes · BC Parkway Protected landof the land within 10 km Protected areas20 protected areas within 10 km · Mount Seymour Park National & provincial parks45 km to a national park · Gulf Islands National Park Reserve

Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches

Natural hazardsHazard risk B

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

Lowwildfire bandBHazard risk Grade

Little of the land around Garden Village has burned: 0.2% within 25 km since 1986, or 0.004% a year. No one has filed a flood map for Garden Village on the national inventory. For radon tests, the only official count covers all of the Fraser North health region, Garden Village included.

Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³

Garden Village0%

British Columbia’s towns1.8%

Canadian towns6.6%

Hazards	Garden Village	British Columbia	Canada
Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year	$0.36	$0.36	$0.030
Radon tests above the guideline	0%	1.8%	6.6%

$0.36

expected earthquake loss a year per $1,000 of buildings

Low

wildfire band

9.1 km

to the nearest land burned since 1986

Full pageGarden Village’s flood & hazards pageOpen the full Flood & hazards page

Earthquakes$0.36 a year per $1,000 · Canadian towns: $0.030 WildfireLow wildfire band · 0.2% of the land within 25 km burned since 1986 FloodNo flood study on record Radon0% of tests above the guideline Be readyAlerts, FireSmart and radon tests

NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory · Not measured by town: earthquake risk (the city of Burnaby)

SafetySafety C⁺

Garden Village’s grade for safety: a C+

70Crime Severity Index

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Burnaby service area

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

Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year

202374

202469

202569

2023–2025	Garden Village	British Columbia	Canada
Violent Crime Severity Index	65	76	86
Property crime per 1,000	35.9	31	31.2

non-violent Crime Severity Index

15%

of incidents cleared, 2023–25

Full pageGarden Village’s safety reportOpen the full Safety report

Safety70 Crime Severity Index · The index weighs each crime Garden Village’s police recorded by how serious it is.Questions“Is Garden Village safe?”

Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average

Who lives here

More of Garden Village belongs to a visible minority than British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 73%

42.9median age

Children under 15 make up 13%, below British Columbia’s towns (14%) and Canadian towns (16%) alike. 19% of residents have reached 65.

Garden VillageBritish ColumbiaCanada

British ColumbiaCanada

Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021

19%

Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over

No certificate, diploma or degree11%

Postsecondary qualification57%

Women and men · all residents

Women make up 49.7% of Garden Village

Here the census found 3,255 men and 3,220 women; the figure for women across Canada is 50.9%.

Who lives in Garden Village
	Garden Village	British Columbia	Canada
Under 15	13%	14%	16%
15 to 64	68%	64%	64%
65+	19%	21%	19%
No certificate, diploma or degree	11%	13%	16%
Postsecondary qualification	57%	56%	56%

Full pageGarden Village’s Who lives here pageOpen the full Who lives here page

Ages42.9 median age · 19% are 65 or over Households2,145 households English and French5% speak both · 0.1% speak French but not English

Statistics Canada, Census 2021; British Columbia and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+

Weather

What November brings in Garden Village: 5°C at night, 10°C by day

10°Ca normal November afternoon

A typical November adds 3 cm of snow. Then December: 7°C by day, 3°C at night. In November, the normal is 245 mm of rain and snow. Also worth knowing: for today and the week ahead, the Weather page carries ECCC’s Vancouver forecast.

Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020

November10°C

December7°C

January7°C

February8°C

Season	High	Low	Rain and snow
Winter	8°C	3°C	554 mm
Spring	14°C	7°C	353 mm
Summer	22°C	14°C	158 mm
Autumn	14°C	9°C	473 mm

5°C

a normal November night

245 mm

of rain and snow in a normal November

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Next 24 hoursTemperature and chance of rain, hour by hour The week aheadECCC’s days ahead, beside the normals The yearWarmest July, coldest December

ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Vancouver (Harbour)); the forecast is on the Weather page

Town hall

Garden Village’s MP is Wade Chang (Liberal Party of Canada), for Burnaby Central

Of the 43 Commons seats from British Columbia, the Liberal Party of Canada holds 20.

Full pageGarden Village’s town hall & politics pageOpen the full Town hall & politics page

Who runs itCity Provincial legislatureBurnaby Centre

Wikidata, MAMH, MMAH, Statistics Canada

Library & civic lifeCivic life grade B

Garden Village has no public library of its own; the nearest is Bob Prittie Metrotown Branch, 1.2 km away

The library figures on this page are Burnaby’s: Burnaby Public Library serves all 299,682 people of the city, Garden Village among them.

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A year at the library5.1 visits per person served

Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada

Keep exploring

Everything we know about Garden Village

15pages on Garden Village

The big questions

SafetyC⁺Crime Severity Index 70 Housing & costD⁻Homes 16.5 × income Property pricesSchoolsA⁻56 schools within 3 km HealthALife expectancy 84.4 in its region Work & commuteC53% of adults in work Natural hazardsBWildfire band: low

Out and about

Outdoors1.3% of the land within 10 km protected AttractionsClimateJuly afternoons around 23°C WeatherECCC’s forecast, beside the normals

The story

Who lives hereMedian age 42.9 HistoryTown hallFamous people

Nearby attractions

Playland and 14 more in and around Garden Village

What there is to see in Garden Village and within a short drive, starting with the places most people have heard of.

All attractions →

Theme parkPlayland4.5 km outside town, to the north

GardenCentral Park800 m outside town, to the southwest

Theme parkBurnaby Village Museum1.6 km outside town, to the southeast

AttractionWooden Roller Coaster4.5 km outside town, to the north

Art galleryBurnaby Art Gallery1.3 km outside town, to the southeast

Art galleryFairacres Mansion1.3 km outside town, to the southeast

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (6)

Playland: ThePointblank, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Central Park: Jeff Hitchcock from Seattle, WA, USA, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Burnaby Village Museum: Xiao23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Wooden Roller Coaster: Ruth Hartnup, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
Burnaby Art Gallery: Xiao23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
Fairacres Mansion: Xiao23, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons

About Garden Village

Neighbourhood in Burnaby

The edges of Garden Village follow census dissemination areas, which TownRatings groups into Burnaby’s neighbourhoods; the name comes from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.

Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.

Population: 6,492 (people, 2021 estimate)
Province or territory: British Columbia
City: Burnaby
Census subdivision: 5915025

Garden Village’s neighbours

The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada

MetrotownBroadviewCollingwoodDeer LakeRenfrew-CollingwoodNorquay VillageGarden Village

How the neighbours grade

Town	People	km	Overall	Cost	Safety	Health
Garden Village	6,492	—	B	D⁻	C⁺	A
Metrotown	36,594	1.4	B⁻	D⁻	C⁺	A
Broadview	8,008	1.6	B	D⁻	C⁺	A
Collingwood	18,399	1.6	B⁻	D⁻	C⁻	A⁺
Deer Lake	8,417	2.2	B	D⁻	C⁺	A
Renfrew-Collingwood	23,392	2.5	B⁻	D⁻	C⁻	A⁺
Norquay Village	11,287	2.8	C	D⁻	C⁻	A⁺

People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.

Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. 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).