HeightsBurnaby

Renting in Heights eats 30% of household income, more than in British Columbia’s towns and across Canadian towns

67% of households own their home, below British Columbia’s towns (76%) and Canadian towns (74%) alike. Heights doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Vancouver metro area.

Results around Heights lean high: 23 of 39 schools in the top two fifths in British Columbia

Schooling here is split between 4 boards, above both British Columbia’s towns (2) and Canadian towns (3). One of the 50 teaches in French, against 2% of schools in British Columbia. Within 3 km of Heights are 38 elementary schools, 7 secondary schools and 5 alternative or adult schools.

Few places match Heights for health: it beats 90% of Canadian towns

The survey puts the region’s share in very good or excellent health at 48%; British Columbia as a whole is at 50%. Lives here run to 84.4 years on average, higher than both British Columbia’s towns (81.0) and Canadian towns (81.5). Closer to home, a hospital is just 1.9 km from the average resident of Heights, nearer than the usual 3.7 km.

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

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. The most precipitation falls in November: 245 mm in a normal year.

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

Radon tests for the Fraser North health region

Burn scars are few around Heights, with 0.1% of the land within 25 km touched by fire since 1986 (0.004% a year). The national inventory holds one flood map for it, from City of Vancouver.

Heights’s grade for safety: a C+

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

Its police area recorded 10.9 violent incidents per 1,000 residents a year, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (12.5) and Canadian towns (12). Thefts, break-ins and damage add up to 35.9 per 1,000 residents a year where it is policed.

Visible minorities make up more of Heights than of British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 54%

2% of residents have an Indigenous identity, lower than both British Columbia’s towns (5%) and Canadian towns (2.8%). Under 15: 13% of residents. Retirement age and beyond: just over a fifth of residents are 65 or older.

A normal November in Heights runs from 5°C to 10°C

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

Heights’ MP is Terry Beech (Liberal Party of Canada), for Burnaby North—Seymour

Heights has no council of its own: it is a neighbourhood of Burnaby, run by the city council.

Heights’s public library is BPL: McGill Library

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

Driving to work is less common in Heights than in British Columbia’s towns or Canadian towns: 75% of commuters

The average trip to work took 30 min, above both British Columbia’s towns (26 min) and Canadian towns (26 min).

Heights is on the The Trans Canada Trail

Swimmers have 52 beaches within 5 km, Trout Lake Beach the nearest. The nearest provincial park, Mount Seymour Park, is 3.1 km away. Of the country within 10 km, 6.7% lies in protected areas; the median Canadian town has 2.3%. 49 km separate the town from Gulf Islands National Park Reserve, its nearest national park.