Photo: Zacharycmango · CC BY-SA 4.0Burnaby’s public library works from 6 branches
Burnaby Public Library serves 299,682 people. It counted 5.1 in-person visits per person served in 2025. These 2025 figures are what the library reported to British Columbia’s public library statistics.
–Civic lifeNot gradedWhat a civic life grade would weigh in Burnaby
Not graded: a city is graded through its neighbourhoods, each on its own figures.
Informal groups and mutual aid go uncounted.
Sources: provincial statistics, the CRA, Statistics Canada.
365 registered charities are based in Burnaby, by mailing address
Per 1,000 residents that makes 1.2; the median is 1.2 for British Columbia towns and 1.4 for Canada’s. Charities are placed by mailing address, which flatters service towns whose post office serves a region and undercounts suburbs and rural municipalities.
36.9%
The 2023 survey gives British Columbia one volunteering rate for all its towns, 36.9% (between 35.2% and 38.7%), while provinces run from 25.2% at the low end to 40.3%.
Statistics Canada, table 45-10-0039.
Ahead of most of British Columbia’s town libraries on all 2 measures
Per person served, against the 32 town libraries in British Columbia’s 2025 statistics.
Town libraries only; regional systems left out.
Some 4,225 visits on an average day
The year 2025 at Burnaby Public Library, in the library’s own counts.
6 public libraries in Burnaby
Sorted by straight-line distance from the centre of Burnaby.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Library locations. Two sources make the map, OpenStreetMap and a 2020 Statistics Canada list, with academic and private libraries dropped.
Questions about the library and civic life in Burnaby
Does Burnaby have a public library?
Yes, 6: BPL: McGill Library, BPL: Temporary Cameron Branch, BPL: Tommy Douglas Library, BCIT Library and 2 more.
How busy is Burnaby Public Library?
It counted 1,541,976 in-person visits in 2025.
Library statistics: BC Public Libraries Statistics, 2025. Library locations: © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL) and Statistics Canada, Open Database of Cultural and Art Facilities (2020). Charities: Canada Revenue Agency, List of charities (2024), charitable organizations only.
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).