#1Burnaby Mountain
British Columbia · 9,248 peopleOverall C+·#1,747 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
Burnaby Mountain, #1 on this list · Photo: The Cosmonaut (CC BY-SA 2.5 ca)Burnaby · 2026
Most bilingual neighbourhoods in Burnaby
Bainbridge takes second place with 6.8%; Montecito is third with 5.9%. At the halfway mark stands East Burnaby, at 4.9%. Last comes Edmonds, at 3.9%. Nationally, Burnaby Mountain ranks #1,224 of 2,589. Not one of Burnaby’s neighbourhoods reaches the top 100 for all of Canada. Nowhere in Burnaby does better on this list than Burnaby Mountain, at 7.9%.
Share of residents who can hold a conversation in both English and French, 2021 census How grades work
#17.9% English and French
Bainbridge
British Columbia · 3,015 peopleOverall B−·#1,192 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
Montecito
British Columbia · 10,734 peopleOverall B·#1,143 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
All 18 neighbourhoods, ranked
Best first in Burnaby; beside each place, its rank on the same list for all of Canada.
18 neighbourhoods
#NeighbourhoodEnglish and FrenchCanada rankWhat drives it
1Burnaby Mountain9,248 people7.9%#1,224 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
2Bainbridge3,015 people6.8%#1,427 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
3Montecito10,734 people5.9%#1,661 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
4Lougheed15,442 people5.9%#1,670 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
5Heights22,141 people5.5%#1,775 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, schools A+·lowest: cost of living D−
6Holdom7,976 people5.3%#1,823 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, schools A·lowest: cost of living D−
7Lake City3,240 people5.3%#1,826 of 2,589Strongest: health A, walkability A·lowest: cost of living D
8Deer Lake8,417 people5.2%#1,851 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
9Lochdale7,463 people5.0%#1,916 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, schools A+·lowest: cost of living D−
10East Burnaby17,233 people4.9%#1,949 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
11Brentwood22,170 people4.7%#2,012 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
12South Slope8,989 people4.7%#2,019 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
13Garden Village6,492 people4.6%#2,045 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
14Royal Oak18,364 people4.6%#2,047 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
15Broadview8,008 people4.4%#2,106 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
16Buckingham Heights8,794 people4.3%#2,143 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
17Metrotown36,594 people4.0%#2,230 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
18Edmonds34,805 people3.9%#2,261 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
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Photos: Burnaby Mountain, The Cosmonaut (CC BY-SA 2.5 ca), via Wikimedia Commons.
Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. 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).