#1Metrotown
British Columbia · 36,594 peopleOverall B−·#1,437 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
Metrotown, #1 on this list · Photo: Darren Kirby Darren Kirby (CC BY-SA 2.0)Burnaby · 2026
Most walkable neighbourhoods in Burnaby
At the other end is Lake City, with A. Across Canada, the same list puts Metrotown #67 of 2,589. Canada’s top 100 on this list includes only one neighbourhood in Burnaby. Metrotown tops the list in Burnaby, at A+. Second place goes to Edmonds, at A+, and third to Lougheed, at A+. The A range holds 18 of the 18 on this list.
Walkability grade: residents within 800 metres of a pharmacy, and commuters who walk, cycle or take transit How grades work
#1A+Walkability
#2Edmonds
British Columbia · 34,805 peopleOverall C+·#1,659 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
#3Lougheed
British Columbia · 15,442 peopleOverall C+·#1,632 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
#NeighbourhoodWalkabilityCanada rankWhat drives it
7Garden Village6,492 peopleA+#300 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
9East Burnaby17,233 peopleA+#484 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
10Burnaby Mountain9,248 peopleA+#489 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
11Lochdale7,463 peopleA+#587 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, schools A+·lowest: cost of living D−
12Montecito10,734 peopleA+#615 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
15Buckingham Heights8,794 peopleA#755 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
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Photos: Metrotown, Darren Kirby Darren Kirby (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Edmonds, Northwest (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Lougheed, ChrisStubbs (CC BY-SA 3.0), 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).