#1Deer Lake
British Columbia · 8,417 peopleOverall B·#1,025 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
Deer Lake, #1 on this list · Photo: Kenny Louie from Vancouver, Canada (CC BY 2.0)Burnaby · 2026
Neighbourhoods with the oldest residents in Burnaby
The list ends with Burnaby Mountain, at 34 years. Deer Lake is #742 of 2,589 on the list for all of Canada. No neighbourhood in Burnaby makes the national top 100 on this list. First place in Burnaby goes to Deer Lake, with 45.8 years. South Slope takes second place with 45.3 years; Lake City is third with 44.7 years. At the halfway mark stands Holdom, at 42.1 years.
Median age of residents, 2021 census (for a city’s neighbourhoods, estimated from five-year age groups) How grades work
#145.8 years Median age
#2South Slope
British Columbia · 8,989 peopleOverall B·#1,138 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
#3Lake City
British Columbia · 3,240 peopleOverall B·#1,080 of 2,556
Strongest: health A, walkability 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
#NeighbourhoodMedian ageCanada rankWhat drives it
1Deer Lake8,417 people45.8 years#742 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
2South Slope8,989 people45.3 years#796 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
3Lake City3,240 people44.7 years#907 of 2,589Strongest: health A, walkability A·lowest: cost of living D
4Montecito10,734 people44.4 years#950 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
5Heights22,141 people44.2 years#971 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, schools A+·lowest: cost of living D−
6Broadview8,008 people44.2 years#972 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
7Bainbridge3,015 people43.3 years#1,109 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
8East Burnaby17,233 people43 years#1,156 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
9Garden Village6,492 people42.9 years#1,167 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
10Holdom7,976 people42.1 years#1,295 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, schools A·lowest: cost of living D−
11Buckingham Heights8,794 people41.7 years#1,358 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
12Lochdale7,463 people41.2 years#1,441 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, schools A+·lowest: cost of living D−
13Lougheed15,442 people40.7 years#1,541 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
14Edmonds34,805 people39.9 years#1,685 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
15Royal Oak18,364 people39.5 years#1,749 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
16Metrotown36,594 people38 years#2,007 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
17Brentwood22,170 people35.6 years#2,299 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
18Burnaby Mountain9,248 people34 years#2,443 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
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Photos: Deer Lake, Kenny Louie from Vancouver, Canada (CC BY 2.0) · South Slope, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Lake City, Kenny Louie from Vancouver, Canada (CC BY 2.0), 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).