#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
Neighbourhoods with the youngest residents in Burnaby
Garden Village, in the middle of the list, comes in at 42.9 years. Bottom of the list: Deer Lake, with 45.8 years. On the national list, Burnaby Mountain is #148 of 2,589. The national top 100 holds no neighbourhood from Burnaby. Leading Burnaby on this list is Burnaby Mountain, at 34 years. The places after the leader belong to Brentwood (35.6 years) and Metrotown (38 years).
Median age of residents, 2021 census (for a city’s neighbourhoods, estimated from five-year age groups) How grades work
#134 years Median age
#2Brentwood
British Columbia · 22,170 peopleOverall B+·#844 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
#3Metrotown
British Columbia · 36,594 peopleOverall B−·#1,437 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
#NeighbourhoodMedian ageCanada rankWhat drives it
1Burnaby Mountain9,248 people34 years#148 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
2Brentwood22,170 people35.6 years#287 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
3Metrotown36,594 people38 years#579 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
4Royal Oak18,364 people39.5 years#836 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
5Edmonds34,805 people39.9 years#907 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
6Lougheed15,442 people40.7 years#1,052 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
7Lochdale7,463 people41.2 years#1,149 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, schools A+·lowest: cost of living D−
8Buckingham Heights8,794 people41.7 years#1,230 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
9Holdom7,976 people42.1 years#1,298 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, schools A·lowest: cost of living D−
10Garden Village6,492 people42.9 years#1,423 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
11East Burnaby17,233 people43 years#1,432 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
12Bainbridge3,015 people43.3 years#1,482 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
13Heights22,141 people44.2 years#1,616 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, schools A+·lowest: cost of living D−
14Broadview8,008 people44.2 years#1,617 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
15Montecito10,734 people44.4 years#1,651 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
16Lake City3,240 people44.7 years#1,688 of 2,589Strongest: health A, walkability A·lowest: cost of living D
17South Slope8,989 people45.3 years#1,799 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
18Deer Lake8,417 people45.8 years#1,848 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) · Brentwood, Northwest (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Metrotown, Darren Kirby Darren Kirby (CC BY-SA 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).