17 Facts About Burnaby BC

Burnaby BC is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada.

Burnaby BC was incorporated in 1892 and achieved its city status in 1992.

Burnaby BC is the original home to Halkomelem- and Squamish-speaking Central Coast Salish Nations.

Indigenous people travelled through Burnaby BC to reach the mouth of Brunette and Fraser River for the bountiful fishing seasons, eulachon in the spring and sockeye salmon in the late summer.

Settlers in Burnaby BC acquired land through a process called pre-emption which allowed people to claim a piece of land by clearing forests and building houses.

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Burnaby BC was previously private secretary to Colonel Richard Moody, the first land commissioner for the Colony of British of Columbia.

In 1859, Burnaby BC surveyed a freshwater lake in the city's geographic centre.

Burnaby BC was established in 1891 and incorporated a year later in 1892.

Since the 1970s, Burnaby BC has seen a decline in resource sectors and a subsequent rise of high value-added services and technology sectors.

Burnaby BC has an oceanic climate with mild, dry summers and cool, rainy winters.

Similar to the Metro Vancouver region, Burnaby BC has always had diverse ethnic and immigrant communities.

Metropolis mall located in the Metrotown neighbourhood, the downtown area of Burnaby BC, is the largest mall in British Columbia with West Vancouver's Park Royal in second place.

Burnaby BC is home to multiple museums highlighting the diverse history and culture of the city.

Burnaby BC Velodrome hosted the National Junior and U17 Track Championship in 2014.

Politically, Burnaby BC has maintained a left-wing city council closely affiliated with the provincial NDP and school board for many years, while sometimes electing more conservative legislators provincially and federally .

Burnaby BC voters endorsed his assistant, Bill Siksay, as his replacement in the 2004 Canadian federal election.

However, Maclean's did note that Burnaby BC has one of the worst municipal voter turnouts in the country, at 26 percent.