The City of Burnaby, BC, Canada is located in British Columbia’s lower mainland. In the bottom map to the left Burnaby is on the left half of the map and is green. It is immediately east of Vancouver (pink) and northwest of Surrey (golden yellow).

Burnaby is the third-largest city in British Columbia behind Vancouver (No.1) and Surrey (No. 2). Burnaby was incorporated in 1892 and achieved city status in 1992, one hundred years after it incorporated. Burnaby is also the host of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (Metro Vancouver).

Burnaby has three highways running through it. First is the Trans-Canada Highway-1. This freeway runs from Victoria to Eastern Canada.

Second, is Highway-1A (The Fraser Valley Highway). Until the Trans-Canada Highway was built this was the main highway from Vancouver to the Fraser Valley and points east.

Thirdly, is Highway-99A (The King George Highway). This highway was the main access from Vancouver to the lower 48 states via the border crossing at Blaine, Washington until the Highway-99 freeway was built to connect to Interstate-5 at Blaine.

Highway-99A and 1A join together in north Surrey and share the same roadbed through Burnaby. Highway-99A is a center for commercial activity its entire length through Burnaby. As you can see in the map Highway-99 (the freeway) bypasses Burnaby. Please excuse us of leaving highway 1A off of the map. It splits off 99A in surrey and roughly follows Highway-1 to the south of it.

Burnaby occupies about 4% of the land mass of the Greater Vancouver Regional District but has about 10% of the region’s population. Burnaby has a population of over 200,000. Burnaby is a university city with the demands and rewards that a large university puts on a city. Simon Fraser University, located in Burnaby, has over 20,000 students.

Shopping

The city is also home of the Metrotown regional mall. The mall is made up of three linked shopping malls (Metrotown Centre, Eaton Centre, and Station Square) and the Holiday Inn. The mall covers three blocks and has 9,000 parking places most of which are underground below the mall. You will find 10 majors and 550 shops on two levels in the mall. You will find around 75 restaurants and 22 theaters included among those shops.

Recommended Attractions

Attractions

Simon Fraser University

Top of Burnaby Mountain

604-291-3111

8888 University Dr.

Burnaby, BC, Canada V5A 1S6

http://www.sfu.ca/

Metrotown

4700-4800 Kingsway,