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Village · Burnaby, Greater Vancouver

Burnaby Heights

A walkable village strip of cafés and pubs on Hastings Street

  • Young professionals
  • Families with kids
  • Cyclists
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Burnaby Heights in context. Neighbouring areas link to their guides. Boundaries: City of Vancouver and Statistics Canada (approximate areas).

At a glance

Burnaby Heights is a village-style neighbourhood on Hastings Street, with older houses, new townhouses and Confederation Park nearby. About 29% of homes are detached and 33% are apartments, 34% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $1.40M in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.)
$1.38M*
* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $1.09M
Residents
13,020
scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 12,080 at the 2021 census
Households renting
34%
city 36%
Homes that are apartments
33%
city 38%

What the numbers mean

  • Owners valued the median home at $1.40M in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Vancouver MLS® Home Price Index (-7% since then), that is about $1.38M, 27% above the Vancouver suburbs median of $1.09M. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
  • 34% of households rent, close to the 36% city-wide.
  • Housing is a mix: 33% apartments, with the rest townhouses, duplexes and houses.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 12,080 at the 2021 census.

0-1413%
15-195%
20-246%
25-3413%
35-4414%
45-5414%
55-6414%
65+21%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 12,080 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached29%
Semi-detached1%
Row house2%
Duplex flat34%
Apartment under 5 storeys24%
Apartment 5+ storeys10%

Upfront closing costs1

BC charges a tiered property transfer tax: 1% on the first $200,000, 2% to $2 million, then 3%, and 5% above $3 million. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

BC property transfer tax
$25,660
on $1.38M

How it's changing

These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety

Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for Burnaby. Policing there is by the RCMP or a municipal police department, and neither publishes open crime counts by neighbourhood. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.

Sources and notes

  1. Source: Province of British Columbia, Property transfer tax. 2026 rules, applied to this community's median census home value, indexed to September 2026 with the MLS® HPI. First-time buyer and newly built home exemptions are not deducted. Legal fees, title insurance, inspection and adjustments are extra. ↩