Burnaby, British Columbia Population & Demographics

Statistic	Burnaby	British Columbia	National
Population	258,827	5,149,422	38,134,230
Population density (sq km)	2,772	5	4
Median age	39.5	42.3	40.9
Male/Female ratio	1.0:1	1.0:1	1.0:1
Married couples	73%	71%	66%
Families w/ kids at home	47%	41%	43%
Speak English only	87.8%	89.7%	68.8%
Speak French only	0.0%	0.0%	4.5%

Key Findings

The population density in Burnaby is 52359% higher than British Columbia
The median age in Burnaby is 7% lower than British Columbia
In Burnaby 35.30% of the population is Chinese
In Burnaby 9.71% of the population is South Asian
In Burnaby 5.20% of the population is Filipino

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Visible Minority Population

Data	Percent
Chinese	35.3%
South Asian	9.7%
Filipino	5.2%
Korean	3.3%
West Asian	2.6%

Immigrants By Place Of Birth

Data	Percent
China	13.5%
Philippines	5.1%
Hong Kong	4.3%
Taiwan	3.2%
India	3.0%

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Household income distribution

Family breakdown

Burnaby age breakdown

Source: The Burnaby, BC data and statistics displayed above are derived from Statistics Canada and updated for 2021 by Environics Analytics.