Edmonds, Burnaby

Edmonds
Neighbourhood of Burnaby
Aerial view of Edmonds in 2025
Edmonds
Location of Edmonds within Metro Vancouver
Coordinates: 49°13′10″N 122°57′00″W / 49.21944°N 122.95000°W / 49.21944; -122.95000
CountryCanada
ProvinceBritish Columbia
RegionLower Mainland
Regional DistrictMetro Vancouver
CityBurnaby
Government
 • MayorMike Hurley
 • MP (Fed.)Wade Chang (LPC)
 • MP (Fed.)Peter Julian (NDP)
 • MLA (Prov.)Raj Chouhan (BC NDP)
Elevation
100 m (330 ft)
Population
 (2021)[1][2][3][4][5][6]
 • Total
39,656
Time zoneUTC−8 (PST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−7 (PDT)

Edmonds is a neighbourhood in the southeast of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is one of the city's four officially designated town centres.[7]

The area is served by the Expo Line of the SkyTrain via Edmonds station.

The neighbourhood is named after businessman and politician Henry Valentine Edmonds, who owned real estate in the area and was active in local affairs.[8]

Features and amenities

Edmonds is home to the Rosemary Brown Recreation Centre, which holds two NHL-sized ice hockey rinks and is named after local politician Rosemary Brown.[9]

Public schools in the area are operated by the Burnaby School District. Twelfth Avenue Elementary School and Edmonds Community Elementary School both fall within Edmonds' borders, as well as the private Catholic elementary school Our Lady of Mercy. The secondary schools serving Edmonds are Byrne Creek Community School and the independent private school St. Thomas More Collegiate.

Demographics

Population history
YearPop.±%
198617,493—    
199118,858+7.8%
199622,101+17.2%
200124,501+10.9%
200630,976+26.4%
201135,974+16.1%
201637,540+4.4%
202139,656+5.6%
Source: Statistics Canada

With numerous ethnic backgrounds and over a hundred languages accounted for, Edmonds was found by the Vancouver Sun to be the most diverse neighbourhood in Metro Vancouver.[10]

Panethnic groups in Edmonds (1991−2021)
Panethnic group 2021 census
[1][2][3][4][5][6] 		2016 census
[11][12][13][14][15][16] 		2011 census
[17][18][19][20][21][22] 		2006 census
[23][24][25][26][27][28] 		2001 census
[29][30] 		1996 census
[31][30] 		1991 census
[32][33][34]
Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. % Pop. %
East Asian[a] 13,455 34.87% 12,985 35.29% 10,995 31.22% 7,700 25.2% 5,365 22.5% 4,130 19.05% 1,935 10.58%
European[b] 8,840 22.91% 9,465 25.73% 10,645 30.22% 12,070 39.5% 10,775 45.19% 12,040 55.54% 12,400 67.78%
Southeast Asian[c] 5,235 13.57% 4,515 12.27% 4,560 12.95% 2,930 9.59% 1,510 6.33% 880 4.06% 645 3.53%
South Asian 4,375 11.34% 4,380 11.91% 4,440 12.61% 3,875 12.68% 3,305 13.86% 2,045 9.43% 1,795 9.81%
Middle Eastern[d] 2,260 5.86% 1,655 4.5% 1,495 4.24% 995 3.26% 760 3.19% 480 2.21% 435 2.38%
African 1,440 3.73% 1,190 3.23% 1,125 3.19% 970 3.17% 505 2.12% 615 2.84% 125 0.68%
Latin American 900 2.33% 905 2.46% 700 1.99% 620 2.03% 695 2.91% 420 1.94% 290 1.59%
Indigenous 450 1.17% 780 2.12% 545 1.55% 730 2.39% 720 3.02% 690 3.18% 410 2.24%
Other/multiracial[e] 1,635 4.24% 915 2.49% 715 2.03% 670 2.19% 210 0.88% 380 1.75% 260 1.42%
Total responses 38,590 97.31% 36,790 98% 35,220 97.9% 30,560 98.66% 23,845 97.32% 21,680 98.1% 18,295 97.01%
Total population 39,656 100% 37,540 100% 35,974 100% 30,976 100% 24,501 100% 22,101 100% 18,858 100%
Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses

Notes

  1. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
  2. ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
  3. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
  4. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
  5. ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.

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