Edmonds, Burnaby
Neighourhood in British Columbia, Canada
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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]
Edmonds | |
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 Aerial view of Edmonds in 2025 | |
  Edmonds Location of Edmonds within Metro Vancouver | |
| Coordinates: 49°13′10″N 122°57′00″W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | British Columbia |
| Region | Lower Mainland |
| Regional District | Metro Vancouver |
| City | Burnaby |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Mike Hurley |
| • MP (Fed.) | Wade Chang (LPC) |
| • MP (Fed.) | Peter Julian (NDP) |
| • MLA (Prov.) | Raj Chouhan (BC NDP) |
| Elevation | 100 m (330 ft) |
| Population | |
• Total | 39,656 |
| Time zone | UTC−8 (PST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−7 (PDT) |
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
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 group | 2021 Canadian census [1][2][3][4][5][6] |
2016 Canadian census [11][12][13][14][15][16] |
2011 Canadian census [17][18][19][20][21][22] |
2006 Canadian census [23][24][25][26][27][28] |
2001 Canadian census [29][30] |
1996 Canadian census [31][30] |
1991 Canadian 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
- Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.