North Burnaby is a general name for a large neighbourhood in the City of

Burnaby Burnaby is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Located in the centre of the Burrard Peninsula, it neighbours the City of Vancouver to the west, the District of North Vancouver across the confluence of the Burrard I ...

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, that includes a number of smaller ones. It stretches from Boundary Road in the west to

Burnaby Mountain Burnaby Mountain, elev. , is a low, forested mountain in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia, overlooking the upper arms of Burrard Inlet. It is the location of Simon Fraser University Burnaby Campus, the Discovery Park research community, and ...

with

Simon Fraser University Simon Fraser University (SFU) is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada, with three campuses, all in Greater Vancouver: Burnaby (main campus), Surrey, and Vancouver. The main Burnaby campus on Burnaby Mountain, located from ...

in the east and bounded by

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to the north and the

Lougheed Highway Lougheed is an Irish variant of a surname of Scottish origins, meaning ''head of the lake''. Lougheed or Loughead may refer to: Places * Lougheed, Alberta, a Canadian village * Lougheed Island, Nunavut, Canada * Lougheed Highway, part of British ...

to the south. It is a desirable place to live for many local and immigrant families which is reflected by real-estate prices that keep climbing and have doubled in the last 15 years.

Transportation

A number of major arteries run through this neighbourhood, primarily the high-traffic Hastings Street connecting North Burnaby with

Downtown Vancouver Downtown Vancouver is the central business district and the city centre neighbourhood of Vancouver, Canada, on the northwestern shore of the Burrard Peninsula in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia. It occupies most of the north sh ...

and

Port Moody Port Moody is a city in British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District. It envelops the east end of Burrard Inlet and is the smallest of the Tri-Cities, bordered by Coquitlam on the east and south a ...

, Willingdon Avenue linking it to Kingsway and Metrotown, and Kensington Ave going south to Canada Way and

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. The neighbourhood is served by several bus routes, including the R5 RapidBus, which runs along Hastings Street and provides connections to downtown Vancouver and

. The

West Coast Express The West Coast Express is a commuter railway serving the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada. Opened in 1995, it provides a link between Metro Vancouver and the Fraser Valley Regional District and is the only commuter railway in ...

commuter train runs through North Burnaby along

, but does not have any stations in the neighbourhood.

Shopping and amenities

The Heights commercial district between Boundary Rd and Gamma Ave is a popular and vibrant North Burnaby shopping mecca with quite a few Italian, Portuguese and Chinese restaurants, delis, bakeries and barbershops.

Brentwood Town Centre The Amazing Brentwood (also referred to as Brentwood Town Centre and Brentwood Mall) is a shopping mall in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is located in the Brentwood area of North Burnaby, at the intersection of Willingdon Avenue and Lough ...

is a popular shopping centre located near the intersection of Willingdon Ave and Lougheed Highway. Madison Centre at Lougheed and Rosser, steps from Brentwood Town Centre, offers a number of shops and services, including Save-On-Foods and Winners stores. There are two Safeway stores along Hastings Street — a recently rebuilt store at Hastings and Willingdon and a smaller Kensington store further east.

Parks, scenic walks and activities

The historic Heights area north of Hastings still has a number of beautiful old homes representing the 1900s–1920s residential architecture and is well worth a stroll. There are several parks in North Burnaby — Confederation Park just west of

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, Montrose Park on the shore of the Inlet noted for its

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possibilities, Willingdon Heights Park off Douglas Road and Kensington Park with its ice skating arena and public

golf Golf is a club-and-ball sport in which players use various clubs to hit balls into a series of holes on a course in as few strokes as possible. Golf, unlike most ball games, cannot and does not use a standardized playing area, and coping wi ...

facilities (pitch and putt). Just off Inlet Drive, as you leave the area heading towards Port Moody, there is a wonderful seashore park called Barnet Marine Park with a beach and great views of

Belcarra Regional Park təmtəmíxʷtən/Belcarra Regional Park is a regional park located in Belcarra, Greater Vancouver, British Columbia. It is northeast of the meeting of Burrard Inlet with Indian Arm, beginning near Belcarra Bay and extending to Sasamat Lake. ...

across the narrow passage.

References

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