Burnaby's north side — The Heights strip on Hastings you shop with a stroller, a park-and-pool hub around Confederation Park, and Brentwood's fast-rising towers with the SkyTrain at the door. Family parks, a warmed toddler pool, and a proper main street.
Population, income and parks are for all of Burnaby (2021 Census; income is an average, before tax) — North Burnaby isn't broken out separately. Benchmark from the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® August 2026 stats package. Figures supplied by Hiroshi — to be dated before launch.
North Burnaby gives you the parks and the pool without giving up the city. The Heights on Hastings is the kind of main street you walk with a stroller — butchers, bakeries, green grocers — and a few blocks away, Confederation Park and the Eileen Dailly pool make one family hub. Brentwood is the other end of the story: towers, open-air plazas and a SkyTrain station that puts the rest of the Lower Mainland minutes away.
[Hiroshi's honest trade-offs for North Burnaby to follow — the things a family only finds out in their second month.]
I've helped families across the Tri-Cities for over fifteen years. Ask me anything about a street, a school or a strata.
Book a call about North Burnaby What's my home worth? →Three parks that cover the whole age range — a splash pad and a miniature train, a sandy beach on the inlet, and a mountain-top lawn with a view.
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HIROSHI'S PICKTwo rec centres a few minutes apart, built for the under-fives — a warmed toddler pool at one, a quiet games room and playground at the other.
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HIROSHI'S PICKTwo ways to shop on the north side: a proper main street on Hastings you walk with a stroller, and Brentwood's plazas and big grocery stores with the SkyTrain at the door.
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HIROSHI'S PICKBrentwood Town Centre puts the Millennium Line at the door. Along Hastings, the R5 RapidBus links The Heights to downtown and to SFU on the mountain.
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HIROSHI'S PICKTransit details researched by Akari for this draft — Hiroshi to confirm before launch.
| Home type | Benchmark | Average sold |
|---|---|---|
| Detached house | $1,920,000 | $1,950,000 – $2,045,000 |
| Condo apartment | $745,000 | $710,000 – $779,000 |
North Burnaby · from the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® monthly stats package, as of August 2026. [Townhome row to add; Hiroshi’s read on where the value sits to follow.]
North Burnaby is School District 41, not the Tri-Cities’ SD43 — a K–7 then 8–12 structure with no middle school step. AP courses run at every Burnaby secondary; the AP Capstone diploma is at Burnaby North. Its catchments have their own locator, which happens to be the same tool SD43 uses.
Every secondary and middle school below, plus the elementaries running a program worth choosing a street for. The full North Burnaby directory, with addresses, is on the all-areas schools page.
The thing Tri-Cities families are always surprised by: Burnaby has no middle school. Kids go K–7 in one school, then straight into a Grade 8–12 secondary — two more years in elementary than they’d get in Coquitlam or Port Moody. If you’re moving across Boundary with a Grade 5 or 6, that’s the part to plan around.
School list and programs from burnabyschools.ca, September 2026. Catchment information is provided for convenience and is approximate; boundaries are set by School District 41 (Burnaby) and change, and a catchment does not guarantee enrolment. Verify any address with the district’s School Locator. All four areas’ schools on one page →
Live board data for the Burnaby North area — every brokerage, not just mine. The board calls this area “Burnaby North”, which is the same ground this guide covers.
Prefer to search the whole board at once? That lives on the listings page.
Listing data is supplied by the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® MLS® reciprocity feed and is deemed reliable but not guaranteed. Listings held by other brokerages are marked with the MLS® reciprocity logo.
It's built around them: separate toddler and big-kid play areas and a splash pad at Confederation Park, a warmed toddler pool and preschool aquatics at Eileen Dailly, and a quieter games room and playground at Willingdon Community Centre — all a few minutes from each other.
That's the point of The Heights. Hastings Street between Boundary and Gamma is stroller-friendly end to end — independent butchers, bakeries, green grocers and kid-friendly dining, no mall parking needed. Brentwood covers the big grocery run.
SkyTrain from Brentwood Town Centre on the Millennium Line, and the R5 RapidBus along Hastings between downtown and SFU. [Travel times to confirm.]
[Hiroshi's honest list for North Burnaby to follow — the same "hear it from me now" treatment as the other three areas.]
Tell me what yours needs to look like — school runs, commutes, weekend rituals — and I'll match it to the right pocket and the right home.