Burnaby Central

For the provincial electoral district, see Burnaby Centre.

For the school, see Burnaby Central Secondary School.

Burnaby Central

British Columbia electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
Legislature	House of Commons
MP	Wade Chang Liberal
District created	2023
First contested	2025
Last contested	2025
Demographics
Population (2021) [1]	120,734
Electors (2025)	82,794
Area (km²)	38
Pop. density (per km²)	3,177.2
Census division(s)	Metro Vancouver
Census subdivision(s)	Burnaby (part)

Burnaby Central is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada. Its boundaries came into effect upon the call of the 2025 Canadian federal election.

Geography

Under the 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution the riding replaced Burnaby South. ^[2] Its differences from that riding are as follows:

• Gained the Sullivan Heights area as far west as Arden Avenue from Burnaby North—Seymour
• Gained the part of Burnaby west of Canada Way and north of the Kingsway from New Westminster—Burnaby
• Lost all of Burnaby south of both Imperial Street and Kingsway to Vancouver Fraserview—South Burnaby. ^[1]

Demographics

According to the 2021 Canadian census ^[3]

Languages: 41.4% English, 14.5% Mandarin, 10.5% Cantonese, 3.8% Korean, 3.2% Tagalog, 2.7% Persian, 2.3% Spanish, 1.6% Punjabi, 1.5% Serbo-Croatian, 1.3% Portuguese, 1.3% Vietnamese, 1.3% Russian, 1.1% Hindi, 1.1% French

Religions: 48.1% No religion, 34.2% Christian (14.5% Catholic, 2.7% Christian Orthodox, 1.1% Anglican, 1.0% United Church, 14.8% Other), 6.9% Muslim, 3.8% Buddhist, 3.6% Hindu, 2.1% Sikh

Median income: $37,200 (2020)

Average income: $49,680 (2020)

Panethnic groups in Burnaby Central (2021)

Panethnic group	2021
	Pop.	%
East Asian [a]	47,525	39.6%
European [b]	32,760	27.3%
South Asian	11,660	9.72%
Southeast Asian [c]	11,070	9.22%
Middle Eastern [d]	5,235	4.36%
Latin American	3,275	2.73%
African	2,675	2.23%
Indigenous	2,010	1.67%
Other/multiracial [e]	3,805	3.17%
Total responses	120,020	99.39%
Total population	120,755	100%
Notes: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses. Demographics based on 2022 Canadian federal electoral redistribution riding boundaries.

History

Members of Parliament

Parliament	Years	Member		Party
Burnaby Central Riding created from Burnaby North—Seymour, Burnaby South, and New Westminster—Burnaby
45th	2025–present		Wade Chang	Liberal

Electoral results

2025 general election

v t e 2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%	±%	Expenditures
	Liberal	Wade Chang	21,745	42.23	+10.98
	Conservative	James Yan	19,889	38.62	+16.46
	New Democratic	Jagmeet Singh	9,353	18.16	−21.62
	People's	Richard Farbridge	506	0.98	−2.40
Total valid votes/expense limit			51,493	99.17
Total rejected ballots			430	0.83
Turnout			51,923	61.61
Eligible voters			84,278
	Liberal notional gain from New Democratic		Swing		+16.30
Source: Elections Canada [4] [5]
Note: number of eligible voters does not include voting day registrations.

2021 general election (transposed result)

2021 federal election redistributed results [6]
Party		Vote	%
	New Democratic	15,921	39.78
	Liberal	12,507	31.25
	Conservative	8,868	22.16
	People's	1,353	3.38
	Green	1,168	2.92
	Others	210	0.52

Student vote results

Results of the Canadian student vote.

2025

2025 Canadian federal election
Party	Candidate	Votes	%
	Conservative	James Yan	1,284	35.16
	Liberal	Wade Chang	1,200	32.86
	New Democratic	Jagmeet Singh	845	23.14
	People's	Richard Farbridge	323	8.84
Total valid votes			3,652	100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada [7]

References

1. "Burnaby Central – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution . Retrieved May 3, 2024.
2. Beacon, Burnaby. "Proposed changes to federal ridings see less fragmentation for Burnaby". Burnaby Beacon. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
3. "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population – Burnaby Central [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], British Columbia". Statistics Canada . Retrieved May 3, 2024.
4. "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
5. "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
6. "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. January 2, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
7. "Student Vote Canada 2025" . Retrieved May 3, 2025.

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.