Edmonds, Burnaby

Edmonds
Neighbourhood of Burnaby
Edmonds Location of Edmonds within Metro Vancouver
Coordinates: 49°13′10″N122°57′00″W / 49.21944°N 122.95000°W / 49.21944; -122.95000
Country	Canada
Province	British Columbia
Region	Lower Mainland
Regional District	Metro Vancouver
City	Burnaby
Government
•  Mayor	Mike Hurley
•  MP (Fed.)	Jagmeet Singh (NDP)
• MP (Fed.)	Peter Julian (NDP)
•  MLA (Prov.)	Raj Chouhan (BC NDP)
Elevation	100 m (300 ft)
Population  (2021)
• Total	22,318 [1] [2] [3]
Time zone	UTC−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. ^[4]

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. ^[5]

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. ^[6]

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. ^[7]

Panethnic groups in Edmonds (2001−2021)

Panethnic group	2021 [1] [2] [3]		2016 [8] [9] [10]		2011 [11] [12] [13]		2006 [14] [15] [16]		2001 [17] [18]
	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%	Pop.	%
East Asian [a]	6,675	30.53%	5,890	29.12%	4,260	23.1%	4,070	23.36%	3,500	21.35%
European [b]	4,370	19.99%	4,430	21.9%	5,070	27.49%	5,690	32.66%	6,875	41.93%
Southeast Asian [c]	3,750	17.15%	3,285	16.24%	3,100	16.81%	2,355	13.52%	1,165	7.11%
South Asian	3,125	14.29%	3,440	17%	3,530	19.14%	2,925	16.79%	2,755	16.8%
Middle Eastern [d]	1,315	6.01%	855	4.23%	700	3.8%	560	3.21%	520	3.17%
African	830	3.8%	740	3.66%	675	3.66%	535	3.07%	375	2.29%
Latin American	455	2.08%	545	2.69%	465	2.52%	385	2.21%	495	3.02%
Indigenous	275	1.26%	475	2.35%	220	1.19%	450	2.58%	540	3.29%
Other/multiracial [e]	1,085	4.96%	570	2.82%	455	2.47%	440	2.53%	165	1.01%
Total responses	21,865	97.97%	20,230	99.98%	18,445	99.21%	17,420	99.19%	16,395	99.15%
Total population	22,318	100%	20,235	100%	18,591	100%	17,562	100%	16,536	100%

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.

References

1. Government of Canada, Statistics Canada (September 2, 2022). "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population Profile table 9330233.00 British Columbia [Census tract]". www12.statcan.gc.ca.
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5. "Biography – EDMONDS, HENRY VALENTINE – Volume XII (1891-1900)". Dictionary of Canadian Biography . Retrieved May 24, 2024.
6. Vanderdeen, Lauren (March 14, 2024). "Burnaby's long-awaited arena to finally open next month". Burnaby Now. Retrieved May 24, 2024.
7. Todd, Douglas (November 3, 2015). "Does Burnaby have the world's most super-diverse neighbourhood? (Part 2)". Vancouver Sun . Retrieved October 1, 2024.
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