Burnaby, Vancouver and New Westminster collectively occupy the major portion of the Burrard Peninsula. Burnaby Population 2019 –247,336.8 (estimated). The average age of the city is 39.8 years, which is somewhat lower than the average of Canada at 40 years of age. The latest quarterly statistics released last month by the provincial government indicate there are 5,110,917 people living in British Columbia. The introduction of the Skytrain's Expo Line cemented this trend into the 21st century. Logging permits given to settlers destroyed the forests of southern Burnaby which had provided vital sustenance for Indigenous people.[9]. The 2016 census found that English was spoken as the mother tongue of 41.33 percent of the population. Other major cities in British Columbia include: The percentage of people living in British Columbia who confirm to have no particular religious affiliation is over 35%, a high number compared to the total population of Canada where the figure is a 16.5%. In 2019 2020, the population of the city of Burnaby, Canada is - 202 799 people. For example, manufacturing plants near Still Creek closed in the late 1970s, only to reopen few years later as film production studios. While Burnaby occupies just over three percent of the land area of Metro Vancouver, it accounts for about 10 percent of the region’s population. 30% of the residents of the city are of Chinese heritage. Burnaby was established in 1891 and incorporated a year later in 1892. The population of British Columbia is growing by approximately 5% per year. According to the 2016 Census, Statistics Canada reported that Burnaby had a population of 232,755 who resided in 92,201 of its 98,030 total dwellings, a 4.3 percent change from the 2011 census. A North Atlantic right whale appears at the surface of Cape Cod bay off the coast of Plymouth, United States on March 28, 2018.
Heavy industry companies including Chevron Corporation and Petro-Canada petroleum refineries oil on the shores of Burrard Inlet.
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The economic history of British Columbia is mainly around resource industries – primarily forestry but also mining. In 2015, the Canadian Federation of Independent Business (CFIB) included Burnaby as a Vancouver periphery to rank eighth for entrepreneurial communities.[24]. Metropolis at Metrotown is the largest mall in British Columbia, and second largest in Canada. Major parklands and waterways in Burnaby include Central Park, Robert Burnaby Park, Kensington Park, Burnaby Mountain, Still Creek, the Brunette River, Burnaby Lake, Deer Lake, and Squint Lake.
It is home to high-tech companies such as Ballard Power (fuel cell), Clio (legal software), D-Wave (quantum computing), General Fusion (fusion power), Electronic Arts Vancouver, and Capcom Canada.