Burnaby Central
| British Columbia electoral district | |||
|---|---|---|---|
Interactive map of riding boundaries | |||
| Federal electoral district | |||
| Legislature | House of Commons | ||
| MP |
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 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 |
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| 45th | 2025–present | Wade Chang | Liberal | |
Electoral results
2025 general election
| 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
- ^ a b "Burnaby Central – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ Beacon, Burnaby. "Proposed changes to federal ridings see less fragmentation for Burnaby". Burnaby Beacon. Retrieved April 23, 2024.
- ^ "Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population – Burnaby Central [Federal electoral district (2023 Representation Order)], British Columbia". Statistics Canada. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
- ^ "Voter information service". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
- ^ "Election Night Results - Electoral Districts". Elections Canada. Retrieved May 6, 2025.
- ^ "Transposition of Votes from the 44th General Election to the 2023 Representation Orders". Elections Canada. January 2, 2013. Retrieved April 9, 2024.
- ^ "Student Vote Canada 2025". Retrieved May 3, 2025.
Notes
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.
- ^ Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, n.i.e." and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.