Burnaby Central

Burnaby Central
British Columbia electoral district
Interactive map of riding boundaries from the 2025 federal election
Federal electoral district
LegislatureHouse of Commons
MP
 
 		 
Wade Chang
Liberal
District created2023
First contested2025
Last contested2025
Demographics
Population (2021)[1]120,734
Electors (2025)82,794
Area (km²)38
Pop. density (per km²)3,177.2
Census divisionMetro Vancouver
Census subdivisionBurnaby (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:

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
2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%±%Expenditures
LiberalWade Chang21,74542.23+10.98$75,752.57
ConservativeJames Yan19,88938.62+16.47$122,829.34
New DemocraticJagmeet Singh9,35318.16–21.62$129,759.41
People'sRichard Farbridge5060.98–2.40$585.48
Total valid votes/expense limit 51,49399.17–$129,924.64
Total rejected ballots 4300.83–
Turnout 51,92361.27–
Eligible voters 84,744
Liberal notional gain from New Democratic Swing +16.30
Source: Elections Canada[4][5]
Transposed result of the 2021 general election
2021 federal election redistributed results[6]
Party Vote %
  New Democratic15,92139.78
  Liberal12,50731.25
  Conservative8,86822.16
  People's1,3533.38
  Green1,1682.92
  Others2100.52

Student vote results

Results of the Canadian student vote.

2025

2025 Canadian federal election
Party Candidate Votes%
ConservativeJames Yan1,28435.16
LiberalWade Chang1,20032.86
New DemocraticJagmeet Singh84523.14
People'sRichard Farbridge3238.84
Total valid votes 3,652100.0
Source: Student Vote Canada [7]

References

  1. 1 2 "Burnaby Central – Final boundaries". Federal Electoral Districts Redistribution. Retrieved May 3, 2024.
  2. ↑ "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. ↑ "Forty-Fifth General Election 2025 — Poll-by-poll Results: Burnaby Central". elections.ca. Elections Canada. 2025.
  5. ↑ Canada, Chief Electoral Officer (2025). "Candidate Campaign Returns, 2025 General Election: Part 3C – Summary of Electoral Campaign Expenses and Other Outflows – Election expenses subject to the limit – Total". elections.ca. Elections Canada. Expenses are reported "as amended" where amendments have been filed; otherwise, they are reported "as submitted".
  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.

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