Burnaby 2050: Planning our city together
We’re renewing Burnaby’s Official Community Plan (OCP) to set the long-term vision for managing the city’s growth. It will shape how and where we live, learn, work and play. Help plan your city’s future by taking part in this exciting process and sharing your ideas.
About this project
The desired outcome of the project is a new OCP that will guide and manage Burnaby’s growth over the next 25 years in a way that reflects our community’s aspirations and values. The renewed OCP will be contemporary and considerate of emerging trends, issues, challenges and opportunities—particularly in areas of housing affordability and climate change and adaptation. It will set out the priorities, goals and policies for the City to work towards over the short, medium and long term.
The Burnaby OCP Project is a multi-year, multi-phased project. It will follow a process that commits to being:
- accessible, inclusive and engaging—invites people of all ages, abilities and diverse backgrounds to help shape the city
- inclusive of Indigenous perspectives—invites and supports local First Nations partners to help shape the city
- visionary, creative and fun—we want to inspire people
- evidence-based and data-driven—priorities, policies and decisions are informed by evidence, science, lived-experience and traditional knowledge bases
- a “systems-thinking” approach—recognizes that the city is an urban system in which the built, natural and human environments are all highly connected
- climate-focused—recognizes that priorities, policies and decisions need to account for climate change and adaptation
- innovative and forward-thinking—demonstrates leadership
Pre-phase 1: Preparing
This phase involves the project initiation and background work being undertaken by staff to prepare for the project.
Planning and Development Committee Reports
Events
Thank you to everyone who stopped by to chat with us at one of our summer 2022 pop-up events! We reached over 3,500 people, and learned about your thoughts on a variety of topics, including what you love most about Burnaby:
- community inclusion (sense of community and diversity)
- parks, nature and green spaces
- social infrastructure (community centres, schools, social and public events)
We have begun to summarize your input and will be taking a “What we Heard” report to Council later this year.
- Hats Off Day on Hastings Street
- National Indigenous Peoples Day at Edmonds Plaza and Park
- Cameron Library at 9523 Cameron Street
- Canada Day at Edmonds Plaza and Park
- Symphony in the Park at Deer Lake Park Festival Lawn
- Opera in the Park at Deer Lake Park Festival Lawn
- Edmonds City Fair and Classic Car Show at Edmonds Plaza and Park
- Pride Celebration at Civic Square
- Brentwood Block Party at 2150 Alpha Avenue
- Farmers' Market at Burnaby City Hall
- Willingdon Community Fair at Willingdon Community Centre
- McGill Library at 4595 Albert Street
- World Rivers Day at Burnaby Village Museum
Display boards
Planning our city together contest (closed)
Thank you to everyone who entered our contest!
View collage of contest entries
The winner was determined by random draw on Friday, September 23, 2022.
Winner: Matthew Mandrusiak aged 6 yrs.
Future phases
This phase focuses on raising awareness about the project and inviting the community to learn more about the project and become engaged. Initial engagement will involve educating the community on the purpose of an OCP and providing information on how the city has grown along with a scorecard measuring Burnaby’s performance in achieving the vision and goals of the existing OCP.
This phase invites the community to imagine our city in the future and the way we live, learn, work and play. We will also invite local First Nations partners to participate and share their vision for the future for urban Indigenous peoples living, learning, working and playing in Burnaby. In the latter part of Phase 2 we’ll report on what we heard, develop a working vision and do related technical work on growth scenarios and land use.
This phase involves setting the priorities, strategic direction and policies that will support Burnaby in achieving its draft vision, goals and objectives. We'll use an inclusive participation process to help us set priorities and develop policies.
This phase involves engaging with the community to confirm that the draft OCP reflects their values and priorities for the future.