Need information about living in Burnaby, BC

[forcanada]

Hi
I recently got PPR and planning to land in September.
I'm interested in BC, specifically Burnaby.
Is there anyone having some information about the city which I cannot find on internet.
How is living there like?
And the employment opportunities?
I hold an MBA degree and work as a college lecturer but flexible to change my profession.

 

[steaky]

How is living there like?

It depends which area/building you want to live in the city. For example, if you live near the sky train, it would be noisy but convenient. Buildings are newer along the sky train / Lougheed highway corridor in the southern part of the city than the northern part which homes are mostly low rises and detached.

 

[forcanada]

It depends which area/building you want to live in the city. For example, if you live near the sky train, it would be noisy but convenient. Buildings are newer along the sky train / Lougheed highway corridor in the southern part of the city than the northern part which homes are mostly low rises and detached.

Thank you.
Is it a safe place to live?
And how about employment opportunities?

 

[frankhurt]

Yes, Burnaby is good but there is not much commute you should live near Surrey central.

 

[forcanada]

Yes, Burnaby is good but there is not much commute you should live near Surrey central.

I'm concerned about too many immigrants living in Surrey.

 

[frankhurt]

so do you have problem with living around immigrants, immigrations are everywhere, you can't run and indeed you are an immigrant too.

 

[forcanada]

so do you have problem with living around immigrants, immigrations are everywhere, you can't run and indeed you are an immigrant too.

Yeah

 

[steaky]

Yes, Burnaby is good but there is not much commute you should live near Surrey central.

There are not much commute near Surrey central as well. If you want to commute much, then I would suggest downtown Vancouver near the Art Gallery which is within the crossroad of Millennium Line, Expo Line and Canada Line of the sky train network.

 

[foodie69]

Hi
I recently got PPR and planning to land in September.
I'm interested in BC, specifically Burnaby.
Is there anyone having some information about the city which I cannot find on internet.
How is living there like?
And the employment opportunities?
I hold an MBA degree and work as a college lecturer but flexible to change my profession.

Burnaby is a huge place, see here:

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Burnaby,+BC/@49.2379761,-122.9931899,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x548677a8219c8373:0xdd0a72738752b169!8m2!3d49.2488091!4d-122.9805104

there is no real central area, except for Metrotown, commuting is not as good as other cities. As Steaky said, around the Skytrain you will be fine, other areas you have to take the bus, sucks big time.

Lots of immigrants live here, well, anywhere actually. Mainly Chinese, Vietnamese and all the others!

 

[frankhurt]

There are more immigrants in Burnaby than Surrey, you can't run...... Lol

 

[forcanada]

Burnaby is a huge place, see here:

https://www.google.ca/maps/place/Burnaby,+BC/@49.2379761,-122.9931899,13z/data=!4m5!3m4!1s0x548677a8219c8373:0xdd0a72738752b169!8m2!3d49.2488091!4d-122.9805104

there is no real central area, except for Metrotown, commuting is not as good as other cities. As Steaky said, around the Skytrain you will be fine, other areas you have to take the bus, sucks big time.

Lots of immigrants live here, well, anywhere actually. Mainly Chinese, Vietnamese and all the others!

Thank you

 

[Vivimanisha]

Hi
I recently got PPR and planning to land in September.
I'm interested in BC, specifically Burnaby.
Is there anyone having some information about the city which I cannot find on internet.
How is living there like?
And the employment opportunities?
I hold an MBA degree and work as a college lecturer but flexible to change my profession.

Burnaby is an excellent place to live. We are moving there in 2 weeks post which i could give you a first hand experience of that place.

 

[Alexand]

If you need information about life in BC contact nextstopcanada.ca. They are government of Canada funded and they specialize in settlement information before you arrive in Canada.

 

[Alexand]

Hi
I recently got PPR and planning to land in September.
I'm interested in BC, specifically Burnaby.
Is there anyone having some information about the city which I cannot find on internet.
How is living there like?
And the employment opportunities?
I hold an MBA degree and work as a college lecturer but flexible to change my profession.

You can contact nextstopcanada.ca for this specific information. They are a government of Canada funded program with specialists working to inform newcomers to Canada about all aspects of Canadian life so they are well prepared before they arrive.