Burnaby

Landscape in Burnaby

• Burnaby Contains hills, ridges, valleys and alluvial plains
• has a wide veriety of trees such as Coniferous trees, Western red cedar, Douglas fir, Western hemlock, Sitka spruce
• located near Vancouver and New Westminster which provides employment opportunities for nearby residents
• Simon Fraser University and British Columbia Institute of Technology are located in Burnaby
• In Burnaby there are many attractions such as museums, art galleries, parks, shopping and restaurants for people to enjoy
• Burnaby has a reliable transit system consisting of Sky trains and buses
• More snow than surounding areas due to nearby mountains

Burnaby has an oceanic climate. the temperature ranges from 0.8°C to 21.2°C. The climate of Burnaby is affected by many things such as latitude, ocean current, wind, air mass, elevation, rain and it's proximity to water. As climate change continues there is a higher change of flooding, more rainfall and warmer temperatures.

Burnaby has a lot of different king of major economic activities and industries such as fishing and logging which are both primary industries. There are many natural resources in Burnaby but the most important are Coniferous trees, Western red cedar, Douglas fir, Western hemlock and Sitka spruce. The most popular industries in Burnaby are information technologie, logging and tourism.

Burnaby is relatively a sustainable city. Information technologie and tourism is sustainable but logging is not. When people do logging they are cutting down trees that are 100+ years old and we can plant more but we would have to wait over 100 years before they are anywhere close to the same size. Logging is not sustainable but if we use the trees that have already fallen before cutting down new ones it would increase the number of trees standing. We can’t stop logging but we can do it more strategically.

Three things that Burnaby has done to make their city more sustainable

• Burnaby has over 150 parks making the city more livable since parks typically have a green space. Green space cleans air and is a great way for local citizens to go for walks, read a book and take a break from work or school. Parks are also a great place for kids and attract families to the community.
• Every year Burnaby celebrates more festivals and parades. When celebrating more festivals and parades you attract more people to Burnaby. The more people you attract to Burnaby the better it is for the economy, it improves tourism businesses and also causes an increase in population.
• Burnaby has and is nearby many great post-secondary schools. Just outside of Burnaby is the University of British Columbia. The University of British Columbia is an amazing school that attracts international students who either live in residence or in nearby cities such as Burnaby. From Burnaby you can get to the University of British Columbia in only 30 minutes.

Three thing that Burnaby can do to improve it's livability

• Decreasing housing coast. The housing nearby is extremely expensive and if they can decrease it a little bit more than other cities Burnaby will become more densely populated and people will be willing to travel an extra 20 minutes to work or school.
• Continue celebrating more events and festivals since festivals attract people and are good for the community.
• We should decrease the amount of logging in the city because trees take in carbon dioxide and provide us with oxygen. In other words they make the air we breathe better.

In 1891 the Burnaby municipality was established. Burnaby started developing when New Westminster was created and when the transcontinental railway arrived. Burnaby is located in the lower mainland of British Columbia it is rich in resources with a wide variety of trees and other plants. Before 1850 there were only a couple hundred people who lived in what is now called British Colunbia. The early settlers had little care about the indigenous way. The British government created British Columbia due to the Fraser River gold rush in 1858. Burnaby is now populated with over 249,000. Burnaby has ocean beaches, ridges, valleys, lakes and rivers. Burnaby is close to Vancouver which is great because you are out of the core and all the necessities are nearby.

I think that Burnaby is a great city in British Columbia but I would not want to live there. I would not live there for a few reasons such as I want to be near my family and I only have one person in my family that lives in vancouver which is right beside Burnaby. Another reason is because I have already developed connections here in Toronto. I see the appeal to living there, having a great university nearby, lots of parks and festivals. None of the schools I am thinking of going into are in British Columbia. The schools I am considering are Brock University, UFT,Waterloo and many others within 4 hours of Toronto. I think that Toronto has everything that Burnaby has but closer. One thing that will influence a lot of people is that on average it is cheaper to live in Burnaby than Toronto.

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