Burnaby, British Columbia

Burnaby sits in the centre of Metro Vancouver, between Vancouver and New Westminster and Coquitlam, and is the third-largest city in BC. It is organized around four town centres: Metrotown (the regional city centre and Burnaby's downtown), Brentwood, Lougheed and Edmonds, all on the SkyTrain Expo or Millennium lines. The City of Burnaby runs planning and building permits, business and dog licences, bylaw enforcement, roads and traffic signals, water distribution, sewers and drainage, curbside garbage, recycling and green bin collection for houses and duplexes, the Eco-Centre recycling depot, the Burnaby Fire Department, parks, recreation centres, pools and arenas, the Burnaby Public Library, and arts facilities such as the Shadbolt Centre and Burnaby Village Museum. Policing is the Burnaby RCMP detachment next to City Hall. Metro Vancouver supplies the drinking water, treats the sewage and runs the regional transfer stations and regional parks; TransLink runs the buses, SkyTrain and HandyDART; health care is Fraser Health; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.