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The Political RecordFederal electoral districtsNo. 59002British Columbia

Burnaby Central

Burnaby Central is a federal riding in British Columbia. Wade Chang (Liberal) has represented Burnaby Central since the 2025 election. Wade Chang (Liberal) took Burnaby Central from the New Democrats in the 2025 election by 1,856 votes (3.6 points), with 42.2% of the vote. James Yan (Conservative) was second with 38.6%, on a turnout of 61.3% of 84,744 electors. Member as of .

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Fig. 1 — Burnaby Central on the board, 2023 boundaries; the ridings next door as the House holds them on . Open it on the board →

Who represents Burnaby Central

LWade Chang
Wade Chang's piece from the board. Illustration after the official portrait © House of Commons.

Wade Chang

Member of Parliament for Burnaby Central

Liberal

MP since · first term

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The 2025 result: Liberal gain from the New Democrats

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Burnaby Central, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by candidate, Burnaby Central, April 28, 2025Of the 51,493 valid votes, Wade Chang (Liberal) took 42.2%, James Yan (Conservative) 38.6%, Jagmeet Singh (New Democratic) 18.2% and Richard Farbridge (People's Party) 1.0%.2025Turnout 61.3% of 84,744 electorsWade ChangLiberal42.2% · 21,7451,856 votes ahead · 3.6 ptsJames YanConservative38.6% · 19,889Jagmeet SinghNew Democratic18.2% · 9,353Richard FarbridgePeople's Party1.0% · 506050%100%
Share of the valid votes by candidate, Burnaby Central, April 28, 2025Of the 51,493 valid votes, Wade Chang (Liberal) took 42.2%, James Yan (Conservative) 38.6%, Jagmeet Singh (New Democratic) 18.2% and Richard Farbridge (People's Party) 1.0%.2025Turnout 61.3% of 84,744 electorsWade ChangLiberal42.2% · 21,7451,856 votes ahead · 3.6 ptsJames YanConservative38.6% · 19,889Jagmeet SinghNew Democratic18.2% · 9,353Richard FarbridgePeople's Party1.0% · 506050%100%
Shares of the 51,493 valid votes; a candidate under 1% is counted with the others. Source: Elections Canada, official voting results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
CandidatePartyVotesShare
Wade ChangLiberal21,74542.2%
James YanConservative19,88938.6%
Jagmeet SinghNew Democratic9,35318.2%
Richard FarbridgePeople's Party5061.0%

Wade Chang (Liberal) won Burnaby Central on with 21,745 votes, 42.2% of the 51,493 valid votes. James Yan (Conservative) was second with 19,889 (38.6%), 1,856 votes and 3.6 points behind.

Of the 51,493 valid votes, Wade Chang (Liberal) took 42.2%, James Yan (Conservative) 38.6%, Jagmeet Singh (New Democratic) 18.2% and Richard Farbridge (People's Party) 1.0%. Turnout was 61.3% of 84,744 electors: 51,923 ballots cast, 51,493 of them valid, for 4 candidates.

Since 2021

Against the 2021 result on these boundaries, the Liberals are up 11.2 (31.0% to 42.2%), the Conservatives up 16.6 (22.0% to 38.6%), the New Democrats down 21.3 (39.5% to 18.2%) and the People's Party down 2.4 (3.4% to 1.0%), in points of the valid votes.

2021 is Elections Canada's transposition of that election onto the 2023 boundaries, not an election held on these lines.

Since 2004: no party has held it

The party first in Burnaby Central at each general election, 2004 to 2025, on today's boundaries

  1. 2004†New Democratic34.2%by 1.6 points over the Liberals
  2. 2006New Democratic36.9%by 5.1 points over the Liberals
  3. 2008New Democratic41.4%by 7.5 points over the Conservatives
  4. 2011New Democratic45.7%by 6.8 points over the Conservatives
  5. 2015†New Democratic35.5%by 2.0 points over the Liberals
  6. 2019New Democratic37.9%by 9.7 points over the Conservatives
  7. 2021New Democratic39.5%by 8.5 points over the Liberals
  8. 2025changed handsLiberal42.2%by 3.6 points over the Conservatives
Each election carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate to 2019, Elections Canada's transposition for 2021, the official result for 2025. Parties are counted as they ran. † The first two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.
The figures
YearFirstShareSecondMargin (pts)Basis
2004†New Democratic34.2%Liberal1.6carried, our estimate
2006New Democratic36.9%Liberal5.1carried, our estimate
2008New Democratic41.4%Conservative7.5carried, our estimate
2011New Democratic45.7%Conservative6.8carried, our estimate
2015†New Democratic35.5%Liberal2.0carried, our estimate
2019New Democratic37.9%Conservative9.7carried, our estimate
2021New Democratic39.5%Liberal8.5transposed by Elections Canada
2025Liberal42.2%Conservative3.6official result

The NDP were first at seven of the eight general elections from 2004 to 2025, the Liberals at one; it changed hands once. In 2025 the Liberals took 42.2% of the vote here, 16.1 points above their average of 26.1% at the seven general elections from 2004 to 2021.

On today's boundaries the NDP were first here in 2004 (34.2%), 2006 (36.9%), 2008 (41.4%), 2011 (45.7%), 2015 (35.5%), 2019 (37.9%) and 2021 (39.5%) and the Liberals in 2025 (42.2%), each with the share of the valid votes shown.

A stronghold is a party first at every general election since 2004, by an average of 20 points or more over the next party; held, first at every one; usually, first at all but one. By-elections are not counted. By this rule 160 of the 343 ridings have no degree. The results before 2021 are carried onto today's boundaries by where the riding's 2025 electors lived: our estimate, from the older boundaries of Taylor, Lucas, Kirby and Hewitt and the results in Sevi's "Who Runs?". 2021 is Elections Canada's transposition, and 2025 the official result. In 2004 and 2015 the carried top two are within two points, so which party was first is less certain.

Before 2025
  • 2021 New Democratic · Jagmeet Singh, by 4,021 votes (9.9 pts)
  • 2019 New Democratic · Jagmeet Singh, by 3,042 votes (6.8 pts)
  • 2015 New Democratic · Kennedy Stewart, by 547 votes (1.2 pts)

In Burnaby South on the 2013 boundaries, the riding most of the 2025 electors in today's Burnaby Central lived in; Elections Canada's official results.

What kind of place Burnaby Central is

Population
120,7552021 census
Area
38km²
Density
3,161people per km²
Electors
84,744on the 2025 lists
Distinctions · ranked against all 343 ridings
  • 3rd-lowest turnout in British Columbia: 61.3% of 84,744 electors voted · 3rd of 43 in British Columbia · 32nd of 343 in Canada3rd
    3rd-lowest turnout in British Columbia
    61.3% of 84,744 electors voted · 3rd of 43 in British Columbia · 32nd of 343 in Canada
  • Changed hands in 2025: One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)58
    Changed hands in 2025
    One of 58 of 343 ridings where the winning party changed from the transposed 2021 result (14 of 43 in British Columbia)
  • Decided before election day: On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 34327
    Decided before election day
    On election-day polls alone another party led; advance and special ballots decided it · one of 27 of 343
  • Share who are immigrants is 52.9% — about 3.1 times the median riding's 17.3%.
    highestlowest22nd highest of 343
  • Share with French as a mother tongue is 0.7% — about 44 percent of the median riding's 1.6%.
    highestlowest48th lowest of 343
  • Share aged 25-64 with a bachelor's degree or higher is 48.7% — about 1.7 times the median riding's 28.2%.
    highestlowest51st highest of 343
  • Share of households that own their home is 56.4% — about 79 percent of the median riding's 71.4%.
    highestlowest71st lowest of 343
  • Median age is 39.2 — a little lower than the median riding's 41.6.
    highestlowest96th lowest of 343
  • Median total household income is $76,500 — a little lower than the median riding's $84,000.
    highestlowest107th lowest of 343

2021 Census on the 2023 boundaries; each rule places this riding among all 343. Density is the census population over the riding's area.

IDid this riding change?

Yes. 74% of the 2025 electors in today's Burnaby Central lived in the old Burnaby South; by area, 23% of the riding came from other ridings.

Share of today's electorsFormer riding
73.5%Burnaby South 77.3% of the area · 62% of it kept
13.4%New Westminster—Burnaby 6.8% of the area · 9% of it kept
13.1%Burnaby North—Seymour 15.9% of the area · 5% of it kept
How this is measured. Electors: the share of the current riding's 2025 ordinary-list electors who lived in each former riding, each 2025 polling division placed in the 2013 riding a point inside it falls in. Area: the share of the current riding's area that came from each former riding, by intersecting the 2013 and 2023 boundary files, and how much of the former riding that part was. Area is land, not population. Elections Canada counts 48 of 343 ridings as entirely unchanged.

IIThe 2025 result

CandidatePartyVotes%2021±
Wade ChangLiberal21,74542.2%31.0%+11.2
James YanConservative19,88938.6%22.0%+16.6
Jagmeet SinghNew Democratic9,35318.2%39.5%−21.3
Richard FarbridgePeople's5061.0%3.4%−2.4
The 2021 column is Elections Canada's official transposition of the 2021 result onto these 2023 boundaries. ± is the change in each party's share. It is not "swing": with four or more competitive parties there is no single pair to swing between.

IIIHow close was it, really

Third place vs. the margin
9,353 votes
New Democratic took more than the 1,856-vote margin. True in 100 of 343 ridings in 2025.
Election-day polls won by others
99 of 165
3 polls ended in an exact tie.
Fig. 2 — Each square is one election-day poll: ■ won by the Liberals (63) · ■ won by another party (99) · ▨ tied (3).
Flip the seatHypothetical

It would have taken 929 voters switching from Liberal to Conservative — 1.8% of the 51,493 valid votes, 1.8 points — to change the result. No ballot was cast this way; this only moves votes between the top two.

Liberal21,745
Conservative19,889
Still Liberal by 1,856 votes. Actual margin: 1,856.

IVElection day versus advance

Only 50.3% of this riding's votes were cast at election-day polls. The rest were advance or special ballots. On election day alone, the Conservatives led here — the seat was decided by ballots cast before the day.

On election day the Liberals took 39.1%, the Conservatives 42.0%, the New Democrats 17.8% and the People's Party 1.2%; in advance and special ballots, 45.4%, 35.3%, 18.5% and 0.8%, in that order.

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Burnaby Central, April 28, 2025

Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Burnaby Central, April 28, 2025On election day the Liberals took 39.1%, the Conservatives 42.0%, the New Democrats 17.8% and the People's Party 1.2%; in advance and special ballots, 45.4%, 35.3%, 18.5% and 0.8%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapLiberal39.1%45.4%+6.3 ptsConservative42.0%35.3%−6.7 ptsNew Democratic17.8%18.5%+0.7 ptsPeople's Party1.2%0.8%−0.4 pts050%100%
Share of the valid votes by party, election-day polls against advance and special ballots, Burnaby Central, April 28, 2025On election day the Liberals took 39.1%, the Conservatives 42.0%, the New Democrats 17.8% and the People's Party 1.2%; in advance and special ballots, 45.4%, 35.3%, 18.5% and 0.8%, in that order.Election dayAdvance and special± pts, the gapLiberal39.1%45.4%+6.3 ptsConservative42.0%35.3%−6.7 ptsNew Democratic17.8%18.5%+0.7 ptsPeople's Party1.2%0.8%−0.4 pts050%100%
Shares of the valid votes cast at election-day polls, and of those cast at advance polls, at mobile polls and by special ballot; the gap is the second less the first, in points. Source: Elections Canada, poll-by-poll results, the 2025 general election.
The figures
PartyElection dayAdvance and specialGap
Liberal39.1%45.4%+6.3
Conservative42.0%35.3%−6.7
New Democratic17.8%18.5%+0.7
People's Party1.2%0.8%−0.4
An association, not a cause. Voters who cast ballots before election day differed from those who turned out on the day. It does not say why. There is no poll-level turnout figure on this page: the elector count on a polling division includes people who voted in advance and were counted elsewhere.

VWhere it is

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Fig. 3 — Burnaby Central and its 6 neighbouring ridings.

Sources and citation

"Burnaby Central — federal riding profile and 2025 results." The Political Record. https://politicalrecord.ca/riding/burnaby-central/ Accessed 2026-11-10.

Results and transposition: Elections Canada. Boundaries: Elections Canada / Statistics Canada, Open Government Licence – Canada. Census: Statistics Canada 2021 Census. Member: House of Commons.

Figures reconcile to the certified national total of 19,641,663 votes. The member is as the House of Commons listed them on 2026-11-01. Page built 2026-11-10.