RESULTS & NEXT STEPS
After seven full days of learning, deliberation and trade-off discussions, the Assembly finalized its recommendations for Burnaby's Official Community Plan on June 15, 2024. On Monday, July 22, the Assembly presented its recommendations to City Council, who is responsible for final approval of the Official Community Plan. The City of Burnaby has committed to receive and respond to the Assembly’s recommendations, ensuring the process is transparent and accountable.
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Click here to read the Assembly's 24 recommendations and the accompanying report.​
On April 9, 2025, the City of Burnaby released the draft of its new Official Community Plan. This draft is the result of a three-year process which included four phases of community engagement to gather information about the community’s priorities for the future. That engagement included input from the Burnaby Community Assembly, through the Assembly's 24 Final Recommendations.
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To ensure transparency and accountability, the City will be directly responding to each of the Assembly's 24 recommendations, explaining the extent to which those recommendations are reflected in the draft Official Community Plan and other policies. SFU's Morris J. Wosk Centre for Dialogue will also be reconvening the Burnaby Community Assembly Members to consider this response from the City, review the draft Official Community Plan and provide feedback.
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Stay tuned for release of the City's response to the Assembly's Recommendations later this spring!
Final Report of the Burnaby Community Assembly
The Burnaby Community Assembly was a broadly representative group of 40 residents selected by civic lottery to create recommendations for the City of Burnaby’s Official Community Plan under the guiding question: How should Burnaby grow and change by 2050 to create a city where everyone can thrive?
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To read the Assembly's 24 recommendations and to find out more about the Assembly process, please read the Burnaby Community Assembly Final Report.
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Detailed appendices for the final report are also available in the section below.
Learning Materials for the Burnaby Community Assembly
Throughout the Assembly process, Assembly Members were informed about important issues related to the Official Community Plan through a number of sources including input from the general Burnaby community, engagement with knowledge holders and technical experts, third party information sources and customized learning materials.
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Please read the comprehensive learning materials, Burnaby's Official Community Plan Explained, covering such topics as:
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Burnaby: Yesterday, Today and Tomorrow
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Key Concepts for Burnaby's Official Community Plan
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Approaches to Growth and Density
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Understanding City Hall: Powers and Limitations
Videos of Presentations and Panels at the Burnaby Community Assembly
A variety of knowledge holders and technical experts joined Assembly Meetings in-person to share knowledge, present information and engage in discussion about relevant issues for the Official Community Plan.
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Please watch the videos of many of these presentations and panels at the Burnaby Community Assembly 2024 YouTube page.
Appendices to the Burnaby Community Assembly Final Report
The Burnaby Community Assembly Final Report is accompanied by seven appendices. These appendices will support Burnaby residents, and all others who have interest in the development of the Burnaby 2050 Official Community Plan, in understanding the detailed process by which the Assembly Members developed their recommendations.
These extensive materials have been made available in the interests of transparency and accountability, and will also support engagement and learning about community and planning issues in Burnaby:
