Citizenship guide

The Burnaby Public Library citizenship guide is designed to help newcomers learn about Burnaby, about BC and about Canada, and assist those preparing for the Canadian citizenship test.

General information about Canada

Motto of Canada

a mari usque ad mare ("from sea to sea")

Population (2006 census)

Canada: 31,612,897
British Columbia: 4,113,487
Greater Vancouver Regional District: 2,116,581
Burnaby: 202,799

Federal government information

Prime minister

Stephen Harper (Conservative)

Leader of Opposition

Michael Ignatieff (LIB)

Governor general of Canada

Michaelle Jean (2005)

Federal party leaders

Bloc Quebeçois: Gilles Duceppe
Conservative: Stephen Harper
Green Party of Canada: Elizabeth May
Liberal: Michael Ignatieff
New Democratic Party: Jack Layton

Last federal election

October 14, 2008

Senate

105 seats in senate with provision for an extra four or eight

House of Commons

308 members

Standings in the House of Commons

Conservative: 144
Liberal: 77
Bloc Quebecois: 48
New Democratic Party: 37
Independent: 2
Vacant: 0

House of Commons seats by province/territory

British Columbia: 36
Alberta: 28
Saskatchewan: 14
Manitoba: 14
Ontario: 106
Quebec: 75
New Brunswick: 10
Nova Scotia: 11
Prince Edward Island: 4
Newfoundland and Labrador: 7
Yukon: 1
Northwest Territories: 1
Nunavut: 1

Address of Parliament Buildings

House of Commons
Ottawa, ON K1A 0A6

Federal members of Parliament (MPs) for Burnaby

Burnaby-Douglas

Bill Siksay (NDP)
Constituency office:
4506 Dawson Street
Burnaby BC V5C 4C1
Phone: 604-291-8863
Fax: 604-666-0727
Siksay.B@parl.gc.ca
http://billsiksay.ca/

Burnaby-New Westminster

Peter Julian (NDP)
Constituency office:
7615 Sixth Street
Burnaby, BC V3N 3M6
Phone: 604-775-5707
Fax: 604-775-5743
TTY: 604-775-5737
Julian.P@parl.gc.ca
http://www.peterjulian.ca/

Find your MP using your postal code.

Provincial premiers

British Columbia: Gordon Campbell (LIB)
Alberta: Ed Stelmach (PC)
Saskatchewan: Brad Hall (Saskatchewan Party)
Manitoba: Greg Selinger (NDP)
Ontario: Dalton McGuinty (LIB)
Quebec: Jean Charest (LIB)
New Brunswick: Shawn Graham (LIB)
Nova Scotia: Darrell Dexter (NDP)
Prince Edward Island: Robert Ghiz (LIB)
Newfoundland and Labrador: Danny Williams (PC)
Yukon: Dennis Fentie (Yukon Party)
Northwest Territories: Floyd Roland
Nunavut: Paul Okalik

Provincial government information

Premier of BC

Gordon Campbell (LIB)

Leader of the Opposition

Carole James (NDP)

Lieutenant governor of BC

Steven Point

Provincial party leaders

Liberal: Gordon Campbell
New Democratic Party: Carole James
Green Party: Jane Sterk
BC Unity Party: Daniel Stelmacker (interim)
BC Conservative Party: Wilf Hanni

Last BC election

May 12, 2009

BC Legislature

85 members

Standings of parties in the BC legislature

Liberal: 49
New Democratic Party: 35
Independent: 1

Total of 85 Ridings

Provincial members of legislative assembly (MLAs) for Burnaby

Burnaby North

Richard Lee (LIB)
Constituency office:
1833 Willingdon Avenue
Burnaby, BC V5C 5T1
Phone: 604-775-0778
Fax: 604-775-0833
richard.lee.mla@leg.bc.ca

Burnaby Edmonds

Raj Chouhan (NDP)
Constituency office:
5234 Rumble Street
Burnaby, BC V5J 2B6
Phone: 604-660-7301
Fax: 604-660-7304
raj.chouhan.mla@leg.bc.ca

Burnaby-Deer Lake

Kathy Corrigan (NDP)
Constituency office:
150 - 5172 Kingsway
Burnaby, BC V5H 2E8
Phone: 604-775-2414
Fax: 604-775-2550
kathy.corrigan.mla@leg.bc.ca

Burnaby-Lougheed

Harry Bloy (LIB)
Constituency office:
220 - 3355 North Road
Burnaby, BC V3J 7T9
Phone: 604-664-0847
Fax: 604-664-0815
harry.bloy.mla@leg.bc.ca

Find your MLA using your postal code.

Burnaby municipal information

Burnaby mayor

Derek Corrigan, Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA)

Last election

November 2008

Full council including mayor elected every 3 years (Local Elections Reform Act, 1993, Bill 35)

Next election

November 2011

Councillors

Pietro Calendino (BCA)
Richard Chang (BCA)
Sav Dhaliwal (BCA)
Dan Johnston (BCA)
Colleen Jordan (BCA)
Anne Kang (BCA)
Paul McDonell (BCA)
Nick Volkow (BCA)

BCA = Burnaby Citizens Association
TB = Team Burnaby

Voter qualifications

Canada

18 years old or older and a Canadian citizen

British Columbia