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

Nycole Turmel (New Democratic Party) (interim leader)

Governor General of Canada

David Johnston (2010)

Federal party leaders

Bloc Quebeçois: Daniel Paille
Conservative: Stephen Harper
Green Party of Canada: Elizabeth May
Liberal: Bob Rae (interim leader)
New Democratic Party: Nycole Turmel (interim leader)

Last federal election

May 2, 2011

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 Party: 165
New Democratic Party: 102
Liberal Party: 34
Bloc Quebecois: 4
Green Party: 1
Independent: 1
Vacant: 1

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

Kennedy Stewart (NDP)
Campaign office:
4688 Hastings Street
Burnaby, BC V5C 2H7
Phone: (temporary) 604-775-5707
kennedystewart@ndp.ca
http://www.kennedystewart.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: Christy Clark (LIB)
Alberta: Alison Redford (PC)
Saskatchewan: Brad Hall (Saskatchewan Party)
Manitoba: Greg Selinger (NDP)
Ontario: Dalton McGuinty (LIB)
Quebec: Jean Charest (LIB)
New Brunswick: David Alward (PC)
Nova Scotia: Darrell Dexter (NDP)
Prince Edward Island: Robert Ghiz (LIB)
Newfoundland and Labrador: Kathy Dunderdale (PC)
Yukon: Darrell Pasloski (Yukon Party)
Northwest Territories: Bob McLeod
Nunavut: Eva Aariak

Provincial government information

Premier of BC

Christy Clark (LIB)

Leader of the Opposition

Adrian Dix (NDP)

Lieutenant governor of BC

Steven Point

Provincial party leaders

Liberal: Christy Clark
New Democratic Party: Adrian Dix
Green Party: Jane Sterk

Last BC election

May 12, 2009

BC Legislature

85 members

Standings of parties in the BC legislature

Liberal: 48
New Democratic Party: 34
Independent: 2
Vacant: 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 2011

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

Next election

November 2014

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