Edmonds & South Burnaby Buyer's Guide: SkyTrain Value

Edmonds doesn't get the attention Metrotown and Brentwood do, and for buyers watching the value gap between Burnaby's biggest town centres, that has been part of the appeal. It's a SkyTrain-connected South Burnaby neighbourhood that has historically priced below its higher-profile neighbours, and it's now in the middle of a City of Burnaby planning process that could change its trajectory.

Where Edmonds is, and what it's like today

Edmonds sits in South Burnaby, between Kingsway and Canada Way, built around the Edmonds SkyTrain station on the Expo Line. Compared to Metrotown a few stops away, it's lower-density and less commercially built out today, fewer towers, less retail density, and a more residential feel overall. That's exactly why it has functioned as an affordability release valve for buyers who want Expo Line access without Metrotown or Brentwood pricing.

What it costs to buy here

Burnaby South's apartment benchmark was $764,900 and its detached benchmark $1,988,700 as of March 2026, according to Greater Vancouver REALTORS. Edmonds, as an older and currently less amenity-dense pocket within South Burnaby, has generally sat at or below those broader South Burnaby figures for comparable unit types, the trade-off buyers make for a lower price is older building stock and fewer amenities directly at the doorstep, at least for now.

The Edmonds Town Centre plan: what's changing

The reason Edmonds is worth watching closely right now is the Edmonds Community Plan, a City of Burnaby process aimed at guiding significant redevelopment in the neighbourhood. Proposals reported by Storeys describe mixed-use towers envisioned between 30 and 40 storeys along both sides of Kingsway, with retail at street level. A specific triangular site bounded by Kingsway, Edmonds Street, and 16th Street , being redeveloped in partnership with BC Housing, is proposed for five towers ranging from 33 to 52 storeys, alongside new parks, trails, public spaces, and a mix of market and non-market housing.

For a buyer, that means two different strategies are both defensible. Buying now, ahead of the amenities and density the plan will eventually bring, gets you in at a lower relative price, but the timeline for city approvals and actual construction can move, so it shouldn't be treated as a guaranteed short-term catalyst. We'd recommend a specific conversation about any given block's position in the plan before making that bet.

Schools and everyday amenities

Edmonds Community Elementary School, at 7651 18th Avenue, is one of seven schools in Burnaby operated as a partnership between School District 41 and the City of Burnaby, combining the classroom with community programming on the same site. Byrne Creek Community School, at 7777 18th Street, serves grades 8 through 12 for the area. School District 41 runs 41 elementary schools and 8 secondary schools across Burnaby in total, so confirm the exact catchment for a specific address with the district before assuming either school applies to a property you're considering.

For daily amenities, the Edmonds Community Centre at 7433 Edmonds Street runs a leisure pool, a fitness area, a youth centre, a seniors centre, and childminding, with tennis courts, basketball courts, a playground, and a spray park in the adjoining grounds. This is existing infrastructure, not part of the community plan's future proposals.

How fast the Expo Line gets you around

Edmonds station opened December 11, 1985, as part of the original SkyTrain system, and per TransLink's published station-to-station travel times, the scheduled ride from Edmonds is 4 minutes to Metrotown, 6 minutes to New Westminster, and 24 minutes to Waterfront station in downtown Vancouver. Those are in-vehicle times and don't include waiting for the next train, but they give a real sense of how central Edmonds sits on the line relative to Burnaby's bigger hubs.

A neighbourhood with an older civic history

Edmonds isn't new. The area takes its name from Henry Valentine Edmonds, a landowner and local politician, and it grew up around a stop on the interurban tram line that once ran between Vancouver and New Westminster in the early 1900s. Burnaby's first municipal hall was built in 1899 at Kingsway and Edmonds, making this the municipality's original civic centre before city hall moved elsewhere in the early 1950s, according to Heritage Burnaby. A 1980 survey found a quarter of the homes in the area already predated 1930, which is part of why so much of Edmonds today is described as older housing stock relative to Brentwood or Metrotown's newer towers.

How Edmonds compares to Metrotown and Brentwood

Metrotown remains Burnaby's largest, most amenity-dense hub, anchored by Metropolis mall, and it prices at a premium for that scale and convenience. Brentwood has seen the most concentrated new construction of Burnaby's town centres in recent years, trading an established neighbourhood feel for newer buildings. Edmonds, by contrast, is the value play today, less built out, less expensive, and now the subject of a planning process that could eventually narrow the gap with its neighbours. Our Brentwood vs Metrotown comparison explains how those two Burnaby hubs differ for a buyer, from building age to the strata documents you can read.

Who Edmonds suits

• Value-focused buyers who want Expo Line access without Metrotown or Brentwood pricing.
• Longer-term holders comfortable buying ahead of a redevelopment timeline that will play out over years, not months.
• First-time buyers stepping into South Burnaby who need every dollar of relative affordability they can find on a SkyTrain line.

Buying in Edmonds and South Burnaby: the key points

• Edmonds has historically priced at or below Burnaby South's broader benchmarks, $764,900 for apartments and $1,988,700 for detached homes as of March 2026, per Greater Vancouver REALTORS.
• The Edmonds SkyTrain station gives direct Expo Line access into Metrotown, New Westminster, and downtown Vancouver.
• The City of Burnaby's Edmonds Community Plan envisions substantial redevelopment, including towers up to 50+ storeys on a key site near Kingsway and 16th Street, a real long-term consideration, not a short-term guarantee.
• Edmonds remains one of South Burnaby's more affordable SkyTrain-adjacent options relative to Metrotown and Brentwood.
• Browse current listings in Edmonds and South Burnaby, or contact our team to talk through which blocks are furthest along in the redevelopment process.

Plan your next step

Use the home-buying guide to organise your search. Prepare your property questions, check the actual neighbourhood routes, and keep evidence separate from preferences when comparing homes.