Apartments for rent in Burnaby
Burnaby rentals are the newest high-rise stock in Metro Vancouver. Tell us your budget, minimum floor and must-haves and we'll email you when a match lands.
Renting in Burnaby
Burnaby is where most of Metro Vancouver's new towers actually got built. If you want a recent building with air conditioning and in-suite laundry, there is far more of it here than in Vancouver proper, and usually for less money.
It is a city of distinct town centres rather than one downtown: Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed and Edmonds each have their own tower cluster wrapped around a SkyTrain station and a mall.
The trade-off is that a lot of these towers face each other. High floors and the right compass exposure matter more in Burnaby than almost anywhere else in the region.
What people pay in Burnaby
Typical asking rent. Source: Zumper rent-research, Burnaby BC, retrieved 2026-08-09
Common questions
How fast do apartments in Burnaby get rented?
Well-priced units in Burnaby are usually gone within one to three days of being posted, and the best of them within hours. Being early matters more than being flexible.
Does a listing tell you what floor the apartment is on?
Usually not. Most rental ads in Metro Vancouver leave out the floor and which way the unit faces, even in buildings where those two things decide whether you look at a park or at the tower next door. We read the whole ad and flag what is missing so you know what to ask.
Where do Burnaby rental listings actually get posted?
Plenty of them never reach the big rental portals. Owner-listed units in Burnaby show up on Craigslist and Facebook groups first, and on the aggregators later if at all. We watch the places most renters forget to check.
Is Firstlook free?
Yes. You write the brief and we send the emails, which you can turn off from any message. We do not take a fee from you or from the landlord.
Nearby areas
One more neighbourhood in the search is often the difference between a match and nothing.