Big Bend Land, Farms & Homes for Sale

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Big Bend sits along the Fraser River in South Burnaby and is home to a thriving mix of industrial, commercial, and retail businesses. With easy freeway access and proximity to Richmond and New Westminster, it's a strategic location for businesses of all sizes.

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Big Bend homes listed and sold, June to October 2026

Big Bend, October 2026. Detached houses: 1 listed at month end and 1 sold in October, a sales ratio of 100%. Condos and townhomes: 4 listed at month end and 0 sold in October.

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Big Bend listings, sales and sales ratio by month
MonthHouses listedHouses soldHouses ratioCondos and townhomes listedCondos and townhomes soldCondos and townhomes ratio
June 202611100%01—
July 202620—10—
August 202610—20—
September 202620—30—
October 202611100%40—

Source: MLS® data from the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® and the Fraser Valley Real Estate Board, compiled by SnapStats®. How these figures are defined and sourced

Looking across the period, Detached houses: 2 sold over 5 months against an average of 1.4 listed, about 3.5 months of listings at that pace; the busiest month was June with 1 sold. Condos and townhomes: 1 sold over 5 months against an average of 2.0 listed, about 10.0 months of listings at that pace; the busiest month was June with 1 sold.

Common questions

Is Big Bend a residential neighbourhood where I can buy a building lot?

No — on the City's own sources it is primarily an industrial and agricultural district: ALR farmland, river industrial lands, a foreshore park and a small rural-residential pocket (Riverside). There is no subdivision housing market and no known lot offering; residential buying here means an existing Riverside home on its lot.

Is the floodplain a real cost, or a formality?

Real. The district is a roughly 800-hectare Fraser River floodplain protected by dykes, pump stations and flood boxes, with flood hazard from late-spring/early-summer snowmelt and from combined heavy rain and winter storm surge. Confirm flood construction requirements, dyke position and insurance before subjects come off.

What actually trades here as land?

Farm parcels on ALR land (the core of the district), industrial parcels and buildings on the river employment lands (worked in process terms only), and rural-residential homes in the Riverside pocket.

Can I subdivide or build a second home on a Big Bend farm?

Start with the ALR, not the city: subdivision within the ALR requires ALC approval, ALR residences cannot be stratified, and residence caps apply (principal ≤500 m², suite within principal only, additional residence 90 m² on parcels 40 ha or less / 186 m² over 40 ha). Then verify the parcel's current district under Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 2026 (No. 14815, in effect July 1, 2026) in writing — agricultural-district rules were being updated through the rewrite.

How do I check what a farm parcel is allowed to do?

In the ALC's ALR Property and Map Finder — confirm ALR status, permitted farm uses and any non-farm-use restrictions before pricing development or non-farm value into the property. The same check runs first on any industrial parcel with an ALR edge.

Is Big Bend farmland protected?

Yes — land in Big Bend is in the Agricultural Land Reserve administered by the Agricultural Land Commission, and the Burnaby 2050 Official Community Plan supports protecting and expanding agriculture there.

Is Big Bend in a floodplain?

Yes — the City states the nearly 800 hectares of low-lying land between Burnaby's south slope and the Fraser River is a floodplain, protected by river and shoreline dykes, pump stations and flood boxes, along nearly 7 km of the North Arm of the Fraser River.

What kinds of properties are in Big Bend?

Working farms and nurseries on ALR land, industrial properties on the river employment lands, and rural-residential homes in the Riverside pocket — plus Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park on the river.

What Buyers & Sellers Say

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    M.K. 11 November 2020 · Google review

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    L.F. 30 September 2024 · Google review

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    “Jared has assisted me with the purchase of 2 investment properties; the most recent having been in April 2021. He surpasses all realtors I have worked with in the past…”

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Big Bend by home type

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Lots and land in Big Bend

ALR farm land

  • The defining fact: land in Big Bend is in the provincial Agricultural Land Reserve (ALR), administered by the Agricultural Land Commission, and the Burnaby 2050 Official Community Plan supports protecting and expanding agriculture in Big Bend. The City runs a Burnaby Farm Tour Map for the Big Bend farming district, promoting farm-gate and nursery sales, and states Big Bend has a culturally diverse farming heritage, with historic Chinese Canadian small-scale farms that still exist today.
  • Farm stock character: working farms and nurseries in the A1 agricultural district, including the historic Chinese Canadian small-scale farms the City documents.
  • ALR vs non-ALR split: Big Bend's farmland is ALR land, and the district is the City's main agricultural area. No parcel-count or hectare split between ALR farm ground, industrial ground and the Riverside residential pocket is published, so no ALR percentage is given. ALR status and permitted farm and non-farm uses for a specific property can be checked in the Agricultural Land Commission's ALR Property and Map Finder before any value is priced in.
  • Servicing position for farm ground: Do not assume urban servicing standards reach a foreshore parcel; confirm with the City and the ALC for the parcel.

Industrial land

  • River employment lands: the wider Big Bend / south Burnaby river lands also carry industrial use — industrial space accounts for nearly half of Burnaby's employment space city-wide in the City's employment lands work, with the Big Bend sub-area accounting for much of it on the City's assessment geography; that assessment figure is a City-study geography, not the MLS® sub-area boundary.

Named developments, assemblies and proposals

  • No named bare-land development, subdivision offering, assembly or rezoning proposal in Big Bend is known: Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park is the district's named public landmark — City park and dyke land, not development inventory.

Streets, schools and transit near Big Bend lots

  • Big Bend is in the City of Burnaby, BC — the City's main agricultural area in south Burnaby, on the Fraser River foreshore flats below the city's steep south slope. "Big Bend" is the GVR board sub-area name as it appears in the SnapStats GVR September 2026 report under community "Burnaby", and it matches the name the City of Burnaby itself uses for its south Burnaby agricultural area. (SnapStats, September 2026)
  • Roads and transit: Marine Way / Marine Drive runs along the top of the foreshore flats and Byrne Road and Sussex Avenue descend to the river lands; Highway 1 and the Edmonds / Metrotown town centres are north up the slope.
  • The nearest library branch is the Tommy Douglas Branch, 7311 Kingsway, up the slope in Edmonds (Burnaby Public Library has four branches, one in each quadrant). The city's hospital is Burnaby Hospital, 3935 Kincaid St (Fraser Health), in central Burnaby. Farm-gate and nursery sales in the Big Bend farming district are promoted on the City's Burnaby Farm Tour Map.
  • Schools: public schools are run by School District 41 (Burnaby), which operates 41 elementary and 8 secondary schools city-wide; SD41 has no middle-school tier (elementary K–7, secondary 8–12). School names are Ministry-listed names, spelled exactly.
  • Market context, labelled correctly: Burnaby is a SnapStats-covered community, and SnapStats has no land category — the figures here are labelled community/sub-area context only, never land figures. Burnaby community detached median $1,825,000 and condos & townhomes median $686,000.

Local rules that affect land buyers in Big Bend

  • Zoning — Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 2026, No. 14815 (in effect July 1, 2026): the new Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 2026 was adopted June 9, 2026 and took effect July 1, 2026, and the City is updating zoning regulations for agricultural districts through that rewrite. A1 is the City's agricultural zoning district in Big Bend (chickens may be kept in the A1 district under Zoning Bylaw rules).
  • ALR block — the governing rules for Big Bend farm ground: subdivision within the ALR requires ALC approval; ALR residences cannot be stratified. On ALR land the main house can be up to 500 m², a suite is allowed only inside it, and an extra residence can be up to 90 m² (186 m² on parcels over 40 ha). For farm class, BC Assessment looks for farm income of $10,000 a year on under 0.8 ha, $2,500 on 0.8 to 4 ha, and $2,500 plus 5% of the value of land over 4 ha; applications are due by October 31. ALR status and permitted farm / non-farm uses for a specific property are checked in the ALC's ALR Property and Map Finder, and ALR land is governed by the provincial Agricultural Land Commission Act framework — run the ALR check first on any farm parcel, before pricing development or non-farm value into it.
  • Floodplain diligence — the second defining fact: the City states Burnaby's southern boundary borders nearly 7 km of the North Arm of the Fraser River and the nearly 800 hectares of low-lying area between the steep south slope and the Fraser River is a floodplain; the Fraser River poses a substantial flood hazard from snowmelt in late spring and early summer and from combined heavy rain and winter storm surge events. The City protects the lowland areas with river and shoreline dykes, pump stations and flood boxes, maintains a Flood Response Plan, and receives regular updates from the BC River Forecast Centre during flooding events and freshet. Confirm the parcel's flood construction requirements, dyke position and insurance before subjects come off, not after.
  • Burnaby property taxes and farm class: City of Burnaby property taxes for 2026 were due Friday, July 3, 2026; a 5% penalty applies to outstanding current taxes after the July due date, with a further 5% penalty after the September due date. Burnaby's published 2026 residential utility notice covers annual water, sewer use and garbage fees for residential properties.

Good to know about Big Bend

  • The district's farmland has a named heritage, not just a reserve boundary: the City states Big Bend has a culturally diverse farming heritage, with historic Chinese Canadian small-scale farms that still exist today — a working-farm landscape the Burnaby 2050 OCP supports protecting and expanding, promoted to buyers at the farm gate through the City's Burnaby Farm Tour Map.
  • "Nearly half the city's employment space" is a study geography, not this sub-area's boundary. The City's employment lands work puts industrial space at nearly half of Burnaby's employment space city-wide, with the Big Bend sub-area accounting for much of it on the City's assessment geography. A seller may quote that figure as if it measured the MLS® sub-area; it does not.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC land buying rules.

Sources for the land notes on Big Bend

Acreage and rural land in Big Bend

The ground in Big Bend

  • ALR vs non-ALR split: ALR status and permitted farm / non-farm uses for a specific property are checked in the Agricultural Land Commission's ALR Property and Map Finder before any value is priced.
  • Rural-residential lots (Riverside): A fee-simple Riverside lot carries no strata, no Form B and no strata fees.
  • Servicing position for farm and industrial ground: the district is dyke-protected lowland with pumped drainage as part of the City's flood-protection system. Do not assume urban servicing standards reach a foreshore parcel; confirm with the City and the ALC for the parcel.

Streets, schools and transit near Big Bend acreages

  • Municipality: City of Burnaby, BC — Big Bend is the City's main agricultural area in south Burnaby, on the Fraser River foreshore flats below the city's steep south slope.

Local rules that affect acreage buyers in Big Bend

  • Zoning: the new Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 2026 was adopted June 9, 2026 and took effect July 1, 2026, and the City is updating zoning regulations for agricultural districts through that rewrite. A1 is the City's agricultural zoning district in Big Bend (chickens may be kept in the A1 district under Zoning Bylaw rules).

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC acreage buying rules.

Sources for the acreage notes on Big Bend

What's nearby Big Bend

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing, November 2026.

Transit

  • Nearest rapid stations: Edmonds Station and Metrotown Station (Expo Line), the two termini of route 116, which runs along Marine Way through Big Bend.
  • Route 116 Edmonds Station / Metrotown Station, via Marine Way, North Fraser Way and Byrne Road, TransLink.

Parks and recreation

  • Burnaby Fraser Foreshore Park, 7751 Fraser Park Drive, Burnaby — riverfront park with trails, picnic area, playground and an outdoor fitness circuit.
  • Burnaby Public Library, Tommy Douglas Branch, 7311 Kingsway, Burnaby (address from the library's own community-room form).

Schools

  • Glenwood Elementary, grades K-7, 5787 Marine Drive, Burnaby, School District 41; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Clinton Elementary, grades K-7, 5858 Clinton Street, Burnaby, School District 41; confirm the catchment with the district.

Measured walking and driving times

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), from Glenwood Elementary, 5787 Marine Drive, Burnaby
ToHowMinutesDistance (km)
Clinton ElementaryDrive31.5
Edmonds StationDrive42.5
Burnaby Fraser Foreshore ParkDrive63.4
Metrotown StationDrive63.9

Sources for what’s nearby

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