Buckingham Heights Homes for Sale in Burnaby

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Buckingham Heights is one of South Burnaby's most coveted addresses, featuring executive-style homes on spacious lots adjacent to Riverway Golf Course. With a quiet, upscale atmosphere and easy access to Richmond and the highway, it's a top choice for discerning buyers.

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Schools in Buckingham Heights

Buckingham Elementary (6066 Buckingham Ave) is an elementary school in Buckingham Heights. This is not a complete list of the schools nearby.

Living near a school does not mean a place at it. Your child's school comes from the district's catchment boundaries, and those change, so confirm the address with the district before you write an offer.

Source: BC Ministry of Education and Child Care school list (2025/26, updated July 2026) and the Province's post-secondary locations list.

Buckingham Heights homes listed and sold, June to October 2026

Buckingham Heights, October 2026. Detached houses: 10 listed at month end and 1 sold in October, a sales ratio of 10% (a buyers’ market). No condos and townhomes were listed or sold in Buckingham Heights between June and October.

Buckingham Heights listings, sales and sales ratio by month
MonthHouses listedHouses soldHouses ratio
June 2026110—
July 20268225%
August 202690—
September 2026120—
October 202610110%

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: 3 sold over 5 months against an average of 10.0 listed, about 16.7 months of listings at that pace; the busiest month was July with 2 sold.

Jared's take on Buckingham Heights

High-end and move-up, with no strata: that’s Buckingham Heights. Buyers come for the slope above Deer Lake Park, with the cultural precinct close by.

Common questions

Can I buy a condo in Buckingham Heights?

No — there is no known condo or townhome stock in the sub-area.

Could new strata product appear here?

Possibly as small multiplexes: Burnaby's R1 SSMUH district allows 3–4 units on standard lots (6 near frequent transit) and lots with two or more primary units may be stratified.

If I buy a stratified multiplex unit, do the strata rules still apply?

Yes — Form B on resale, the 10% minimum CRF contribution, and depreciation reports for stratas with five or more lots; a strata of four or fewer lots is exempt from the depreciation-report requirement.

Can a strata here stop me renting my unit out long-term?

No — long-term rental-restriction bylaws have been unenforceable anywhere in BC since November 24, 2022; any "rentals not allowed" line is void. Short-term rentals can still be restricted by bylaw.

Which Burnaby zoning bylaw is current?

Zoning Bylaw 2026, No. 14815 (adopted June 9, 2026, in effect July 1, 2026). The 1965 Zoning Bylaw No. 4742 is repealed — treat any source citing it as superseded.

Are there any townhouses in Buckingham Heights?

A buyer set on this slope is buying a detached house.

So what do I buy here instead of a townhouse?

A freehold detached house — no strata, no Form B, no strata fees.

Are there any duplexes in Buckingham Heights?

A property marketed as a duplex here is a title check first, not a stock claim.

Could a house lot here become a duplex or multiplex?

The R1 SSMUH District allows 3 units on lots up to 280 m², 4 on larger lots, and 6 near frequent transit, and multi-unit lots may be stratified — a per-lot zoning read, not a sub-area promise.

Which schools does a Buckingham Avenue address actually feed to?

Catchments remain address-based across the sub-area, so run any other address in the locator before marketing school appeal.

Is there a SkyTrain station in Buckingham Heights?

No station sits inside the sub-area. Royal Oak Station on the Expo Line, to the south-west, is the nearest station for this side of the lake, and TransLink's Burnaby system map shows bus routes 110 and 144 running the Deer Lake Parkway corridor north of the slope, so most transit trips here start with a bus or a drive to a station.

What is happening at the Deer Lake boat launch?

The boardwalk section by the boat launch is closed for a full replacement. The City states the closure began September 21, 2026, work is scheduled to complete by winter 2027, a small section of the nearby picnic area is also closed, and the signed detour runs via Sperling Avenue and Deer Lake Drive at about five extra minutes of walking — worth knowing before a buyer prices in the trail loop.

Are there condos or townhomes to buy in Buckingham Heights?

Effectively none in the current market record. This is a detached, freehold slope: the attached options near the lake sit in other sub-areas, so a buyer set on strata product should look at the Deer Lake Place and Metrotown-side pages rather than wait for a Buckingham Heights listing.

What is Buckingham Heights?

The detached-house slope east and south-east of Deer Lake in south-central Burnaby, surrounding Buckingham Elementary School (6066 Buckingham Ave) between Deer Lake Park and Royal Oak Avenue. It is a separate GVR MLS® sub-area from Deer Lake, Deer Lake Place and Upper Deer Lake (SnapStats, September 2026)

Which schools serve a Buckingham Heights address?

It depends on the address. Buckingham Elementary (K–7), 6066 Buckingham Ave, sits inside the sub-area, and Burnaby Central Secondary (8–12), 6011 Deer Lake Parkway, and Moscrop Secondary (8–12), 4433 Moscrop St, are the nearest secondaries on the Province's list; catchments are address-based and must be checked in the SD41 locator.

Are there condos or townhomes in Buckingham Heights?

Effectively none in the current market: the sub-area recorded 0 condos & townhomes listings and 0 sales in September 2026, against 12 detached listings — it is a detached, freehold sub-area (SnapStats, September 2026)

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Buckingham Heights by home type

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Condo buildings in Buckingham Heights

Streets, schools and transit near Buckingham Heights condos

  • Buckingham Heights is the detached-house slope east and south-east of Deer Lake in the City of Burnaby, surrounding Buckingham Elementary School (6066 Buckingham Ave) between Deer Lake Park and Royal Oak Avenue, in south-central Burnaby. "Buckingham Heights" is the GVR board sub-area name in the SnapStats GVR report, listed separately from Deer Lake, Deer Lake Place and Upper Deer Lake.
  • Main streets and edges: Canada Way along the north side, Sperling Avenue down the park's east side, Buckingham Drive / Buckingham Avenue serving the slope streets, and Royal Oak Avenue along the west side toward Kingsway. Deer Lake Park (6450 Deer Lake Ave) sits directly north-west; Burnaby Hospital (3935 Kincaid St) is north-west across Canada Way; Metrotown is south-west.
  • Where the condo stock concentrates: nowhere — there is none. The sub-area is effectively all freehold detached housing.
  • Burnaby community-level context (SnapStats publishes medians at community level only, not for Buckingham Heights): Condos & Townhomes median sale price $686,000, $763/sqft, sale-to-list 98%, 36 days on market in September 2026 — those are Burnaby-wide figures, not this sub-area's.
  • Transit: there is no SkyTrain station inside Buckingham Heights; Royal Oak Station (Expo Line), to the south-west, is the nearest station named.

Local rules that affect condo buyers in Buckingham Heights

  • Burnaby 2050 OCP: the Burnaby 2050 Official Community Plan, adopted December 9, 2025, replaces the 1998 OCP and takes precedence over older community-plan land use maps where they conflict; the Royal Oak Community Plan covers the plan area west of Buckingham Heights.

Good to know about Buckingham Heights condos

  • The park boardwalk is partly closed into 2027. The section of boardwalk by the Deer Lake boat launch closed September 21, 2026 for a full replacement, with completion scheduled by winter 2027 and a signed detour via Sperling Avenue and Deer Lake Drive adding about five minutes of walking; part of the nearby picnic area is also closed during construction.
  • The Sperling Avenue edge is a heritage precinct. Sperling Avenue fronting Deer Lake Park, at the sub-area's north-east edge, lies within the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct, where the City's heritage register lists early-1900s houses such as the Woodward House at 5195 Sperling Avenue (built 1912) — heritage review can apply to renovations and rebuilds on that edge.
  • The park next door is the city's cultural centre. Deer Lake Park is described by the City as a peaceful natural environment that serves as the cultural centre of the city, connecting the lake, Burnaby Art Gallery, Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, Burnaby Village Museum and Hart House restaurant; it is open dawn to dusk year-round.
  • There is no mall, recreation centre or SkyTrain inside the sub-area. The confirmed anchors are all at its edges — Metrotown (the city's downtown / regional city centre) south-west, the Bob Prittie Metrotown library branch, Burnaby Hospital across Canada Way, and City Hall at 4949 Canada Way.

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

Sources for the condo notes on Buckingham Heights

Townhome complexes in Buckingham Heights

Streets, schools and transit near Buckingham Heights townhomes

  • "Buckingham Heights" is the GVR board sub-area name in the SnapStats GVR report for Burnaby, listed separately from Deer Lake, Deer Lake Place and Upper Deer Lake, which border it. The residential area surrounds Buckingham Elementary (6066 Buckingham Ave), between Deer Lake to the north-west and Royal Oak Avenue to the west / south-west, on Buckingham Drive / Buckingham Avenue streets.
  • Main roads and edges: Canada Way runs along the north side, Sperling Avenue runs down Deer Lake Park's east side, Buckingham Drive / Buckingham Avenue serve the slope streets, and Royal Oak Avenue runs along the west side toward Kingsway. Deer Lake Park (6450 Deer Lake Ave) is directly north-west; Burnaby Hospital (3935 Kincaid St, Fraser Health) is north-west across Canada Way; Metrotown, the city's downtown / regional city centre, is south-west and is this area's main shopping destination — there is no enclosed mall or shopping centre inside the sub-area.
  • Where the townhouse stock concentrates: nowhere — there is none. The sub-area is effectively all freehold detached housing.
  • Schools: SD41 (Burnaby) runs K–7 elementary and 8–12 secondary with no middle-school tier.

Local rules that affect townhome buyers in Buckingham Heights

  • Form B diligence (strata purchases): Strata Property Act s. 59 — the Form B states the lot's monthly strata fees, amounts owing, approved special levies still payable, the CRF balance and an insurance summary, with the rules, current budget, any Rental Disclosure Statement and the most recent depreciation report attached; provided within 7 days, maximum $35 plus up to 25 cents per page.
  • Burnaby zoning: the governing bylaw is the Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 2026 (No. 14815, adopted June 9, 2026, in effect July 1, 2026); the former 1965 No. 4742 no longer governs. The R1 SSMUH District in it allows 3 units on lots up to 280 m², 4 units on larger lots, and 6 units on lots of at least 281 m² within 400 m of a frequent-transit stop; lots with two or more primary units may be stratified. The Burnaby 2050 Official Community Plan, adopted December 9, 2025, replaces the 1998 OCP and takes precedence over older community-plan maps where they conflict; the Royal Oak Community Plan covers the plan area west of Buckingham Heights. Heritage-precinct and park-edge lots (the Sperling Avenue edge, inside the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct) get extra review — eligibility is checked lot by lot.

Good to know about Buckingham Heights townhomes

  • Burnaby replaced its OCP and its zoning bylaw within seven months. The Burnaby 2050 OCP was adopted December 9, 2025 (replacing the 1998 OCP and taking precedence over older community-plan maps), and Zoning Bylaw 2026 (No. 14815) was adopted June 9, 2026 and took effect July 1, 2026 — any density or land-use claim for a Buckingham lot sourced to the old OCP or the old bylaw is out of date.
  • City Hall is at the lake, not downtown. Burnaby City Hall is at 4949 Canada Way, north-west of the sub-area at Deer Lake — civic business for this slope is a short drive, and the Bob Prittie Metrotown Branch is the quadrant's public library branch.

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

Sources for the townhome notes on Buckingham Heights

Lots and land in Buckingham Heights

Fee-simple lots

  • Established-street house lots: detached single-family housing only — the slope streets east and south-east of Deer Lake. A fee-simple lot carries no strata, no Form B and no strata fees.
  • The only lot-size figures documented are the R1 SSMUH thresholds: 3 units on lots up to 280 m², 4 units on larger lots, and 6 units on lots of at least 281 m² within 400 m of a frequent-transit stop. These are zoning thresholds, not a claim about any existing lot's size; the zone and dimensions of a specific lot are confirmed parcel by parcel.
  • Historic lot fabric — built stock, not offerings: the Buckingham Drive / Buckingham Avenue streets around Buckingham Elementary hold the core stock, and the Sperling Avenue edge, inside the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct, holds heritage-register houses such as the Woodward House at 5195 Sperling Avenue (built 1912).
  • ALR vs non-ALR: no ALR parcel in Buckingham Heights is confirmed; no ALR percentage split is stated.
  • Market context, labelled correctly: Burnaby is a SnapStats-covered community; SnapStats has no land category. September 2026 context only, never land figures: Buckingham Heights sub-area detached inventory 12 / sales 0 and "Condos & Townhomes" combined 0 / 0; Burnaby community detached median $1,825,000 and "Condos & Townhomes" combined median $686,000.

Named developments, assemblies and proposals

  • The confirmed capital work at the area's edge is municipal, not housing — the Deer Lake Park boardwalk replacement by the boat launch, closed from September 21, 2026 for a full replacement with completion scheduled by winter 2027 and a signed detour via Sperling Avenue and Deer Lake Drive.

Streets, schools and transit near Buckingham Heights lots

  • Main roads: Canada Way runs along the north side, Sperling Avenue runs down the park's east side, Buckingham Drive / Buckingham Avenue serve the slope streets, and Royal Oak Avenue runs along the west side toward Kingsway.
  • Nearby areas: Deer Lake and Deer Lake Park to the north-west, Deer Lake Place at the lake's west end, Upper Deer Lake to the south-east, Burnaby Hospital (3935 Kincaid St, Fraser Health) to the north-west across Canada Way, Metrotown to the south-west.

Local rules that affect land buyers in Buckingham Heights

  • Zoning — Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 2026, No. 14815, in effect July 1, 2026: adopted June 9, 2026, it replaced the former Burnaby Zoning Bylaw 1965 (No. 4742) outright — the 1965 bylaw is not current and must never be cited for this area.
  • Heritage diligence: Sperling Avenue fronting Deer Lake Park lies within the Deer Lake Park Heritage Precinct, and heritage-register houses carry heritage review — check the register and the precinct before planning a rebuild or subdivision on a park-fronting lot.
  • Bare-land strata rules: Form B diligence (fees, amounts owed, levies, CRF balance, insurance summary; provided within 7 days, max $35 + 25¢/page); depreciation reports on a 5-year cycle for stratas with 5+ lots since July 1, 2024; minimum 10% CRF contribution since November 1, 2023; rental-restriction bylaws void since November 24, 2022 (short-term restrictions may still apply by bylaw); only 55+ age bylaws valid under SPA ss.123.1/123.2, with May 1, 2023 exemptions (younger spouse/partner, caregivers, legacy residents, defined children); a listing's "45+" line is not a valid BC age bylaw.
  • If a parcel is in the ALR: 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. Check the parcel on ALC mapping before applying any of this.

Good to know about Buckingham Heights lots

  • The boardwalk at the area's doorstep is closed into 2027: the Deer Lake Park boat-launch boardwalk section closed September 21, 2026 for a full replacement, completion scheduled by winter 2027, with a signed detour via Sperling Avenue and Deer Lake Drive (about five extra minutes of walking) and a small part of the picnic area also closed — park-edge lot marketing should carry that date honestly.
  • Burnaby replaced its zoning bylaw and its OCP within seven months: the Burnaby 2050 OCP was adopted December 9, 2025 and takes precedence over older community-plan maps, and the Zoning Bylaw 2026 (No. 14815) took effect July 1, 2026 and repealed the 1965 bylaw — any older guide citing the 1965 zoning bylaw or the 1998 OCP for a Buckingham Heights lot is out of date.

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

Sources for the land notes on Buckingham Heights

Duplexes and half duplexes in Buckingham Heights

What a duplex looks like in Buckingham Heights

  • The usual duplex form: A specific property marketed as a duplex on this slope is verified on its title (one lot, strata plan, or subdivided pair) before it is treated as duplex stock.

The province-wide rules are on one page: BC duplex and half-duplex buying rules.

What's nearby Buckingham Heights

Times are from OpenStreetMap routing, November 2026.

Transit

  • Nearest rapid station: Sperling–Burnaby Lake Station, on the routes below; TransLink.
  • Nearest bus exchange: Metrotown Station, terminus of routes 110 and 144.
  • Route 144 SFU Exchange / Metrotown Station, via Deer Lake Ave, Burris St and Oakland St, TransLink.
  • Route 110 Lougheed Station / Metrotown Station, via Deer Lake Parkway and Burnaby City Hall, TransLink.

Parks and recreation

  • Deer Lake Park, 6450 Deer Lake Ave.
  • Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, 6450 Deer Lake Ave, in Deer Lake Park.

Schools

  • Buckingham Elementary, grades K-7, School District 41 Burnaby; confirm the catchment with the district.
  • Burnaby Central Secondary, grades 8-12, School District 41 Burnaby; confirm the catchment with the district.

Groceries and shopping

  • Save-On-Foods, 4469 Kingsway.
  • Metropolis at Metrotown, 4700 Kingsway.

Measured walking and driving times

Measured on November 2, 2026 with OpenStreetMap routing (OSRM for driving, routed-foot for walking), from Buckingham Elementary, 6066 Buckingham Ave
ToHowMinutesDistance (km)
Shadbolt Centre for the ArtsWalk151.1
Sperling–Burnaby Lake StationDrive84.5
Metrotown StationDrive84.6

Sources for what’s nearby

Buckingham Heights: streets and boundaries

  • Buckingham Heights is the detached-house slope east and south-east of Deer Lake, surrounding Buckingham Elementary School between Deer Lake Park and Royal Oak Avenue in south-central Burnaby.
  • Its working streets are Buckingham Drive and Buckingham Avenue on the slope, with Sperling Avenue running down the park's east side and Canada Way along the north.
  • It is a separate board sub-area from Deer Lake, Deer Lake Place and Upper Deer Lake, which border it, even though all four share the same lake.
  • The City publishes no street-by-street written boundary for the sub-area; the anchor address is Buckingham Elementary at 6066 Buckingham Avenue.

Buckingham Heights: the housing stock

  • The stock is detached single-family housing only: the sub-area's market record shows detached homes on the slope streets and no attached product.
  • Homes here are effectively all freehold; there is no named strata complex inside the sub-area to compare against.

Buckingham Heights: rules that affect buyers

  • The Royal Oak Community Plan covers the plan area west of Buckingham Heights, and Burnaby's community plans are adopted by Council as policy guidelines for rezoning and development applications — check which plan a slope lot falls under before assuming its rules.
  • The Burnaby 2050 Official Community Plan (OCP), adopted December 9, 2025, takes precedence over older community-plan land use maps where they conflict, so the parcel's OCP designation is the first check for a large slope lot.

Buckingham Heights: local details a buyer would not know

  • Canoes, kayaks and paddleboards are allowed on Deer Lake, with launch access from the boat launch and beach area off Sperling Avenue at the east end of the lake — the same area affected by the boardwalk closure.
  • Burnaby Hospital, 3935 Kincaid Street (Fraser Health), is north-west of the sub-area across Canada Way.
  • Burnaby City Hall is at 4949 Canada Way, north-west of the slope at Deer Lake — this is the City's governmental and cultural precinct, not a retail district.
  • There is no enclosed mall or shopping centre inside the sub-area; Metrotown, south-west, is designated the city's downtown and regional city centre and is this area's main shopping destination.

Buckingham Heights: development and new projects

  • Deer Lake Park boat-launch boardwalk replacement, Deer Lake Park, City of Burnaby: full replacement of the boardwalk section by the boat launch at the lake's east end, with a signed detour via Sperling Avenue and Deer Lake Drive. Status: closed from September 21, 2026, scheduled complete by winter 2027 (as of November 3, 2026).
  • Forest Lawn Memorial Park redevelopment, portion of 3789 Royal Oak Avenue, at the sub-area's western edge: redevelopment of the funeral home facilities. Status: rezoning reference 24-07 reached third reading on January 13, 2026, per the City of Burnaby Major Projects list updated to October 27, 2026 (as of November 3, 2026).

Buckingham Heights: getting around

  • No SkyTrain station sits inside Buckingham Heights; Royal Oak Station (Expo Line) to the south-west is the nearest station for this side of Deer Lake.
  • TransLink's September 2026 Burnaby system map shows bus routes 110 and 144 on the Deer Lake Parkway corridor north of the slope, linking the area to Metrotown Station and to Sperling–Burnaby Lake Station and Simon Fraser University (SFU).
  • Canada Way runs along the north side, Sperling Avenue down the park's east side, and Royal Oak Avenue along the west side toward Kingsway.

Buckingham Heights: risks and due diligence

  • Check the heritage register for Sperling Avenue-edge properties before planning exterior work, as precinct properties carry heritage review.

How Buckingham Heights compares

Buckingham Heights compared
FactBuckingham HeightsDeer Lake PlaceSperling-Duthie
School District 41 elementary school on the area's streetsBuckingham Elementary, 6066 Buckingham Avenue—École Sperling Elementary, 2200 Sperling Avenue
Confirmed locator catchment for the school's own addressBuckingham Elementary and Burnaby Central Secondary for 6066 Buckingham Avenue—Sperling Elementary and Burnaby North Secondary for 2200 Sperling Avenue
SkyTrain station inside the sub-areaNoneNoneNone inside; Sperling–Burnaby Lake Station at its north end

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