People uprooted from Burnaby / East Burnaby (31)

Burnaby is located on the traditional territories of the xʷməθkʷəy̓əm (Musqueam), Sḵwx̱wú7mesh (Squamish), səlilwətaɬ (Tsleil-Waututh), and kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) Peoples. The area was pre-empted by non-Indigenous settlers in the 1860s, and the town of Burnaby was incorporated in 1892. It was originally a rural area with an active logging industry, and by 1900 had a population of around 400. Between 1900-1913, a suburban development boom brought many people to the area, and the population grew to approximately 14,000.

Japanese Canadians in Burnaby were often farmers or worked in the lumber industry in shingle mills near Capitol Hill. Single men lived in bunkhouses and some worked seasonally as fishermen. Three sawmills operated on the north side of Burnaby Lake by Piper Spit starting in the early 1900s. In the 1911 Census, some Japanese Canadians were listed as living at Piper Siding, but by 1921 they were no longer listed.

Working conditions were often harsh or unsafe. During a storm in 1909, a Great Northern Railway train carrying a group of Japanese Canadian labourers, known as the Katsuda work gang, derailed near Burnaby Lake and twenty-three men were killed. The Barnet Lumber Company was a major employer in the area, however they adopted a "whites only" labour policy in the late 1920s. The Nichols Chemical plant became one of the few companies in the area to employ Japanese Canadians.

Burnaby is situated between several municipalities including Vancouver, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam, New Westminster, Surrey, and Richmond which may have led to address inconsistencies.