Burnside Gorge

City Councillor Liaison
neighbourhood snapshot
Geoff Young
Burnside Gorge
Neighbourhood Coordinator
Burnside Gorge is approximately 238 hectares (589 acres), located northeast of
the Upper Harbour. In 2011, the population was approximately 5,860, which is
7% of Victoria’s total population. Burnside Gorge has experienced a 24% growth
rate in the past 20 years. It has the lowest number (24) of people per hectare
in the City. It contains a significant amount of industrial land (approximately
25 – 30% of the land base) as well as commercial and manufacturing land.
There is a predominantly single family residential area west of Cecelia Ravine
and several high density residential areas located along busy arterial roadways.
Burnside Gorge is one of eight neighbourhoods with a community centre.
Local area planner
Population
Community Association Chair
Tamara Leonard-Vail
tamaraleonardvail@gmail.com
2011
2006
2001
1991
5,860
5,210
4,950
4,435
Total Population
Children (<15)
5,860
1,425 new residents
(24% growth) in 20 years
% of population
440
8%
Youth (15 – 24)
745
13%
Adult (25 – 64)
3,380
58%
Seniors (65+)
1,305
22%
Median age
44.4
% pop 15+
91%
Gary Pemberton
Neighbourhood Support Staff
Brian Sikstrom
Building InspectorAmy Scovill
Ray Berkeley
Electrical Inspector
Philip Corby
Plumbing Inspector
Roy Kellington
Neighbourhood Contacts
Burnside Gorge Community Centre
Executive Director: Suzanne Cole
suzanne@burnsidegorge.ca
Land Use Committee Chair
Carolyn Gisborne
landuse@burnsidegorge.ca
Meetings
3rd Monday of the month, 6:30 p.m.
Burnside Gorge Community Centre
Newsletter
www.burnsidegorge.ca/news
JULY 2016
1 CENTENNIAL SQUARE, VICTORIA, BC V8W 1P6
| victoria.ca
BURNSIDE GORGE • NEIGHBOURHOOD PROFILE
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Biking
Private Household Breakdown
Total number of private households
2,820
Total number of persons in private households
4,965
Average number of persons in private
households
1.8
Single-detached or semi-detached houses
11%
Multiple family dwellings
89%
People per hectare
24
37% owned;
63% rental
Tenure
• Burnside Gorge has 6.1 km of bike lanes, paths and signed routes.
Schools
• Selkirk Montessori Elementary (private)
Food gardens and orchards, farmers market
• One allotment garden located at Cecelia Ravine Park
• No farmers market
Shelters and meals
• Rock Bay Landing Emergency Shelter is located at 525 Ellice St.
It offers 84 beds for men and women.
Economy
• Rock Bay Landing offers dinner on Mondays for non-residents.
• Village centre – Burnside Gorge has a town centre at Mayfair
Mall. There is a large urban village at Hillside and Douglas
(Humber Green Village) and a second large urban village
in the Selkirk development off Gorge and Jutland.
• The Mustard Seed Food Bank is located at 625 Queens Ave.
• Number of business licences: 1,261
Parks
Burnside Gorge
has five parks, as
well as a few small
green spaces. Most
of the parks within
this neighbourhood
are adjacent to the
Galloping Goose
Regional Park and
Cecelia Ravine,
where the Burnside
Gorge Community
Centre is also
located. There is also a waterfront walkway extending south from
the Selkirk Trestle. In the last ten years recent improvements
include the CRD Galloping Goose Trail and Selkirk Trestle,
the redeveloped Cecelia Creek/Ravine corridor, new parkland
established at the Selkirk Development site, and a community
centre with an award-winning publically accessible green roof.
Total park space 6.8 hectares.
Arbutus Park
Bay St Green
Burnside Elementary School
Cecelia Cove Park
Cecelia Ravine Park
Galloping Goose Regional Park
Garbally Landing
Humber Green
Jutland Green
Manchester Green
Railspur Boardwalk
Selkirk Green
Steamcrane Quay
Sumas Park
Viaduct Park
West Blanshard Parkway
2925 Washington Ave
Bay and Government St
3130 Jutland Rd
335 Waterfront Cres
475 Burnside Rd E
regional trail
401 Garbally Rd
2700 Douglas St
505 Jutland Rd
Manchester and
Gorge Rd E
2940 Jutland Rd
350 Waterfront Cres
2940 Jutland Rd
530 Sumas Rd
301 Gorge Rd E
• The Mustard Seed serves dinner on Fridays.
• The Burnside Gorge Community Centre offers dinner
on Thursday for families.
• The Burnside Gorge Community Centre offers a Seniors Lunch ’n
Learn on Tuesday from beginning of September to end of March.
City owned properties
310 Bay St
625 Bay St
740 Bay St
2100 Blanshard St
2300 Blanshard St
2550 Blanshard St
2880 Blanshard St
2930 Blanshard St
3030 Blanshard St
2479 Bridge St
2800 Bridge St
2920 Bridge St
425 Burnside Rd E
445 Burnside Rd E
449 Burnside Rd E
455 Burnside Rd E
465 Burnside Rd E
475 Burnside Rd E
505 Burnside Rd E
400 Cecelia Rd
430 Cecelia Rd
430 Cecelia Rd
431 Cecelia Rd
435 Cecelia Rd
440 Cecelia Rd
450 Cecelia Rd
461 Cecelia Rd
471 Cecelia Rd
475 Cecelia Rd
496 Cecelia Rd
512 David St
2300 Dowler Pl
535 Ellice St
120 Gorge Rd E
301 Gorge Rd E
2910 Jutland Rd
504 Manchester Rd
3130 Napier Lane
2504 Pleasant St
2508 Pleasant St
700 Princess Ave
700 Queens Ave
3115 Steele St
524 Sumas St
530 Sumas St
534 Sumas St
2925 Washington Ave
335 Waterfront Cres
350 Waterfront Cres
2545 Westbourne Pl