Apartments for rent in Metrotown, Burnaby
Metrotown has the densest cluster of high-rise rentals in the region. Set a minimum floor and a view preference and we'll email you when one gets listed.
Renting in Metrotown
Metrotown is the closest thing Burnaby has to a downtown. Roughly thirty residential towers are packed into about a kilometre around the region's second-largest mall and its SkyTrain station.
The single thing that separates a great Metrotown unit from a mediocre one is which way it faces. Central Park sits on the west side of the neighbourhood, and towers along Patterson, Telford and Willingdon can look straight into a hundred acres of forest — or straight into the tower next door.
Listings almost never mention the floor or the exposure. You have to ask.
What people pay in Metrotown
Typical asking rent. Source: Zumper rent-research, Maywood (Metrotown's residential core), retrieved 2026-08-09
Common questions
How fast do apartments in Metrotown get rented?
Well-priced units in Metrotown 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 Metrotown rental listings actually get posted?
Plenty of them never reach the big rental portals. Owner-listed units in Metrotown 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.