New Westminster
New Westminster is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District.
New Westminster is a city in the Lower Mainland region of British Columbia, Canada, and a member municipality of the Metro Vancouver Regional District.
Adapted from Wikipedia, CC BY-SA 4.0.
Worth seeing in and around New Westminster
10 places within 25 km that the world writes about, in the order of how widely: the ones a visitor has heard of first, then the ones only a local would name.
- 01Simon Fraser University
Simon Fraser University is a public research university in British Columbia, Canada. It maintains three campuses in Greater Vancouver, respectively located in Burnaby, Surrey, and Vancouver.
7.9 km · public research university in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 02Swangard Stadium
Swangard Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Central Park in Burnaby, British Columbia. Primarily used for soccer, rugby, football, and athletics, the stadium also used to be home to the Simon Fraser Clan football team and the Vancouver Whitecaps while they were in the Canadian Soccer League and various US-based Division 2 leagues.
8.4 km · football stadium · Wikipedia - 03SkyBridge
The SkyBridge is a cable-stayed railway bridge in Metro Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. Built between 1987 and 1989, it carries trains of the Expo Line of TransLink's SkyTrain across the Fraser River between New Westminster and Surrey.
1 km · cable-stayed bridge in Metro Vancouver, Canada · Wikipedia - 04Kwantlen Polytechnic University
Kwantlen Polytechnic University is a public undergraduate degree-granting polytechnic university in British Columbia, Canada, with campuses in Surrey, Richmond, Cloverdale, Whalley, and Langley. KPU is one of the largest institutions by enrolment in British Columbia garnering a total of 20,000 students and 1,400 faculty members across its five locations, encompassing the Metro Vancouver district.
8.8 km · university in Greater Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 05Como Lake
Como Lake is a small lake in Como Lake Park in the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia. It forms the headwaters of the Como watershed and is an urban fishing and recreation area in the city of Coquitlam as well as the Lower Mainland.
7.1 km · lake in Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 06Burnaby Lake
Burnaby Lake is a lake located in Burnaby, British Columbia and is the focal geographic feature and namesake of Burnaby Lake Regional Park. The lake occupies 3.11 square kilometres of land, and is home to a large variety of wildlife.
4.8 km · lake in British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 07stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge
The stal̕əw̓asəm Bridge, also known as the Riverview Bridge, is a cable-stayed bridge spanning the Fraser River. The crossing officially opened on February 14, 2026, and links the cities of New Westminster and Surrey in Metro Vancouver.
1.4 km · bridge in New Westminster and Surrey, British Columbia · Wikipedia - 08Deer Lake
Deer Lake is a lake in central Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is home to a wide variety of flora and fauna and features a number of walking trails.
5.8 km · lake in Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia - 09Burnaby Mountain
Burnaby Mountain, elev. 370 m, is a low, forested mountain in the city of Burnaby, British Columbia, overlooking the upper arms of Burrard Inlet.
8 km · mountain in Canada · Wikipedia - 10Kensington Park
Kensington Park is a large urban park in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada. It is located between four major roads running along its perimeter—Hastings Street, Curtis Street, Kensington Avenue and Holdom Avenue.
9.2 km · park in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada · Wikipedia
Ranked by the number of language editions of Wikipedia with an article on each, from Wikidata; the sentences are the openings of those articles, CC BY-SA 4.0.
What Wikivoyage says to see
There are several museums that have information on local history.
- 01Anvil Centre
777 Columbia St (corner of 8th & Columbia, across from New Westminster Skytrain station),.
- 02Canadian Lacrosse Hall of Fame
- 03New Westminster Museum & Archives
Nearly 70,000 photos and objects that cover the history and development of New Westminster.
- 04Fraser River Discovery Centre
June-Aug: daily 10AM-4PM, Sept-May: Wed-Sat 10AM-4PM.
- 05Hyack Square and Wait for Me
Daddy Memorial, Foot of 8th St at Columbia.
- 06Irving House Historic Centre
An old house preserved to show Victorian times and styles.
From Wikivoyage: New Westminster, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Things to do
- 01Waterfront Esplanade
- 02Paddlewheeler Riverboat Cruises
900 Quayside Drive, info@vancouverpaddlewheeler.com.
From Wikivoyage: New Westminster, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Where to eat
- 01Burger Heaven
77 10th St,.
- 02The Old Bavaria Haus
An old home converted into a taste of Bavaria.
- 03The River Market
Anchored by Donalds's Market, the River Market contains a mix of food court and sit down restaurants on the first floor.
- 04Taverna Greka
A Greek restaurant with belly dancing on Friday and Saturday nights.
- 05Tamarind Hill Malaysian Cuisine
While the decor is unappealing, this restaurant makes up for it in tasty, authentic Malaysian dishes.
From Wikivoyage: New Westminster, CC BY-SA 4.0. Not yet checked by us.
Getting to New Westminster
- Airports
- Vancouver (YVR), 20 km · Victoria (YYJ), 73 km · Seattle–Tacoma (SEA), 201 km
- Victoria → New Westminster92 km · quickest by road, 5h 1m · C$20–26
- Kelowna → New Westminster258 km · quickest by air, 4h 47m · C$140–220
- Calgary → New Westminster661 km · quickest by air, 5h 4m · C$180–290
- Plan a tripFrom anywhereThe planner compares every way there from wherever you are.
Road and air are today’s quick answer; timetabled trains, buses and ferries load on the results page from the operators’ feeds.
No local-transport research exists yet for New Westminster
Our researched notes are written from a sourced entry: every shared taxi, boat and village bus with its operator, its rule, its fare and the year we saw it, and what could not be confirmed. Nobody has done that work for New Westminster. What is above is what we hold from open sources; nothing here pretends to be more.
- Get inSurrey can be reached by traveling east from Vancouver (Horseshoe Bay) ferry terminal and Vancouver, and can be reached from by traveling west from Kamloops and the Fraser Valley.
- Get inVancouver (Horseshoe Bay) ferry terminal is the point of arrival for travelers from Bowen Island, Vancouver Island, and the Sunshine Coast Highway 10.
- Get inTerminates in Surrey after traveling from Vancouver (Tsawwassen) ferry terminal in Delta, about 30 minutes away from Surrey.
- Get inVancouver (Tsawwassen) ferry terminal is the point of arrival for travelers from Vancouver Island and the Southern Gulf Islands.
- Get aroundDuring overnight hours, there is one bus route serving Surrey: N19 - Between downtown Vancouver and Surrey Central station via Burnaby and New Westminster Ferry serving Surrey:
From Wikivoyage: Surrey (British Columbia), CC BY-SA. Not yet checked by us; that article was last edited 2026-09.
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If you know how people move in New Westminster – the stand, the rule, the fare – tell us, and the note gets an entry.
Next door to New Westminster
New Westminster is 13 km from Surrey, the nearest large city, whose note carries the wider picture.
- Burnabycity in British Columbia, Canada5.5 km
- Surreysecond largest city in British Columbia, Canada5.2 km
- Metro Vancouver Regional Districtregional district of British Columbia, Canada6.9 km
- North Deltamiddle-class bedroom community situated in the Lower Mainland, in British Columbia, Canada4.5 km
- Metrotowntown centre serving the southwest quadrant of Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada7 km
- Tree Islandisland in Metro Vancouver Regional District, British Columbia, Canada7.6 km