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Serving Burnaby, British Columbia

Custom Software, Websites & AI Automation for Burnaby Businesses

EduWeb Consulting builds the software, websites and automation that help Burnaby businesses — from Metrotown to the Big Bend industrial area — compete for space, staff and customers in a city that's added more than 40,000 residents since 2020 and over 16,000 jobs since 2021.

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  • Industrial and commercial land is extremely scarce, with only about 3% of Burnaby's existing industrial land still undeveloped and nearly 13 hectares lost to conversion over five years, pushing up lease and purchase costs for trades and light-industrial businesses
  • The city's own Mayor's Task Force on Economic Growth flagged permitting and approvals as a barrier, calling for 'simplifying requirements, publishing clear service standards and redesigning approvals' — a sign that businesses opening, renovating or expanding currently face friction and unclear timelines
  • Local manufacturers and tech firms face margin pressure from global competition and low-cost imports, plus supply-chain disruption, rising costs and evolving tariffs, per the City of Burnaby's 2026 economic snapshot
  • Employers report difficulty recruiting skilled workers, including barriers to skills recognition for newcomers and employment gaps affecting Indigenous and racialized workers, per the same city snapshot

The Burnaby Angle

With Burnaby employers already reporting difficulty recruiting skilled workers across life sciences, tech, construction and industrial roles, the clearest automation opportunity in the city is using AI to absorb repetitive intake, scheduling, reporting and compliance work so existing teams can handle the city's 16,000-plus jobs' worth of new demand without hiring one-for-one to match it.

Doing business in Burnaby

Burnaby doesn't run on one industry — it runs on several at once. Life sciences and biotechnology firms sit alongside video game studios, professional and technical service firms, retail operators, and light industrial businesses tucked into the Big Bend, all inside a city of more than 13,000 businesses and roughly 125,000 workers. That mix is Burnaby's strength, but it also means the software, website or automation that works for some generic city rarely fits a Burnaby business the way it should.

The city's own numbers tell a growth story: population up 15.6%, more than 40,000 new residents between 2020 and 2024, and over 16,000 jobs added since 2021 — with professional, scientific and technical services leading employment, followed by retail trade and construction. That kind of growth is good for business, but it puts real strain on small and mid-sized operators whose staffing and back-office systems weren't built for this volume. At the same time, industrial and commercial space keeps getting tighter: only about 3% of Burnaby's existing industrial land remains undeveloped, and the city has lost nearly 13 hectares of it to conversion over the last five years. For businesses around Marine Way Estates Business Centre and Riverbend Business Park, that scarcity shows up directly in lease and purchase costs.

Burnaby's own Mayor's Task Force on Economic Growth has also flagged permitting and approvals as a real barrier, calling for simplified requirements and clearer service standards — a sign that opening, renovating or expanding here currently involves more friction than it should. Add rising costs, competition from low-cost imports and shifting tariffs, and the businesses protecting their margins are the ones automating the parts of the operation that don't need a human touch, while putting their people where they add the most value.

We build custom software, websites and automation for Burnaby businesses that need to do more with the space, staff and time they have — whether you're based in Metrotown, Brentwood Town Centre, Lougheed Town Centre, Edmonds Town Centre, or out in the Big Bend. If you're competing for customers, staff or floor space in this city, we build the systems that let you compete on more than square footage.

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What Burnaby businesses tell us

  • × Industrial and commercial land is extremely scarce, with only about 3% of Burnaby's existing industrial land still undeveloped and nearly 13 hectares lost to conversion over five years, pushing up lease and purchase costs for trades and light-industrial businesses
  • × The city's own Mayor's Task Force on Economic Growth flagged permitting and approvals as a barrier, calling for 'simplifying requirements, publishing clear service standards and redesigning approvals' — a sign that businesses opening, renovating or expanding currently face friction and unclear timelines
  • × Local manufacturers and tech firms face margin pressure from global competition and low-cost imports, plus supply-chain disruption, rising costs and evolving tariffs, per the City of Burnaby's 2026 economic snapshot
  • × Employers report difficulty recruiting skilled workers, including barriers to skills recognition for newcomers and employment gaps affecting Indigenous and racialized workers, per the same city snapshot
  • × With population up 15.6% (40,000+ residents) between 2020 and 2024 and 16,000+ jobs added since 2021, demand for services is outpacing many small operators' capacity to scale staff and back-office processes
  • × Redevelopment is concentrating retail and office demand into Burnaby's four dense town centres (Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed, Edmonds), leaving businesses outside those cores needing a strong online presence to stay visible
What we build

For Burnaby's key industries

Life sciences and biotechnology

Burnaby's life sciences and biotechnology sector employs roughly 16,700 people — about one in ten jobs in the city — spanning medical devices, semiconductors and pharma manufacturing, with anchor employers like Ballard Power Systems headquartered here. Companies at this scale run on data: inventory, compliance records, quality tracking, R&D documentation. We build the internal software and automation that keeps that data organized and auditable, so your team spends less time reconciling spreadsheets and more time on the work that actually needs a specialist.

Digital media, entertainment and video game development

Digital media, entertainment and video game development employs about 9,500 people in Burnaby — roughly 6% of the local workforce — anchored by studios like EA Canada. Whether you're a studio, a post-production house, or a smaller creative shop supporting that ecosystem, you need production pipelines, asset management, and client-facing tools that don't fight your creative process. We build custom software and automation that fits how creative teams actually work, instead of forcing your workflow into an off-the-shelf tool.

Professional, scientific and technical services (including IT)

Professional, scientific and technical services — including IT — is Burnaby's largest employment sector, home to firms like Fortinet Technologies and D-Wave Systems in the Willingdon Park and Willingdon Green business centres. If you're one of the many consultancies, engineering firms or tech companies competing for talent and clients in this space, your website and internal systems need to run like you belong next to them. We build both: client-facing sites that convert and back-office tools that scale with you.

Retail trade

Retail trade is one of Burnaby's largest employment sectors, but as redevelopment concentrates retail and office demand into the city's four dense town centres — Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed and Edmonds — businesses outside those cores need a genuinely strong online presence just to stay visible. We build websites and e-commerce systems that give independent retailers solid digital footing, plus the automation to handle inventory, orders and customer service without adding headcount.

Light industrial manufacturing, warehousing and logistics

Light industrial manufacturing, warehousing and logistics operators are feeling Burnaby's land squeeze directly — with only about 3% of the city's industrial land still undeveloped, businesses around the Big Bend, Marine Way Estates Business Centre and Riverbend Business Park are paying more for the same footprint they had five years ago. When you can't get more space, the alternative is getting more out of the space you have: inventory systems, scheduling automation and reporting tools that let a smaller footprint run at full capacity.

How we help

Built for Burnaby businesses

Operations & Inventory Software

With industrial and commercial space this scarce and lease costs climbing, the fastest way to grow is often to get more out of the square footage you already have. We build inventory, scheduling and operations software that helps light industrial, warehousing and logistics businesses run a tighter operation without needing to find, and pay for, more square feet.

Approvals & Compliance Tracking

Burnaby's own Mayor's Task Force on Economic Growth has flagged permitting and approvals as a barrier to opening, renovating or expanding a business here. While the city works on its own process, we build internal tools that track applications, deadlines and documentation on your end, so nothing slips because it lived in someone's inbox.

Process Automation for Margin Protection

Global competition, low-cost imports, supply-chain disruption and shifting tariffs are squeezing margins for Burnaby manufacturers and tech firms alike. We automate the repetitive, error-prone parts of your operations — quoting, order processing, reporting — so your team's time goes toward the work that actually protects your margin.

Workforce & Onboarding Systems

Burnaby employers report real difficulty recruiting skilled workers, from barriers to skills recognition for newcomers to employment gaps affecting Indigenous and racialized workers. We build onboarding, training and scheduling software that gets new hires productive faster and makes it easier to bring qualified people in, whatever their background.

Websites & Digital Storefronts

As redevelopment concentrates retail and office demand into Metrotown, Brentwood, Lougheed and Edmonds, businesses outside those four town centres need a strong online presence just to stay visible to customers. We design and build websites and e-commerce platforms that make sure you're found, no matter which side of Burnaby you're on.

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Industries we serve in Burnaby

Life sciences and biotechnology (medical devices, semiconductors, pharma manufacturing) Digital media, entertainment and video game development Professional, scientific and technical services (including IT) Construction Retail trade Light industrial manufacturing, warehousing and logistics

Serving businesses across Metrotown, Brentwood Town Centre, Lougheed Town Centre, Edmonds Town Centre, Big Bend industrial area (Marine Way Estates Business Centre, Riverbend Business Park).

Burnaby questions, answered

Yes, that's exactly the gap we build for. As Burnaby's redevelopment concentrates retail and office demand into those four town centres, businesses outside them need a stronger digital presence to stay visible, and a well-built website and local search presence is often the most cost-effective way to do that.
Yes. Life sciences and biotechnology is one of Burnaby's largest sectors, employing around 16,700 people, and we build the compliance tracking, inventory and internal data systems those businesses run on, from medical device makers to pharma manufacturing operations.
It can't create more land, but it can help you use what you have more efficiently. With only about 3% of Burnaby's industrial land still undeveloped, we build inventory, scheduling and operations software that helps warehousing, logistics and light manufacturing businesses get more throughput out of an existing footprint instead of paying for more square footage.
We're not the City of Burnaby, so we can't change the approvals process itself. What we do build is the internal tracking software that keeps your applications, documents and deadlines organized on your side, so delays in the city's process don't turn into delays you caused.
We build for it specifically. Digital media, entertainment and game development employs about 9,500 people in Burnaby, and we design production pipelines, asset management tools and client-facing systems that fit creative and studio workflows rather than forcing them into generic project management software.
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