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Burlington’s 6 wards

The wards Burlington elects its council by, from the City of Burlington’s official ward boundaries: who represents each one, and how much of the city it covers.

Wards
6
Total area of the wards
187.9 km²
Largest ward
Ward 3 · 66.0 km²
Burlington's 6 wardsThe outline of each of Burlington's 6 wards; each number links to its ward page.Ward 1Ward 1Ward 2Ward 3Ward 4Ward 5Ward 6123456
Ward outlines from the City of Burlington's ward layer. The new boundaries are not published as current open data: the City's 2026 ward service requires a token, and the public staged layer (COB/Political_Boundaries/MapServer/1, YEAR=2026) does not match the current layer even for the unchanged Wards 5 and 6, so it is not used here.

New ward boundaries take effect November 16, 2026

In May 2025, City Council passed By-law 030-2025 to make minor changes to Burlington’s ward structure. The new City of Burlington ward boundaries will be used for the 2026 municipal election and officially come into effect on the day the new Burlington City Council is sworn in (Monday, Nov. 16, 2026).

  • north Tyandaga: from Ward 1 to Ward 3
  • Leighland: from Ward 2 to Ward 1
  • Palmer: from Ward 4 to Ward 3
  • Maple Beach: from Ward 1 to Ward 2

The boundaries and areas on this page are the ones in force today. By-law 030-2025 affects Wards 1, 2, 3 and 4. New ward structure map (PDF) · Find My Ward – interactive online map. Source: City of Burlington, New Voting Wards, read October 8, 2026.

The wards side by side

Ward 3 is the largest by area (66.0 km²) and Ward 2 the smallest (8.2 km²). Area is measured from the official boundary and includes any water inside it.

WardRepresented byArea
Ward 1Kelvin Galbraith · Councillor35.5 km²
Ward 2Lisa Kearns · Councillor8.2 km²
Ward 3Rory Nisan · Councillor66.0 km²
Ward 4Shawna Stolte · Councillor21.7 km²
Ward 5Paul Sharman · Councillor15.8 km²
Ward 6Angelo Bentivegna · Councillor40.7 km²

Representatives as the City of Burlington lists them on its council pages.

Where this comes from

The boundaries are the City of Burlington’s own ward layer, read on October 8, 2026. BurlingtonIQ measures each ward’s area from that boundary. Who represents a ward comes only from the City of Burlington’s council pages, never from the map layer.

To find the ward for an address, use the City of Burlington’s Find your councillor and ward.

City of Burlington Open Data Terms of Use (Sept 19, 2011). Licence

Sources

Every factual claim above traces to one of these documents.

  1. City of Burlington

    Ward Boundaries (open data layer)

    Retrieved October 8, 2026

  2. City of Burlington

    New Voting Wards

    Retrieved October 8, 2026