Re-elected to Burnaby City Council on October 17, 2026, for a second term, with the Burnaby Citizens Association. Burnaby Now reported that in 2022 she became the first Filipino councillor elected in Burnaby. She chairs the City's Access Advisory Committee.
Maita Santiago was re-elected to Burnaby City Council on October 17, 2026, with 16,292 votes in the City of Burnaby's count, the fourth-highest total of the 42 council candidates. She ran with the Burnaby Citizens Association (BCA). She was first elected in 2022, and Burnaby Now reported then that she was the first Filipino elected to Burnaby council, an immigration consultant and community organizer. The City's councillor page lists her as chair of the Access Advisory Committee and a member of the Public Library Board. In the statement she gave the City, she wrote that she was running again so that Burnaby stays a caring and well-managed city.
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Tracked since October 18, 2026. Every change of status links to the vote, motion or report behind it.
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to open the Cameron Community and Aquatic Centre, the Burnaby Lake Recreation Complex and the Brentwood Community Centre.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to fast-track the redevelopment of Bonsor.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to fast-track the expansion of the Metrotown Library.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to build new libraries, including the Cameron library, which it says will be the first built into a community centre.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises more sports facilities, including new fields, basketball courts and pickleball courts at Squint Lake that can be used all year.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to establish the Velodrome Trail as a "Burnaby Grind".
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to complete the new playground at Lewarne Park and to keep rebuilding outdated playgrounds with equipment that children with disabilities can use.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to build a playground where children learn to ride bikes.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises more designated areas where dogs may be off leash.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises more Parks and Recreation programs for families, with the goal of ending waitlists.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to design accessibility into every new City facility from the start, so everyone can get in, move through it and take part.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to make park purchases a priority so that everyone in Burnaby lives within walking distance of a park.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to add trees, benches, sports courts, spray parks, washrooms and drinking fountains to existing parks.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to grow the tree canopy, planting first where tree cover is lowest and choosing species that can handle hotter, drier weather.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to support native planting and to ban the sale of invasive species.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises more community gardens sooner, and a community farm and a food-systems strategy on City-owned farmland.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises a green roofs policy so that new buildings store carbon, hold rainwater and reduce heat.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to improve public access to Burnaby's shorelines and waterfront.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to make Burnaby a certified Bird Friendly City, with fewer bird collisions with windows and protected habitat.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to open the new theatre at the Shadbolt Centre for the Arts, built for people with disabilities, and to keep supporting community events and festivals.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to create accessible spaces and hubs where Burnaby's diverse communities can gather and share their culture.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to keep asking the federal and provincial governments to fund and establish a Filipino Community Centre in Burnaby.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises more sidewalks and street lights, with safe routes to schools, parks and community centres first.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to invest in walking and cycling, including multi-use paths that connect parks, schools and town centres.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to finish the expansion of the RCMP detachment and to keep working with the detachment on local policing.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to expand the "School Streets" pilot, which closes streets beside a school to cars, to more Burnaby schools.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to build two new City-owned child care facilities.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to press the Province to fund affordable child care and after-school care at school sites.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to fight for Phase 2 of the Burnaby Hospital redevelopment, with its beds and cancer centre, and to demand that the Province re-commit to it with clear timelines.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to keep the City's record of zero debt.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to keep property taxes low and predictable.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to find a range of other revenue sources to keep taxes low and services affordable.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to keep City services affordable, with reduced fees for seniors and credits for families in need.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to deliver on the 17 recommendations of the Mayor's Task Force on Economic Growth and Resilience.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to simplify permit and licence requirements, publish clear service standards and redesign approvals so businesses can open sooner.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises a priority path for permits for technology and innovation businesses, and to explore an innovation district for Burnaby.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises zoning in town centres that puts shops, cafes and restaurants at street level, with offices and services above.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to make it easier to open patios, hold markets and add murals and public art on main streets.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to make room for small makers, breweries and studios that sell what they make where they make it.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises zoning for smaller retail spaces and for industrial buildings with more than one level, so more businesses can locate in Burnaby.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to start at least 1,000 new rental homes through the Burnaby Housing Authority by 2030.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to partner with non-profits and co-ops to build more affordable housing.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to use City-owned land to speed up the building of homes for families.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to keep making it quicker and more efficient to build homes people can afford, in every part of Burnaby.
No vote or decision on this promise yet.
Where the promise was made: Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platform (opens in a new tab).
Maita Santiago was re-elected to Burnaby City Council on October 17, 2026. The City of Burnaby's count gives her 16,292 votes, the fourth-highest total of the 42 council candidates, and the City's chief election officer declared her elected on October 21, 2026. She ran with the Burnaby Citizens Association. Freshet News reported that she kept her seat for a second term.
The Burnaby Beacon reported in June 2022 that the BCA chose her to run for council in place of another candidate who stepped aside. The City's 2022 results give her 11,349 votes. Burnaby Now reported after that vote that she was the first Filipino elected to Burnaby council, and described her as an immigration consultant and community organizer who moved to Burnaby from the Philippines in 1977. It also reported that she worked for more than a decade as a constituency assistant for NDP MLA Mable Elmore, ran a family daycare, and chaired the Mabuhay House Society. She told Burnaby Now that she first ran for office in 1993, for Vancouver council with the Coalition of Progressive Electors, and that housing would be her first priority on council.
The City's councillor page lists her as chair of the Access Advisory Committee, vice-chair of the Public Safety, Social Planning and Environment committees, a member of the Public Library Board, and the City's representative on the Fraser Health Municipal Advisory Council. By her own account, on that page, she was a citizen representative on Burnaby's Social Issues Committee before she was elected, and she studied at Simon Fraser University.
In the statement she gave the City, she wrote that she was running for re-election so that Burnaby stays a caring and well-managed city, and that in her first term she and the BCA delivered more affordable housing, better accessibility, stronger community connections and better climate action. Her promise tracker holds the BCA platform's city commitments.
Summarized from the campaign’s published profile. These are stated positions, not an assessment of results or a complete platform.
In the statement she gave the City, she wrote that she was running for re-election so that Burnaby continues to be a caring and well-managed city, and that she speaks for seniors, youth, women, newcomers and working families in City decisions.
In 2022 she told Burnaby Now that housing would be her first priority on council.
The BCA's 2026 platform promises to start at least 1,000 rental homes through the Burnaby Housing Authority by 2030, to keep the City free of debt with low and predictable taxes, and to press the Province to re-commit to Phase 2 of Burnaby Hospital.
Burnaby Citizens Association · 2026 platformThe Burnaby Citizens Association's 2026 platform has three commitments: getting the basics right, standing up for Burnaby, and public schools. For each area it lists what the BCA says it delivered and what it plans next. The BCA won seven of the eight council seats.
Its plans for the city include starting at least 1,000 rental homes through the Burnaby Housing Authority by 2030, opening the Cameron, Burnaby Lake and Brentwood community centres, keeping the City free of debt with low and predictable property taxes, a park within walking distance of every home, two new City-owned child care centres, more sidewalks and street lights, and pressing the Province to re-commit to Phase 2 of Burnaby Hospital. The promise tracker lists each city commitment on the platform.
Researched on 2026-10-29 through the seven search steps listed below: the City's candidate profile, results and declaration, the City's councillor page and its 2022 results, the BCA's page about her and its platform, her VoteMate page, and reporting by Freshet News, Daily Hive, Burnaby Now and the Burnaby Beacon.
Her account of her first-term work is her own and has not been checked against council minutes. Her Instagram account and Facebook page showed only a login page or a page header to scripts, so no post was read. No candidate questionnaire with her answers was found, and no news report of a statement from her after the 2026 vote was found.
Elected in October 2022 with the BCA, Burnaby Now reported, and re-elected on October 17, 2026.
Burnaby Now · Burnaby elects first Filipino city councillor, by Lauren Vanderdeen, October 18, 2022 (read from the Internet Archive copy)The City's councillor page lists her as chair of the committee and as a member of the Public Library Board.
City of Burnaby · Councillor Maita SantiagoBurnaby Now reported that she held this job for more than a decade.
Burnaby Now · Burnaby elects first Filipino city councillor, by Lauren Vanderdeen, October 18, 2022 (read from the Internet Archive copy)Proposed questions for a future interview. They have not been sent to the candidate, and no answers have been supplied.
No questions and answers have been supplied.
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Maita Santiago was elected Councillor with 16,292 votes, 4th of 42 in the official count. The City of Burnaby published the count, and every candidate's total is on the results page.
No. This page is researched by voche.me from public sources, listed below, and is separate from Maita Santiago's own campaign.
Maita Santiago ran for Councillor with BCA - Burnaby Citizens Association.
Yes. Maita Santiago currently serves as Councillor, City of Burnaby.
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The 2026 Burnaby municipal election, including the Councillor race, was decided on October 17, 2026.
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