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Burquitlam is the transit-oriented heart of Coquitlam West — Burquitlam Station on your doorstep, a wave of new condo towers rising over older walk-ups and quiet detached streets, and Burnaby, New West and Vancouver a short ride west. This is the complete guide: homes, schools, parks, shopping, the SkyTrain commute, and the honest read on a neighbourhood being rebuilt in real time. Written by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BCFSA Licence #187645) — a 47+ year Tri-Cities resident.
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Open the Coquitlam mapBurquitlam doesn’t publish its own MLS® benchmark, so the most honest reference point is the citywide Coquitlam apartment number — clearly labelled as such — because this is a condo-first neighbourhood. What actually defines Burquitlam isn’t a single stat; it’s the combination of SkyTrain access and active TOD build-out. Here’s the current pulse, with every figure labelled to its source.
New + resale towers plus some townhomes in the transit-oriented core.
Burquitlam Station on the Millennium Line — the core of the commuter appeal.
West-Coquitlam catchments · some addresses sit near the Burnaby boundary.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR) monthly HPI, Coquitlam apartment, October 2026 ($624,200). Burquitlam has no separately published MLS® benchmark; the citywide Coquitlam apartment number is the closest official reference and is labelled as such — never a fabricated Burquitlam-specific figure.
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Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® REALTOR® Reports (city, neighbourhood and price-range tables) and GVR monthly statistics packages (MLS® Home Price Index); current figures are for October 2026. Data © Greater Vancouver REALTORS®. Updated after each monthly GVR report.
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Six months of MLS® benchmark prices for Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam on one chart, by home type. Each city’s map shows prices neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
The MLS® benchmark price for Coquitlam, Port Moody and Port Coquitlam on one chart. Pick a home type, then hover or tap a month to see all three cities’ prices that month. GVR doesn’t publish a single Tri-Cities benchmark, so each city keeps its own line. Each city’s map shows prices neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
Coquitlam
$1,571,400
−7.0% over 12 months
56 sales · 425 active listings · 13.2% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Coquitlam map → Coquitlam month-by-month trackerPort Moody
$1,868,000
−9.3% over 12 months
13 sales · 152 active listings · 8.6% sales-to-active (buyer-leaning)
Open the Port Moody map → Port Moody month-by-month trackerPort Coquitlam
$1,235,900
−8.4% over 12 months
19 sales · 153 active listings · 12.4% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Port Coquitlam map → Port Coquitlam month-by-month trackerCoquitlam
$962,600
−6.6% over 12 months
39 sales · 204 active listings · 19.1% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Coquitlam map → Coquitlam month-by-month trackerPort Moody
$895,800
−10.1% over 12 months
12 sales · 38 active listings · 31.6% sales-to-active (seller-leaning)
Open the Port Moody map → Port Moody month-by-month trackerPort Coquitlam
$854,900
−3.3% over 12 months
19 sales · 61 active listings · 31.1% sales-to-active (seller-leaning)
Open the Port Coquitlam map → Port Coquitlam month-by-month trackerCoquitlam
$624,200
−9.1% over 12 months
82 sales · 575 active listings · 14.3% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Coquitlam map → Coquitlam month-by-month trackerPort Moody
$680,000
−3.8% over 12 months
21 sales · 129 active listings · 16.3% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Port Moody map → Port Moody month-by-month trackerPort Coquitlam
$551,200
−7.6% over 12 months
33 sales · 155 active listings · 21.3% sales-to-active (seller-leaning)
Open the Port Coquitlam map → Port Coquitlam month-by-month trackerSource: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® REALTOR® Reports and MLS® Home Price Index, city tables; current figures are for October 2026. Sales-to-active is shown for one home type and one city. Data © Greater Vancouver REALTORS®. Updated after each monthly GVR report.
Coquitlam · interactive map
Start with the neighbourhoods: tap one to see what it’s like and open my guide for it. Then add only the details you care about, like schools, groceries, new developments, parks or daycares, using Map layers and Places on the map. Check any address, or tap Show home prices to see what homes cost neighbourhood by neighbourhood. Burke Mountain has its own detailed developments map, linked from the gold pin.
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Book a strategy callWhat’s my home worth?Neighbourhood outlines are the City of Coquitlam’s 13 community profile areas (City open data, retrieved October 25, 2026); the names buyers and MLS® listings use don’t always follow these lines, so each outline links to my guides for the streets inside it. Developments outside Burke Mountain are pinned from each project’s civic address with the BC Address Geocoder; Goldfinch, Stirling Block, Burquitlam Park District, Ironwood, Sundays on Grant and Dwell are placed at block level, and Coronation Heights and the two Fraser Mills buildings at street level from OpenStreetMap. Statuses come from each developer’s own website, checked October 25, 2026: “Selling now” means the developer lists homes for sale, including completed buildings with homes left. Home counts are shown only where the developer publishes them. Rental-only buildings aren’t shown, and projects I couldn’t verify on the developer’s own site are left off rather than guessed. Burke Mountain’s developments are on their own map. Prices are MLS® HPI benchmark prices from the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® REALTOR® Report for the latest month on file, updated with my monthly stats run; price pins mark approximate GVR neighbourhood centres, because GVR doesn’t publish neighbourhood boundaries. Address lookups use the Province of B.C.’s geocoder, distances are straight-line, and the nearest school isn’t always the catchment school. School locations come from the Province of B.C.’s K–12 school file (July 2026 update); Coast Salish Elementary and the Burke Mountain Middle-Secondary site are placed with the BC Address Geocoder. SD43 doesn’t publish catchment boundaries as a map, so they aren’t drawn: always confirm a catchment with the SD43 School Locator. Groceries and shops are placed from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and the BC Address Geocoder; community centres, libraries and City Hall from City open data. SkyTrain, West Coast Express and bus routes come from TransLink’s GTFS schedule (feed valid to January 3, 2027); trip counts are scheduled weekday trips for Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Route and arrival data used in this product or service is provided by permission of TransLink. The land-use and creek layers load live from the City of Coquitlam’s open-data map service. A land-use designation shows what the Official Community Plan allows, not what’s built or approved; rezoning decides each site. The City says its watercourse mapping may not show every watercourse exactly, and streamside setbacks are confirmed site by site: check the City’s Watercourse Setbacks map before relying on any lot. Parks, dog off-leash areas, spray parks and walking routes come from City open data (October 25, 2026). Daycares are licensed facilities from the Province of B.C.’s Child Care Map data (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), updated October 25, 2026; check the BC Child Care Map for spaces and fees.
Burquitlam is not a try-everything neighbourhood. Its trade is transit-and-condo value — a specific product for specific buyers, and one of Coquitlam’s most natural entry points. If your situation matches one of these four, the rest of this page is the playbook. If it doesn’t, that’s useful information too — Ranch Park, Eagle Ridge or Burke Mountain may fit you better.
Wants to own steps from SkyTrain without a Vancouver price tag. Burquitlam’s resale condos and older low-rise walk-ups are often among the more affordable ways to own a home steps from SkyTrain in the Tri-Cities — which makes the transit-oriented core one of Coquitlam’s most natural entry points.
Targeting transit-oriented condo demand and rental appeal. The TOD core around the station is dominated by new and resale towers with continual redevelopment approved within walking distance of the platform — the kind of SkyTrain-at-the-door product that draws steady tenant demand.
Wants a fast SkyTrain run to Burnaby, New West or Vancouver. From Burquitlam Station, downtown Vancouver (Waterfront) is roughly 35–40 minutes by SkyTrain via a transfer to the Expo Line at Lougheed (check TransLink’s Trip Planner for your trip), and Brentwood is only about 6–8 minutes. That transit-at-the-door access is the core of the appeal.
Trading a house for low-maintenance living near transit and shops. A pocket of townhome supply and the condo towers offer ground-oriented and lock-and-leave options a short walk from Burquitlam Plaza and the station cluster — everyday errands and SkyTrain both within reach.
Burquitlam is the one Coquitlam neighbourhood being physically rebuilt in front of you — overwhelmingly a condo-and-townhome neighbourhood in and around the transit-oriented core, with a thinner supply of older detached homes on the quieter side streets.
For decades Burquitlam was a quiet border pocket of older walk-up apartments and modest detached streets straddling Clarke Road and North Road. Then the SkyTrain arrived. Burquitlam Station put the Millennium Line at the neighbourhood’s doorstep, and the City of Coquitlam’s transit-oriented development rezoning followed — approving high-density residential towers within walking distance of the platform. The result is a neighbourhood in transition: shiny new condo towers rising directly beside 1970s walk-ups, with quieter detached streets holding on further from the corridor.
The defining product is the new condo tower — new and pre-sale towers rising in the TOD core, the entry point most first-time buyers and investors weigh first. Beneath it sits the value tier: resale condos and older low-rise walk-up apartments, often among the more affordable ways to own a home steps from SkyTrain in the Tri-Cities. A pocket of townhome supply bridges condos and detached — a lower-maintenance, ground-oriented option for downsizers and families who want more space near transit.
Older detached homes survive on the quieter streets away from the corridor — often on land with future rezoning or redevelopment potential given the TOD framework around them. Burquitlam is transit-and-condo value, first and foremost; buyers who want newer-construction detached typically look at Burke Mountain instead. (Burquitlam has no separate published benchmark; the citywide Coquitlam apartment HPI is the closest official reference.)
Burquitlam is overwhelmingly condo-and-townhome, with a thinner supply of older detached on the side streets. Burquitlam has no separately published MLS® benchmark, so this ladder is organised by product type — what each tier is, what it buys, and who it suits — rather than by fabricated dollar bands. The only official reference is the citywide Coquitlam apartment HPI ($624,200, October 2026 GVR).
| Tier | Where it sits | What it typically buys | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Resale & older walk-ups | The value tier | Resale condos and older low-rise walk-up apartments — often among the more affordable ways to own a home steps from SkyTrain in the Tri-Cities. | First-time buyers and budget-first buyers wanting transit access. |
| Townhomes | Mid-tier supply | A pocket of townhome supply that bridges condos and detached — a lower-maintenance, ground-oriented option with more space near transit. | Downsizers and families wanting more room near the station. |
| New condo towers | The TOD growth product | New and pre-sale towers rising in the transit-oriented core within walking distance of the SkyTrain — the defining Burquitlam product. | First-time buyers and investors weighing the entry point. |
| Older detached (side streets) | Thin supply, redevelopment upside | Detached homes on the quieter streets away from the corridor — often on land with future rezoning or redevelopment potential under the TOD framework. | Land and redevelopment-minded buyers. |
Every tier above is a product-type position, not a separate MLS® benchmark — Burquitlam has no published Burquitlam-specific number. To see what’s live right now, browse Coquitlam condos for sale or the wider Coquitlam homes for sale.
Burquitlam reads as one transit pocket from the outside. Once you tour, it breaks into a few distinct sub-areas — each with its own product and its own pace of change. Picking the pocket before the home saves buyers months of false starts.
The blocks around Burquitlam Station, inside the City of Coquitlam’s TOD rezoning area. New and resale condo towers within walking distance of the platform, with redevelopment continually completed, under construction, or in approval. Best for buyers who want SkyTrain at the door and don’t mind living in a neighbourhood being rebuilt in real time.
1970s-era low-rise walk-up apartments layered in among the new towers — often among the more affordable ways to own a home steps from SkyTrain in the Tri-Cities. Best for first-time and budget-first buyers who want transit access without new-build pricing.
Older detached homes on the quieter streets away from the Clarke Road / North Road corridor — thinner supply, often on land with future rezoning or redevelopment potential under the TOD framework. Best for buyers eyeing land value and the longer redevelopment story.
Burquitlam Plaza (530 Clarke Road) anchors the daily run — Safeway, BC Liquor, Shoppers Drug Mart and more — with an independent café-and-bakery cluster across from the station. Best for buyers who want walkable errands and coffee within a block of home and transit.
Prefer to see it on a map first? Browse live Coquitlam condo listings and I’ll walk you through which pocket each building sits in.
Four things every Burquitlam buyer asks about in the first week. The honest answers below — with the full catchment ladder just underneath.
Burquitlam is part of School District 43 (Coquitlam) and draws on a mix of west-Coquitlam elementaries feeding Hillcrest Middle and École Banting Middle, then Centennial Secondary or École Dr. Charles Best Secondary at grades 9–12. Catchments vary street-by-street and some addresses sit near the Burnaby district boundary — always verify a specific address with the SD43 locator.
The TOD core is urban, so the biggest green space is a short drive: Mundy Park — Coquitlam’s largest urban forest — plus Como Lake Park and Town Centre Park, with the wider Tri-Cities trail network beyond. Proximity to the rest of Coquitlam’s best green space is Burquitlam’s outdoor advantage.
Everyday shopping is walkable from the station. Burquitlam Plaza (530 Clarke Road) covers the daily run with a Safeway, BC Liquor, Shoppers Drug Mart and more, and a cluster of independent cafés and bakeries sits across from the station. The City of Lougheed / Lougheed Town Centre mall is a short SkyTrain hop for a full mall.
Burquitlam Station is on the Millennium Line. Downtown Vancouver (Waterfront) is roughly 35–40 minutes by SkyTrain via a transfer to the Expo Line at Lougheed (check TransLink’s Trip Planner for your trip), Brentwood in Burnaby is only about 6–8 minutes, and Coquitlam Central and Port Moody are a few stops east. That SkyTrain-at-the-door access is the core of Burquitlam’s commuter appeal.
The K–12 catchment ladder
Burquitlam is part of SD43 Coquitlam and draws on a wide mix of west-Coquitlam elementaries feeding Hillcrest Middle (one of three SD43 MACC gifted-cluster middle sites) and École Banting Middle (the Coquitlam-side French Immersion middle hub), then Centennial Secondary or École Dr. Charles Best Secondary at grades 9–12. Catchment lines shift street-by-street and some Burquitlam addresses sit near the Burnaby district boundary, so always confirm a specific address with the SD43 locator before relying on it.
Verify your exact address
Look up any Burquitlam address in SD43’s official school locator.
Type an address → see the specific neighbourhood catchment schools. This is the authoritative source.
A west-Coquitlam K–5 near the SkyTrain corridor — one of the elementaries serving parts of Burquitlam. Confirm your street with SD43.
View catchment homes →A west-Coquitlam K–5 (‘Home of the Hawks’) that serves parts of the Burquitlam area — verify your exact address.
View catchment homes →A west-Coquitlam K–5 next door to Hillcrest Middle — one of the elementary options in the Burquitlam range. Confirm with SD43.
View catchment homes →A west-Coquitlam K–5 near Mundy Park serving parts of the wider Burquitlam / Como Lake area. Verify your street with SD43.
View catchment homes →One of three SD43 MACC gifted-cluster middle schools — a primary grade 6–8 catchment for many Burquitlam addresses.
View catchment homes →SD43’s Coquitlam-side French Immersion middle continuation hub at grades 6–8 — which middle applies depends on your exact address.
View catchment homes →A long-running AP secondary and FI continuation at grades 9–12 — a secondary catchment option for Burquitlam addresses. Verify with SD43.
View catchment homes →SD43’s primary Coquitlam-side French Immersion secondary on Como Lake Avenue — a sought-after grade 9–12 catchment. Confirm your street with SD43.
View catchment homes →Catchments can change. Verify any specific address against the official SD43 school locator before relying on it.
Full Coquitlam schools guide →These are the two neighbourhoods buyers most often weigh against Burquitlam — and they diverge sharply on product, character, and transit. Burquitlam has no separately published MLS® benchmark, so this is a qualitative side-by-side; price cells are left blank rather than estimated.
| Factor | Burquitlam | Burke Mountain | Ranch Park |
|---|---|---|---|
| Dominant product | Condo-first — new + resale towers, some townhomes | Newer-construction detached & townhomes | Established detached |
| Character & pace of change | Rebuilding in real time — new towers over older walk-ups | Newer, still filling in | Settled, low-change streets |
| SkyTrain access | At the door — Burquitlam Station (Millennium Line) | — | — |
| Median price (October 2026) | — | — | — |
| Best for | First-time buyers, investors, commuters, downsizers | Move-up families wanting newer construction | Buyers wanting a settled, established-detached street |
Comparisons are qualitative and based on neighbourhood character — Burquitlam has no separately published MLS® benchmark, so price cells are left blank rather than estimated (the closest official reference is the citywide Coquitlam apartment HPI of $624,200, October 2026 GVR). Keep reading: Burke Mountain · Ranch Park · Where to Buy in Coquitlam.
Every neighbourhood is a trade. Burquitlam’s trade is transit-and-condo access and change over settled-detached quiet. Reading these two columns honestly saves time, stress, and expensive second-guessing.
I’m not a Burquitlam resident — and I won’t pretend to be. What I am is a 47+ year Tri-Cities local who has watched this border pocket go from quiet walk-ups to a SkyTrain-driven tower district in real time. I know why the TOD core prices the way it does, how the older walk-ups and detached side streets compare to the new towers, and which side of the change actually holds value. In a neighbourhood being rebuilt this fast, knowing what’s coming next matters more than knowing what’s there today — and that’s the read a fly-in agent can’t copy.
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Quick answer
What is Burquitlam, and who is it for?
Burquitlam is Coquitlam West’s SkyTrain-adjacent, transit-oriented neighbourhood on the Burnaby border — anchored by Burquitlam Station on the Millennium Line, with high-density condo growth and TOD rezoning layered over older walk-ups and detached streets. It is condo-dominant, with strong first-time-buyer, investor and commuter appeal, and a short SkyTrain hop from The City of Lougheed for full-mall shopping. Downtown Vancouver is roughly 35–40 minutes by SkyTrain; Brentwood is only 6–8 minutes. Burquitlam has no separately published MLS® benchmark; the closest official reference is the citywide Coquitlam apartment HPI of $624,200 (October 2026 GVR). Written by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BCFSA Licence #187645) and 47+ year Tri-Cities resident.
Coquitlam West, on the border with Burnaby — anchored on Burquitlam Station (Millennium Line) and the transit-oriented rezoning area along Clarke Road and North Road. From the station the SkyTrain runs east to Port Moody and central Coquitlam and west to Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver.
Condo-dominant. The transit-oriented core is a mix of new and resale condo towers plus some townhomes, with older walk-up apartments and detached homes on the side streets away from the SkyTrain corridor. It has strong first-time-buyer, investor and commuter appeal. Browse the current condo picture at Coquitlam condos for sale →
It sits in the City of Coquitlam’s transit-oriented development (TOD) rezoning area around Burquitlam Station. High-density residential redevelopment has been approved within walking distance of the SkyTrain, so new condo towers are continually completed, under construction, or in approval — layered over the older walk-ups and detached streets that were there first.
SD43 Coquitlam. Burquitlam draws on a mix of west-Coquitlam elementaries feeding Hillcrest Middle and École Banting Middle, then Centennial Secondary or École Dr. Charles Best Secondary. Catchments vary street-by-street and some addresses sit near the Burnaby district boundary — always verify a specific address with the SD43 school locator. Full district view at Coquitlam schools →
Burquitlam Station is on the Millennium Line. Downtown Vancouver (Waterfront) is roughly 35–40 minutes by SkyTrain via a transfer to the Expo Line at Lougheed (check TransLink’s Trip Planner for your trip); Brentwood in Burnaby is only about 6–8 minutes; and Coquitlam Central and Port Moody are a few stops east. That SkyTrain-at-the-door access is the core of Burquitlam’s commuter appeal.
Everyday shopping is at Burquitlam Plaza (530 Clarke Road) with a Safeway, BC Liquor, Shoppers Drug Mart and a cluster of restaurants and services, plus independent cafés and bakeries across from the station. The City of Lougheed / Lougheed Town Centre mall is a short SkyTrain hop for full shopping. City-wide Coquitlam youth sports and the nearest major facilities — Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex and Mundy Park — are a short drive.
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