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Cariboo is the transit-oriented, redeveloping West-Coquitlam pocket near North Road and Clarke Road — on the Burnaby border, close to SFU and Burnaby Mountain, and quieter and greener than the Burquitlam Station core. It mixes older detached homes, townhomes and low-rise apartments with active redevelopment, and it prices as one of Coquitlam’s stronger transit-value entry points. This is the complete guide: homes, schools, parks, sports, shopping, and the honest read. Built by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BCFSA Licence #187645) — a 47+ year Tri-Cities resident.
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Open the Coquitlam mapCariboo doesn’t publish its own MLS® sub-area benchmark, so the most honest reference points are the citywide Coquitlam apartment and townhouse numbers — clearly labelled as such — because Cariboo is weighted toward condos, townhomes and some older detached rather than a single dominant type. What makes Cariboo interesting isn’t a headline stat; it’s the transit-value gap: a quieter, greener, SFU-adjacent West-Coquitlam address at an entry price, with redevelopment steadily adding supply.
No separately published Cariboo HPI — citywide figures are the honest reference.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR) monthly HPI, Coquitlam, September 2026. Cariboo has no separately published MLS® sub-area benchmark, so the citywide Coquitlam apartment ($640,100), townhouse ($976,600) and detached ($1,584,400) figures are the closest honest references — clearly labelled as citywide, not Cariboo-specific.
The Greater Vancouver REALTORS® benchmark for Coquitlam by home type, with its trend over the last 6 months, how fast homes are selling, the price ranges that are selling, and every Coquitlam neighbourhood with a published benchmark, ranked. Tell it whether you’re selling, buying, moving up or downsizing and it shows what matters for you. A benchmark describes a typical home — your home’s value depends on its own lot, condition and street.
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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 September 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
$1,584,400
−6.6% over 12 months
46 sales · 470 active listings · 9.8% sales-to-active (buyer-leaning)
Open the Coquitlam map → Coquitlam month-by-month trackerPort Moody
$1,903,500
−8.4% over 12 months
16 sales · 148 active listings · 10.8% sales-to-active (buyer-leaning)
Open the Port Moody map → Port Moody month-by-month trackerPort Coquitlam
$1,240,600
−8.5% over 12 months
26 sales · 170 active listings · 15.3% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Port Coquitlam map → Port Coquitlam month-by-month trackerCoquitlam
$976,600
−6.4% over 12 months
26 sales · 196 active listings · 13.3% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Coquitlam map → Coquitlam month-by-month trackerPort Moody
$940,900
−5.2% over 12 months
8 sales · 42 active listings · 19.0% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Port Moody map → Port Moody month-by-month trackerPort Coquitlam
$834,300
−7.8% over 12 months
14 sales · 68 active listings · 20.6% sales-to-active (seller-leaning)
Open the Port Coquitlam map → Port Coquitlam month-by-month trackerCoquitlam
$640,100
−7.3% over 12 months
63 sales · 600 active listings · 10.5% sales-to-active (buyer-leaning)
Open the Coquitlam map → Coquitlam month-by-month trackerPort Moody
$676,200
−4.9% over 12 months
21 sales · 142 active listings · 14.8% sales-to-active (balanced range)
Open the Port Moody map → Port Moody month-by-month trackerPort Coquitlam
$550,000
−9.0% over 12 months
13 sales · 151 active listings · 8.6% sales-to-active (buyer-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 September 2026. Sales-to-active is shown for one home type and one city. Data © Greater Vancouver REALTORS®. Updated after each monthly GVR report.
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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.
Cariboo is a specific trade: transit-value and green space over station-core density and detached prestige. 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 — the Burquitlam Station core, Burke Mountain or Coquitlam Town Centre may fit you better.
Wanting low-rise or townhome entry near two SkyTrain lines — Burquitlam on the Millennium Line and Lougheed Town Centre where the Millennium and Expo Lines meet. This is the most accessible way into a Burnaby-border, two-station-adjacent West-Coquitlam address, at an entry price that tracks Coquitlam’s citywide apartment and townhouse numbers.
Drawn to the École Rochester Elementary French-Immersion ladder that runs on to École Banting Middle and Dr. Charles Best Secondary, with Maillard Middle also nearby. For this family the SD43 catchment is the magnet, and the address is chosen around it — always verified street by street with the SD43 locator.
Wants West-Coquitlam access but quieter and greener than the Burquitlam core. Cariboo sits in the Como Creek watershed headwaters, so green space is woven into the fabric — Rochester Park, Como Lake Park and the Stoney Creek trails — rather than a drive away. Transit-first, but still wanting trees and quiet.
Eyeing a redeveloping, Burnaby-border pocket close to SFU and Burnaby Mountain. Projects like Lodana layer condos, townhomes and heritage-home suites into the pocket, roughly a 10-minute walk from Lougheed Town Centre Station — steadily adding supply in a two-station-adjacent West-Coquitlam address.
Cariboo is the quieter, greener, Burnaby-border half of West Coquitlam — a genuinely mixed pocket of low-rise apartments, townhomes and older detached homes, with redevelopment steadily arriving.
Where the Burquitlam Station core is the dense, tower-driven transit hub, Cariboo sits to its west along North Road, Clarke Road and Rochester Street — closer to the Burnaby line, closer to SFU and Burnaby Mountain, and noticeably lower-rise and leafier. It still holds a real mix of older detached homes, townhomes and low-rise apartments, and this is the Como Creek watershed’s upper reaches, so green space is woven into the fabric rather than tacked on.
By type, low-rise apartments are the transit-value entry point — walk-up and low-rise condos, plus new redevelopment stock. Townhomes are the middle rung, in established complexes and new redevelopment rows for families and downsizers who want ground-oriented space short of a full detached carry. Older detached homes are the legacy layer on the quieter Rochester Street / North Road side, several of which sit on redevelopment-designated land — a holding-and-renovation or land-value play as much as a lifestyle buy. Projects like Lodana layer condos, townhomes and heritage-home suites into the pocket, roughly a 10-minute walk from Lougheed Town Centre Station.
Geographically it’s a value-and-access sweet spot: on the Burnaby border with two SkyTrain stations in reach, so the price of entry tracks Coquitlam’s citywide apartment and townhouse numbers rather than a detached-heavy submarket (Cariboo has no separate published sub-area benchmark). Who it’s not for: buyers who specifically want a tower right at the SkyTrain station (that’s the Burquitlam Station core), or buyers who only want newer-construction detached inventory (that’s Burke Mountain). Cariboo is transit-value-with-green-space, first and foremost.
Cariboo is a genuinely mixed pocket — low-rise apartments and townhomes make up much of the supply, alongside a base of older detached homes and steadily arriving redevelopment. Cariboo has no separate published sub-area benchmark, so the figures below are the citywide Coquitlam GVR® numbers for September 2026, clearly labelled — not a Cariboo-specific HPI.
| Home type | Price benchmark (citywide, September 2026) | What it typically buys | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Low-rise apartments | Coquitlam apt HPI ~$640,100 | The transit-value entry point — walk-up and low-rise condos, plus new redevelopment stock. The most accessible way into a Burnaby-border, two-station-adjacent West-Coquitlam address. | Transit-value and first-time buyers wanting the most accessible entry. |
| Townhomes | Coquitlam townhouse HPI ~$976,600 | The middle rung — established townhome complexes and new redevelopment rows, with the transit and green-space access, short of a full detached carry. | Families and downsizers wanting ground-oriented space short of detached. |
| Older detached homes | Coquitlam detached HPI ~$1,584,400 | The legacy layer — older detached homes on the quieter Rochester Street / North Road side, several on redevelopment-designated land. | Holding-and-renovation or land-value buyers. |
Every figure above is a citywide Coquitlam GVR® benchmark for September 2026, clearly labelled — not a Cariboo-specific HPI, which isn’t separately published. To see what’s live right now, browse Coquitlam homes for sale or the wider Coquitlam detached market.
Cariboo is a small pocket, but it reads as a few distinct edges — the North Road spine, the quieter Rochester Street streets, the Como Creek green space, and the redeveloping Lougheed Station edge. Knowing which edge you’re on shapes the daily-life trade.
The everyday run along the Burnaby border — Korean and Asian grocery and restaurants line the North Road strip, with Burquitlam Plaza’s everyday shops and services a short distance east. This is the corridor Cariboo’s daily life leans on.
The lower-rise, leafier older-detached streets on the Rochester Street / North Road side, beside Rochester Park. Several homes sit on redevelopment-designated land — a holding-and-renovation or land-value layer as much as a lifestyle buy.
Cariboo sits in the Como Creek watershed headwaters, so green space is built in: Rochester Park’s three-level play area, Como Lake Park at the creek headwaters, and the Stoney Creek trails climbing toward Burnaby Mountain from the Burnaby-border edge.
The two-station-adjacent side where redevelopment is arriving — projects like Lodana layer condos, townhomes and heritage-home suites into the pocket, roughly a 10-minute walk from Lougheed Town Centre Station where the Millennium and Expo Lines meet.
Prefer to see it on a map first? Browse live Coquitlam listings and I’ll walk you through which edge each street sits on.
Four things every Cariboo buyer asks about in the first week. The honest answers below — with the full catchment ladder just underneath.
Cariboo is part of School District 43 (Coquitlam). A common West-Coquitlam ladder runs École Rochester Elementary (French Immersion) to École Banting Middle to Dr. Charles Best Secondary, with Maillard Middle also nearby. Catchments vary street by street — always verify a specific address with the SD43 locator.
Rochester Park anchors the neighbourhood — a three-level play area with a zipline, a big wooden climbing structure, a scooter park and picnic areas, next to Maillard Middle. Como Lake Park sits at the Como Creek headwaters, and the Stoney Creek trails climb toward Burnaby Mountain from the Burnaby-border edge, with the Coquitlam Crunch a short drive.
Coquitlam’s youth sports run through city-wide associations rather than by neighbourhood, so a Cariboo family taps the same clubs the rest of Coquitlam does — Coquitlam Minor Hockey, Metro-Ford Soccer, Moody Minor Baseball, Minor Lacrosse and Minor Football. From the West-Coquitlam side you’re a short drive from the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex — the city’s main arena, pool and box-lacrosse hub — and, on the Burnaby border, Burnaby’s rec facilities are close too.
Cariboo’s daily life leans on the North Road corridor and a short SkyTrain hop. Everyday errands are covered along North Road and at Burquitlam Plaza, while the City of Lougheed / Lougheed Town Centre handles anything bigger, one stop away on the Millennium Line. Cariboo sits near Burquitlam Station and close to Lougheed Town Centre Station, where the Millennium and Expo Lines meet.
The K–12 catchment ladder
Cariboo sits in SD43 Coquitlam’s West-Coquitlam catchments. A common ladder runs École Rochester Elementary (French Immersion) → École Banting Middle (Maillard Middle is the alternate) → Dr. Charles Best Secondary. Catchments vary by exact address — always verify with SD43.
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Look up any Cariboo address in SD43’s official school locator.
Type an address → see the specific neighbourhood catchment schools. This is the authoritative source.
West-Coquitlam French-Immersion elementary, beside Rochester Park.
View catchment homes →The common West-Coquitlam middle catchment (Maillard Middle is the alternate).
View catchment homes →Grades 9–12, on Como Lake Avenue.
View catchment homes →Catchments can change. Verify any specific address against the official SD43 school locator before relying on it.
Full Coquitlam schools guide →Both are West-Coquitlam neighbours, but they play different roles. Cariboo is the Burnaby-border / North Road / Rochester Street side — SFU-adjacent, lower-rise, greener and quieter. Burquitlam is the SkyTrain-station transit-oriented (TOD) core, denser and more tower-driven around Burquitlam Station. Cariboo has no separately published sub-area benchmark, so price cells reference the citywide Coquitlam numbers or read as “—” rather than a fabricated figure.
| Factor | Cariboo | Burquitlam |
|---|---|---|
| Role in West Coquitlam | Burnaby-border / North Road / Rochester Street side — SFU-adjacent, quieter and greener | The SkyTrain-station transit-oriented (TOD) core around Burquitlam Station |
| Built form & density | Lower-rise — older detached, townhomes and low-rise apartments, plus redevelopment | Denser and more tower-driven |
| Published price benchmark (September 2026) | — (no separate sub-area HPI; tracks citywide Coquitlam apt $640,100 / townhouse $976,600) | — |
| Green space | Como Creek headwaters — Rochester Park, Como Lake Park, Stoney Creek trails | — |
| Transit | Near Burquitlam Station; ~10-min walk to Lougheed Town Centre Station (redevelopment like Lodana) | At Burquitlam Station on the Millennium Line |
| Best for | Transit-value buyers wanting quieter, greener West-Coquitlam access | Buyers wanting a tower right at the SkyTrain station |
Cariboo has no separately published MLS® sub-area benchmark, so no Cariboo-specific price is invented here — unknown cells read as “—”. Buyers often compare the two on price, density and walk-to-station convenience; read the Burquitlam guide to compare.
Every neighbourhood is a trade. Cariboo’s trade is transit-value-and-green-space over station-core density and detached prestige. Reading these two columns honestly saves time, stress, and expensive second-guessing.
I’m not a Cariboo resident — and I won’t pretend to be. What I am is a 47+ year Tri-Cities local who has watched West Coquitlam trade through cycle after cycle. I know how Cariboo prices relative to the Burquitlam SkyTrain core and the wider Lougheed corridor, how the École Rochester and Dr. Charles Best catchments shape family demand, and what the area’s mix of older detached homes, townhomes and low-rise redevelopment is actually worth. That’s the read a fly-in agent can’t copy.
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Quick answer
What is Cariboo, and who is it for?
Cariboo is the quieter, greener West-Coquitlam pocket near North Road and Clarke Road, on the Burnaby border and close to SFU / Burnaby Mountain — distinct from the denser Burquitlam Station core just to the east, within the Como Creek watershed headwaters. It mixes older detached homes, townhomes and low-rise apartments with active redevelopment (e.g. Lodana, roughly a 10-minute walk to Lougheed Town Centre Station). Cariboo has no separately published sub-area benchmark, so the citywide Coquitlam apartment HPI of $640,100 and townhouse HPI of $976,600 (September 2026 GVR) are the closest references. It suits transit-value and first-time buyers, SFU-adjacent commuters, downsizers wanting low-rise or townhome entry, and families drawn to the École Rochester French-Immersion ladder. Written by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BCFSA Licence #187645) and 47+ year Tri-Cities resident.
Cariboo is a West-Coquitlam pocket near North Road and Clarke Road, on the Burnaby border and close to SFU / Burnaby Mountain. It sits within the Como Creek watershed headwaters and is the quieter, greener, lower-rise side of West Coquitlam — distinct from the Burquitlam SkyTrain-station core just to the east. Redevelopment such as Lodana sits roughly a 10-minute walk from Lougheed Town Centre Station.
Both are West-Coquitlam neighbours, but they play different roles. Cariboo is the Burnaby-border / North Road / Rochester Street side — SFU-adjacent, lower-rise, greener and quieter, still holding older detached homes, townhomes and low-rise apartments. Burquitlam is the SkyTrain-station transit-oriented (TOD) core, denser and more tower-driven around Burquitlam Station. Read the Burquitlam guide to compare.
Cariboo is an entry-value, transit-oriented pocket weighted toward townhomes, low-rise condos and some older detached, so the most honest references are the citywide Coquitlam apartment HPI of $640,100 and townhouse HPI of $976,600 (September 2026 GVR), both clearly labelled citywide. Cariboo has no separately published sub-area benchmark, so no Cariboo-specific price is invented here. Search the wider city at Coquitlam homes for sale.
SD43 Coquitlam. A common West-Coquitlam ladder runs École Rochester Elementary (French Immersion) → École Banting Middle → Dr. Charles Best Secondary, with Maillard Middle also nearby. Catchments shift street by street, so always verify a specific address with the SD43 school locator. Full district view at Coquitlam schools.
Yes — for transit-value buyers, SFU-adjacent commuters and students, first-time and downsizing buyers wanting townhome or low-rise entry, and families drawn to the Rochester Elementary French-Immersion ladder. It’s less ideal if you want a tower-at-the-station lifestyle (that’s the Burquitlam core) or newer-construction-only detached inventory (Burke Mountain).
Cariboo sits near Burquitlam Station on the Millennium Line and close to Lougheed Town Centre Station, where the Millennium and Expo Lines meet. Redevelopment such as Lodana is roughly a 10-minute walk to Lougheed Town Centre Station; from there SFU / Burnaby Mountain, Metrotown and downtown-bound connections are a short ride.
Whether you’re scouting a West-Coquitlam townhome, weighing Cariboo against Burquitlam, Oakdale and the wider Lougheed corridor, or sequencing a sell-and-buy — the next step is the same. A 20-minute call, no pressure, every question answered. Or start with an Equity Map if you are listing first.
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