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A small, low-turnover pocket of detached homes on large flat lots along Pipeline Road, tucked against the Coquitlam River and greenbelt — yet roughly five minutes from Town Centre Park, Lafarge Lake, Coquitlam Centre and SkyTrain. If you want privacy and yard space without giving up the amenities of North Coquitlam, this is the under-the-radar street to know. Built by a 47+ year Tri-Cities resident who earned a Top 2% Team award with Royal LePage nationwide, 2023–2025.
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Open the Coquitlam mapHockaday is a small pocket — GVR does publish a Hockaday detached benchmark ($1,609,300 in September 2026), but it rests on very few sales (1 that month), so I read it alongside the citywide Coquitlam detached number. What actually sets value here is the lot: flat, large, and often backing greenbelt, on homes that vary in age and condition. Here is the current pulse, with the citywide benchmark labelled as such.
A detached-only pocket — effectively no condo or townhome stock.
Coquitlam River & greenbelt; many streets back onto forest for privacy.
To Coquitlam Central SkyTrain, Town Centre Park & Lafarge Lake.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR) monthly HPI, Coquitlam detached, September 2026 ($1,584,400). Hockaday’s own GVR detached benchmark was $1,609,300 on a sales count of 1, so the city number is used as the steadier reference. Hockaday is a detached-only, low-turnover pocket along Pipeline Road beside the Coquitlam River, roughly five minutes from Coquitlam Town Centre and the Coquitlam Central SkyTrain station.
The Greater Vancouver REALTORS® benchmark for Hockaday, by home type, with its trend over the last 3 months, how fast homes are selling, and how it compares with the city. Tell it whether you’re selling, buying, moving up or downsizing and it shows what matters for you. A benchmark describes a typical home here — your home’s value depends on its own lot, condition and street.
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Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® REALTOR® Reports, neighbourhood and price-range tables; current figures are for September 2026 (MLS® Home Price Index). 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.
Hockaday is not a try-everything neighbourhood. It is a specific product for a specific buyer — detached living on a big flat lot, greenbelt privacy, and a quiet street minutes from Town Centre. If your situation matches one of these, the rest of this page is the playbook.
Wants detached living on a big flat lot with greenbelt privacy — often no neighbour behind you and trails at the back gate — without giving up the amenities of North Coquitlam. This is the buyer Hockaday is built for.
Choosing a stable, low-turnover, family-oriented street with little pass-through traffic and no condo towers. It is the kind of pocket buyers find once and then wait years for the right home to list.
Wants to sit five minutes from Town Centre Park, Lafarge Lake, Coquitlam Centre and SkyTrain — the big grocery run, a night out, and the train all a short reach — without living on top of the noise.
Hockaday is a detached-home neighbourhood — full stop. There is effectively no condo or townhome stock here, so the decision is less about home type and more about lot, orientation and how much updating a given home needs.
The whole neighbourhood is big, flat, family-sized lots — many backing onto greenbelt or forest for privacy. Homes vary in age and condition, so the all-in number after any updates is what matters most. Because there is effectively no condo or townhome supply, the choice comes down to the lot itself and the work a specific home needs.
A number of Hockaday streets back directly onto the Coquitlam River greenbelt and forest. That privacy — no neighbour behind you, trails at the back gate — is the reason buyers seek out this quiet pocket. It is a stable, low-turnover, family-oriented neighbourhood hemmed by the river and its greenbelt on one side and Pipeline Road on the other, with little pass-through traffic.
Because Hockaday is detached-only and low-turnover, inventory is thin and comes up quietly. Buyers who want a condo or townhome typically look to North Coquitlam / Town Centre instead; Hockaday is where you go for detached space, privacy and quiet, five minutes from Town Centre, Lafarge Lake and SkyTrain.
Hockaday is detached-only; its own GVR detached benchmark ($1,609,300) rests on very few sales, so I check it against the citywide Coquitlam detached number. The decision here is less about home type and more about the lot: flat, large, and often backing greenbelt, on homes that vary in age and condition.
| Type | Price reference | What it typically buys | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Detached on a large flat lot | ~$1.58M (Coquitlam detached benchmark) | The whole neighbourhood — big, flat, family-sized lots, many backing onto greenbelt or forest. Homes vary in age and condition, so the all-in number after any updates is what matters most. | Families wanting detached space and yard near Town Centre. |
| Greenbelt-backing / riverfront-adjacent lot | — | Streets that back directly onto the Coquitlam River greenbelt and forest — no neighbour behind you, trails at the back gate. The privacy premium of the pocket. | Privacy-first buyers; the reason buyers seek out this pocket. |
The figure above is the citywide Coquitlam detached number; Hockaday’s own GVR benchmark was $1,609,300 in September 2026. To see what’s live right now, browse Coquitlam detached homes.
Hockaday sits on the Coquitlam River, so the outdoors is right at the property line — two riverfront parks in the pocket itself, plus the RC-car and model-airplane park, and Town Centre’s big amenities five minutes away.
A riverfront park with a viewing platform and a small sand beach on the Coquitlam River, right in the neighbourhood.
At 3252 Galette Ave, quiet walking and hiking trails run along the Coquitlam River — the daily-walk network for most streets in the pocket.
On Pipeline Road, home to the Coquitlam Area Model Raceway Club RC-car racetrack and the model-airplane flying fields.
Town Centre Park, Lafarge Lake, the City Centre Aquatic Complex, Coquitlam Centre and the Coquitlam Central SkyTrain station are all about five minutes away.
Prefer to see it on a map first? Explore the Coquitlam parks & trails hub and I’ll walk you through which streets back the river.
Four things every Hockaday buyer asks about in the first week. The honest answers below — with the full catchment ladder just underneath.
Hockaday is in the north-Coquitlam / Town Centre area of School District 43. Coquitlam River Elementary — on Pipeline Road by the river — is the closest; Nestor and Walton are nearby, feeding into Scott Creek Middle and Gleneagle or Pinetree Secondary. Douglas College David Lam campus is minutes away. Catchments shift with enrolment; always confirm a specific address in the SD43 locator.
Two riverfront parks sit in the pocket itself — Hockaday Park (viewing platform, small sand beach) and Galette Park (walking and hiking trails on the water) — plus Upper Coquitlam River Park with the RC-car racetrack and model-airplane fields. Town Centre Park, Lafarge Lake and the City Centre Aquatic Complex are about five minutes away.
Coquitlam’s youth sports run through city-wide associations rather than by neighbourhood, so a Hockaday family taps the same clubs the rest of north and central Coquitlam does — hockey and lacrosse at the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex, soccer and football at Town Centre Park, baseball at Mundy Park. The advantage of Hockaday is location: minutes from Town Centre Park, one of the city’s main sports hubs.
Hockaday’s quiet is its selling point, but nothing daily is far. You sit minutes from Coquitlam Town Centre — the Tri-Cities’ shopping, dining and transit core, anchored by Coquitlam Centre, the Tri-Cities’ largest mall — so the big grocery run, a restaurant night out, and the Coquitlam Central SkyTrain are all a five-minute reach without living on top of the noise.
The K–12 catchment ladder
Hockaday sits in the north-Coquitlam / Town Centre area of School District 43. Coquitlam River Elementary — on Pipeline Road right by the river — is the closest, with Nestor and Walton nearby, feeding into Scott Creek Middle and Gleneagle or Pinetree Secondary. Douglas College David Lam campus is minutes away. Catchments shift with enrolment; always confirm a specific address in the SD43 locator.
Verify your exact address
Look up any Hockaday address in SD43’s official school locator.
Type an address → see the specific neighbourhood catchment schools. This is the authoritative source.
On Pipeline Road by the river — the closest elementary to Hockaday.
View school guide →A nearby north-Coquitlam K–5 catchment option for the Hockaday area.
View catchment homes →A Town Centre–area elementary in the wider north-Coquitlam catchment set.
View school guide →The north-Coquitlam grade 6–8 catchment serving much of the Town Centre area.
View catchment homes →A north-Coquitlam grade 9–12 catchment option for the Hockaday area.
View catchment homes →The Town Centre grade 9–12 catchment, next to Douglas College David Lam.
View catchment homes →Catchments can change. Verify any specific address against the official SD43 school locator before relying on it.
All Coquitlam schools →The two sit minutes apart, and buyers weighing Hockaday almost always weigh it against the Town Centre core next door. Hockaday’s own benchmark rests on very few sales, so the numeric cells stay conservative — the real difference is in setting, pace and housing type.
| Factor | Hockaday | North Coquitlam / Town Centre |
|---|---|---|
| Detached benchmark (September 2026) | $1,609,300 (Coquitlam citywide $1.58M) | — |
| Housing type | Detached-only, large flat lots; no condo towers | The Tri-Cities’ shopping, dining and transit core |
| Setting | Coquitlam River & greenbelt; many lots back onto forest | Lafarge Lake & the City Centre district |
| Pace | Quiet, little pass-through traffic, low-turnover | Busy amenity core |
| Transit | ~5 min drive to Coquitlam Central SkyTrain | Coquitlam Central SkyTrain on the doorstep |
| Best for | Detached privacy & yard, five minutes from amenities | Walk-everywhere, amenity-core lifestyle |
Hockaday’s own GVR detached benchmark ($1,609,300) rests on very few sales, so the citywide Coquitlam detached number is used alongside it. For the amenity core next door, read the North Coquitlam / Town Centre guide.
Hockaday is a strong pocket. That does not make it the right pocket for every buyer. Reading these two columns honestly saves time, stress, and expensive second-guessing.
Hockaday is the kind of neighbourhood you only understand by having watched Coquitlam grow around it. I’ve lived in this city for 47+ years — I know which streets back the river, how the north-Coquitlam catchments have shifted, and why buyers here weigh a flat, greenbelt-backing lot ahead of the finishings inside a home. That local read is the thing a fly-in agent can’t copy, and it’s exactly what a thin-inventory, detached-only pocket rewards.
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What is Hockaday, and who is it for?
Hockaday is a small residential pocket in north Coquitlam, along Pipeline Road north of David Avenue and just west of the Coquitlam River — almost entirely detached homes on large, flat lots, with many streets backing onto greenbelt and forest for privacy. It sits roughly five minutes from Town Centre Park, Lafarge Lake, the City Centre Aquatic Complex, Coquitlam Centre and the Coquitlam Central SkyTrain station. Because it is detached-only and low-turnover, inventory is thin and comes up quietly. As a citywide reference, the Coquitlam detached benchmark is $1,584,400 (September 2026 GVR HPI); Hockaday’s own GVR detached benchmark was $1,609,300. It suits privacy-and-yard families, families that plan to stay, and Town-Centre-adjacent buyers who don’t want the noise. Written by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BCFSA Licence #187645) and 47+ year Tri-Cities resident.
Hockaday is a small residential pocket in north Coquitlam, along Pipeline Road north of David Avenue and just west of the Coquitlam River, a short drive from Town Centre. It sits near Town Centre Park and the Coquitlam River greenbelt.
Almost entirely detached homes, many on large flat lots. A number of streets back onto greenbelt or forest for privacy and quiet. It is a stable, low-turnover, family-oriented pocket — see current Coquitlam detached homes for the citywide benchmark.
Hockaday is in the north-Coquitlam / Town Centre area of SD43, with Coquitlam River Elementary and Nestor among the closest catchments, and Douglas College David Lam campus nearby. Catchments shift with enrolment — verify the exact schools for an address in the SD43 locator.
Right in the neighbourhood there are two riverfront parks — Hockaday Park (viewing platform, small sand beach) and Galette Park (walking and hiking trails on the Coquitlam River) — plus Upper Coquitlam River Park (RC-car racetrack and model-airplane fields). It is minutes to Town Centre Park, Lafarge Lake and the City Centre Aquatic Complex. See the Coquitlam parks & trails hub.
For buyers who want detached living on big flat lots with greenbelt privacy while staying about five minutes from Town Centre and SkyTrain, it is a strong under-the-radar choice. It is detached-only and low-turnover, so inventory is thin — be ready to move when the right home lists. The fastest way to get on the early-notice list is a 20-minute strategy call.
Detached-only and low-turnover means the right Hockaday home is worth waiting for — and worth being ready for. Whether you’re buying into the pocket or selling a home here, 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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