Elementary · NE Port Coquitlam · French Immersion · NEW $24.3M Building
Updated October 2026 · Craig Johnston, REALTOR® V99960
A Coquitlam REALTOR®'s read on Irvine Elementary — Port Coquitlam's newest school building (a $24.3M replacement campus on Wellington Street) and one of three PoCo dual-track French Immersion host elementaries. The closest FI option for Burke Mountain families on the PoCo side.
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What should you know about École Irvine Elementary?
École Irvine Elementary School — École Irvine Elementary School is an elementary school in Port Coquitlam, serving grades K–5 in the NE Port Coquitlam · Wellington · Burke Mountain-adjacent area. PoCo's newest school building — FI host for Burke Mountain-adjacent families. Address: 3862 Wellington Street, V3B 3Z4. Phone 604-941-3408.
Verify your exact address
Check whether your address is actually inside the Irvine Elementary catchment.
SD43 catchments are set by address, not by neighbourhood name. Enter your street in the district’s official School Locator to see the schools that serve your home. This is the authoritative source.
Verified school facts · SD43
School type
Elementary
Grades
K–5
District
SD43 (Coquitlam School District)
Address
3862 Wellington Street, Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 3Z4
Phone
Website
Administration (2025–26)
Martin Bozic (Principal) · mbozic@sd43.bc.ca
VP: Confirm current VP roster with the school office.
Enrolment
407 students, School Year 2025–2026. Dual-track school (English + Early French Immersion) — see Enrolment Snapshot below for the grade-by-grade breakdown. Confirm current-year totals with the school office.
School hours
Confirm the current year's bell schedule directly with the school at 604-941-3408.
Local representation
School Trustee: SD43 Board of Education contact → · MLA: Port Coquitlam
In-catchment registration
Cross-catchment / school of choice
Catchment locator
School details verified against the SD43 school page (June 2026). Bell schedules, administrators, and program details can change year to year — confirm the current year directly with the school office before relying on any specific number.
Enrolment snapshot
Real, sourced enrolment figures for Irvine — cross-referenced so you're not relying on a guess.
Current enrolment
407 students
2025–2026 school year
Grades served
K–5
Dual-track: English + Early French Immersion
Enrolment by grade
School Year 2025–2026 (Grades 1–5 — see note below)
Honest gap: Kindergarten enrolment is not broken out separately in the source consulted, so it is not shown as its own bar and has not been backed out from the total as an estimate. Grades 1–5 alone total 340 of the school's 407 enrolled students; the remainder reflects Kindergarten plus any ungraded/other enrolment. Cross-check with the school office before relying on any single grade's count for planning purposes.
Enrolment sourced via schoolguide.vtco.app's public school-lookup tool, retrieved September 2026 (School Year 2025–2026).
What this school is best known for
Irvine is dual-track — Early French Immersion plus a standard K–5 English program — in a brand-new $24.3M building on Wellington Street, replacing the previous 52-year-old facility. The new build is one of the newest school facilities in SD43 and was specifically designed to serve the Burke Mountain corridor's growing family demand on the Port Coquitlam side.
Programs & academic profile
One of three Port Coquitlam dual-track FI host elementaries. Apply through the SD43 Programs of Choice window — typically the first two weeks of January. K–2 = 100% French; grades 3–5 = 80% French.
Standard BC elementary curriculum for in-catchment families not in the FI stream, in a brand-new facility.
Irvine's new $24.3M building replaced a 52-year-old previous school. The new facility includes modern learning spaces, accessible design, and improved outdoor learning areas.
SD43 inclusive-education model — resource teachers, learning support, counselling.
Standard SD43 English Language Learning programming for the English stream.
District-wide, under SD43's Aboriginal Enhancement Agreement. Indigenous Support Teachers and Child & Youth Care Workers, scholarships, land-based learning, and the All Nations Canoe Event, serving grades K–12 across SD43.
District-wide, grades K–12. Full-year (10-month) and summer options, with ESL and Culture Programming and a Teacher Training Program; qualifying secondary students can access AP and IB coursework.
Standard SD43 elementary athletics — choir, cross-country, intramurals.
SD43 has discontinued regular bus transportation. Burke Mountain families commute by car.
Catchment, feeders & cross-catchment
Northeast Port Coquitlam — Wellington Street area, near the Burke Mountain edge. The English-stream catchment serves the surrounding residential streets; the FI program is district-wide via SD43 Programs of Choice.
Irvine is a K-entry-point school. FI applicants come from across the PoCo side of SD43, including Burke Mountain.
English-stream students typically promote to the assigned middle school per catchment (often Minnekhada or Kwayhquitlum depending on address); FI-stream students continue at École Kwayhquitlum Middle, then on to Terry Fox Secondary's FI program.
SD43 allows cross-catchment enrolment when space permits, allocated by lottery with in-district and sibling priority. SD43 cross-catchment policy →
Catchment lines run down individual streets and can put one side of a road in one catchment and the opposite side in the next. Always verify a specific address with the SD43 school locator before relying on any boundary statement.
Extracurriculars · sports · clubs
Programs change year to year. Confirm the current season's club and sport list on the school's Programs / Clubs page.
Inside the catchment · housing read
The Irvine catchment is on the northeast edge of Port Coquitlam, near where the Burke Mountain corridor starts climbing. Inside the residential catchment you're looking at a mix of older PoCo detached homes, infill, and newer townhome stock. Burke Mountain families on the PoCo side often look at Irvine specifically for the new building combined with the FI option.
Frequently asked questions
Irvine is one of three Port Coquitlam dual-track Early French Immersion host elementaries. It recently moved into a brand-new $24.3M facility replacing the previous 52-year-old school. For families seeking French Immersion in a new building, Irvine is a strong option.
Yes — Irvine is a dual-track Early French Immersion host elementary. Apply for the K-entry FI program through the SD43 Programs of Choice window in early January.
Yes — Irvine recently moved into a brand-new $24.3M replacement building on Wellington Street. The new facility replaced the previous 52-year-old school and is one of SD43's newest elementary campuses.
Martin Bozic is listed as the current principal (mbozic@sd43.bc.ca). Confirm against the SD43 2025–26 administrators listing — some aggregator sources show conflicting names.
Through the SD43 Programs of Choice process. Application window is typically the first two weeks of January for the following September.
No. SD43 Programs of Choice (French Immersion) is district-wide. Buy where the family fits, then apply to FI in January.
FI students continue at École Kwayhquitlum Middle. English students continue per their catchment assignment — typically Minnekhada Middle or Kwayhquitlum depending on the specific address. Confirm with the SD43 locator.
Terry Fox Secondary's French Immersion program for grades 9–12.
No. SD43 has discontinued regular bus transportation district-wide. Burke Mountain families typically drive.
3862 Wellington Street, Port Coquitlam, BC V3B 3Z4. Phone 604-941-3408.
Continue your Coquitlam school research
Main hub
The full SD43 schools guide for the Tri-Cities.
Hub
Ranked guide to the top Coquitlam SD43 schools.
Programs
Every SD43 French Immersion entry point.
Private
Independent schools serving Coquitlam, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam.
Sources & methodology
School facts verified against the SD43 Irvine Elementary school page, the SD43 2025–26 School Listings (administrators) PDF, and the SD43 school locator. Catchment, registration, and cross-catchment information from SD43's cross-catchment policy page. Enrolment and the Programs & academic profile above were sourced via schoolguide.vtco.app's public school-lookup tool, retrieved September 2026; the Indigenous Education Support program and the SD43 International Student Program were cross-referenced against publicly reported SD43 district program information, also retrieved September 2026. School Trustee contact and MLA riding were verified against the SD43 Board of Education page and Elections BC, retrieved September 2026. Real estate commentary is the professional opinion of Craig Johnston, REALTOR® license V99960, working under Royal LePage Elite West and serving the SD43 Tri-Cities market.
Page reviewed and dated June 2026. License V99960 · BCFSA-regulated. Confirm school program details with the school office before relying on them for an enrolment decision.
A long-time Tri-Cities resident and licensed REALTOR®, Craig knows the catchment streets, the boundary risks, and the homes that come up inside the Irvine Elementary catchment before they hit the public market.
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