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Lower Eagle Ridge is the lower-elevation part of Eagle Ridge — the side closest to Coquitlam City Centre and bordering Port Moody. It’s the more attached-housing, transit-convenient half of the neighbourhood: townhomes, condos and apartments alongside some detached homes, with Runnel Drive amenities on the doorstep and quick access east to Coquitlam Centre and SkyTrain and west to Port Moody. A more attainable entry than the large detached homes higher up the hill. This is the complete guide: homes, schools, amenities, parks, sports, and the honest fit. Written 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 mapLower Eagle Ridge doesn’t publish its own MLS® benchmark, and because it’s attached-housing-weighted the most honest reference points are the citywide Coquitlam townhouse and apartment numbers — clearly labelled as citywide. What makes this pocket interesting isn’t a headline stat; it’s attainability plus location: an established Eagle Ridge address, walkable Runnel Drive amenities, and quick SkyTrain and Coquitlam Centre access, at a more approachable entry price than the large detached homes higher up.
Townhome, condo + some detached — the more attainable Eagle Ridge side.
City-Centre-adjacent · bordering Port Moody to the west.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR) monthly HPI, Coquitlam townhouse ($976,600) and apartment ($640,100), September 2026 — cited as citywide references, not a Lower-Eagle-Ridge-specific benchmark. Lower Eagle Ridge has no separately published MLS® benchmark; detached homes in the pocket trade higher and vary by street.
The Greater Vancouver REALTORS® benchmark for Eagle Ridge, 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.
Every neighbourhood is a trade. Lower Eagle Ridge’s trade is attainability-and-walkable-amenities over big-lot detached. If your situation matches one of these four, the rest of this page is the playbook. If it doesn’t, that’s useful too — upper Eagle Ridge, Westwood Plateau or Burke Mountain may fit you better.
Wants an Eagle Ridge townhome without a full detached carry. Townhomes are the heart of Lower Eagle Ridge — family-sized homes that give you the Eagle Ridge address and Runnel Drive amenities without committing to detached pricing. The most common way move-up families and right-sizers get into this pocket.
Wants the most attainable Eagle Ridge entry. Apartments and condos here suit first-time buyers and downsizers who want walkable amenities and quick SkyTrain access without the maintenance of a house — the lowest rung into an established Eagle Ridge address.
Values walkable Runnel Drive amenities and quick SkyTrain and Coquitlam Centre access. Being closest to Coquitlam City Centre — and between Coquitlam Centre and Port Moody rather than committed to one end of the map — is the whole point for this buyer.
Wants the Eagle Ridge → Scott Creek → Gleneagle school ladder. Lower Eagle Ridge shares the Eagle Ridge SD43 catchment, so a family can secure that ladder through a more attainable townhome or condo rather than a large detached home higher up the hill.
Lower Eagle Ridge is the attached-housing-led, lower-elevation end of Eagle Ridge — the side closest to Coquitlam City Centre and bordering Port Moody. That mix is the whole appeal: a more attainable, lower-maintenance way to own an Eagle Ridge address than committing to a large detached home higher up the hill.
Townhomes, condos and apartments sit alongside some detached homes, and the attached stock is the defining difference from the detached-weighted streets higher up. Because there’s no separately published benchmark for the pocket, the price references here are the citywide Coquitlam townhouse and apartment HPI (clearly labelled as citywide), not a Lower-Eagle-Ridge-specific MLS® number.
Townhomes are the heart of the pocket — family-sized homes that give you the Eagle Ridge address and Runnel Drive amenities without a full detached carry (the citywide Coquitlam townhouse HPI is ~$976,600 as of September 2026). Condos and apartments are the most attainable entry of all, for first-time buyers and downsizers who want walkable amenities and quick SkyTrain access without the maintenance of a house (citywide Coquitlam apartment HPI ~$640,100). Detached homes exist, woven through the pocket, but they’re the minority of the stock and pricing varies street by street.
The everyday hub is Runnel Drive, the neighbourhood’s own amenity strip — for much of the pocket you can walk to a coffee, a Tim Hortons run or dinner rather than driving to a mall. And the location cuts both ways: Coquitlam Centre, Town Centre Park, Lafarge Lake and SkyTrain are a short drive east, while Port Moody’s Newport Village, Suterbrook Village, Rocky Point Park and Brewers Row are a short drive west. Buyers set on a large detached home or big lot should look higher up in Eagle Ridge proper or at Westwood Plateau; buyers who only want newer construction typically look at Burke Mountain instead.
Lower Eagle Ridge is attached-housing-led, so its price picture is best read by home type rather than a single benchmark. Because the pocket doesn’t publish its own MLS® number, the references below are the citywide Coquitlam townhouse and apartment HPI — clearly labelled as citywide — not a Lower-Eagle-Ridge-specific figure. Where a number can’t be honestly stated, the cell reads “—”.
| Home type | Reference price (September 2026) | What it typically buys | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condo / apartment | ~$640,100 · Coquitlam apartment HPI (citywide) | Apartments and condos — the most attainable Eagle Ridge entry, with walkable amenities and quick SkyTrain access without the maintenance of a house. | First-time buyers and downsizers. |
| Townhome | ~$976,600 · Coquitlam townhouse HPI (citywide) | Family-sized townhomes — the Eagle Ridge address and Runnel Drive amenities without a full detached carry. The heart of the pocket. | Move-up and right-sizing families. |
| Detached (some) | Varies by street — higher tier (—) | Detached homes woven through the pocket — the minority of the stock here, priced street by street. | Buyers set on a house (start with the full Eagle Ridge guide). |
Every reference above is a citywide Coquitlam benchmark, not a separate MLS® number for the pocket. To see what’s live at your budget right now, browse Coquitlam townhomes for sale or Coquitlam condos for sale.
Lower Eagle Ridge looks like one pocket, but day-to-day life runs across four amenity zones — its own walkable strip, the City Centre to the east, Port Moody to the west, and the parks and trails on the doorstep. Knowing which one you’ll lean on most helps you pick the right street.
The neighbourhood’s own amenity strip — Milestones, Tim Hortons, Sushitown, Creekside Coffee Factory and quick-serve spots, within walking distance for much of the pocket. This is the everyday coffee, breakfast and dinner run, and it’s what sets the lower side of Eagle Ridge apart from the more car-dependent detached streets.
Coquitlam Centre — the Tri-Cities’ largest mall — plus Town Centre Park, Lafarge Lake and the Evergreen Line stations at Coquitlam Central, Lincoln and Lafarge Lake–Douglas are all a short drive east, roughly 6–10 minutes. A one-seat SkyTrain ride into Burnaby and Vancouver is within reach.
Head west and Port Moody’s Newport Village and Suterbrook Village, Rocky Point Park and the Brewers Row craft-brewery mile are a short drive away, with Inlet Centre Station and the West Coast Express close too. Being between two amenity clusters rather than committed to one end is a practical advantage for a two-commute household.
Eagle Ridge Park — the neighbourhood’s own park, with sports fields and a lacrosse box — sits at the heart of the pocket, and the base of the Coquitlam Crunch stair-and-trail workout is close by. Town Centre Park and Lafarge Lake add more a short drive east.
Prefer to see it on a map first? Browse live Coquitlam listings and I’ll show you where each Lower Eagle Ridge street sits relative to Runnel Drive, SkyTrain and the parks.
Four things every Lower Eagle Ridge buyer asks about in the first week. The honest answers below — with the full catchment ladder just underneath.
Lower Eagle Ridge is part of SD43 (Coquitlam), and schools vary by address. SD43's School Locator puts 2555–2565 Runnel Drive in Eagle Ridge Elementary, Scott Creek Middle and Gleneagle Secondary, while 1090 Falcon Drive goes to Baker Drive Elementary, École Moody Middle and Port Moody Secondary. Catchment lines shift street-by-street; always verify a specific address with the SD43 locator.
Eagle Ridge Park — sports fields and a lacrosse box — is the neighbourhood’s own green space, and the base of the Coquitlam Crunch is close by. Town Centre Park and Lafarge Lake are a short drive east, and Port Moody’s shoreline parks are a short drive west.
The everyday hub is Runnel Drive — Milestones, Tim Hortons, Sushitown, Creekside Coffee Factory and quick-serve spots within walking distance for much of the pocket. Coquitlam Centre, the Tri-Cities’ largest mall, is a short drive east.
Lower Eagle Ridge sits closest to Coquitlam City Centre, so the Evergreen Line stations at Coquitlam Central, Lincoln and Lafarge Lake–Douglas are a short drive east — roughly 6–10 minutes to Coquitlam Central SkyTrain off-peak (check your route on Google Maps or TransLink’s Trip Planner). Port Moody’s Inlet Centre Station and the West Coast Express are close the other way. You’re between two of the Tri-Cities’ main amenity clusters.
The K–12 catchment ladder
Lower Eagle Ridge is part of SD43 Coquitlam, and schools vary by address. SD43's School Locator puts 2555–2565 Runnel Drive in Eagle Ridge Elementary, Scott Creek Middle and Gleneagle Secondary, while 1090 Falcon Drive goes to Baker Drive Elementary, École Moody Middle and Port Moody Secondary. Catchment lines shift street-by-street, so always confirm a specific address with the SD43 locator before relying on it.
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Look up any Lower Eagle Ridge address in SD43’s official school locator.
Type an address → see the specific neighbourhood catchment schools. This is the authoritative source.
K–5 at 1215 Falcon Drive; serves many Eagle Ridge addresses, such as 2555–2565 Runnel Drive.
View catchment homes →The grade 6–8 catchment in the Eagle Ridge ladder — confirm your specific street with the SD43 locator.
View catchment homes →Grades 9–12; the secondary for addresses such as 2555–2565 Runnel Drive. Some Eagle Ridge addresses, such as 1090 Falcon Drive, go to Port Moody Secondary instead. 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 →There’s no published benchmark that pits these pockets against each other on price, so this is a qualitative read from active-market experience — cells left as “—” where the source doesn’t support a claim. The clearest contrast is with the detached-weighted streets higher up in Eagle Ridge; Westwood Plateau and Burke Mountain are the usual “look elsewhere” alternatives.
| Factor | Lower Eagle Ridge | Upper Eagle Ridge | Westwood Plateau | Burke Mountain |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Elevation / setting | Lower, City-Centre-adjacent, borders Port Moody | Higher on the hillside | View lots / golf-course prestige | — |
| Housing focus | Attached-led — townhomes, condos, apartments + some detached | Larger detached homes | — | Newer-construction inventory |
| Entry point | The more attainable, transit-convenient Eagle Ridge entry | — | — | — |
| Best for | Attainable Eagle Ridge address, walkable Runnel Drive amenities, quick SkyTrain | A large detached home on the hillside | A view lot or golf-course prestige | Newer-construction-only inventory |
| Less ideal for | Buyers set on a large detached home or newest-only construction | — | — | — |
This comparison is qualitative — Lower Eagle Ridge has no separately published pocket benchmark, so unknown cells read “—” rather than a fabricated figure. For the full-neighbourhood picture, read the Eagle Ridge guide or Upper Eagle Ridge; the usual alternatives are Westwood Plateau and Burke Mountain.
Every neighbourhood is a trade. Lower Eagle Ridge’s trade is attainability-and-walkable-amenities over big-lot detached. Reading these two columns honestly saves time, stress, and expensive second-guessing.
I’m not a Lower Eagle Ridge resident — and I won’t pretend to be. What I am is a 47+ year Tri-Cities local who has watched Eagle Ridge trade through cycle after cycle. I know why the lower, City-Centre-adjacent side prices differently from the detached streets higher up, how address-by-address school catchments shape family demand, and what an Eagle Ridge townhome or condo is actually worth relative to comparable stock across Coquitlam. That’s the read a fly-in agent can’t copy.
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What is Lower Eagle Ridge, and who is it for?
Lower Eagle Ridge is the lower-elevation, City-Centre-adjacent part of the Eagle Ridge neighbourhood in north Coquitlam — the more attached-housing, transit-convenient side. Townhomes, condos and apartments sit alongside some detached homes, with Runnel Drive amenities on the doorstep and quick access to Coquitlam Centre, SkyTrain and Port Moody. It’s a more attainable entry into Eagle Ridge than the large detached homes higher up the hill. Because the pocket has no separate MLS® benchmark, the closest official references are the citywide Coquitlam townhouse HPI (~$976,600) and apartment HPI (~$640,100) (September 2026 GVR). Its schools vary by address (SD43's locator gives Eagle Ridge Elementary, Scott Creek and Gleneagle for 2555–2565 Runnel Drive, and Baker Drive, École Moody Middle and Port Moody Secondary for 1090 Falcon Drive), and it sits near Eagle Ridge Park and the base of the Coquitlam Crunch. It suits move-up and right-sizing townhome buyers, first-time buyers and downsizers, transit-and-amenity-driven buyers, and families who want the Eagle Ridge catchment. Written by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BCFSA Licence #187645) and 47+ year Tri-Cities resident.
It’s the lower-elevation part of the Eagle Ridge neighbourhood in north Coquitlam — the side closest to Coquitlam City Centre and bordering Port Moody. Its everyday hub is Runnel Drive, with quick access east to Coquitlam Centre and SkyTrain and west to Port Moody. Drive to Coquitlam Central SkyTrain: roughly 6–10 minutes.
Lower Eagle Ridge is the lower-elevation, City-Centre-adjacent side, weighted toward attached housing — townhomes, condos and apartments plus some detached — and closer to Runnel Drive amenities and SkyTrain. The upper side sits higher on the hillside and is weighted toward larger detached homes. Lower Eagle Ridge is generally the more attainable and more transit-convenient entry into Eagle Ridge. For the full-neighbourhood picture, read the Eagle Ridge guide.
Lower Eagle Ridge is attached-housing-focused, which makes it more attainable than the large detached homes higher up. There’s no separately published benchmark for the pocket, so the closest official references are the citywide Coquitlam townhouse HPI (~$976,600) and apartment HPI (~$640,100) (September 2026 GVR). Detached homes here trade higher and vary by street. Browse current Coquitlam townhomes and condos.
SD43 Coquitlam. Eagle Ridge schools vary by address. SD43's School Locator puts 2555–2565 Runnel Drive in Eagle Ridge Elementary, Scott Creek Middle and Gleneagle Secondary, while 1090 Falcon Drive goes to Baker Drive Elementary, École Moody Middle and Port Moody Secondary. Check any address with the SD43 School Locator before you write an offer. Catchments shift street-by-street, so always verify a specific address with the SD43 school locator. Full district view at Coquitlam schools.
Runnel Drive is the everyday hub — Milestones, Tim Hortons, Sushitown, Creekside Coffee Factory and quick-serve spots within walking distance for much of the pocket. Eagle Ridge Park and the base of the Coquitlam Crunch are close by, and Town Centre Park, Lafarge Lake and Coquitlam Centre are a short drive east — with Port Moody’s Rocky Point Park and Brewers Row a short drive west.
Yes — for buyers who want an established Eagle Ridge address with walkable Runnel Drive amenities, quick SkyTrain and Coquitlam Centre access, and a more attainable townhome-or-condo entry than the large detached homes higher up. Because it mixes townhomes, condos, apartments and some detached, it works for a wider range of budgets. It’s less ideal if you specifically want a large detached home (look higher up in Eagle Ridge) or newer-construction-only inventory (Burke Mountain).
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