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Oakdale is the quiet, predominantly residential West Coquitlam neighbourhood set about a kilometre north of Burquitlam SkyTrain Station — close enough to be convenient, set back enough to feel calmer than the Burquitlam core. Single-family streets in the north, new townhome and condo projects arriving, walkable to Miller Park Elementary and École Banting Middle, and a neighbourhood the City is actively greening. This is the complete guide: homes, schools, parks, sports, shopping, and the honest transit-oriented value story. Written by a 47+ year Tri-Cities resident who earned a Top 2% Team award with Royal LePage nationwide, 2023–2025.
4.9 across 37+ Google reviews Earned on a Top 1% Team — GVR, 2023–2025 Tri-Cities resident 47+ yearsSee where Oakdale sits on the Coquitlam map. It’s in the Burquitlam area, with schools, new developments and home prices for every Coquitlam neighbourhood.
Open the Coquitlam mapOakdale doesn’t publish its own MLS® sub-area benchmark, so the most honest reference points are the citywide Coquitlam numbers — clearly labelled as such — across detached, townhouse and apartment, because Oakdale spans all three. What makes Oakdale interesting isn’t a single headline stat; it’s the combination of walkable-school access, SkyTrain proximity and a neighbourhood the City is actively greening.
Transit-oriented value — Millennium Line about a kilometre south.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR) monthly HPI, Coquitlam, September 2026. Oakdale has no separately published MLS® sub-area benchmark, so the citywide Coquitlam figures are the closest official references, clearly labelled as such: detached $1,584,400, townhouse ~$976,600, apartment ~$640,100.
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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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.
Every neighbourhood is a trade. Oakdale’s trade is calmer, leafier, walkable-school family living over the full high-density buzz of the station core. 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 core, Burke Mountain or Coquitlam Town Centre may fit you better.
Wants SkyTrain access with a calmer, single-family setting rather than living inside the station’s tower cluster. Burquitlam Station on the Millennium Line is about a kilometre south — Oakdale gives the transit-adjacent convenience without living in the density itself.
Orienting around Miller Park Elementary and École Banting Middle, both within walking distance and feeding Dr. Charles Best Secondary. For this family the walkable-school access is the magnet, and the address is chosen around it.
Drawn to an actively-improving West Coquitlam neighbourhood the City is investing in: Oakdale Park is set to roughly double in size, and new townhome and multi-family projects — the Olo and Harriswood presales among them — are arriving on the single-family fabric.
Wants Lougheed and Burquitlam Plaza shopping just blocks away — full-mall and everyday grocery convenience without living in the density that surrounds it. The City of Lougheed sits blocks away; Burquitlam Plaza covers the daily run.
Oakdale is the calmer, greener half-step back from the Burquitlam SkyTrain hub — the family-residential pocket a lot of buyers actually want once they realize they don’t have to live inside a tower cluster to get transit access.
It’s a neighbourhood in transition, but a gentler one than the station core. Nearer Burquitlam Station the housing is higher-density; head north and it steps down to lower-density, largely single-family streets. That single-family fabric is the backbone of Oakdale’s identity, and it’s why the neighbourhood reads as leafier and quieter than the transit-oriented development right beside it.
New townhome and multi-family projects — the Olo and Harriswood presales among them — are arriving on that fabric, so Oakdale is greening and densifying at the same time, at a measured pace. Oakdale has no separately published MLS® sub-area benchmark, so the citywide Coquitlam HPI figures are the closest official references: detached $1,584,400, townhouse ~$976,600, apartment ~$640,100 (September 2026 GVR).
Geographically it’s a sweet spot for West Coquitlam. Burquitlam Station on the Millennium Line is about a kilometre south — quick access to Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver — while the City of Lougheed / Lougheed Town Centre sits just blocks away for a full mall and Burquitlam Plaza covers the everyday errands. Buyers who specifically want the high-density tower lifestyle look at Burquitlam proper; buyers chasing brand-new master-planned detached inventory look at Burke Mountain. Oakdale is leafier transit-oriented family value, first and foremost.
Oakdale is largely surrounded by single-family houses, with new townhome and condo supply arriving as the neighbourhood densifies toward the station. Oakdale has no separate published sub-area benchmark, so the citywide Coquitlam HPI figures below are the closest official references — labelled as such — not a fabricated Oakdale-specific number.
| Home type | Coquitlam HPI (September 2026, citywide) | What you’re actually buying | Best fit |
|---|---|---|---|
| Single-family homes | $1,584,400 | The Oakdale backbone — lower-density single-family streets that step down from the higher-density housing near Burquitlam Station; the quieter, leafier side of West Coquitlam living, walkable to Miller Park Elementary. | Families wanting transit access with a calmer, single-family setting. |
| New townhomes | ~$976,600 | A growing category — new townhome projects (Olo and Harriswood presales among them) arriving on Oakdale’s single-family fabric, a lower-maintenance entry into transit-adjacent West Coquitlam. | Move-up and downsizing families wanting lower-maintenance living. |
| Condos & multi-family | ~$640,100 | Higher-density housing nearer Burquitlam Station; new multi-family developments are part of Oakdale’s transition — an emerging transit-oriented entry point. | First-time buyers wanting SkyTrain access with a calmer setting. |
Every figure above is the citywide Coquitlam GVR benchmark, not an Oakdale-specific MLS® number. To see what’s live at your number right now, browse Coquitlam detached homes or the wider Coquitlam market.
Oakdale’s appeal isn’t a single headline — it’s the combination of green space, recreation, everyday shopping and transit that makes the calmer, single-family setting work day to day. Here are the four sides of it.
Oakdale Park is set to roughly double in size, and residents already sit within a cluster of neighbourhood parks — Cottonwood, Burquitlam and Miller — plus the Stoney Creek Trail System. Green space is where Oakdale is quietly on the rise.
Coquitlam’s youth sports run through city-wide associations, so an Oakdale family taps the same clubs the rest of the city does. The nearest major facilities are the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex and Mundy Park, both a short drive east.
Full-mall shopping is just blocks away at the City of Lougheed, and everyday errands are covered by Burquitlam Plaza (Safeway, Shoppers Drug Mart, restaurants) toward the station — big-box and grocery convenience without living in the density.
Burquitlam Station is about one kilometre south, giving quick access to Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver — transit-adjacent convenience without living in the density itself. The trade-off is a short walk or drive to the platform for a calmer street.
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Four things every Oakdale buyer asks about in the first week. The honest answers below — with the full catchment ladder just underneath.
Oakdale is part of School District 43 (Coquitlam), and walkable-school access is a real strength — Miller Park Elementary and École Banting Middle are both within walking distance, feeding Dr. Charles Best Secondary, with SFU Burnaby close by. Catchments vary street-by-street; always verify a specific address with the SD43 locator.
This is a neighbourhood the City is investing in: Oakdale Park is set to roughly double in size, and residents are close to Cottonwood Park, Burquitlam Park, Miller Park and the Stoney Creek Trail System.
City-wide associations — hockey, soccer, baseball, lacrosse and football — serve Oakdale families. The nearest major facilities are the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex (633 Poirier St — 3 arenas, 25m pool, fitness centre) and Mundy Park, both a short drive east.
The City of Lougheed / Lougheed Town Centre is just blocks away for full-mall shopping, Burquitlam Plaza (Safeway, Shoppers Drug Mart, restaurants) covers everyday errands, and Burquitlam Station on the Millennium Line is about one kilometre south — quick access to Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver.
The K–12 catchment ladder
Oakdale sits in SD43 Coquitlam’s West-Coquitlam catchments, with Miller Park Elementary and École Banting Middle within walking distance for many homes, feeding Dr. Charles Best Secondary. Catchments vary by exact address — always verify with SD43.
Verify your exact address
Look up any Oakdale address in SD43’s official school locator.
Type an address → see the specific neighbourhood catchment schools. This is the authoritative source.
Walkable West-Coquitlam K–5 near Burquitlam Station.
View catchment homes →The West-Coquitlam middle catchment serving Oakdale addresses.
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 →Three West-Coquitlam pockets that get confused with each other. They sit close together but read very differently on character and housing. Oakdale has no separately published sub-area benchmark, and neither do the others, so this is a qualitative side-by-side — unknown cells are left as “—” rather than filled with a fabricated figure.
| Factor | Oakdale | Burquitlam | Cariboo |
|---|---|---|---|
| Character | Leafier, family-residential pocket just north of the station, actively greening | Transit-oriented development core built directly around the station | Burnaby-border pocket on the Rochester side |
| Typical housing | Single-family streets stepping down from higher-density, with new townhome & multi-family arriving | High-density tower cluster | — |
| Distance to Burquitlam Station | ~1 km north | At the station | — |
| Published sub-area benchmark | None — citywide Coquitlam HPI used | — | — |
| Best for | Transit access with a calmer, single-family setting | The high-density, SkyTrain-at-the-door tower lifestyle | — |
This is a qualitative comparison — none of these West-Coquitlam pockets has a separately published MLS® sub-area benchmark, so unknown cells are left blank rather than estimated. For the transit core just to the south, see the Burquitlam guide.
Oakdale’s trade is calmer, leafier, walkable-school family living over the full high-density buzz of the station core. Reading these two columns honestly saves time, stress, and expensive second-guessing.
I’m not an Oakdale 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 Oakdale prices relative to the Burquitlam SkyTrain core, how the Miller Park and Dr. Charles Best catchments shape family demand, and what the area’s mix of single-family homes and new transit-oriented townhomes is actually worth. That’s the read a fly-in agent can’t copy.
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Quick answer
What is Oakdale, and who is it for?
Oakdale is a quiet, predominantly residential West Coquitlam neighbourhood just north of Burquitlam SkyTrain Station — about one kilometre north and west of Clarke Road. Higher-density housing near the station steps down to lower-density single-family streets in the north, with new townhome and multi-family projects (the Olo and Harriswood presales among them) arriving. It’s walkable to Miller Park Elementary and École Banting Middle, with the City of Lougheed and Burquitlam Plaza nearby and Oakdale Park set to double in size. Oakdale has no separately published sub-area benchmark, so the citywide Coquitlam figures (September 2026 GVR) are the closest references: detached $1,584,400, townhouse ~$976,600, apartment ~$640,100. It suits transit-adjacent families, walkable-school families, buyers drawn to a greening pocket, and convenience-first buyers. Written by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BCFSA Licence #187645) and 47+ year Tri-Cities resident.
West Coquitlam, just north of Burquitlam SkyTrain Station — roughly one kilometre north and west of Clarke Road. It’s close enough to the station to be convenient but set back enough to feel calmer than the Burquitlam core, with higher-density housing near the station stepping down to lower-density single-family streets in the north.
Burquitlam is the transit-oriented development core built directly around the station, and Cariboo is the Burnaby-border pocket on the Rochester side. Oakdale is the leafier, family-residential neighbourhood just north of the station that’s actively greening — single-family streets with new townhome and multi-family projects arriving, rather than the high-density tower cluster of the station core.
Oakdale is a mix of single-family homes and new townhomes and condos — emerging transit-oriented value in West Coquitlam. It has no separately published sub-area benchmark, so the closest official references are the citywide Coquitlam September 2026 GVR figures: detached $1,584,400, townhouse ~$976,600 and apartment ~$640,100. See the current citywide picture at /coquitlam-detached/.
SD43 Coquitlam — and walkable-school access is a real strength. Miller Park Elementary and École Banting Middle are both within walking distance, and SFU Burnaby is close. Catchments vary street-by-street, so always verify the specific address with the SD43 school locator. Full district view at Coquitlam schools.
Oakdale is a neighbourhood the City is investing in for green space. Oakdale Park is set to roughly double in size, and residents are close to Cottonwood Park, Burquitlam Park, Miller Park and the Stoney Creek Trail System. See the full list at Coquitlam parks & trails.
Burquitlam Station on the Millennium Line is about one kilometre south, giving quick transit access to Burnaby, New Westminster and Vancouver. For shopping, the City of Lougheed / Lougheed Town Centre is just blocks away and Burquitlam Plaza (Safeway, Shoppers Drug Mart, restaurants) is nearby. See the transit core at the Burquitlam guide.
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