Craig Johnston Personal Real Estate Corporation · Brokerage: Royal LePage Elite West
Every active Port Coquitlam townhome, from Riverwood and Citadel Heights to downtown PoCo, live from the Greater Vancouver MLS® feed, with what I check before a client writes: the complex’s own sales, its strata documents and the insurance deductible you could be charged.
Reviewed: October 29, 2026 · Market data: GVR September 2026 · BCFSA Licence: 187645 · Brokerage: Royal LePage Elite WestCompare home prices across Port Coquitlam on one map. Benchmark prices for every neighbourhood, with schools and new developments a tap away.
Open the Port Coquitlam mapPort Coquitlam’s townhouse benchmark was $834,300 in September 2026 (−7.8% year over year). In the same month, Coquitlam’s was $976,600 and Port Moody’s $940,900. Most PoCo townhomes are strata-titled, so the Form B, depreciation report and insurance deductible matter as much as price, strata bylaws can no longer ban long-term rentals, and the only age restriction a strata can have is a 55-and-over bylaw. I price every townhome from recent sales inside the same complex first.
The Greater Vancouver REALTORS® benchmark for Port 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 Port 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.
Learn the basics: what the MLS® benchmark price is · how to price your home · the move-up guide · sell first or buy first? · the Home Value Tracker · every neighbourhood on one map
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.
Filtered to Port Coquitlam townhome inventory and refreshed continuously. Use the map and filters to narrow by price, beds and complex, and check the exact address on the SD43 school locator before you rely on a catchment. Questions on any listing? Book a 20-minute call.
MLS® data sourced from the Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR) data feed and reciprocity-licensed to Craig Johnston, REALTOR®, Royal LePage Elite West. The trademarks MLS®, Multiple Listing Service®, REALTOR®, REALTORS®, and the associated logos are owned by the Canadian Real Estate Association (CREA) and identify the quality of services provided by real estate professionals who are members of CREA. Listing information is believed accurate but not warranted and is subject to change without notice.
The strata rules on this page are provincial, so they apply the same way in every Tri-Cities community. What differs is price and how you get downtown.
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.
Townhouse benchmark $834,300. The West Coast Express stops at Port Coquitlam station, with weekday trains westbound to Waterfront in the morning and eastbound in the evening. See Port Coquitlam.
Townhouse benchmark $976,600. Burke Mountain holds much of the newer townhome stock; Coquitlam Central is served by both SkyTrain and the West Coast Express. See Coquitlam townhomes.
Townhouse benchmark $940,900, with 42 active listings. Moody Centre has SkyTrain and a West Coast Express stop. See Port Moody townhomes.
The villages are largely detached country (Anmore detached benchmark $3,063,700), and the monthly data carries no townhouse benchmark for either. Any strata home there should be priced against its own recent sales.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS®, September 2026. City comparison: Coquitlam vs Port Coquitlam.
Townhomes are a sweet spot in Port Coquitlam: more space than a condo, less cost than detached, in a city already known for value. That positioning shapes the listings above.
A PoCo townhome offers multi-level family living and often a bit of outdoor space without a detached price, a practical step up for growing households.
In a city built around attainability, townhomes are among the most budget-friendly family options in the Tri-Cities, which widens who can own here.
Many complexes sit close to schools, parks, the PoCo Trail and transit, giving families a low-maintenance home in a genuinely liveable location.
Where PoCo townhomes are. Inventory runs from Riverwood and Citadel Heights to downtown PoCo, and newer townhome supply tends to cluster near downtown and in established family neighbourhoods. Complexes a few blocks apart can sit in different school catchments, so check every address with SD43. For the neighbourhoods themselves, see Citadel, Mary Hill, Oxford Heights and Riverwood.
How Port Coquitlam’s townhouse market compares with Coquitlam, Port Moody and Greater Vancouver in September 2026.
| Area | Townhouse benchmark | Year over year | Active listings | Sales-to-active |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Coquitlam | $834,300 | −7.8% | 68 | 20.6% |
| Coquitlam | $976,600 | −6.4% | 196 | 13.3% |
| Port Moody | $940,900 | −5.2% | 42 | 19.0% |
| Greater Vancouver | $1,016,700 | −4.7% | 2,060 | 12.9% |
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® monthly market report, September 2026 data released October 2, 2026. Benchmarks describe a typical home, not a specific complex.
Reading the ratio. Compare PoCo’s townhouse sales-to-active ratio in the table above with its detached ratio in the tracker. Greater Vancouver REALTORS® note that prices tend to face upward pressure when the ratio stays above 20% for several months, and downward pressure when it sits below 12%. One month is a snapshot, not a trend, so I read it alongside days on market (23) for the complexes you like.
Port Coquitlam · interactive map
Start with the neighbourhoods: tap a pin to see what it’s like, what homes cost there and my guide for it. Then add only the details you care about, like schools, groceries, new developments, parks, trails or daycares, using Map layers and Places on the map. Check any address, or tap Show home prices to see benchmark prices neighbourhood by neighbourhood.
See its neighbourhood, the nearest schools, train station and groceries, and typical prices nearby. Lookups use the Province of B.C.’s address service; nothing you type is saved.
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Weighing two neighbourhoods, or a presale against a resale? I’ll walk you through the trade-offs on a short call: schools, commute, strata and resale.
Book a strategy callWhat’s my home worth?The City of Port Coquitlam doesn’t publish neighbourhood boundaries, so each neighbourhood is a pin at the approximate centre of its Greater Vancouver REALTORS® neighbourhood, linked to my guide; the dashed line is the City boundary (City of Port Coquitlam open data). Developments are pinned from each project’s civic address with the BC Address Geocoder (Lexford at its sales-centre address). Statuses come from each developer’s own website, checked October 26, 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. 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. Address lookups use the Province of B.C.’s geocoder; “closest neighbourhood” means the nearest neighbourhood pin, 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). 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. West Coast Express, SkyTrain and bus routes come from TransLink’s GTFS schedule (feed valid to January 3, 2027); trip counts are scheduled weekday trips that stop in Port Coquitlam on Wednesday, October 28, 2026. Route and arrival data used in this product or service is provided by permission of TransLink. Parks, park facilities and trails come from City of Port Coquitlam open data (October 26, 2026); the land-use and creek layers load live from the City’s open-data service. A land-use designation shows what the Official Community Plan allows, not what’s built or approved; rezoning decides each site. Daycares are licensed facilities from the Province of B.C.’s Child Care Map data (Open Government Licence – British Columbia), updated October 26, 2026; check the BC Child Care Map for spaces and fees.
With a townhome you’re buying into a strata corporation as well as a home. These are the provincial rules that come up most, and where they show up in the paperwork.
| Item | Current rule | What it means for you |
|---|---|---|
| Long-term rentals | Since November 24, 2022, strata bylaws can’t ban owners from renting their units | A PoCo strata can’t stop a long-term tenancy; in a 55+ complex, tenants must also meet the age bylaw |
| Short-term rentals | Stratas can still restrict them; Port Coquitlam is on the province’s list where short-term rentals are limited to the host’s principal residence plus one secondary suite or accessory unit | A townhome you don’t live in generally can’t be a nightly rental |
| Age restrictions | Only a 55-and-over bylaw is allowed, with an exemption for live-in caregivers | Read the bylaws attached to the Form B to confirm a 55+ bylaw is actually registered |
| Depreciation report | Metro Vancouver stratas with five or more lots had to have one by July 1, 2026, renewed every five years; owners can no longer vote to skip it | A recent report should be attached to the Form B; read it with the reserve balance |
| Electrical planning report | Required by December 31, 2026 for Metro Vancouver stratas with five or more lots | Shows spare capacity for EV charging and heat pumps |
| EV charger requests | A strata can’t unreasonably refuse a properly made request; it can require you to pay for installation and agree to reasonable conditions | Ask for the electrical planning report with the Form B |
| Insurance deductible | The strata can pass its deductible to the owner where a claim starts, even without negligence; BC guidance notes deductibles can run from $100,000 to $750,000 or more | Check the water and earthquake deductibles, then ask a broker for owner coverage |
Sources: Government of BC strata housing pages and provincial short-term rental rules. My method: How I review strata documents and the BC strata document checklist.
Townhomes are often a good first purchase in Port Coquitlam: they bridge the gap between a condo and a house at an attainable price. For first-time buyers, the price relative to BC’s property transfer tax exemption thresholds can change closing costs.
BC’s first-time home buyers’ exemption removes the tax on the first $500,000 for homes valued at $835,000 or less; a partial exemption then phases out to nothing at $860,000. You also need to meet the citizenship, BC-residency and never-owned tests.
Port Coquitlam’s townhouse benchmark was $834,300 in September 2026. Compare any home’s price with the $835,000 point where the phase-out begins: near that line, a few thousand dollars on price can change your closing costs.
Before you commit to any strata, review the minutes, depreciation report and contingency reserve fund. If you’d like the exemption mapped against real listings, book a 20-minute call. More: BC property transfer tax explained and BC first-time buyer programs.
With a townhome you’re buying into a strata corporation as well as a home, so I check the complex as closely as the unit.
We narrow PoCo complexes by budget, size and commute (West Coast Express, Lougheed Highway or the Mary Hill Bypass), and I check every address in SD43’s school locator, because complexes a few blocks apart can sit in different catchments.
I pull recent sales inside the same complex and comparable PoCo complexes of similar age, then set those against the current townhouse benchmark. You see the comparables, the adjustments for end units, garages and updates, and the reasoning behind the number before we write anything.
Before subjects come off, we go through the Form B, minutes, budget, depreciation report and insurance summary: contingency reserve, upcoming work, the deductible, rental and pet bylaws, the electrical planning report if you want an EV charger, and anything in the minutes about leaks or legal disputes.
I structure the offer with time for financing and strata review, coordinate with your mortgage broker and lawyer, and explain the 3-business-day rescission period. Then I track deposit, completion and possession dates, and the strata’s move-in requirements, through to keys.
Weighing a specific Port Coquitlam complex? Send it over, and we’ll pressure-test the strata and the price on a short call.
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Start with the benchmarks: in September 2026, Greater Vancouver REALTORS® put Port Coquitlam’s townhouse benchmark at $834,300, Coquitlam’s at $976,600 and Port Moody’s at $940,900. But a benchmark describes a typical townhouse, not any one complex, so the real comparison is between specific stratas: age, size, fees, commute and what the depreciation report says is coming. That’s the work I do before you write an offer.
The city-wide sales-to-active ratio is only a starting point. For a specific complex, look at its own recent sales, how long similar units have taken to sell and how many comparable units are listed now. A complex with several similar units on the market gives you more room to negotiate than one with a single listing, whatever the city figure says.
Often, yes. They bridge the gap between a condo and a house at an attainable price. As with any strata, review the minutes, depreciation report and contingency reserve fund before you commit, and confirm the school catchment for the exact address with SD43.
Long-term, yes; short-term is limited. Since November 24, 2022, BC strata corporations can’t enforce bylaws that ban owners from renting their units, so a PoCo townhome strata can’t stop a long-term tenancy. A 55+ strata can’t ban rentals either, but its age bylaw applies to tenants as well as owners. Short-term rentals are different: the strata can still restrict them, and Port Coquitlam is on the province’s list where short-term rentals are limited to the host’s principal residence plus one secondary suite or accessory unit. A townhome you don’t live in generally can’t be a nightly rental.
Every Metro Vancouver strata with five or more lots, which covers most PoCo townhome complexes, had to have a depreciation report by July 1, 2026, and must renew it on a five-year cycle. Owners can no longer vote each year to skip it. For you as a buyer, that means there should be a recent report attached to the Form B. Read it alongside the contingency reserve balance: a report that flags roofs or siding in the next few years with a thin reserve is how special levies happen.
Because you can be charged it. If a claim starts in your unit, the strata can pass its insurance deductible on to you even if you weren’t negligent, and BC’s guidance notes strata deductibles can run from $100,000 to $750,000 or more. The insurance summary comes with the Form B, so check the water and earthquake deductibles before you remove subjects, then ask an insurance broker for owner coverage that picks up the deductible. On older PoCo complexes with original plumbing, this is a question I raise early.
Have a question about a specific home or street? Book a 20-minute call or see what your current home is worth.
I’ve lived in the Tri-Cities for more than 47 years and on Burke Mountain for more than nine, and I work the Tri-Cities every day. In Port Coquitlam that often means townhomes: first homes for buyers coming out of a condo, a step down for owners leaving a detached house, and the stop in between for families not ready to stretch to a Coquitlam detached price. The listed price is a starting position, not a verdict; I want you to know what comparable units actually sold for.
Written and reviewed by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BCFSA Licence #187645), Royal LePage Elite West · Last reviewed October 29, 2026. This page is general information. Confirm prices with recent sales in the specific complex, strata details with the Form B and strata documents, catchments with SD43, and tax and rental rules with the Province of BC.
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