Scott Creek, Coquitlam — the quiet, family-first City Centre pocket, explained straight.
Scott Creek is the calm, family-oriented residential neighbourhood in the heart of Coquitlam’s City Centre / North Coquitlam core — curved streets, cul-de-sacs and courts, anchored by Scott Creek Middle School and centred on Walton Park, with SkyTrain, Coquitlam Centre and Lafarge Lake all minutes away. This is the complete guide: homes, schools, parks, sports, shopping, and daily life. Built by a 47+ year Tri-Cities resident who earned a Top 2% Team award with Royal LePage nationwide, 2023–2025.
See where Scott Creek sits on the Coquitlam map. It’s in the Eagle Ridge area, with schools, new developments and home prices for every Coquitlam neighbourhood.
Sources: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® — Top 1% Team ranking (2023–2025) and Medallion Club Team (2021–2025) · Royal LePage — Top 2% Team ranking nationwide (2023–2025) · Craig's Google Business Profile — review rating and count. Updated October 2026.
GVR’s REALTOR® Report does carry a small Scott Creek table — a September 2026 detached benchmark of $1,544,100 and a townhouse benchmark of $944,400 — but with only a handful of sales a month it can swing sharply, so the steadier reference point is the citywide Coquitlam detached number, clearly labelled as such. What makes Scott Creek interesting isn’t a headline stat; it’s the combination: quiet curved streets and strong schools inside the City Centre core, with SkyTrain and Coquitlam Centre minutes away.
Location
City Centre
North Coquitlam core · minutes from SkyTrain & Coquitlam Centre.
Housing mix
Detached + condo
Quieter detached inner core; townhomes & condos around the perimeter.
Green space
Minutes
To Walton Park & Lafarge Lake — City Centre green space on the doorstep.
Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS® (GVR) monthly HPI, Coquitlam detached, September 2026 ($1,584,400, -6.6% YoY) — a citywide reference, not a Scott-Creek-specific benchmark. Scott Creek’s own small-sample GVR® benchmarks for the same month: detached $1,544,100, townhouse $944,400; attached-home pricing follows the North Coquitlam City Centre condo and townhome market.
Neighbourhood market tracker · September 2026
Scott Creek: the market, month by month.
The Greater Vancouver REALTORS® benchmark for Scott Creek, 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.
Detached
$1,544,100
−13.9% over 12 months
0 sales · 5 active listings 0.0% sales-to-active · small sample
Townhouse
$944,400
−9.3% over 12 months
2 sales · 6 active listings 33.3% sales-to-active · small sample
Condo / apartment
No benchmark published for September 2026 — usually because there were no or too few reportable sales of this type.
Small sample: the detached and townhouse figures rest on fewer than 5 sales or 10 active listings this month, so one sale can swing the ratio. Read them alongside the city figure and the trend over several months.
Every active MLS® listing mapped to the Scott Creek area, refreshed continuously. The search boundary is drawn to Scott Creek, so homes just outside the line — and nearby pockets — can appear; always confirm the exact street before relying on it. Questions on any listing? Book a 20-minute call with Craig.
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Across the Tri-Cities
How Coquitlam compares across the Tri-Cities.
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.
Tri-Cities benchmark trend · September 2026
The Tri-Cities, side by side: 6 months of prices.
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)
All of Coquitlam on one map: neighbourhoods, new developments, schools and SkyTrain.
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Scott Creek is a specific product for specific buyers — the quiet, family-first, City-Centre-convenient end of North Coquitlam. 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 — Westwood Plateau, Burke Mountain or the Town Centre core may fit you better.
01
The quiet-street family
Wants quiet curved streets, cul-de-sacs and courts rather than through-traffic. Scott Creek’s layout is deliberately designed to keep through-traffic out, built around Walton Park and its trail network. This is Scott Creek’s most consistent buyer.
02
The school-first parent
Orienting around Scott Creek Middle School (1240 Lansdowne Drive) and Panorama Heights Elementary — the in-neighbourhood K–5 that offers French Immersion. For this family the SD43 catchment shapes the search, and the address is chosen around it.
03
The City Centre convenience buyer
Wants genuinely quiet family streets but minutes from SkyTrain, Coquitlam Centre and Lafarge Lake — the mall, the library, the aquatic centre and the Evergreen Line all close. The calm without giving up the convenience.
04
The detached-or-attached buyer
Open to a mix: quieter detached homes through the inner core, some backing onto greenbelt, or lower-maintenance townhomes and condos around the perimeter closer to the arterials. Wants the location and schools first.
The housing stock
What you’re actually buying when you buy in Scott Creek.
Scott Creek is the calm, family-first residential end of Coquitlam’s City Centre / North Coquitlam core — well-treed curved streets built around Walton Park, with a SkyTrain station and a regional mall just around the corner.
Scott Creek is one of the residential pockets that make up Coquitlam’s City Centre / North Coquitlam core, alongside Upper Eagle Ridge and Canyon Springs. The layout tells you everything about the character: curved streets, cul-de-sacs and courts, deliberately designed to keep through-traffic out. The perimeter of the neighbourhood carries attached homes and condos that step up to the arterials; the inner core is quieter detached homes, some of them backing directly onto greenbelt.
The housing mix follows that geography. The quiet inner core is detached family homes on curved streets and cul-de-sacs. Townhome supply gathers around the perimeter — a lower-maintenance entry point into the City Centre core for downsizers and move-up families who want the location and schools without the full detached carry. The apartment stock along the edges plugs into the wider North Coquitlam City Centre condo market — the most affordable way into the core, and steps closer to SkyTrain, buses and Coquitlam Centre.
Scott Creek’s own small-sample GVR® detached benchmark was $1,544,100 in September 2026; the citywide Coquitlam detached HPI ($1,584,400) is the steadier reference for the detached tier. Buyers chasing a large-lot view estate typically look at Westwood Plateau; buyers who only want newer-construction detached inventory look at Burke Mountain. Scott Creek is quiet-family-residential with City Centre access, first and foremost.
By home type
What each home type in Scott Creek actually buys.
Scott Creek’s housing follows its geography: quieter detached homes through the inner core — some backing onto greenbelt — with townhomes and condos concentrated around the perimeter closer to the arterials. The one dollar figure below is the citywide Coquitlam detached number, clearly labelled — Scott Creek’s own GVR® table rests on too few sales a month to anchor a price ladder. Unknown figures are left as “—” rather than invented.
Home type
Price reference (September 2026)
What it typically buys
Best fit
Detached homes
$1,584,400 citywide HPI (reference)
The quiet inner core — detached family homes on curved streets and cul-de-sacs, some backing directly onto greenbelt.
Long-stay families who want the quiet core.
Townhomes
—
Perimeter attached homes — a lower-maintenance entry point into the City Centre core.
Downsizers and move-up families who want the location and schools.
Condos
—
Apartment stock along the edges, plugged into the North Coquitlam City Centre condo market — the most affordable way in.
Buyers wanting the most affordable entry, closest to SkyTrain.
The single dollar figure above is the citywide Coquitlam detached HPI, clearly labelled — not a Scott-Creek-specific number. To see what’s live at your number right now, browse Coquitlam homes for sale or Coquitlam detached homes.
Where in Scott Creek
Four everyday zones inside one quiet neighbourhood.
Scott Creek reads as uniform from the outside. Once you walk it, it breaks into a few distinct everyday zones — each with its own character and daily-life rhythm. Picking the zone before the home saves families months of false starts.
Zone 01 · The quiet inner core
Detached family streets.
Curved streets, cul-de-sacs and courts of quieter detached homes, some backing directly onto greenbelt. Deliberately designed to keep through-traffic out. Best for families who want the calm, well-treed setting at the heart of the neighbourhood.
Zone 02 · Walton Park & its trails
The green heart.
Walton Park sits in the heart of Scott Creek with its own trail network — the green hub most families here orient their walks and play around. Best for buyers who want daily green space on the doorstep.
Zone 03 · The attached perimeter
Lower-maintenance entry.
Townhomes and condos step up to the arterials around the neighbourhood’s edge — a lower-maintenance way into the City Centre core, closer to buses. Best for downsizers and move-up families wanting the location without the full detached carry.
Zone 04 · The City Centre edge
The commuter’s doorstep.
Minutes from the Evergreen Line stations at Lafarge Lake–Douglas and Lincoln, Coquitlam Centre, the library and the aquatic centre. Best for buyers who want quiet streets but transit and the mall close at hand.
Daily life
Schools, parks, sports & the commute.
Four things every Scott Creek buyer asks about in the first week. The honest answers below — with the full catchment ladder just underneath.
SD43 schools
Scott Creek is a School District 43 (Coquitlam) neighbourhood. Panorama Heights Elementary sits in the neighbourhood (K–5, French Immersion offered), Scott Creek Middle serves grades 6–8 at 1240 Lansdowne Drive, and addresses typically feed Gleneagle Secondary at grades 9–12. Catchment lines shift street-by-street; always verify a specific address with the SD43 locator.
Parks & trails
Walton Park sits in the heart of Scott Creek with its own trail network. Town Centre Park (Percy Perry Stadium and turf fields), Lafarge Lake and the Hoy Creek Trail are all close within the City Centre core — green space is one of Scott Creek’s defining features.
Sports & activities
Coquitlam’s youth sports run through city-wide associations — Coquitlam Minor Hockey at the Poirier Sport & Leisure Complex, Coquitlam Metro-Ford Soccer and North Coquitlam United, Coquitlam Moody Minor Baseball and the Coquitlam Reds, Coquitlam Minor Lacrosse, and Coquitlam Minor Football & Cheer — all a short drive from Scott Creek.
Shopping & commute
Coquitlam Centre — the region’s major mall — and the surrounding Town Centre commercial district are a short drive, covering groceries, dining and services in one dense hub. The Evergreen Line stations at Lafarge Lake–Douglas and Lincoln are close by, keeping Scott Creek transit-accessible while it stays a quiet residential pocket.
The K–12 catchment ladder
Schools that currently serve Scott Creek.
Scott Creek is part of SD43 Coquitlam. Panorama Heights Elementary sits in the neighbourhood at K–5 and offers French Immersion; Scott Creek Middle School at 1240 Lansdowne Drive serves grades 6–8; and addresses typically feed Gleneagle Secondary at grades 9–12. Catchment lines shift street-by-street, so always confirm a specific address with the SD43 locator before relying on it.
Verify your exact address
Look up any Scott Creek address in SD43’s official school locator.
Type an address → see the specific neighbourhood catchment schools. This is the authoritative source.
Scott Creek vs Upper Eagle Ridge vs the Town Centre core.
Three ways to live in Coquitlam’s City Centre / North Coquitlam core. They share the same transit and mall access but diverge on character and housing. The comparison below is qualitative, drawn from neighbourhood character, with unknown cells left as “—”.
Factor
Scott Creek
Upper Eagle Ridge
Town Centre core
Character
Quiet curved streets & cul-de-sacs, centred on Walton Park
Same core, slightly more hillside character
High-rise, walk-to-everything at the SkyTrain doorstep
Detached benchmark (September 2026)
No separate benchmark — citywide HPI $1,584,400 (reference)
Every neighbourhood is a trade. Scott Creek’s trade is quiet family streets and strong schools inside the City Centre core, over large lots and views. Here’s the honest read on who wins with that trade and who should look elsewhere.
Scott Creek is a strong fit if…
You want quiet curved streets and cul-de-sacs, not through-traffic.
You’re orienting around Scott Creek Middle and Panorama Heights (French Immersion offered) schools.
You want City Centre convenience — SkyTrain, mall, Lafarge Lake — minutes away.
You’re open to a mix of detached core homes plus perimeter townhomes and condos.
Scott Creek may be less ideal if…
You want a large-lot view estate or golf-course prestige — that’s Westwood Plateau.
You want newer-construction-only detached inventory — look at Burke Mountain.
You want a high-rise, walk-to-everything condo lifestyle at the SkyTrain doorstep — that’s the Town Centre core.
You want a slightly more hillside-character alternative in the same core — see Upper Eagle Ridge.
Who’s writing this
Why 47+ years living in the Tri-Cities matters in Scott Creek.
I’m not a Scott Creek resident — and I won’t pretend to be. What I am is a 47+ year Tri-Cities local who has watched the City Centre core evolve from the ground up. I know how the Scott Creek Middle and Panorama Heights catchments shape family demand, how the quiet inner-core detached homes trade against the perimeter townhomes and condos, and what the SkyTrain-and-Coquitlam-Centre location is actually worth to a family. That’s the read a fly-in agent can’t copy.
Craig Johnston, REALTOR®
47+ year Tri-Cities resident · Earned on a Top 1% Team — Greater Vancouver REALTORS®, 2023–2025 · Earned on a Medallion Club Team, 2021–2025 · Earned on a Top 2% Team — Royal LePage nationwide, 2023–2025 · Royal LePage Elite West · BCFSA Licence #187645
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“Craig was patient throughout the entire process. He never pushed us to buy something we weren't sure about, and when we decided to wait six months and save more, he just said ‘good call’ and stayed in touch. When we did finally buy, the math was so much cleaner.”
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Quick answer
What is Scott Creek, and who is it for?
Scott Creek is a quiet, family-oriented residential neighbourhood in the Coquitlam City Centre / North Coquitlam core, alongside Upper Eagle Ridge and Canyon Springs. Built on curved streets, cul-de-sacs and courts, its inner core is quieter detached homes — some backing onto greenbelt — while the perimeter holds townhomes and condos. It’s anchored by Scott Creek Middle School (1240 Lansdowne Drive) and Panorama Heights Elementary (K–5, French Immersion offered), centred on Walton Park, and minutes from SkyTrain and Coquitlam Centre. GVR publishes a small Scott Creek detached benchmark ($1,544,100 in September 2026), but with few sales it swings month to month, so the citywide Coquitlam detached HPI of $1,584,400 is the steadier reference for the detached tier. It suits families who want quiet streets, strong schools and City Centre convenience. Written by Craig Johnston, REALTOR® (BCFSA Licence #187645) and 47+ year Tri-Cities resident.
FAQ
Scott Creek — the questions buyers actually ask.
Where is Scott Creek in Coquitlam?+
Scott Creek is a quiet residential neighbourhood in the Coquitlam City Centre / North Coquitlam core, alongside Upper Eagle Ridge and Canyon Springs. It’s built on curved streets, cul-de-sacs and courts, anchored by Scott Creek Middle School at 1240 Lansdowne Drive and centred on Walton Park, with SkyTrain, buses and Coquitlam Centre minutes away.
How much do Scott Creek homes cost?+
Scott Creek’s inner core is quieter detached homes; its perimeter holds townhomes and condos. Scott Creek’s own GVR® detached benchmark was $1,544,100 in September 2026 on very few sales, so the citywide Coquitlam detached HPI ($1,584,400) is the steadier reference for the detached tier — see Coquitlam detached homes. Attached-home pricing follows the North Coquitlam City Centre condo and townhome market.
What schools serve Scott Creek?+
SD43 Coquitlam. Panorama Heights Elementary sits in the neighbourhood (K–5, French Immersion offered), Scott Creek Middle School (1240 Lansdowne Drive) serves grades 6–8, and addresses typically feed Gleneagle Secondary at grades 9–12. Always verify the specific address with the SD43 school locator. See Scott Creek Middle catchment homes and Gleneagle Secondary catchment homes.
Scott Creek vs Upper Eagle Ridge — what’s the difference?+
Both are quiet residential pockets of the same Coquitlam City Centre / North Coquitlam core. Upper Eagle Ridge carries slightly more hillside character; Scott Creek is centred on Walton Park with its own middle school and an in-neighbourhood French Immersion elementary. Both put you minutes from SkyTrain and Coquitlam Centre.
Is Scott Creek a good place to live?+
Yes — for families who want a quiet, curved-street setting with strong schools and City Centre convenience, walkable to Walton Park and minutes from SkyTrain and Coquitlam Centre. It’s less ideal if you want a large-lot view estate (Westwood Plateau) or newer-construction-only detached inventory (Burke Mountain).
How far is Scott Creek from SkyTrain?+
Scott Creek sits within the North Coquitlam / City Centre core, so the Evergreen Line stations at Lafarge Lake–Douglas and Lincoln are a short drive or bus ride away, with Coquitlam Centre and its bus loop close by. It’s a quiet residential pocket that stays transit-accessible for commuting.
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