Coquitlam
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Location of Coquitlam within the Greater Vancouver District in British Columbia, Canada
Area	152.5 km² (58.88 sq mi)
Population	113,498 (2005)
Pop'n density	755/km² (1,955.4/sq mi)
Location	49°17′0″N, 122°47′30″WCoordinates: 49°17′0″N, 122°47′30″W
Elevation	40 m (131 feet)
Incorporation	1908
Province	British Columbia
Regional District	Greater Vancouver
MP	Dawn Black James Moore
MLA	Iain Black Harry Bloy Diane Thorne
Mayor	Maxine Wilson
Governing Body	Coquitlam City Council
Time zone	PST (UTC-8)
Postal code	V3J to V3H
Area Code	+1-604, +1-778
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Coquitlam (IPA: [koˈkwɪt.ləm]) is a mid-sized city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada. It has population of 113,498 (2005), and is one of the 21 municipalities comprising the Greater Vancouver Regional District. Coquitlam is mainly a suburban city, with a large and affluent multicultural community in a region known as Westwood Plateau. The mayor of Coquitlam is Maxine Wilson. Image File history File links Dot-yellow. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 724 × 600 pixelsFull resolution (846 × 701 pixel, file size: 272 KB, MIME type: image/png) Location of Coquitlam, Greater Vancouver Area, British Columbia File links The following pages on the English Wikipedia link to this file (pages on other projects are... Motto: Building a sustainable region Area: 2,878. ... Area is a physical quantity expressing the size of a part of a surface. ... Map of Earth showing lines of latitude (horizontally) and longitude (vertically), Eckert VI projection; large version (pdf, 1. ... Basic Definition In geography, the elevation of a geographic location is its height above mean sea level (or some other fixed point). ... The or meter (see spelling differences) is a measure of length. ... A Municipal Corporation is a legal defintion for a local governing body, including (but not necessarily limited to) cities, counties, and towns. ... Regions Political culture Foreign relations Other countries Politics Portal      Canada is a federation which consists of ten provinces that, with three territories, make up the worlds second largest country in total area. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... The Canadian Province of British Columbia is divided into Regional Districts, analogous to counties in other jurisdictions. ... Motto: Building a sustainable region Area: 2,878. ... Members of the House of Commons in the 38th Parliament of Canada, as of November 10, 2005. ... Dawn Black is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. ... James Moore James Moore (b. ... Legislature Building in Victoria, BC The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is located in Victoria. ... Iain James Stewart Black (born 1967) is a politician in British Columbia, Canada. ... Diane Thorne is the provincial representative of Coquitlam-Maillardville in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. ... A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning larger, greater) is the modern title of the highest ranking municipal officer. ... Maxine Wilson is the current mayor of Coquitlam, British Columbia. ... Local governments are administrative offices that are smaller than a state or province. ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... The Pacific Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ... ... A Canadian postal code is a string of six characters that forms part of a postal address in Canada. ... British Columbia - 188 FSAs Categories: Canada Post ... A telephone numbering plan is a system that allows subscribers to make and receive telephone calls across long distances. ... Area code 604 is the telephone area code in British Columbia, Canada, encompassing the Lower Mainland region around Vancouver. ... Area code 604 is the telephone area code in British Columbia, Canada, encompassing the Lower Mainland region around Vancouver. ... Image File history File links Portal. ... Port Coquitlam is a city in British Columbia. ... The Tri-Cities are located in the Lower Mainland, which is in southwestern British Columbia. ... This chart shows concisely the most common way in which the International Phonetic Alphabet (IPA) is applied to represent the English language. ... The Lower Mainland is the name that residents of British Columbia apply to the region surrounding the City of Vancouver. ... Motto: Splendor Sine Occasu (Latin: Splendour without diminishment) Capital Victoria Largest city Vancouver Official languages English Government - Lieutenant-Governor Iona Campagnolo - Premier Gordon Campbell (BC Liberal) Federal representation in Canadian Parliament - House seats 36 - Senate seats 6 Confederation July 20, 1871 (6th province) Area Ranked 4th - Total 944,735 km... Motto: Building a sustainable region Area 2,878. ... Housing subdivision near Union, Kentucky, a suburb of Cincinnati, Ohio. ... Westwood Plateau is the north part of the City of Coquitlam. ... Maxine Wilson is the current mayor of Coquitlam, British Columbia. ...

Geography and Location

Coquitlam is situated some 10 to 15 km (7 to 10 miles) east of Vancouver, British Columbia within the Greater Vancouver Regional District (located at 49°17′0″N, 122°47′30″W), where the Coquitlam River connects with the Fraser River and extends northeast along the Pitt River towards the Coquitlam and Pitt lakes. Like Vancouver, Coquitlam is in the Pacific Time Zone (winter UTC−8, summer UTC−7), and the Pacific Maritime Ecozone. This article refers to the city in British Columbia, Canada. ... Motto: Building a sustainable region Area 2,878. ... Located in between the cities of Coquitlam and Port Coquitlam which are suburbs of Vancouver, Canada. ... Fraser River watershed The Fraser River is the longest river in British Columbia, Canada, rising near Mount Robson in the Rocky Mountains and flowing for 1400 km (870 mi), into the Pacific Ocean at the city of Vancouver. ... The Pitt River is an extremely large (by volume, not length) tributary of the Fraser River, entering it a few miles upstream from New Westminster, British Columbia and about 25km ESE of downtown Vancouver. ... Coquitlam Lake is a resivoir in Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. ... Pitt Lake is the second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, being about 5350 ha in size (535 sq km or 205 sq mi). ... The Pacific Standard Time Zone is a geographic region that keeps time by subtracting eight hours from Coordinated Universal Time (UTC). ... A time zone is a region of the Earth that has adopted the same standard time, usually referred to as the local time. ... ...

Coquitlam borders Burnaby and Port Moody to the west, New Westminster to the southwest, Port Coquitlam to the southeast, and the Coast Mountains to the north. Coordinates: Country  Canada Province  British Columbia District Greater Vancouver Regional District Established 1892 (municipality status) – 1992 (city status) Government  - Mayor Derek Corrigan  - MPs Peter Julian (NDP), Bill Siksay (NDP)  - MLAs Raj Chouhan, Richard T. Lee, John Nuraney, Harry Bloy Area  - City 89. ... Port Moody, British Columbia is a small city forming a crescent at the east end of Burrard Inlet in British Columbia, Canada, and part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. ... The Pattullo Bridge (centre) connects New Westminster (left) with Surrey (right) across the Fraser River. ... Port Coquitlam is a city in British Columbia. ... The Coast Mountains are the westernmost range of the Pacific Cordillera, running along the south western shore of the North American continent, extending south from the Alaska Panhandle and covering most of coastal British Columbia. ...

History

The Coast Salish were the first people to live in this area. The word Kwikwetlem means "smell like fish" in the Halkomelem language ^[1]. Simon Fraser came through the region in 1808, and in the 1860s Europeans gradually started settling the area. The Coast Salish are a group of Salishan-speaking First Nations/Native American in British Columbia and Washington. ... Halkomelem (also Halqeméylem, Hulquminum, and ) is a Salishan language of the First Nations around the Fraser River and the southern end of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. ... An undated drawing of Simon Fraser Simon Fraser (1776–18 August 1862) was a fur trader and an explorer who charted much of what is now the Canadian province of British Columbia. ... 1808 was a leap year starting on Friday (see link for calendar). ... // The First Transcontinental Railroad in the USA is built in the six year period between 1863 and 1869. ...

Coquitlam began as a "place-in-between" since the area was opened up with the construction of North Road in the mid-1800s. While the purpose of the road was to provide Royal Engineers in New Westminster access to the year-round port facilities in Port Moody, the effect was to provide access to the vast area between and to the east. This led to a period of settlement and agriculture, providing slow and steady growth leading up to incorporation of the municipality of the District of Coquitlam in 1891. The Corps of Royal Engineers, usually just called the Royal Engineers (RE), and commonly known as the Sappers, is one of the corps of the British Army. ...

The young municipality got its first boost in the dying years of the 19th century when Frank Ross and James McLaren opened Fraser Mills, a $350,000, then state-of-the-art lumber mill on the north bank of the Fraser River. By 1908, a mill town of 20 houses, a store, post office, hospital, office block, barber shop, and pool hall had grown around the mill.

A year later one of the most significant events in Coquitlam's history took place. Mill owners, in search of workers, turned their attention to the experienced logging culture of Québec, and in 1909 a contingent of 110 French Canadians arrived, recruited for work at Fraser Mills. With the arrival of a second contingent in June 1910, Maillardville was born. Named for Father Maillard, a young Oblate from France, Maillardville was more than just a French-Canadian enclave in Western Canada: it was a vibrant community, the largest Francophone centre west of Manitoba, and the seed for the future growth of Coquitlam. During the 1960s, a terrorist group known as the Front de libération du Québec (FLQ) launched a decade of bombings, robberies and attacks on government offices. ... An Oblate in Christian monasticism (especially Roman Catholic and Anglican; the Orthodox Christian equivalent is called a Rasophore) is any person who has been offered to God, or have dedicated themselves to His service, in holy religion. ...

While the passing of time has diluted the use of the French language in British Columbia, it is still heard on the streets and in the homes on the south slope of Coquitlam. Maillardville's past is recognized in street names that honour early pioneers and in local redevelopments which reflect its French-Canadian heritage. French (français, langue française) is one of the most important Romance languages, outnumbered in speakers only by Spanish and Portuguese. ...

The steady growth continued throughout the first half of the 20th century, helped in part by the region's strategic position on Canada's west coast. The opening of Lougheed Highway in 1953 made the city more accessible and set the stage for residential growth in the early 1960s. Coquitlam experienced a period of boom in the mid-1970s that continues today. British Columbia provincial highway 7, known as the Lougheed Highway, is an alternative route to Highway 1 through the Lower Mainland. ...

Politics

Federal

There are two federal ridings which cut through Coquitlam. James Moore, of the Conservative Party of Canada (CPC), represents the riding of Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam. Dawn Black, of the New Democratic Party (NDP), represents the New Westminster—Coquitlam riding. An electoral district is a geographically-based constituency upon which Canadas representative democracy is based. ... James Moore James Moore (b. ... The Conservative Party of Canada (French: Parti conservateur du Canada), colloquially known as the Tories, is a right-leaning conservative political party in Canada, formed by the merger of the Canadian Alliance and the Progressive Conservative Party of Canada in December 2003. ... Port Moody—Westwood—Port Coquitlam is a federal electoral district represented in the Canadian House of Commons, and located in the province of British Columbia. ... Dawn Black is a Canadian politician from British Columbia. ... The New Democratic Party (NDP; Nouveau Parti démocratique in French) is a political party in Canada with a progressive social democratic philosophy that contests elections at both the federal and provincial levels. ... New Westminster—Coquitlam is a federal electoral district in British Columbia, Canada, that has been represented in the Canadian House of Commons from 1979 to 1988, and since 2004. ...

Provincial

Coquitlam is represented by three provincial MLA's the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia. In 2005, Iain Black was elected the MLA in the riding of Port Moody-Westwood, which includes northern Coquitlam and Coquitlam Town Centre. Black is a member of the BC Liberal Party. Diane Thorne is the provincial representative of Coquitlam-Maillardville, also elected in 2005. She is a member of the NDP. Harry Bloy is the MLA for Burquitlam, which includes western Coquitlam. He is a member of the BC Liberals. A Member of the Legislative Assembly, or MLA, is a representative elected by the voters of an electoral district to the Legislature or legislative assembly of a subnational jurisdiction. ... Legislature Building in Victoria, BC The Legislative Assembly of British Columbia is located in Victoria. ... Iain James Stewart Black (born 1967) is a politician in British Columbia, Canada. ... Port Moody-Westwood is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. ... Diane Thorne is the provincial representative of Coquitlam-Maillardville in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. ... Coquitlam-Maillardville is a provincial electoral district for the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia, Canada. ...

City

The following city council members were elected in 2005: The Canadian province of British Columbia will hold its triannual municipal elections on November 19, 2005. ...

• Maxine Wilson, mayor
• Brent Asmundson
• Fin Donnelly
• Louella Hollington
• Barrie Lynch
• Doug Macdonnell
• Mae Reid
• Lou Sekora
• Richard Stewart

Maxine Wilson is the current mayor of Coquitlam, British Columbia. ... Councillor Fin Donnelly was elected to Coquitlam City Council in 2002. ... Councillor Louella Hollington is a current Councillor for the city of Coquitlam, British Columbia. ... Barrie Lynch is the current councillor of Coquitlam. ... Doug Macdonnell is one of the councillors of Coquitlam, British Columbia. ... Mae Reid is one of the current councillors of Coquitlam, British Columbia. ... Louis Sekora is a Canadian politician. ... Richard Stewart is one of the current councillors of Coquitlam, British Columbia Richard was elected to Coquitlam City Council in 2005. ...

Demographics

According to the 2001 Canadian census,^[2] there were 112,890 people living in the municipality in 41,481 private dwellings. Of the 40,220 households: 37% contained a married couple with children, 25% contained a married couple without children, and 21% were one-person households. Of the 31,390 reported families: 77% were married couples with an average of 3.2 persons per family, 15% were lone-parents with an average of 2.5 persons per family, and 8% were common-law couples with an average of 2.5 persons per family. The median age of Coquitlam’s population was 37.0 years, slightly younger than the British Columbia median of 38.4 years. Coquitlam had 81.0% of its residents over the age of 14, nearly the same as the provincial average of 81.9%. The Canada 2001 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population. ... A dwelling is a structure in which humans or other animals live. ... The household is the basic unit of analysis in many microeconomic and government models. ... A family in Ouagadougou, Burkina Faso in 1997 A family consists of a domestic group of people (or a number of domestic groups), typically affiliated by birth or marriage, or by analogous or comparable relationships — including domestic partnership, cohabitation, adoption, surname and (in some cases) ownership (as occurred in the... This article or section needs copy editing for grammar, style, cohesion, tone and/or spelling. ... Common-law marriage (or common law marriage), sometimes called informal marriage or marriage by habit and repute is, historically, a form of interpersonal status in which a man and a woman are legally married. ...

Also, according to the 2001 Canadian census, the two most dominant religions are Protestantism with 26% and Catholic with 23% claiming affiliation. Coquitlam, with 0.9%, had fewer Sikhs than the provincial average of 3.5%, but more Muslims, at 6.1%, compared to the provincial average of 1.5%. About 37% of Coquitlam residents were foreign-born and of those 53% had immigrated between 1991 and 2001, much higher than the 26% foreign-born and 36% foreign-born and immigrated between 1991 and 2001 provincial averages. Of the 34% who claimed to be a visible minority, higher than the 21% provincial average, 52% were Chinese, 11% were Korean, 9% were South Asian, and 7% were Filipino. This article or section does not cite any references or sources. ... Visible minorities are persons who are not of the majority race in a given population. ... Map of South Asia South Asia is a subregion of Asia comprising the modern states of Bangladesh, Bhutan, India, Maldives, Nepal, Pakistan and Sri Lanka, . It covers about 4,480,000 km², or 10 percent of the continent, and is also known as the Indian subcontinent. ...

Education

Douglas College's Coquitlam campus.

Coquitlam is served by School District 43 Coquitlam. High schools in Coquitlam include Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, Centennial School, Pinetree Secondary School, and Gleneagle Secondary School schools. There are also several middle schools in Coquitlam, which include Maillard Middle School and Montgomery Middle School. There are two major universities, University of British Columbia and Simon Fraser University, located in the nearby municipalities. Capilano College, Langara College, Vancouver Community College (VCC), Kwantlen University College, and Douglas College have campuses throughout the Greater Vancouver, with Douglas College maintaining a campus near the Coquitlam's city centre; these serve the local post-secondary education needs with career, trade, and university-transfer programs. British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) in the neighbouring Burnaby provides polytechnic education and grants degrees in several fields, and nearby Vancouver is also home to Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design and Vancouver Film School. Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Image File history File linksMetadata No higher resolution available. ... Douglas Colleges David Lam campus. ... School District 43 is one of the sixty school districts in British Columbia. ... Main article: Secondary education High school is a name used in some parts of the world, and particularly in North America, to describe the last segment of compulsory education. ... Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, is a public coeducational high school located in Coquitlam, British Columbia. ... Centennial School is a high school located in Coquitlam, British Columbia, established in 1967 to celebrate the centennial year of Canadian Confederation. ... Pinetree Secondary School is a high school in School District 43 Coquitlam. ... {{Infobox Education in Canada |name= Gleneagle Secondary School |image= Gleneagle-sec. ... Maillard Middle School in Coquitlam, British Columbia is a middle school. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... The University of British Columbia (UBC) is a Canadian public university with its main campus located at Point Grey in the unincorporated Electoral Area A, immediately west of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Simon Fraser University (SFU) is located in Burnaby, British Columbia, Canada, part of the metropolitan area of Vancouver, British Columbia. ... Capilano College (colloquially known as Cap College) is a degree granting post secondary institution in North Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ... Langara College programs were first offered in 1965 at King Edward Centre as part of Vancouver City College. ... Vancouver Community College, formerly Vancouver City College, was established in 1965 by bringing together the Vancouver Vocational Institute (1949), the Vancouver School of Art (1925), the Vancouver School Boards Night School Program (1909) and the King Edward Senior Matriculation and Continuing Education Centre (1962). ... Kwantlen University College (usually abbreviated to Kwantlen) is a degree-granting undergraduate university college with four campuses located in the South Fraser region of British Columbia’s Lower Mainland. ... Douglas Colleges David Lam campus. ... The British Columbia Institute of Technology (BCIT) is an institute of technology in Burnaby, British Columbia. ... Aerial view of Metrotown and central Burnaby from the south, with Burrard Inlet and North Vancouver beyond. ... The term polytechnic, from the Greek πολύ polú meaning many and τεχνικός tekhnikós meaning arts, is commonly used in many countries to describe an institution that delivers vocational or technical education and training, other countries do not use the term and use alternative terminology. ... A B.A. issused as a certificate A degree is any of a wide range of status levels conferred by institutions of higher education, such as universities, normally as the result of successfully completing a program of study. ... Emily Carr Institute of Art and Design , a university in Vancouver, BC, Canada, is named for Canadian artist Emily Carr. ... Vancouver Film School is a privately-owned filmmaking, animation, and design school located in downtown Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada. ...

The Coquitlam Public Library has two branches: City Centre and Poirier. Coquitlam Public Library is a public library that serves Coquitlam, British Columbia and the surrounding Lower Mainland. ...

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Secondary schools	Centennial · Dr. Charles Best · Gleneagle · Heritage Woods · Pinetree · Port Moody · Riverside · Terry Fox
Middle or junior high schools	Banting · Citadel · Como Lake · Hillcrest · Kwayhquitlum · Maillard · Maple Creek · Minnekhada · Montgomery · Moody · Pitt River · Scott Creek · Summit
Primary or elementary schools	Alderson · Aspenwood · Baker Drive · Birchland · Blakeburn · Bramblewood · Cape Horn · Castle Park · Cedar Drive · Central · College Park · Coquitlam River · Coronation Park · Eagle Ridge · Glen · Glenayre · Hampton Park · Harbour View · Hazel Trembath · Heritage Mountain · Irvine · James Park · Kilmer · Leigh · Lincoln · Lord Baden-Powell · Mary Hill · Meadowbrook · Miller Park · Millside · Moody · Mountain Meadows · Mountain View · Mundy Road · Nestor · Panorama Heights · Parkland · Pinetree Way · Pleasantside · Porter Street · R C Macdonald · Ranch Park · Riverview Park · Rochester · Roy Stibbs · Seaview · Vanier · Walton · Westwood
Private schools	Archbishop Carney · Our Lady of the Assumption · Our Lady of Fatima · Queen of All Saints · Traditional Learning Academy

Centennial School is a high school located in Coquitlam, British Columbia, established in 1967 to celebrate the centennial year of Canadian Confederation. ... Dr. Charles Best Secondary School, is a public coeducational high school located in Coquitlam, British Columbia. ... {{Infobox Education in Canada |name= Gleneagle Secondary School |image= Gleneagle-sec. ... Heritage Woods Secondary School is a public coeducational high school located in Port Moody, British Columbia. ... Pinetree Secondary School is a high school in School District 43 Coquitlam. ... Port Moody Secondary School, is a public coeducational high school located in Port Moody, British Columbia. ... Riverside Secondary School is a public coeducational secondary school located in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. ... Terry Fox Secondary School is a school with 2,000 students located in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada. ... It has been suggested that this article or section be merged into School District 43 Coquitlam. ... Citadel Middle School in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia is a middle school. ... Como Lake Middle School in Coquitlam, British Columbia is a middle school. ... Hillcrest Middle School in Coquitlam, British Columbia is a middle school. ... Kwayhquitlum Middle School in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia, is a Canadian middle school. ... Maillard Middle School in Coquitlam, British Columbia is a middle school. ... Maple Creek Middle School in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia is a middle school. ... Minnekhada Middle School in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia is a middle school. ... This page may meet Wikipedias criteria for speedy deletion. ... Moody Middle is a grade 6 to 8 public middle school within School District 43 Coquitlam, British Columbia. ... Pitt River Middle School in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia is a middle school. ... Scott Creek Middle School in Coquitlam, British Columbia is a middle school serving grades six to eight. ... Eagle Ridge Elementary School in Coquitlam, British Columbia is an elementary school. ... Lincoln Elementary School is one of numerous schools, with most of them named after Abraham Lincoln, including: Lincoln Elementary School, Long Beach, California Lincoln Elementary School, Cupertino, California Lincoln Elementary School, Mt. ... Meadowbrook Elementary is a neighbourhood school surrounded by trees on a small hillside near the corner of Dewdney Trunk and Lougheed Highway. ... Mountain View Elementary is a public elementary school in Coquitlam, British Columbia part of School District 43 Coquitlam. ... Parkland Elementary is a public elementary school in Coquitlam, British Columbia part of School District 43 Coquitlam. ... Walton Elementary School in Coquitlam, British Columbia is an elementary school serving students from kindergarten to grade five. ... Westwood Elementary is a public elementary school in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia part of School District 43 Coquitlam. ... Archbishop Carney Secondary School (ACRSS) is a privately operated secondary school in Port Coquitlam, British Columbia. ...

Employment

The largest employers in Coquitlam are the City of Coquitlam with approximately 850 employees, Art in Motion with approximately 750 employees, and Real Canadian Superstore with approximately 500 employees^[3]. Art In Motion is a privately held publisher of fine art reproductions and a manufacturer of decorative home decor products sold worldwide. ... Real Canadian Superstore outlet in Courtenay, British Columbia. ...

The current unemployment rate is 7%.

Land use

Coquitlam, with a land area of about 150 square kilometres, is the largest municipality in the Tri-Cities region. Compared to other cities and municipalities in the Greater Vancouver Regional District, this area had a late start in economic development. It was not until the 1950s that the potential of the region's land began to be tapped^{[citation needed]}.

Development in Coquitlam has had an unusual amount of influence from the provincial government in recent years. In 1984, the provincial government sold 57 hectares (140 acres) formerly attached to Riverview Hospital to Molnar Developments. Shortly afterwards, this land was subdivided and became Riverview Heights, with about 250 single family homes. The remaining 240 acres of this still-active mental hospital are the subject of much speculation among developers, environmentalists, and conservationists alike.

Development in northern Coquitlam was rapidly increased during the early 1990s, after the sale of 650 hectares (1600 acres) of crown land to Wesbild consisting of 4000 single family lots, 700 townhouse sites, and 400 apartment unit sites. This steep mountainside on the south slope of Eagle Mountain (known locally as Eagle Ridge), covered in second-growth forest, is the area now known as Westwood Plateau. The development of this area, as originally planned in 1987, is nearly complete. Urban development will soon be shifting to the northeastern portion of the city, now that the long-planned-for link across the Coquitlam River at David Avenue finally connects the two halves of Coquitlam. Eagle Mountain, also known as Eagle Ridge[1] is the mountainous ridge with many indistinct summits between Buntzen Lake and Coquitlam Lake near Coquitlam, British Columbia. ...

Coquitlam Land Use (2001) in Hectares (Ha)

Total 15,250

• Agricultural Land 381.25
• Extractive Industry 138.00
• Harvesting and Research 0.00
• Residential
  • Single Family 2790.75
  • Rural 488.00
  • Town/Low-rise 244.00
  • High-rise 15.25
• Commercial 288.75
• Industrial 427.00
• Institutional 350.75
• Transport. Comm., Utilities 274.50
• Recreation / Nature Areas 5429.00
• Open / Undeveloped 3080.50
• GVRD Watershed 1342.00

Parks, Recreation and Community

Coquitlam Watershed

Coquitlam has a considerable number of open green spaces, with the total area of over 890 hectares (2200 acres.) There are over 80 municipal parks and natural areas, with Mundy Park being among the biggest, located roughly in the centre of the city; Ridge Park is another major park located in the highlands near the city's northern edge. Pinecone Burke Provincial Park, Minnekhada Regional Park, and Pitt Addington Marsh are on the northern and eastern border of the city, while Indian Arm Provincial Park and the restricted area of the GVRD's Coquitlam watershed border Coquitlam to the north. Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Image File history File links File history Legend: (cur) = this is the current file, (del) = delete this old version, (rev) = revert to this old version. ... Pinecone Burke Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ... Indian Arm Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ... Motto: Building a sustainable region Area: 2,878. ...

Coquitlam does not have any beaches within the city limits, but the Tri-Cities offers freshwater beaches located in Anmore (Buntzen Lake, White Pine Beach at Sasamat Lake) and saltwater beaches in Belcarra and Port Moody. Buntzen Lake is a 4. ...

The city is responsible for the maintenance of numerous sports and recreation fields, including 40 sand-based and soil sportsfields, two FieldTurf fields, 35 ball diamonds, several all-weather surfaces, a bowling green, a croquet/bocce court, and a cricket pitch. The city also operates Percy Perry Stadium, a multi-purpose facility featuring a 400mm track, areas for activities such as long/triple jump, high jump, shotput/discus/hammer throw, and a FieldTurf surface for football and soccer. The wide plain of FieldTurf used at Torontos Rogers Centre was installed after the 2004 baseball season. ... Percy Perry Stadium Percy Perry Stadium is a multi-purpose stadium in Coquitlam, British Columbia. ... The wide plain of FieldTurf used at Torontos Rogers Centre was installed after the 2004 baseball season. ...

Sports Arena - The city manages the Coquitlam Sports Centre, which features a 185 ft × 80 ft (56 m × 24 m) ice surface with seating for 1,500 people. An annex provides an additional NHL-standard 200 ft × 85 ft (61 m × 26 m) ice surface while the curling rink provides curlers with six sheets of ice. Privately owned Planet Ice features 4 additional skating rinks, and more rinks are found throughout the Tri-Cities. NHL can also be an abbreviation for National Historic Landmark or Non-Hodgkins lymphoma. ... Curling is a team sport with similarities to bowls and bocce, played on a rectangular sheet of carefully prepared ice by two teams of four players each. ...

Swimming - The city manages numerous pools and water parks, including:

• City Centre Aquatic Complex
• Chimo Indoor Pool (currently being replaced by the new Poirier Aquatic Facility)
• 3 outdoor pools (Eagle Ridge, Rochester, Spani)
• 2 outdoor wading pools (Blue Mountain, Mackin)
• 3 spray parks (Blue Mountain, Panorama, Town Centre)

Community Centres - The city manages five community centres, including:

• Pinetree Community Centre
• Dogwood Pavilion
• Poirier Community Centre
• Centennial Activity Centre
• Summit Community Centre

Golf - In addition to courses in neighboring communities in the Tri-Cities, Coquitlam itself is home to several golf facilities, including:

• Westwood Plateau Golf & Country Club (public, 18 holes)
• Westwood Plateau Golf Academy (public, 9 holes)
• Vancouver Golf Club (private, 18 holes)
• Eaglequest Golf Centre (public, 9 holes par 3)

Transportation

A map of the proposed Evergreen Line.

Coquitlam is served by the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority (TransLink), which is responsible for both public transit and major roads. There is regular bus service on numerous lines running throughout the city and connecting it to other municipalities in the Greater Vancouver Regional District. The 97 B-line express bus service connects the central part of the city to the Lougheed Town Centre SkyTrain station in neighbouring Burnaby. Plans to replace this express bus line with the Evergreen Line light rail service by the end of 2011 are already in progress. Most buses are wheelchair accessible and a large number carry bike racks, able to carry two wheelchairs and bicycles respectively. West Coast Express provides a morning rush-hour rail service to downtown Vancouver and evening rush-hour rail service as far as Mission. Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 550 pixelsFull resolution (1022 × 702 pixel, file size: 56 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Evergreen Line Stations I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... Image File history File links Size of this preview: 800 × 550 pixelsFull resolution (1022 × 702 pixel, file size: 56 KB, MIME type: image/jpeg) Evergreen Line Stations I, the creator of this work, hereby release it into the public domain. ... TransLink, officially known as the Greater Vancouver Transportation Authority, is a transportation organization that services transportation needs of the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD) in British Columbia, Canada. ... Lougheed Town Centre is a Skytrain station in Burnaby, British Columbia. ... The platform at Metrotown Station in Burnaby is one of the busiest in the SkyTrain system. ... Coordinates: Country  Canada Province  British Columbia District Greater Vancouver Regional District Established 1892 (municipality status) – 1992 (city status) Government  - Mayor Derek Corrigan  - MPs Peter Julian (NDP), Bill Siksay (NDP)  - MLAs Raj Chouhan, Richard T. Lee, John Nuraney, Harry Bloy Area  - City 89. ... Evergreen Line is the latest proposed rapid transit line in Greater Vancouver, Canada. ... The West Coast Express at Waterfront Station. ... Mission is a Canadian district municipality, in the province of British Columbia and is situated on the north bank of the Fraser River, overlooking the Fraser Valley. ...

For motorists, the Highway 1 provides quick access to Burnaby, Vancouver, Surrey, and many other municipalities in the Lower Mainland. Lougheed Highway provides a link to Vancouver and Burnaby to the west, and Pitt Meadows, Maple Ridge and other municipalities to the east. The Trans-Canada Highway is a federal-provincial highway system that joins all ten provinces of Canada. ... Surrey is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia that is within the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD), and geographically at the centre of the larger region known as the Lower Mainland of BC. It is the provinces second-largest city by population, surpassed only by Vancouver. ... Pitt Meadows is a District Municipality in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. ... Location of Maple Ridge, British Columbia Maple Ridge is a District Municipality in British Columbia, located east of Vancouver on the Fraser River. ...

Coquitlam is served by two international airports. Vancouver International Airport, located on Sea Island in the city of Richmond to the west, provides most of the air access to the region. The airport (YVR) is the second busiest in Canada and one of the busiest international airports on the West Coast of North America. Abbotsford International Airport, located to the east, is the sixth busiest airport in Canada. Nearby Pitt Meadows Airport provides services for smaller aircraft. Vancouver International Airport (IATA: YVR, ICAO: CYVR) is located on Sea Island in Richmond, British Columbia, Canada, about 15 kilometres from downtown Vancouver. ... This page is for the city of Richmond, British Columbia. ... Abbotsford International Airport (IATA: YXX, ICAO: CYXX) is located 2. ... Pitt Meadows Airport is located in Pitt Meadows, British Columbia, Canada. ...

Greyhound Lines of Canada has a bus depot in south Coquitlam for both passenger and package service. Calgary-based Greyhound Canada is a subsidiary of Naperville, Illinois-based Laidlaw International, Incorporated (formerly Laidlaw, Inc. ...

Residents and visitors wishing to travel to Vancouver Island, the Gulf Islands, and other destinations along the Inside Passage may use the BC Ferries car and passenger ferry service from two terminals in the communities of Tsawwassen and Horseshoe Bay, south and north of Vancouver respectively. Vancouver Island is separated from mainland British Columbia by the Strait of Georgia and the Queen Charlotte Strait, and from Washington by the Juan De Fuca Strait. ... Map showing the location of the Southern Gulf Islands The Gulf Islands is the name collectively given to the islands in the Strait of Georgia between Vancouver Island and the mainland Pacific coast of British Columbia, Canada. ... Part of the Inside Passage. ... British Columbia Ferry Services Inc. ... Tsawwassen is a neighbourhood in the southwestern part of the Corporation of Delta. ... Horseshoe Bay is a small village area within the city of West Vancouver. ...

Police, Fire and Emergency Services

Coquitlam contracts out its police service to the Royal Canadian Mounted Police, which is operated out of the RCMP's E Division. The main police station is next to city hall, at Town Centre. RCMP redirects here. ...

Coquitlam has it's own fire service known as Coquitlam Fire and Rescue with three main firehalls and three auxiliary stations. The main Fire halls are at Town Centre, Austin Heights and Mariner Way near Mundy Park. The auxiliary halls are on Burke Mountain, Mariner Station, and Austin station.

Like all other municipalities in British Columbia, Coquitlam's ambulance service is run by the British Columbia Ambulance Service. The British Columbia Ambulance Service (BCAS) is the sole ambulance service and provider of pre-hospital emergency care in the province of British Columbia, Canada, and is one of the largest EMS services in North America. ...

Finally, Coquitlam has a volunteer Search and Rescue team, Coquitlam Search and Rescue. Operating under the Provincial Emergency Program, Coquitlam SAR is responsible for urban and wilderness search and rescue for the area between Indian Arm and Pitt Lake, and encompasses the local communities of Port Coquitlam, Port Moody, Belcarra and Anmore. The SAR team is based at Town Centre Fire Hall. Provincial Emergency Program(PEP) is a emergency preparedness program in the Province of British Columbia under the Emergency Program Act. ... Indian Arm extends north (to the upper right) from Burrard Inlet (in the foreground). ... Pitt Lake is the second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, being about 5350 ha in size (535 sq km or 205 sq mi). ...

Health Care

Coquitlam is served by the Fraser Health Authority (FHA). The Tri-Cities are served by the 180-bed Eagle Ridge Hospital on the Port Moody/Coquitlam city boundary. As well, the FHA operates the 352-bed Royal Columbian Hospital just south of Coquitlam in New Westminster. Both hospitals offer 24/7 emergency rooms. Coquitlam is also the home of Riverview Hospital, a large mental health facility that is also frequently used as a filming location for numerous movies (Along Came A Spider, Jennifer Eight, Romeo Must Die, The Butterfly Effect) and television shows (The X-Files, Smallville, Dark Angel). City residents are also served by many privately-owned health care clinics. This article or section contains a plot summary that may be overly long, confusing, or ambiguous. ... This article is about the 1992 film. ... Romeo Must Die (2000) is an American film, an adaptation loosely based on Romeo and Juliet, directed by Andrzej Bartkowiak. ... The Butterfly Effect is a 2004 American sci-fi/drama movie starring Ashton Kutcher, Amy Smart, Eric Stoltz, and others, distributed by New Line Cinema. ... The X-Files is a Peabody- and Emmy Award-winning science fiction television series created by Chris Carter, which first aired on September 10, 1993, and ended on May 19, 2002. ... Smallville is an American television series set in Smallville, Kansas, but produced in Vancouver, Canada. ... Dark Angel is an American cyberpunk science fiction television program, created by James Cameron and Charles H. Eglee, which ran from 2000 to 2002 on the FOX network. ...

Media

In addition to Vancouver-based media outlets, Coquitlam is served by two bi-weekly community newspapers: This is a list of media outlets in the Canadian city of Vancouver, British Columbia. ...

• Tri-City News
• Coquitlam Now

Town Centre

Geographically, Coquitlam has two large parcels of land (one in the south-west, the other in the north-east), with a smaller central area between them. This central area, Coquitlam Town Centre, was designated as a "Regional Town Centre" under the GVRD’s Livable Region Strategic Plan. The concept of a Regional Town Centre for the area dates back to 1975, and is intended to have a high concentration of high-density housing, offices, cultural, entertainment and education facilities to serve major growth areas of the region, served by rapid transit service.

Coquitlam Town Centre is currently undergoing an update of the Town Centre plan. Besides private office buildings and residential skyscrapers, public facilities presently at the Town Centre include:

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Trivia

• The name Coquitlam is said to be derived from a Coast Salish term meaning "the little red fish". However, Chuck Strahl, author of the "Greater Vancouver Book", says that the name Coquitlam stems from the Halkomelem word meaning 'stinking of fish slime' and attributes the following quote to B.C.-place-name experts Helen B. and G.P.V. Akrigg. "During a great winter famine, the Coquitlam people sold themselves into slavery to the more numerous and prosperous Kwantlen nation. The new slaves, while butchering large quantities of salmon for their masters, got covered with fish slime - hence the name."
• Famous Canadian musician and activist Matthew Good is from Coquitlam. He graduated from Centennial School in 1989. The school was featured in the "Alert Status Red" video, and its cheerleading squad recorded for "Giant".
• Female model and host of MTV Select and G4TechTV Amanda Mackay also attended Centennial where she started her journalism career writing for the school's student newspaper.
• Canadian women's national soccer player Brittany Timko attended Centennial School.
• Rescuers for Hurricane Katrina from the Canadian Air Force came from Coquitlam and Halifax. Most of them came from Coquitlam.
• Former English Premiership goalkeeper Craig Forrest is from Coquitlam, as is young Hibernian FC starlet Keegan Ayre

The Coast Salish are a group of Salishan-speaking First Nations/Native American in British Columbia and Washington. ... Halkomelem (Halqeméylem) is a Salish language of the First Nations around the Fraser river and the southern end of Vancouver Island in British Columbia. ... The front entrance to the Richmond Campus of Kwantlen University College Kwantlen University College (sometimes abbreviated as KUC or simply Kwantlen) is a higher-education institution in British Columbia. ... Matthew Frederick Robert Good (born June 29, 1971, Burnaby, British Columbia) is a Canadian rock musician. ... Centennial School is a high school located in Coquitlam, British Columbia, established in 1967 to celebrate the centennial year of Canadian Confederation. ... White Light Rock & Roll Review was released on June 8, 2004, as Matthew Goods second album as a solo artist. ... Amanda Mackay is a female model and was a host of MTV Select and G4TechTV. Journalist and TV host Amanda MacKay is the face of MTV Networks’ GT Weekly, and GameOne, a videogame show seen on gametrailers. ... Brittany Timko (born on September 5, 1985 in Vancouver, British Columbia) is a midfielder for the Canadian womens national soccer team. ... Lowest pressure 902 mbar (hPa; 26. ... Motto: E Mari Merces(Latin) From the Sea, Wealth Coordinates: Country Canada Province Nova Scotia Established April 1, 1996  - Mayor Peter Kelly  - Governing body Halifax Regional Council  - MPs Alexa McDonough, Geoff Regan, Michael Savage, Peter Stoffer, (Bill Casey), (Gerald Keddy), (Peter MacKay)  - MLAs Barry Barnet, Keith Colwell, Kevin Deveaux, Darrell... The FA Premier League (often referred to as the Barclays English Premier League for sponsorship reasons) comprises the top 20 football clubs in the league system of English football. ... Craig Forrest (born September 20, 1967 in Coquitlam, British Columbia) was the first-choice soccer goalkeeper for Canada during the 1990s and either first or second choice at English club Ipswich Town from the late 1980s to mid-1990s. ... Hibernian Football Club is one of two main Edinburgh football clubs (the other being Heart of Midlothian). ... Keegan Ayre (born 4 July 1988, in New Westminster) is a Canadian born soccer player that currently plays for Scottish club Hibernian. ...

Surrounding municipalities

	Anmore, Port Moody	Pinecone Burke Provincial Park	Pitt Lake
	Burnaby		Pitt Meadows
		Coquitlam
	New Westminster	Surrey	Port Coquitlam

Image File history File links Compass-rose-pale. ... Anmore, British Columbia, is a small community in the Greater Vancouver Regional District, north of the city of Port Moody and along the shores of the Indian Arm. ... Port Moody, British Columbia is a small city forming a crescent at the east end of Burrard Inlet in British Columbia, Canada, and part of the Greater Vancouver Regional District. ... Pinecone Burke Provincial Park is a provincial park in British Columbia, Canada. ... Pitt Lake is the second-largest lake in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, being about 5350 ha in size (535 sq km or 205 sq mi). ... Image File history File links Compass-rose-pale. ... Coordinates: Country  Canada Province  British Columbia District Greater Vancouver Regional District Established 1892 (municipality status) – 1992 (city status) Government  - Mayor Derek Corrigan  - MPs Peter Julian (NDP), Bill Siksay (NDP)  - MLAs Raj Chouhan, Richard T. Lee, John Nuraney, Harry Bloy Area  - City 89. ... Image File history File links Template_CanadianCityGeoLocation_North. ... Pitt Meadows is a District Municipality in southwestern British Columbia, Canada. ... Image File history File links Template_CanadianCityGeoLocation_West. ... Image File history File links Template_CanadianCityGeoLocation_East. ... Image File history File links Template_CanadianCityGeoLocation_South. ... Member of Parliament Peter Julian (NDP) Dawn Black (NDP) Member of the Legislative Assembly Chuck Puchmayr (NDP) Mayor Wayne Wright Councillors Jonathan Cote Calvin Donnelly Bill Harper Betty McIntosh Bob Osterman Lorrie Williams Location Population (2001) 54,656 Immigrant Population 15,025 (28%) Languages English(Official) 78% French(Official) 1... Surrey is a Canadian city in the province of British Columbia that is within the Greater Vancouver Regional District (GVRD), and geographically at the centre of the larger region known as the Lower Mainland of BC. It is the provinces second-largest city by population, surpassed only by Vancouver. ... Port Coquitlam is a city in British Columbia. ...

See Also

Wikimedia Commons has media related to:

Coquitlam, British Columbia

• Tri-Cities (British Columbia)
• Coquitlam Public Library
• Vancouver Area Media Outlets

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References

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External links

• City of Coquitlam
• Satellite view of Coquitlam Town Centre on Google Maps

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