Photo: John Shorten · CC BY 4.0Coquitlam and its setting: 43 historic places within 25 km
Only 6.1% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town. The closest top-tier heritage is in Strathcona, 20 km from here. Wikidata gives 1908 for the municipality, whether that is when it was founded, incorporated or merged.
Within 25 km of Coquitlam, 14 top designations
The nearest is Holy Trinity Cathedral, 9.6 km away in New Westminster. Between them, 14 towns share them, mainly Yaletown, Langley and Granville Entertainment District. By age, Fort Langley leads, from 1839, at 21 km.
The 12 nearest, within 25 km
| Holy Trinity CathedralListed in a community heritage register · 1902 · 9.6 km away, in New Westminster |
| Hastings ParkProvincially Recognized Heritage Site · 1888 · 16 km away, in Hastings-Sunrise |
| First Church of Christ, ScientistListed in a community heritage register · 1925 · 19 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Victoria ParkListed in a community heritage register · 1905 · 19 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Burrard Dry DockHeritage designation · 19 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Vancouver Japanese Language SchoolNational Historic Site · 1928–1929 · 20 km away, in Strathcona |
| Saint Paul's Roman Catholic ChurchNational Historic Site · 1884–1885 · 20 km away, in North Vancouver |
| Kuomintang BuildingHeritage designation · 20 km away, in Strathcona |
| Canadian National Railways / VIA Rail Station, Vancouver, British ColumbiaHeritage Railway Station · 1917–1918 · 20 km away, in Strathcona |
| Ovaltine CafeListed in a community heritage register · 1912 · 20 km away, in Strathcona |
| Vancouver's ChinatownNational Historic Site · 1880–2003 · 20 km away, in Strathcona |
| Carnegie Community CentreHeritage designation · 20 km away, in Yaletown |
The 25 km around Coquitlam keep buildings from as early as 1839
Places as far as 25 km from Coquitlam, not in it, dated by the first construction year on their records.
Fort Langley, in Langley, is the oldest (1839). Dated places within 25 km: 37. 2 go back before 1867.
Coquitlam is still building: 12% of homes date from 2016 to 2021, against 4.1%
Coquitlam’s largest group of homes, 36%, went up from 1981 to 2000. Homes built from 2001 to 2015 make up 22% of Coquitlam’s, against 15% in the typical town. Count back from today and half of Coquitlam’s homes are older than 2001.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Coquitlam and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Coquitlam | 173,599 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Port Moody | 38,285 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Port Coquitlam | 67,724 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Anmore | 2,508 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lougheed | 15,442 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Burnaby Mountain | 9,248 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Port Mann | 5,988 | 0 | 0 | — |
Coquitlam in brief
Its oldest homes, those from before 1961, are 6.1% of the total, against 18% in the typical town. For the rest, it has no historic place, against 5 for the middle town its size.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
- The grade. History isn’t one of Canada’s graded pillars, so this page describes and compares without a letter.
- Protection. Federal recognition isn’t a planning control: buildings the federal government owns follow its heritage policy, while others are protected only by a provincial or municipal designation.
- The tiers. National Historic Sites and the most protected buildings form the top tier; recognized federal buildings, stations and lighthouses the second; provincial and municipal listings the third.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Coquitlam’s history
How many historic places does Coquitlam have on the registers?
Inside Coquitlam, none so far; Holy Trinity Cathedral, 9.6 km away in New Westminster, is the closest.
When did Coquitlam become a municipality?
The date Wikidata holds for Coquitlam is 1908, whether founding, incorporation or merger.
How old are the homes in Coquitlam?
6.1% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).