Photo: Ursus sapien · CC BY-SA 4.0Owners in Port Coquitlam value their homes 25% above the median of British Columbia’s towns
That is a median of $900,000 at the 2021 census, set beside $720,000 for British Columbia’s towns. The median sale in 2023 was $829,000, across 1,265 buyers. On the 2024 assessment, the middle residential property is valued at $1,170,000.
What Port Coquitlam’s homes are worth, three ways
Each source sits beside its own median for British Columbia’s towns; none compares across provinces, which value homes in their own ways. These home values were given by owners themselves, in a census taken in May 2021.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $914K
- Owners
- 17,630
- British Columbia’s towns
- $720K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
median sale price
- Average sale
- $950K
- ÷ buyers’ income
- 5.8×
- Buyers
- 1,265
- British Columbia’s towns
- $682K
all residential
- British Columbia’s towns
- $671K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
On the assessment roll, Port Coquitlam’s houses sit 87% above British Columbia’s towns
In 2024, Port Coquitlam had 20,800 residential properties on the roll, detached houses 35% of them and condos 29%.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of British Columbia’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
Condominiums are 28% of Port Coquitlam’s homes, against 10% for British Columbia’s towns
Of the 22,880 homes people lived in across Port Coquitlam at the 2021 census, 37% were single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 2000.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of British Columbia’s towns
Homes by kind
| Port Coquitlam | British Columbia | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 28% | 10% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 5% | 6% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 6% | 4% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 13% | 10% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Port Coquitlam permitted 12.4 new homes a year per 1,000, below the 18.1 of British Columbia’s towns
Some 315 homes a year: 1,889 in all were permitted in Port Coquitlam from 2018 to 2023. Only 4% went into single-unit buildings, beside 27% for British Columbia’s towns.
A peak in 2022: 523 new homes
New homes a year per 1,000 homes
Slowing: 26,358 new homes in the 12 months to August 2026, 11% fewer
Measured across the Vancouver metro area: monthly permits
Statistics Canada, tables 46-10-0087 (building permits by census subdivision, 2018–2023: dwelling units created, new construction and conversions) and 34-10-0292 (monthly, metro areas). Per 1,000: units a year over 2019–2023 against occupied homes in 2021.
Port Coquitlam is 25% above the $720,000 median of British Columbia’s towns
The census values of British Columbia’s towns, 254 of them with 2,500+ people, from dearest to cheapest.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Port Coquitlam’s neighbours by home value
Next to Port Coquitlam: 2021 census values and the share of owners.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Port Coquitlam | $900K | $914K | 77% | |
| Coquitlam | $1.1M | $1.15M | 69% | 4.4 |
| Port Moody | $1M | $1.11M | 76% | 6.9 |
| Fraser Heights | $1.5M | $1.44M | 83% | 7.1 |
| Pitt Meadows | $890K | $867K | 80% | 7.1 |
| Birdland | $1M | $1.04M | 63% | 8 |
| Port Mann | $1.2M | $1.21M | 64% | 8.3 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Port Coquitlam
What is the average house price in Port Coquitlam?
Buyers paid $950,000 on average in 2023, or 5.8 years of their income at the median.
How many households in Port Coquitlam are in core housing need?
Statistics Canada puts 13% of Port Coquitlam’s households in core housing need, a higher share than the 10% of British Columbia’s towns.
Is Port Coquitlam expensive for British Columbia?
Yes: Port Coquitlam’s census median is above the $720,000 of British Columbia’s towns.
Can I see individual sales or prices by street?
Only in total: Statistics Canada releases each town’s median and average sale and its number of buyers, never a single sale.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program · Statistics Canada, building permits (tables 46-10-0087 and 34-10-0292). 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).