Coquitlam Lots & Land for Sale

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Coquitlam lots and land sold, November 2025 to October 2026

Fewer than 3 lots and land sold in Coquitlam, too few to describe.

Coquitlam all home types: benchmark price and changes, October 2026

  • Coquitlam$957,500Down 7.1% over 1 year
Coquitlam all home types, MLS® Home Price Index, October 2026
AreaBenchmark priceIndex1 month3 months6 months1 year3 years5 years10 years
Coquitlam$957,500302.7-1.5%-3.0%-4.1%-7.1%-13.5%-7.5%+21.8%

Source: Greater Vancouver REALTORS®, MLS® Home Price Index, October 2026 (released November 2, 2026). How these figures are defined and sourced

Coquitlam: the all home types benchmark was $957,500 in October 2026. Over the past year it fell 7.1%; over three months it fell 3.0%; over the last month it fell 1.5%. Longer term, over 3 years it fell 13.5%; over 5 years it fell 7.5%; over 10 years it rose 21.8%.

Coquitlam houses listed and sold by month, June to October 2026

Coquitlam houses listed went from 444 in June to 378 in October, a fall of 14.9%.

Colleges and universities in Coquitlam

  • Douglas College — Coquitlam Campus (college), 1250 Pinetree Way

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Coquitlam Lots & Land for Sale: your questions answered

How small can a Coquitlam lot be subdivided?

It depends on the zone, and the zone is the first check. Under Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996, the minimum subdivision lot is 650 square metres with 18.5 metres of frontage width in zones R-1 and R-3, and 465 square metres with 12.5 metres of width in R-2. Servicing for any split then runs under the Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw No. 3558, 2003, confirmed with the City for the specific parcel.

Is there bare-land strata I can buy a vacant lot in?

If a lot's title does show strata tenure, the lot itself carries strata fees, bylaws and Form B diligence.

What does a creek on or beside the lot change?

It can add a permit before anything else happens. In the City Centre Area Plan, land within 30 metres of the top of bank or top of ravine bank of a watercourse is in the Watercourse Protection Development Permit Area; in Northeast Coquitlam that distance is 50 metres. The City also tells small-scale applicants to contact Development Services early where there is a creek on or next to the lot, or a steep slope.

Can I clear the trees on a vacant lot before I build?

Not automatically. Private property trees are managed under Coquitlam's Tree Management Bylaw 4091, a tree cutting permit may be required, and replacement trees may be required. On a subdivision or land amalgamation the City says an applicant will likely need an arborist report from a consulting arborist, and where clearing creates a new forest edge, a windthrow analysis by a Registered Professional Forester may be asked for.

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Coquitlam Lots and Land: streets and boundaries

  • This page covers the whole City of Coquitlam, so its land is not one pocket: the City's own plan maps split it into the City Centre area around Lansdowne Drive and Falcon Drive, the Northeast (Burke Mountain) area, and the Southwest, and each side carries different lot rules.
  • The whole city now sits under one plan: the Interim Official Community Plan (OCP), Bylaw No. 5511, 2026, adopted April 27, 2026, replaced Citywide OCP Bylaw No. 3479, 2001 and carries the former area plans in as Schedule J schedules.
  • Three rivers frame the city's low land: the City's floodplain mapping work covers the Coquitlam, Fraser and Pitt river floodplains, while the upland lot fabric sits above them.
  • School District No. 43 (Coquitlam) (SD43) serves the whole city, and catchment is by permanent home address, so a lot's schools are an address check, not a city-wide fact.

Coquitlam Lots and Land: the housing stock

  • What a fee-simple lot can be split into runs off its small-scale residential zone: the minimum subdivision lot size is 650 square metres with 18.5 metres of width in zones R-1 and R-3, and 465 square metres with 12.5 metres of width in R-2, under Zoning Bylaw No. 3000, 1996.
  • The City's own 2026 fee schedule treats bare-land strata as its own subdivision category — "Conventional, Site Configuration, and Bare Land Strata (three or fewer lots)".

Coquitlam Lots and Land: rules that affect buyers

  • Subdivision servicing runs under the Subdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw No. 3558, 2003: the consolidated bylaw requires the owner to grant or acquire statutory rights-of-way for the works and services needed to serve a subdivision, and to pay for traffic-control and street-name signage the City installs, before subdivision approval or building permit issue.
  • Adding homes without subdividing uses the small-scale zones: each of R-1, R-2, R-3 and R-4 sets its own minimum lot size for adding units, from 465 square metres in R-2 to 930 square metres in R-4.
  • Creek distance decides whether a permit comes first: land within 30 metres of the top of bank or top of ravine bank of a watercourse in the City Centre Area Plan needs a Watercourse Protection Development Permit, and in Northeast Coquitlam the Watercourse Protection Development Permit Area reaches 50 metres from the top of bank.
  • Trees on a development lot are regulated before clearing: private trees are managed under the Tree Management Bylaw 4091, a permit may be required for removal, replacement trees may be required, and subdivision applicants will likely be asked for an arborist report as part of their submissions.

Coquitlam Lots and Land: local details a buyer would not know

  • The City applies integrated stormwater management to small-scale residential projects, to manage runoff from roofs and driveways and protect local creeks — a design cost on lots adding hard surface near a watercourse.
  • The City measures a tree's Critical Root Zone as its dripline, and its Minimum Protection Zone as six times the tree's diameter at breast height — the distances that decide how much of a treed lot is actually buildable.
  • Multi-stem trees count as protected size in Coquitlam if the largest two stems' diameters at breast height, added together, exceed 20 centimetres.
  • The City's zoning viewer, QtheMap, is the lot-level check the City itself points buyers to for a parcel's zone, rather than any neighbourhood average.

Coquitlam Lots and Land: development and new projects

  • Fraser Mills, United Boulevard and King Edward Street, Beedie Living, master-planned development site: named once here as a development site whose towers are presale product, not lots — see the Coquitlam condos page for the buildings.

Coquitlam Lots and Land: costs and taxes

  • Development cost charges are imposed under Development Cost Charges Bylaw No. 5411, 2025, as listed in the City's frequently requested bylaws.
  • Subdivision application fees, 2026 fee schedule effective January 1, 2026: a conventional, site configuration or bare land strata subdivision of three or fewer lots costs $5,691.40, plus $209.40 for every lot created beyond three.
  • A Watercourse Protection Development Permit for a single-family development costs $811.40 under the same 2026 schedule, and $1,908.20 for developments other than single family.
  • Coquitlam is a designated taxable area for the provincial Speculation and Vacancy Tax (SVT), so a residential lot owner there must complete the annual declaration; reserve, treaty and self-governing Indigenous Nation lands are excluded.

Coquitlam Lots and Land: getting around

  • The rail connection for Coquitlam lots is Coquitlam Central Station, served by the Millennium Line Evergreen Extension and the West Coast Express.
  • Route 185, Coquitlam Central Station to Lansdowne, and route 186, Coquitlam Central Station to Hampton Park, are the TransLink bus routes the City Centre and David Avenue lot areas feed into.

Coquitlam Lots and Land: risks and due diligence

  • Check the flood layer first on low land: the City's floodplain mapping covers the Coquitlam, Fraser and Pitt rivers, and Zoning Bylaw Schedule G maps the designated 200-year floodplain — the mapping report does not give a lot-level flood construction level for a specific parcel.
  • Check the environmental development permit layers, which map watercourses, unstable slopes and the Interface Wildfire Risk Management boundary for the City Centre and Northeast areas; the map shows the layers, not a lot-level geotechnical conclusion.
  • Check the tree position before valuing a treed lot: the Tree Management Bylaw 4091 permit and replacement rules, and the arborist report a subdivision will likely require, can change the buildable area the price assumed.

How Coquitlam Lots and Land compares

Coquitlam Lots and Land compared
FactCoquitlamBurnabyPort Coquitlam
Subdivision servicing bylawSubdivision and Development Servicing Bylaw No. 3558, 2003, on the City portal——
Development cost charge bylawDevelopment Cost Charges Bylaw No. 5411, 2025Updated DCC Bylaw adopted June 24, 2024, in effect July 1, 2024Utilities and Transportation DCC update in 2023; Parks DCC last updated in 1999, update in progress
Amenity Cost Charge on a new low-density home$21,205 per dwelling unit, effective July 7, 2025$26,963 per primary dwelling unit/lot in the July 1, 2024 rate table$15,358 per lot, proposed ACC rate on the City page
Speculation and Vacancy TaxDesignated taxable areaDesignated taxable areaDesignated taxable area
School districtSchool District No. 43 (Coquitlam)—School District No. 43 (Coquitlam)

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