The City has robust plans and policies that work together to guide the changes that are happening in your neighbourhood. Coquitlam is in a rapidly developing and changing region. Today, Coquitlam is home to more than 144,000 people and is one of the fastest growing cities in Metro Vancouver. The City anticipates adding 90,000 new residents over the next 25 years.
It’s important to manage growth in a way so new development is livable, attractive, and contributes positively to the community, while making sure that infrastructure and amenities, like parks, keep pace with growth. The following work together with the City’s other Plans and Strategies to help shape the future for Coquitlam:
The City often updates the CWOCP and Zoning Bylaw to:
New growth in Coquitlam is focused in three areas:
For more information on planning projects currently underway, please visit the Special Plans and Projects page.
Metro Vancouver’s Regional Growth Strategy represents the collective vision for how our region is going to accommodate the 1 million people and over 500,000 jobs that are expected to come to the region in the next 25 years.
The Strategy sets out goals, strategies and policies to guide the future growth of the region and provides the land use framework for transportation, economic, housing, utility (water, liquid waste and solid waste), environmental and climate change planning across Metro Vancouver.
For more information, please refer to the Metro Vancouver 2040: Shaping our Future (PDF) document.
The Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP) is a primary planning document providing the vision and guidance to the city’s future growth and development, divided into four main sections:
The CWOCP also gives all property in the City a Land Use Designation. Each Land Use Designation in the CWOCP has several Zones from the Zoning Bylaw that could be applied to the property, typically referred to as Corresponding Zones.
For more information, please refer to the Citywide Official Community Plan (CWOCP).
The Zoning Bylaw regulates the present use of land. Zoning is a tool to implement the City’s policies and land use designations as set out in the CWOCP. All land in the city is assigned a zone under the City’s Zoning Bylaw. The zone on a property specifies permitted uses, the lot sizes, and the density, height, and setbacks of buildings.
For more information, please refer to the Zoning Bylaw.