The City is planning a new community centre on Burke Mountain to meet the needs of current and future residents of the neighbourhood, as well as residents across the community. The new community centre and adjacent Burke Village Park will offer sweeping views of the natural surrounding area.
Nestled into the scenic mountainside, the Burke Mountain Community Centre, previously called the Northeast Community Centre, will offer something for everyone—whether you're here to get active, learn something new or connect with others. This modern, light-filled facility will include:
Beside the community centre, Burke Village Park will include:
These images show conceptual renderings for illustrative purposes only. Actual design, features and materials may vary.
The Burke Mountain neighbourhood in Northeast Coquitlam is expected to grow from its current population of more than 20,000 people, to about 50,000 in the next 25 years. Coquitlam’s Parks Recreation and Culture Master Plan identified the future need for a comprehensive multi-use community centre in the Burke Mountain Village neighbourhood area.
Public consultation, strategic planning, best practices and other research have helped shape the vision for the community centre as an inclusive and accessible facility that will showcase the natural mountainside setting.
Coquitlam's committment to engage the community and stakeholders in the planning process has helped to ensure the centre reflects the current and future needs of the surrounding neighbourhood.
A community survey in fall 2019 was the beginning of the community centre planning process. Additional visioning and community consultation took place in 2020 to refine the concept. A summary of that feedback is available in the Northeast Community Centre What We Heard infographic (PDF).
In total, the City heard from more than 1,000 people during public engagement in 2019 to 2020, including 13 community groups and three interpreted sessions in Mandarin, Korean and Farsi.
We acknowledge that these lands are traditional and ancestral lands of kʷikʷəƛ̓əm (Kwikwetlem) First Nation. Ongoing staff discussions are also taking place with the kʷikʷəƛ̓əm First Nation.
A second round of public engagement took place in late 2019 and early 2020 seeking feedback on the proposed site-fit (a facility’s layout on the property) and program. Here's What We Heard in Phase 2 (PDF).
Staff considered this feedback can be incorporated into the community centre design, along with feasibility and cost implications. The project team will provide updates here as well as on the engagement project page. You can also reach out to the project team at any time at BurkeMountainCommunityCentre@coquitlam.ca
The community centre and park are in the final design stages. The targeted project schedule is: