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Compared to other cities and municipalities in the Greater Vancouver Regional District, this area had a late start in economic development. It was not until the 1950's, that the potential of the region's land was tapped.

 

Coquitlam with a land area of about 150 square kilometres is the largest municipality in the Tri-Cities region. The amount of open and undeveloped land in the region has been consistently decreasing, giving way to residential and commercial expansion mostly toward the northern areas in Coquitlam and Port Moody. 

 

Port Coquitlam is close to exhausting its total land area for development and as a result, expansion is occurring upwards by ways of new apartment blocks, high rises and town homes.

 

Table 4.1: Land Use (2001)

Hectares (Ha)

Coquitlam

Port Coquitlam

Port Moody

 

Land Amt.

% Of Total

Land Amt.

% Of Total

Land Amt.

% Of Total

Total Area

 

Agricultural Land

Extractive Industry

Harvesting and Research

Residential - Single Family

   - Rural

   - Town/Low-rise

   - High-rise

Commercial

Industrial

Institutional

Transport. Comm., Utilities

Recreation / Nature Areas

Open / Undeveloped

GVRD Watershed

 15,250

 

381.25

138.00

0.00

2790.75

488.00

244.00

15.25

288.75

427.00

350.75

274.50

5429.00

3080.50

1342.00

100.0 %

 

    2.5

    1.2

    0.0

  18.3

    3.2

    1.6

    0.1

    1.5

    2.8

    2.3

    1.8

  35.6

  20.2

    8.8

    2,509

 

233.34

0.00

0.00

757.72

7.53

112.91

0.00

60.22

188.18

57.71

122.94

604.47

366.31

0.00

100.0 %

 

    9.3

    0.0

    0.0

  30.2

    0.3

    4.5

    0.0

    2.4

    7.5

    2.3

    4.9

  24.1

  14.6

    0.0

    2599

 

0.00

0.00

0.00

463.00

15.00

83.00

0

7.00

308.00

60.00

93.00

877.00

638.00

0.00

100.0 %

 

0.0

0.0

0.0

17.8

0.6

3.2

0

0.3

11.8

2.3

3.6

33.7

24.5

0.0

 

Sources: Greater Vancouver Regional District - Strategic Planning Dept.

BC Municipal Red Book

 

 
 
 
 

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