22 Facts About Coquitlam

Coquitlam is a city in the Lower Mainland of British Columbia, Canada.

Coquitlam began as a "place-in-between" with the construction of North Road in the mid-19th century to provide Royal Engineers in New Westminster access to the year-round port facilities in Port Moody.

Coquitlam is located on the unceded territory of the Kwikwetlem First Nation.

Coquitlam is in the Pacific Time Zone, and the Pacific Maritime Ecozone.

Coquitlam is located in one of the warmest regions in Canada where average mean annual temperature is 10.

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The south slope of Coquitlam, which includes Maillardville, has a pocket of French speakers.

Coquitlam was designated as a Cultural Capital of Canada in 2009 by the Department of Canadian Heritage.

Coquitlam has a considerable number of open green spaces, with the total area of over 890 hectares .

Coquitlam is represented by two federal MPs in the Parliament of Canada.

Coquitlam is represented by three provincial MLAs in the Legislative Assembly of British Columbia.

Coquitlam Lake provides residents with a mountain-fed water source, while the city maintains its own sewage management system.

Coquitlam is served by TransLink, which is responsible for both public transit and major roads.

Coquitlam has 60 km of bike routes, including dedicated bike lanes on Guildford Way, David Avenue, United Boulevard, Mariner Way, Chilko Drive and others, plus additional routes through city parks.

Coquitlam received an $18 million rehabilitation in November 2002, and currently operates as a secondary vessel on the Departure Bay-Horseshoe Bay route.

Coquitlam residents are served by many privately owned health care clinics, while Tri-Cities Health Services operates 653 residential care beds.

Coquitlam Search and Rescue is a volunteer search and rescue team operating under the Provincial Emergency Program.

Coquitlam is served by School District 43 Coquitlam, and offers four public secondary schools, seven middle schools, and dozens of elementary schools.

Coquitlam graduated from Centennial Secondary in 1989, and became lead singer for the Matthew Good Band, one of Canada's most successful alternative rock bands in the 1990s.

Former National Basketball Association player Lars Hansen was raised in Coquitlam and played his high school basketball at Centennial Secondary.

Coquitlam was a member of the Seattle SuperSonics 1979 NBA Championship team, and was elected to the Canadian Basketball Hall of Fame in 2008.

Coquitlam appeared in several movies, including Peter Bogdanovich's They All Laughed, then she was murdered by her estranged husband.

Coquitlam was captain of the Ottawa spoken word team that won the Canadian Festival of Spoken Word championships and placed second overall in the Poetry Slam World Cup in Paris, France.