At a glance

Westwood Plateau is a hillside community of mostly detached houses and townhouses, with golf courses and trails. About 47% of homes are detached and 16% are apartments, 20% of households rent, and owners valued the median home at about $1.26M in the 2021 census.

Median home value (est.)
$1.25M*
* est.: 2021 census, indexed to September 2026 · city $1.09M
Residents
22,400
scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 20,779 at the 2021 census
Households renting
20%
city 36%
Homes that are apartments
16%
city 38%

What the numbers mean

  • Owners valued the median home at $1.26M in the 2021 census. Indexed to September 2026 prices with the Greater Vancouver MLS® Home Price Index (-7% since then), that is about $1.25M, 15% above the Vancouver suburbs median of $1.09M. It is an estimate: the index tracks the whole region, not this neighbourhood.
  • 20% of households rent, well below the 36% city-wide. Most people here own and stay a while.
  • 47% of homes are single-detached houses, versus 30% city-wide.

Who lives here

Share of residents by age, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 20,779 at the 2021 census.

0-1417%
15-197%
20-246%
25-3411%
35-4414%
45-5417%
55-6415%
65+13%

Homes

Share of homes by type, scaled estimate for mid-2025, up from 20,779 at the 2021 census.

Single-detached47%
Semi-detached3%
Row house12%
Duplex flat21%
Apartment under 5 storeys8%
Apartment 5+ storeys8%

Upfront closing costs1

BC charges a tiered property transfer tax: 1% on the first $200,000, 2% to $2 million, then 3%, and 5% above $3 million. Government fees at the median home price: This uses the census home value indexed to September 2026 prices, so treat it as an estimate.

BC property transfer tax
$23,020
on $1.25M

How it's changing

These municipalities don't publish building permits by neighbourhood, so we can't chart construction here yet.

Safety

Neighbourhood-level crime figures aren't available for Coquitlam. Policing there is by the RCMP or a municipal police department, and neither publishes open crime counts by neighbourhood. Check Statistics Canada's crime tables for municipality-wide trends, and the local police website for crime maps. Why this is missing.

Sources and notes

  1. Source: Province of British Columbia, Property transfer tax. 2026 rules, applied to this community's median census home value, indexed to September 2026 with the MLS® HPI. First-time buyer and newly built home exemptions are not deducted. Legal fees, title insurance, inspection and adjustments are extra. ↩