Burke Mountain or Westwood Plateau: What Each Coquitlam Hillside Costs and Gives You

On October 9, 2026 the median house listed on Burke Mountain asked $2,146,834. The median house listed on Westwood Plateau asked $2,024,950. The Westwood Plateau house had 749 more square feet of living space and a lot 2,918 square feet larger, and it was built 20 years earlier. This article compares the two Coquitlam hillsides for houses and for townhomes, so you can see what each price buys.

Where the numbers come from

The figures below come from every active MLS® listing in the board's Burke Mountain area and Westwood Plateau area on October 9, 2026, taken from the listings feed that powers our home search. They are asking prices. Homes sell for more or less than they ask, and the list of homes for sale changes every week. For the current figures, open the live pages for Burke Mountain and Westwood Plateau.

Houses compared

Houses for sale, October 9, 2026	Burke Mountain	Westwood Plateau
Listings	70	66
Median asking price	$2,146,834	$2,024,950
Middle half of asking prices	$1,978,500 to $2,399,425	$1,785,750 to $2,375,700
Median living area	3,601 sq ft	4,350 sq ft
Median asking price per sq ft	$581	$466
Median lot size	5,036 sq ft	7,954 sq ft
Median year built	2015	1995
Listings with 5 or more bedrooms	46 of 70	59 of 66
Median days listed	53	66.5
Listings asking less than first list price	12	22
Median annual property tax (listings that state it)	$7,290	$7,343

For context, all 417 Coquitlam houses listed that day had a median asking price of $1,799,000, a median of $594 per square foot, a median size of 3,145 square feet and a median year built of 1988. Westwood Plateau sits $128 per square foot below the city median and Burke Mountain sits $13 below it.

What the house numbers say

Space costs less on Westwood Plateau. A Burke Mountain buyer pays $581 for each square foot the median house offers, and a Westwood Plateau buyer pays $466. That is $115 less, or 19.8% less. The Westwood Plateau house is 20.8% larger at the median, and its lot is 57.9% larger.

The extra space comes in an older house. The median Westwood Plateau house was built in 1995, and 44 of the 66 listed were built between 1980 and 1999. A house of that age may be in excellent condition, or it may soon need several expensive repairs at once: roof, windows, furnace, hot water tank, pipes and drainage. Ask for receipts and the installation date of each, and read our home inspection checklist before you book an inspector.

Newer houses bring a warranty. On Burke Mountain, 42 of the 70 listed houses were built in 2015 or later, and 14 of those give a build year of 2026 or later. BC Housing states that a new home carries a minimum of 2 years of coverage on materials and labour, 5 years on the building envelope and 10 years on the structure. Our new-home warranty explainer shows how to check what is left on a house built a few years ago. A buyer of a brand-new house also pays GST, covered in our GST on new construction guide.

Suites are described differently. Of the Burke Mountain houses, 29 described a legal suite and 11 an unauthorized one. Of the Westwood Plateau houses, 4 described a legal suite and 27 an unauthorized one. These are the sellers' own descriptions. The City of Coquitlam says that all secondary suites require building permits to be legal and that an owner with an illegal suite must legalize or remove it and can be fined. If rent is part of your plan, ask for the permit and tell your lender about the suite.

More Westwood Plateau sellers have lowered their price. 22 of 66 Westwood Plateau houses (33.3%) asked less than their first list price, against 12 of 70 on Burke Mountain (17.1%). Median days listed were 66.5 on Westwood Plateau and 53 on Burke Mountain.

Townhomes compared

Townhomes for sale, October 9, 2026	Burke Mountain	Westwood Plateau
Listings	75	23
Median asking price	$1,149,000	$1,099,999
Median living area	1,745 sq ft	2,204 sq ft
Median asking price per sq ft	$619	$528
Median strata fee per month	$372	$499
Median year built	2022	1998
Listings asking less than first list price	13	6

The Westwood Plateau townhome is 459 square feet larger at the median, and each square foot costs $91 less. It also carries a strata fee $127 a month higher, which is $1,524 over a year. Read the strata budget to see what each fee pays for, and read the strata fee explainer and the contingency reserve fund guide before you compare two complexes. Our Coquitlam townhouse buyer's guide covers the rest of the city.

What Burke Mountain is still building

A buyer on Burke Mountain buys the neighbourhood as it is now, and the neighbourhood the City plans. Each item below comes from the City of Coquitlam:

• The Burke Mountain Community Centre had its official groundbreaking on May 12, 2026 and is expected to open in 2029. The plan includes a six-lane lap pool, a leisure pool with a lazy river, a double gym, a fitness centre and a new library branch.
• The Burke Mountain Middle/Secondary School is listed as under construction. The City gives no opening date. School District 43 decides which addresses it serves.
• Burke Mountain Village is planned on 39 acres with a grocery store and, by the City's figure, 120,000 square feet of shops and offices. The City publishes no date, and the developer decides the final amount of retail space.

Living next to a building site means trucks, noise and closed sidewalks for a time. Walk the street at rush hour and ask what the City allows on the empty land beside the house.

What Westwood Plateau has today

At the foot of the Westwood Plateau hill are Lafarge Lake, Coquitlam Centre and two SkyTrain stations, Lafarge Lake-Douglas and Coquitlam Central. The Coquitlam Crunch is a 2.2 km climb with 242 metres of elevation gain and 894 steps, with six access points from five locations, including Bramble Park on Panorama Drive and Eagle Ridge Park. Summit Middle School is at 1450 Parkway Boulevard.

On Burke Mountain, TransLink route 191 runs between Coquitlam Central Station and Princeton. For either hillside, enter the exact address in TransLink's trip planner at the hour you would travel, and drive the route once at rush hour.

Which hillside fits which buyer

Choose Westwood Plateau if you want the most floor space and the largest lot for the money, and you are ready to budget for the age of the house and check each system in it.

Choose Burke Mountain if you want a newer house with warranty coverage and a smaller lot, and you accept that the community centre, the school and the village centre are still being built.

Check the school catchment for the exact address before you decide. Catchments follow the address and can change when a new school opens. Our school catchment guide shows how to check, and our guide to neighbourhood checks lists what to look at on the street.

Burke Mountain or Westwood Plateau: the key points

• On October 9, 2026 the median Burke Mountain house asked $2,146,834 and the median Westwood Plateau house asked $2,024,950, a gap of $121,884.
• Westwood Plateau houses had 749 more square feet of living area, a lot 2,918 square feet larger, and a price per square foot of $466 against $581.
• Burke Mountain houses were built a median of 20 years later, in 2015 against 1995.
• 27 of 66 Westwood Plateau houses and 11 of 70 Burke Mountain houses described an unauthorized suite.
• The Burke Mountain community centre is expected to open in 2029.
• Run the numbers on your own budget with our affordability calculator, then browse current homes or contact Michael to compare two specific houses.

Figures are medians of asking prices from active MLS® listings on October 9, 2026, taken from the board feed. They describe what was listed that day, not what homes sold for. Dates for the community centre, school and village come from the City of Coquitlam. This is general information, not financial advice.