Coquitlam, British Columbia

Coquitlam is one of the fastest-growing cities in Metro Vancouver, northeast of Vancouver between Burnaby, Port Moody, Port Coquitlam and the Coquitlam and Fraser rivers, with SkyTrain's Millennium Line (Evergreen Extension) serving its City Centre and Burquitlam. The City of Coquitlam runs planning and building permits, business and dog licences, Bylaw Services and the Coquitlam Animal Shelter, roads and snow clearing, water distribution, sewers and drainage, curbside garbage, recycling and green cart collection, Coquitlam Fire and Rescue, the emergency program, parks, community centres, pools and arenas, the Robinson Memorial Park Cemetery, Place des Arts and the Evergreen Cultural Centre. Policing is the Coquitlam RCMP detachment, shared with Port Coquitlam and neighbouring communities. Metro Vancouver supplies the drinking water from the Coquitlam Lake reservoir, treats the sewage and runs the United Boulevard Recycling and Waste Centre and regional parks; TransLink runs the buses, SkyTrain, West Coast Express and HandyDART; health care is Fraser Health (Eagle Ridge Hospital in Port Moody); the library is the Coquitlam Public Library; and marriage licences, health cards and driver's licences are provincial.