The Town Centre also contains the highest concentration of high-rise condominiums in the Tri-Cities and northeastern Metro Vancouver.

Over the following years, rapid population growth took place as new housing and low rise apartment developments were built over previously forested areas.

Shortly thereafter during the mid 2000s, City Centre began to densify as various high-rise condominium developments took place.

This is reflected in the rapid population growth of the recent decade, as City Centre grew by over 15% from 2011 to 2016.

[4] Geographically, Coquitlam has two large parcels of land (one in the south-west, the other in the north-east), with a smaller central area between them.