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Dark card reading: what it costs to live in Coquitlam, with a composite benchmark price of $981,400 for August 2026
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Cost of Living in Coquitlam: The 2026 Numbers

Prices, rent, property tax, utilities and the commute for Coquitlam, Port Coquitlam and Port Moody, including the rent figure that does not exist and the tax gap that collapses on the same house.

Dark card reading: is Coquitlam safe, three cities, three police services, with the figure 29.2 offences per 1,000 residents in Port Moody
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Is Coquitlam Safe? What the Tri-Cities Crime Numbers Say

Coquitlam recorded 43.2 offences per 1,000 residents in 2024, Port Coquitlam 44.0 and Port Moody 29.2. Three police services, a decade of data, and the 2019 counting change nobody mentions.

Ridge Meadows has the lowest jobs-to-residents ratio in Metro Vancouver
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Is Maple Ridge a Good Place to Live? An Honest Look

Golden Ears on your doorstep, the lowest jobs-to-residents ratio in Metro Vancouver, and a transport bill that beats the housing bill. The case both ways, with sources.

Maple Ridge detached benchmark sits $621,600 below the Greater Vancouver figure
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Cost of Living in Maple Ridge: The 2026 Numbers

Prices, rent, property tax, utilities and the commute, for Maple Ridge and Pitt Meadows, including the reason the region says transport costs more here than housing.

Maple Ridge recorded 64.0 Criminal Code offences per 1,000 residents in 2024
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Is Maple Ridge Safe? What the Crime Numbers Actually Say

Maple Ridge recorded 64.0 offences per 1,000 residents in 2024 and Pitt Meadows 46.3. What that means, what changed when the detachment split, and the risks that actually matter.