An interactive map of every residential lot in Coquitlam, coloured by how many homes it can hold under Bill 44. Coquitlam's R-1, R-2 and R-3 zones allow four units on most lots, so the map is mostly one colour; the value is in seeing which lots differ and which sit inside a Transit-Oriented Area.
Click any lot to see its zone, its unit count, the rule behind that number, and a link to the full bylaw-cited report.
Unit counts come from the City of Coquitlam zoning fabric checked against Coquitlam Zoning Bylaw 5504. Transit-Oriented Areas are drawn as an overlay on top of the capacity colour, because inside one the Bill 44 count is a floor rather than a ceiling: the Province requires apartment-scale density there by rezoning.
Every figure on this map is a starting point, not a permit. Actual capacity for a given site depends on lot dimensions, corner and lane conditions, easements, and form of development. Run the address for the cited, per-lot answer.
Most former single-family lots in Coquitlam now allow up to 4 dwelling units under the R-1, R-2, or R-3 small-scale residential zones. Small R-2 or R-3 lots of 280 m² or less are capped at 3 units. The R-4 zone allows a minimum of 3 units with no fixed maximum. Run your address to get the figure for your specific parcel.
Coquitlam created four new zones to implement Bill 44: R-1 (Small-Scale Residential), R-2 (Compact Small-Scale Residential), R-3 (Transitional Small-Scale Residential), and R-4 (Intensive Small-Scale Residential). If your property has been rezoned into one of these, a multiplex is permitted outright.
No - if your lot is already in the R-1, R-2, R-3, or R-4 zone, small-scale multi-unit housing is a permitted use, so an eligible project goes straight to development and building permits rather than a discretionary rezoning.
Coquitlam took a different path than most Metro Vancouver cities. Its small-scale zones (R-1 through R-4) cap out at 4 units citywide - there's no in-zone bonus tier that takes a standard lot from 4 units to 6 near transit. Instead, lots inside a Transit-Oriented Area skip past the small-scale tier entirely and get rezoned into RA-1 or RA-2, which allow FAR-based mid-rise multi-family buildings up to 4.0 FAR and 12 storeys - a much bigger jump than 6 units.
The R-2 and R-3 zones both cap a lot of 280 m² or less at 3 units, even though their standard-lot maximum is 4. R-1 has no such cap - its minimum lot area is already 650 m², well above the threshold.