Westwood Plateau

Westwood Plateau

Westwood Plateau is the northern region of the City of Coquitlam, British Columbia, Canada, bounded by the city boundary with Port Moody to the west, David Avenue to the south, and Pipeline Road to the east.
It lies on convert|1400|acre|km2|0 on the southern portion of Eagle Mountain, known locally as "Eagle Ridge". It is named for the Westwood raceway which existed on the plateau before the community was built, and was closed and destroyed in 1990 to make way for the real estate development. Hampton Park Elementary school was bulit on top of the Westwood Raceway.During the development of the area several "Street of Dreams" events took place. In recent years the area has gained notoriety for the large number of marijuana grow operations.

Transit
• 179 - COQUITLAM STN/JOHNSON [http://www.translink.bc.ca/bus/43/routemap/r179.pdf]
• C27 - COQUITLAM STN/PORT MOODY STN [http://www.translink.bc.ca/bus/43/routemap/rc27.pdf]
• C28 - COQUITLAM STN/PORT MOODY STN [http://www.translink.bc.ca/bus/43/routemap/rc28.pdf]
• C29 - COQUITLAM STN/PARKWAY BOULEVARD [http://www.translink.bc.ca/bus/43/routemap/rc29.pdf]

Schools/Recreation
• Two Golf Courses, Westwood Plateau Golf and Country Club and Westwood Plateau Golf Academy.
• Four Elementary Schools (Bramblewood Elementary, Panorama Elementary, Pinetree Elementary, and Hampton Park Elementary).
• A Middle School (Summit Middle School).
• As well as several parks.

Westwood Plateau Village
• IGA,
• Starbucks Coffee
• Shoppers Drug Mart.
• Rogers Video.
• Zen Hair Salon
• Westwood Plateau Dental Clinic
• Westwood Plateau Walk-In Clinic
• Go Gung Restaurant
• Momentum Therapeutics
• CIBC Banking
• Plateau Pizza
• Euphoria Esthetics
• A 'Healthtaurant'
• The Urban Barkery
• The Party is Ready [http://www.thepartyisready.com/]
• Spinola Bay
• Autoplan Insurance
• A mailbox place
• A drycleaners

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'= Demographics ='
• Population: Over 15,000 people inhabit this area.
• Ethnicity: Multicultural
• Religion: Varied
• Political Riding: Mainly Conservative with Liberal pockets


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