Port Moody

Port Moody sits at the easternmost arm of Burrard Inlet — the so-called "head of the inlet" — wrapped on three sides by water and hemmed in by Burnaby to the west, Coquitlam to the south and east, and the village enclaves of Anmore and Belcarra to the north. At roughly 26 square kilometres and about 33,500 residents, it is one of Metro Vancouver's smaller municipalities by area, which gives the city a noticeably compact, walkable feel compared with its sprawling neighbours. The [City of Port Moody](https://www.portmoody.ca/) was incorporated in 1913 and still carries the imprint of its early railway-terminus history along Murray Street. What Port Moody is best known for is the unusual mix you find packed into that small footprint: Rocky Point Park and the Inlet Trail on the waterfront, one of British Columbia's densest craft-beer clusters along Brewery Row, and an official "City of the Arts" designation backed by Inlet Theatre, the Port Moody Arts Centre, and year-round programming at the Galleria. The 2016 arrival of the Evergreen Line — with stations at both Moody Centre and Inlet Centre — reshaped the centre of the city around transit, while the West Coast Express still runs weekday peak service from Moody Centre into downtown Vancouver. The neighbourhoods that follow reflect that range — from the heritage Murray Street blocks and the newer Inlet Centre towers around Suter Brook and Newport Village, up the forested hillsides of Heritage Mountain and Heritage Woods, and out toward the quieter Ioco shoreline. Each has its own rhythm, and the guides below walk through what daily life looks like in each.