The series consists of the Annual Reports, Statements of Financial Information, and Consolidated Financial Statements for 1992 to 2018. The Annual Reports vary slightly throughout the years but generally include a civic directory, a message from the Mayor, a Treasurer's report, an Auditor's report, maps, photographs, an organization chart, and financial statements. For the years 1994 to 2002, and 2008-2009 the series includes the Annual Report and a separate Statement of Financial Information. For the years 2010-2013 the series includes Consolidated Financial Statements.
The fonds consists of records made or received in the course of conducting the operational business of the City of Coquitlam and its various departments as well its predecessor bodies the District of Coquitlam and the Corporation of the District of Coquitlam.
The series consists of reports, plans, publications, books and other reference material from the library of the Community Planning division of the Planning and Development Department. The Community Planning Library was collected and arranged by the division.
The series also consists of reports and other reference material donated by the Coquitlam Public Library.
The collection includes two City of Coquitlam Gender Equity reports from 1999 and 2000; a paper regarding Gender Equity policy from 2001 written by Fiona A.E. McQuarrie entitled "What Makes an Equity Program Successful?: Lessons from an Example in Sport" which was presented at the 2001 Administrative Sciences Association of Canada at the University of Western Ontario; and the text for a presentation entitled "The City of Coquitlam Gender Equity Program" given by Fiona A.E. McQuarrie to the National Conference on Women, Sport, and Physical Activity in Hamilton Ontario in 2000.
The series includes two subseries: Strategic Plans and Corporate Business Plans. Subseries 01 includes the Strategic Plans for the following years: 1997, 2000, 2003, 2006, 2009-2011, 2012-2015, and 2020-2023. Subseries 02 includes the Corporate Business Plans for 1997-1999 and 1999-2001.