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 subseries consists of records created as part of the Coquitlam 125 anniversary celebrations that took place over the course of 2016. The subseries includes PDF copies of stories that were submitted to the coquitlam125.ca website, as well as photographs and videos taken by a group of artists (Artists Rendering Tales Collective Inc.) commissioned by the City of Coquitlam to document events throughout the year.

The series includes financial statements prepared by a number of different chartered accountants on behalf of the Corporation of the District of Coquitlam for the years 1912 to 1970. Earlier documents include boiler plate information about elected officials and department heads while later documents provide statistics and other information about the municipality as well as a selection of photographs in a few cases.

The series includes financial statements prepared by a number of different chartered accountants on behalf of the District of Coquitlam for the years 1971-1991. Starting in 1981, the reports were called Annual Reports but continued to reflect the same information. The reports include a municipal directory, the Municipal Treasurer's Report, the Auditor's Report, and financial statements.

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 series consists of records relating to the conduct of municipal elections, including Voter's Lists covering the period from 1973 to 1998 (note that 1994-1997 are missing).

The collection consists of records relating to School District No. 43 and schools in Coquitlam. The records include formal class portraits, staff portraits, scrapbooks, newspaper clippings, school publications and newspapers, school annuals, and an assortment of crests.

The fonds consists of photographs (b&w and colour negatives) taken by staff and contract photographers of the Tri-City News, and the Sunday News. The fonds also includes 133 bound volumes of copies of the Tri-City News from 1990 to 2018, as well as 6 microfilm reels containing copies of the Tri-City News, the Maple Ridge News, and the Sunday News from 1985 to 1986. Finally, the fonds includes several loose special editions in print form.

The series consists of photographic negatives taken by staff and contract photographers for the Tri-City News..

The series consists of copies of the Tri-City News from 1990 to 2022 printed and bound in large volumes, arranged by month and year. The series also includes microfilmed copies of the Tri-City News from 1985 and 1986.

The collection is made up of archival records that were formerly described as discrete items.

The fonds consists of photographs taken for the Enterprise Newspaper as well as one special edition supplement of the newspaper.

The fonds consists of records of the Champagne family, who lived and worked in Maillardville. The fonds consists of both textual records and photographs.

The collection consists of three photographs of the 1948 flood at Fraser Mills.

The accession consists of textual records, photographs, and slides that were created and maintained by the group.

The fonds consists of b&w negatives and contact sheets of photographs taken by the Herald Newspaper in the early 1980s and copies of The Coquitlam Herald newspaper covering the period from 1930 to 1938, 1942 to 1949 and 1956 to 1957. The fonds also contains Special Supplements from 1979 to 1981.

The fonds consists photographs of a visit from a sister city delegation of the Tochigi Prefecture in Japan that took place in August, 1996. The fonds also consists of a video of Don Buchanan talking about the plan for Coquitlam's City Centre in 1990.

The fonds consists of bound copies of The Tri-Cities Now, The Now, and the Coquitlam Now newspapers from 1984 to 2015 (1986 is missing), prints of photographs from 1991, copies of the newspaper on microfiche for various years, and photographs and contents of the newspaper on CD-ROM from 2007 to 2015.

The fonds consists of colour photographic prints and negatives depicting the stables, barns, houses, and roads around Minnekhada. They were taken in 1998 as part of a university project by the photographer/donor.

The fonds consists of three police log books dated 1914, 1915, and 1918.

The fonds consists of records pertaining to the development and administration of the Como Lake Preschool from its inception in 1952 through to its dissolution in 2011. The fonds consists of committee meeting minutes, administrative records, newsletters, procedural handbooks, photographs, promotional materials, and a leather-bound history of the preschool. The records have been divided into 3 series as follows:
Series 1: Meeting Minutes
Series 2: Administrative records
Sub-series 1: Policies, Procedures, and Guidelines
Sub-series 2: President?s Files
Sub-series 3: Newsletters
Sub-series 4: Written Histories
Sub-series 5: Ephemera
Sub-series 6: Financial records
Sub-series 7: General Administration
Series 3: Photographs

The series consists of records related to events planned in celebration of Coquitlam's Centennial in 1991.

The series consists of a report titled Preliminary Municipal Forest Survey and an accompanying map.

The series consists of a paper copy of the City of Coquitlam website.

The series consists of aerial photographs of various parks in Coquitlam.

The fonds consists of ephemera and newspaper clippings related to the creation and use of Minnekhada Park.