Terms of Use

Legal Information

The City of Coquitlam logo (Wordmark and stylized Q symbol) and Coat of Arms are protected under the copyright laws of Canada. The use of the logo and Coat of Arms is restricted to the City of Coquitlam corporate activities. Unless otherwise specified, no individual or organization may use the marks in any form without the written permission of the City of Coquitlam.

Graphic Standards & Logo Use

For permission to use the City’s corporate logo, or for clarification or advice on the City of Coquitlam’s graphic standards, please contact:

• Manager, Communications and Civic Engagement
• Phone: 604-927-3019
• Email Media
• City of Coquitlam logo request form

This website is the property of the City of Coquitlam, and its contents are protected by copyright. Material available on these web pages, other than material obtained through links from this site, is intended for research and personal use only. You need the express written consent of the City to re-use, transmit, duplicate, or otherwise distribute any material from these web pages.

This website is not an official record of City bylaws, policies, procedures, practices, or services and you should not consider it as such. It is intended only to give you general information about the City.

While the City uses reasonable efforts to post only current, accurate, and complete information on its website, the City does not guarantee this to you.

The City also does not guarantee to you, either expressly or by implication, that the information in its web pages is fit for any particular purpose for which you may use that information. The City is not responsible to you for any action that you may take relying on the information in these web pages.

At certain places in these web pages, the City has links to other, non-City websites. The external sites are not controlled by the City. The external sites contain information that is created, published, maintained, or otherwise posted by organizations or individuals that are independent of the City. The City does not endorse, approve, certify, or control external sites and does not guarantee the currency, accuracy, or completeness of the information located on the external sites. Where these web pages make reference to any specific commercial product, process, or service by a trade name, trademark, service mark, or otherwise, that reference does not mean that the City has, in any way, endorsed that specific commercial product.

If you communicate with the City through these web pages, you need to know that your communications are for convenience only and will not satisfy the requirement for legal notice to the City or any of its elected or appointed officials, employees, agents, agencies or lawful representatives for any existing or potential claim or cause of action against the City or for any other legal notice purpose.

We encourage open dialogue and appreciate the thoughts and opinions shared on our social channels. In order to provide a space that supports community engagement and citizen feedback, users on our channels must agree to the following Terms of Use. The Terms of Use is subject to change without notice.

The City of Coquitlam’s social media administrators reserve the right to delete or remove any submissions that fall into any of the following categories:

• Contain abusive, obscene, indecent or offensive language
• Include defamatory, abusive, harassing or hateful remarks or make unproven or unsupported accusations against individuals or organizations
• Constitute spam, promote services or products
• Solicit funding for donation to foundations, charities, or any other organization or individual
• Invade anyone’s privacy or impersonates anyone
• Are far off-topic
• Are posted without the necessary rights, licenses and consents
• Encourage conduct that may or would constitute a criminal offence or give rise to civil liability, or that otherwise violates any local, provincial, national or international law or regulation anywhere in the world
• Contain long embedded URLs
• Contain excessive links or contain code
• Are contrary to the principles of the Canadian Charter of Rights and Freedoms

Violating these Terms of Use could result in removal of your comment(s) and/or blocked access to our social channels.

Please consider the following:

• The City’s liking, following, retweeting, messaging, or sharing of content should not be interpreted as any kind of endorsement
• When you engage on City of Coquitlam social media channels, you are always also subject to the host website’s Terms of Use (e.g. Facebook)
• The City is not responsible for any personal information or other information posted on public social media channels. All personal information on public social media channels is considered a record available to the general public.
• To protect your own privacy, please do not include personal contact information such as phone numbers or email addresses when commenting.

Please also protect other’s privacy and refrain from posting any personal information of others including:

• Identifying particulars, such as a picture of someone’s face
• Name, email address, phone number, or address
• Criminal, health, employment, or financial history
• Identifying numbers

As a member of the Facebook, Twitter, Instagram, LinkedIn and YouTube, the City of Coquitlam also follows their published policies and procedures.

The City of Coquitlam’s social media pages are intended to provide a forum for discussion on matters related to Coquitlam. All comments, visuals, videos and other types of material posted by others to our channels do not necessarily reflect the opinions of the City of Coquitlam, its employees or affiliates.

Questions? Should you have any questions or concerns about the City of Coquitlam’s social channels or material that you think may be in violation of our Terms of Use, please email Social Media.