Silverheights, Cambridge

Silverheights sits on the north-west side of Hespeler, between the village and the woods of the Speed River valley. Silverheights Park, about 12 hectares, spreads ball diamonds and open lawns through the neighbourhood, and on summer evenings the crack of the bat carries across the fields. Victoria Park, on Fisher Mills Road, floods an outdoor rink in winter. Just beyond the streets, the Chilligo Conservation Area offers woodland, meadows and marsh, where the Mill Run Trail begins its walk along the river. It is a green, peaceful place to come home to.

The 2021 census counted about 1,000 homes in Silverheights. About two in three are single detached houses, and semi-detached houses make up nearly a quarter. About two in five homes were built between 1961 and 1980, about a third between 1981 and 1990 and about one in five between 1991 and 2000.

Grand River Transit's 51 Hespeler route and the 203 Maple Grove route serve the neighbourhood. The Pinebush stop on the 302 ION Bus, which runs to Fairway ION station in Kitchener, is about 3.3 km away. Stage 2 ION, which the Region has approved and is now designing, plans a Pinebush station about 3.5 km away. Fisher Mills Road and Scott Road are the main streets, and Highway 401 is reached by Hespeler Road (exit 282). The Mill Run Trail runs south to Riverside Park.

Silverheights Park, at 100 Nickolas Crescent, covers about 12 hectares, with a playground and ball diamonds. Victoria Park, on Fisher Mills Road, covers about 3.7 hectares, with a playground and an outdoor rink, and the Mill Pond neighbourhood park, at 85 Baldwin Drive, also has a playground. The Chilligo Conservation Area, beside the Speed River, has woodland, meadows and marshland, and the Mill Run Trail starts there. Silverheights Public School, on Scott Road, is in the neighbourhood. The Hespeler branch of the Cambridge Public Library is about 0.9 km away. The Silverheights Neighbourhood Association serves the area.

• Silverheights Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school for Silverheights, on Scott Road.
• Jacob Hespeler Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school.
• St. Gabriel Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The nearest Catholic elementary school, about 0.8 km away.
• St. Benedict Catholic Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The nearest Catholic secondary school, about 5.0 km away.