Exhibition Park, Guelph

The grand old park sits at the centre like a village green, ringed by gracious streets that have watched a hundred summers, and the Spurline Trail slips you downtown in minutes.

The 2021 census counted about 3,900 homes in Exhibition Park. About two in five are single detached houses. About a quarter are in apartment buildings under five storeys, and about one in five in buildings of five storeys or more. Almost six in ten homes were built in 1960 or earlier, and about one in five between 1961 and 1980.

Guelph Transit's 3 Westmount, 10 Paisley, 11 Silvercreek, 12 Delhi, 13 Eastview, 20 Northwest Industrial, 98 Speedvale and 99 Mainline routes serve the neighbourhood. Guelph Central Station, with GO trains to Toronto, is about 1.7 km away. Woolwich Street and Edinburgh Road are the main streets, and the Spurline Trail runs through to downtown.

Exhibition Park, at 81 London Road West, covers about 13.6 hectares, with a playground, ball diamonds and tennis courts, and the Exhibition Park Arena is at 70 Division Street. Herb Markle Park and Kimberley Park have playgrounds, Suffolk Street Park adds green space, and Goldie Mill Park sits by the Speed River. The CNR Spurline park and trail cross the neighbourhood. The main branch of the Guelph Public Library is at 100 Norfolk Street, on the neighbourhood's edge.

• Victory Public School — JK to Grade 6. The public school for most of the neighbourhood, with French immersion.
• Central Public School — JK to Grade 6. The public school for the southern streets, including Suffolk Street West.
• Willow Road Public School — Grades 7 and 8. The public middle school.
• Guelph Collegiate Vocational Institute — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school.
• King George Public School — Grades 7 and 8. The public French immersion middle school for the Victory streets.
• John McCrae Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public French immersion school for the Central streets.
• John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school for French immersion students.
• Holy Rosary Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The Catholic elementary school for these streets, on Stevenson Street North.
• Sacred Heart Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The board offers Sacred Heart to these streets for the International Baccalaureate program, with Holy Rosary as the other choice.
• St. James Catholic High School — Grades 9 to 12. The Catholic secondary school, on Victoria Road North.