Hanlon Creek, Guelph

The conservation lands set the tone: forest at the end of the street, the Hanlon Creek Trail out the door, and streets that grew up around the green instead of over it. Toward Kortright Road West, Hanlon Creek Park and its trail are a five-minute stroll, campus is up the road, and the streets in between settle into an easy, leafy rhythm all their own.

The 2021 census counted about 2,700 homes in Hanlon Creek. About two in three are single detached houses, and row houses make up about one in eight. Close to half of the homes were built between 1981 and 1990, and about three in ten between 1961 and 1980.

Guelph Transit's 1 Edinburgh College, 2 College Edinburgh, 5 Goodwin, 6 Ironwood, 7 Niska, 15 College, 19 Hanlon Creek and 99 Mainline routes serve the neighbourhood, with the 50U, 52U, 56U and 58U university routes during the school year. The University Centre bus platforms are about 2 km away. Kortright Road West, Edinburgh Road South and Stone Road West are the main streets, and the Hanlon Expressway runs along the west side.

University Village Park covers about 7.7 hectares, with a playground, a ball diamond and a community garden. Hanlon Creek Park has a playground, a soccer field and a splash pad, and the Hanlon Creek Trail runs through it. Rickson Park, John Gamble Park, Yewholme Park and Steffler Park have playgrounds. The Scottsdale branch of the Guelph Public Library, at 650 Scottsdale Drive, is in the neighbourhood.

• Jean Little Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school for Hanlon Creek.
• Centennial Collegiate Vocational Institute — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school, on College Avenue West.
• Fred A. Hamilton Public School — JK to Grade 6. The public French immersion school for the younger grades.
• École Arbour Vista Public School — Grades 7 and 8. The public French immersion middle school.
• John F. Ross Collegiate Vocational Institute — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school for French immersion students.
• St. Michael Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The Catholic elementary school, in the neighbourhood.
• Bishop Macdonell Catholic High School — Grades 9 to 12. The Catholic secondary school for the south end.