Glenridge, Waterloo

Glenridge is small, and most of its streets lead to Hillside Park, more than 20 hectares of woods and open space off Marsland Drive. On summer evenings, the park's two ball diamonds are busy with games. Deeper in, the trails of the Hillside Park Reserve dip under the trees, where the woods turn red and gold in October. Glenridge Drive curves along the neighbourhood's edge, past the French-language school Mère-Élisabeth-Bruyère, and the Moses Springer Community Centre is about a kilometre south.

Glenridge forms part of the City's Willowdale planning district. The City's 2021 census profile counts about 3,500 homes in that district. Just over half are single detached houses. Apartment buildings of five storeys or more make up about one in five, and row houses about one in ten. In the 2021 census, more than half the homes in the surrounding area were built between 1961 and 1980, about a quarter in 1960 or earlier, and about one in eight between 1981 and 1990.

Grand River Transit's 29 Keats-University and 31 Columbia routes run nearby, along with the 202 University iXpress. Conestoga ION station is about 2.2 km away. The Conestoga Parkway has an interchange at University Avenue. Conestoga Mall is about 2.1 km away.

Hillside Park, at 352 Marsland Drive, has a natural reserve of about 22 hectares and a facility area of about 2.9 hectares with two ball diamonds and washrooms. The Moses Springer Community Centre, with an arena and an outdoor pool, is about 1.1 km away. Bechtel Park, with playing fields, tennis courts and an off-leash dog area, is about 1.6 km away. Wilfrid Laurier University is about 1.7 km away. The Hillside Park / Glenridge group serves the area.

• Lincoln Heights Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school for Glenridge.
• Bluevale Collegiate Institute — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school.
• St. Agnes Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The nearest Catholic elementary school.
• St. David Catholic Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The nearest Catholic secondary school.
• École élémentaire catholique Mère-Élisabeth-Bruyère — Kindergarten to Grade 6. A French-language Catholic school of the MonAvenir board, on Glenridge Drive.
• Waterloo High School — Secondary. A private school on MacGregor Crescent that grants credits toward the Ontario Secondary School Diploma, on the Ministry of Education's private school list.