Lakeshore North, Waterloo

Lakeshore North is a neighbourhood of winding crescents between Westmount Road North and Weber Street North, built mostly in the 1980s. At Pinebrook Park on Sprucehurst Crescent, the bounce of basketballs carries from the courts on summer evenings. Benjamin Park, a woodland of nearly seven hectares off Weber Street North, offers deep shade on the hottest days. About a kilometre west, canoes and sailboats glide across the reservoir at Laurel Creek Conservation Area on summer weekends.

The City's 2021 census profile counts about 2,000 homes in the Lakeshore North planning district. About seven in ten are single detached houses, and semi-detached houses make up about one in six. Row houses and low-rise apartment buildings make up most of the rest. In the 2021 census, nearly three in five homes in the surrounding area were built between 1981 and 1990, about one in five between 1991 and 2000, and about one in six between 1961 and 1980.

Grand River Transit's 9 Lakeshore route runs through the neighbourhood, and the 19 Hazel route runs within about a kilometre. Northfield ION station is about 1.4 km away. The Conestoga Parkway has an interchange at Northfield Drive. Conestoga Mall is about 2.7 km away.

Pinebrook Park, at 635 Sprucehurst Crescent, covers about 3.8 hectares, with a tennis court, basketball courts, a playing field, a playground and an outdoor rink. Lakeshore Optimist Park, at 280 Northlake Drive, has a playground and a toboggan hill. Benjamin Park, at 655 Weber Street North, is a 6.7-hectare natural area. Cornerbrook Park has a playground and a rink, and Jacob Green a playground. Laurel Creek Conservation Area, about 1.0 km away, has campsites, a swimming beach, trails and facilities for canoeing and sailing. The Albert McCormick Community Centre is about 1.6 km away.

• Northlake Woods Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school for Lakeshore North, on Northlake Drive.
• Waterloo Collegiate Institute — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school, with French immersion.
• Sir Edgar Bauer Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The nearest Catholic elementary school, with French immersion from Grade 1.
• St. David Catholic Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The nearest Catholic secondary school.