Laurelwood, Waterloo

Laurelwood is threaded with green, and almost every street leads to a path. Laurelwood Park, more than 13 hectares on Gatestone Boulevard, opens wide lawns and a ball diamond. In Trillium Valley Park and the Laurel Creek Forest, the trails follow the creek through deep woods, green and still even in August. Old Oak Park's playing fields sit beside St. Nicholas Catholic School on Laurelwood Drive. The John M. Harper Branch of the Waterloo Public Library is about a kilometre away.

The City's 2021 census profile counts about 1,550 homes in the Laurelwood planning district. More than four in five are single detached houses, and row houses make up about one in six. In the 2021 census, about seven in ten homes in the surrounding area were built between 1991 and 2000, about one in eight between 2001 and 2005, and about one in ten between 1981 and 1990.

Grand River Transit's 13 Laurelwood route runs through the neighbourhood. Research and Technology ION station is about 3.2 km away, and University of Waterloo station about 3.3 km. Laurelwood Drive, Fischer-Hallman Road North and Columbia Street West are the main roads.

Laurelwood Park, at 405 Gatestone Boulevard, covers about 13.3 hectares, with a playground, a ball diamond, a playing field and an outdoor rink. Old Oak Park, at 505 Laurelwood Drive, is an 8.2-hectare natural area with two playing fields and a playground. Trillium Valley Park, on Chancery Lane, covers about 16.7 hectares, and the Laurel Creek Forest, on Erbsville Road, about 11.3 hectares. The John M. Harper Branch of the Waterloo Public Library, at 500 Fischer-Hallman Road North, is about 1.0 km away. The Forested Hills, the largest woodland in the city, are about 1.4 km away.

• Laurelwood Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school for Laurelwood, on Brentcliffe Drive, with French immersion from Grade 2.
• Laurel Heights Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school, on Laurelwood Drive.
• St. Nicholas Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The Catholic elementary school on Laurelwood Drive, in the neighbourhood.
• Resurrection Catholic Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The nearest Catholic secondary school, in Kitchener.