Maple Hills, Waterloo

Maple Hills lies just south of Erb Street West, on quiet streets around Warrington Drive, Culpepper Drive and Thorndale Drive. Stonehaven Park's path runs behind the houses off Craigston Place, a quiet route for a morning walk. Belgreen Park, a strip of lawn and trees off Belgreen Way, is just right for an evening stroll. On Maple Hill Drive, mature trees line the street from end to end. Westmount Place's shops are a short drive away.

Maple Hills forms part of the City's Beechwood planning district. The City's 2021 census profile counts about 3,500 homes in that district. About half are single detached houses. Row houses make up about one in seven, and apartment buildings of five storeys or more and under five storeys about one in eight each. In the 2021 census, about two in five homes in the surrounding area were built in 1960 or earlier, about a third between 1961 and 1980, and about one in ten between 1981 and 1990.

Grand River Transit's 5 Erb route runs along Erb Street West, and the 201 Fischer-Hallman and 202 University iXpress routes run nearby. Laurier–Waterloo Park and Willis Way ION stations are each about 2.2 km away. Westmount Place is about 1.3 km away, and The Boardwalk shopping centre about 2.1 km.

Warrington Park, at 397 Warrington Drive, has two tennis courts and an outdoor rink. Culpepper Park, at 106 Culpepper Drive, has a playground, a rink and a toboggan hill, and Thorndale Park, at 41 Thorndale Drive, a playground and a rink. Belgreen Park and Stonehaven Park are green links of about 1.3 and 1.5 hectares. The Westmount Golf and Country Club, a private course designed by Stanley Thompson, is about 0.5 km away. Holy Rosary Catholic School is about 0.9 km away, and Westmount Place about 1.3 km. The Glasgow Heights I and II homes associations serve parts of the area.

• Empire Public School — JK to Grade 6. The public elementary school for Maple Hills, with French immersion from Grade 2.
• Centennial Public School — Grades 7 and 8. The middle school, continuing French immersion.
• Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school, with French immersion and extended French.
• Holy Rosary Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The nearest Catholic elementary school, with French immersion from Grade 1.
• Resurrection Catholic Secondary School — Grades 9 to 12. The nearest Catholic secondary school, in Kitchener.