Cowan Park Area, Woodstock

The northwest's gathering spot, anchored by the Cowan Park Sportsplex, weekend mornings of cleats and whistles, lawn chairs along the sidelines, and newer streets settling in comfortably around it all.

The 2021 census counts about 300 homes in the Cowan Park Area. About two in three are single detached houses, and about one in six are row houses. Many were built between 2006 and 2021.

Woodstock Transit's 4 Northwest route runs along Lakeview Drive and Ridgewood Drive. The transit terminal downtown is about 3 km away. Vansittart Avenue, Lakeview Drive and Oxford Road 17 are the main streets.

Cowan Park, home of the Cowan Park Sportsplex, is on Ridgewood Drive, and Dr. J. J. Williams Park is on Lakeview Drive. Pittock Conservation Area is about 1.1 km away.

• Turtle Island Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school for these streets, opened in February 2026 on Knights Lane in Havelock Corners.
• Woodstock Collegiate Institute — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school for the Cowan Park Area, on Riddell Street, with French immersion.
• Roch Carrier French Immersion Public School — Grades 1 to 8 in French immersion. The public French immersion school for these streets, on Sloane Street.
• St. Michael's Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. A Catholic elementary school for these streets, on Devonshire Avenue.
• St. Patrick's Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. A Catholic elementary school for these streets too, on Parkinson Road.
• Holy Family French Immersion Catholic School — SK to Grade 8 in French immersion. The Catholic French immersion school, on Oxford Street.
• St. Mary's Catholic High School — Grades 9 to 12. The Catholic secondary school, on Juliana Drive, with Extended French.