Old North, Woodstock

The gracious old streets between downtown and the water, where brick homes and deep porches have stood for generations, and where an evening stroll under the big trees still feels like the whole point of home ownership.

The 2021 census counts about 2,700 homes in Old North. Just over half are single detached houses, about one in six are apartments in buildings under five storeys, and about one in seven are apartments in buildings of five or more storeys. More than half were built in 1960 or earlier, and about one in five between 1961 and 1980.

Woodstock Transit's 3 North Central and 4 Northwest routes serve Old North. The transit terminal downtown is about 1.1 km away. Vansittart Avenue, Ingersoll Avenue, Wellington Street North, Devonshire Avenue and Oxford Street are the main streets.

Victoria Park, Vansittart Avenue Park with its splash pad, Florence Carlyle Park, Northland Park, Altadore Park, Grant Street Park and Sutherland Park are Old North's green spaces, and Standard Tube Park and Charlie Tatham Peace Park are at the west end of Dundas Street. Roth Park, on the Thames, is just to the north, and downtown is about 1 km away.

• Northdale Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school for most of Old North, including Melbourne Avenue, Lee Avenue, Canterbury Street, Shenstone Avenue and Admiral Street, on Victoria Street North.
• Central Public School — JK to Grade 8. The public school for the southern streets, including Vansittart Avenue and Buller Street, on Hunter Street.
• Woodstock Collegiate Institute — Grades 9 to 12. The public secondary school for these streets, 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. Patrick's Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. The Catholic elementary school for Old North, on Parkinson Road.
• St. Michael's Catholic School — JK to Grade 8. Also listed by the finder for some northern streets, including Lee Avenue and Hutchinson Place, on Devonshire Avenue.
• 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.