157 Bruce St

Getting around Walkable

• 🚇 Borden LRT1.8 km
• 🚇 Kitchener Market LRT1.9 km

Within a 10-minute walk: 2 grocery stores, 7 cafés and restaurants, 3 parks, 1 pharmacy. Nearest grocery: Your Independent Grocer (500 m). Nearest park: Expressway Trail (500 m).

Schools nearby

Elementary

• Smithson Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 69%, math 57%9 min walk
• St. Anne Catholic Elementary School Catholic
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 45%12 min walk
• Sheppard Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 72%, math 60%1.3 km
• Suddaby Public School
  EQAO: Gr 6 reading 90%, math 58%1.4 km

Secondary

• École secondaire David Saint-Jacques Catholic · French14 min walk
• Stanley Park Public School1.6 km
• Margaret Avenue Public School1.8 km

EQAO: share of students meeting the provincial standard (2024–25). Ontario average: Gr 6 reading 86%, math 51%; Gr 9 math 55%; literacy test 83%.

Closest schools, not school zones. Check which school serves this address with the school board before relying on it.

Who lives here postal area N2B

Owners / renters

61% / 39%

Median household income

$81,000

Average age

43

Children under 15

15%

Homes

57% detached, 14% high-rise

Commute by transit

3%

Population

16,939

Languages spoken most at home besides English: Serbian 1.7%, Spanish 0.9%, Tigrigna 0.8%, Arabic 0.7%.

Safety

Crime Severity Index for Waterloo Region (Kitchener) police: 67 vs 57 for Ontario (2025).

Police-reported figures for the whole police service area, not this street. Rates use the area’s resident population.