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Renting in Saint George's

Saint George's is a 2.1 km² area of Guelph, home to about 5,185 people at the 2021 Census. It is a mixed owner and renter area: 31.3% of households rented their home, and 26.1% of homes are apartments. Inside the boundary: 4 schools, 1 licensed child care facility, 5 parks, 11 transit stops.

2.1 km²5,185 residents (2021)4 schools11 transit stops

The boundary this page uses

The City of Guelph publishes this area as Saint George's. City spelling 'Saint George's'.

Everything counted below — schools, licensed child care, parks, transit stops — is counted inside that boundary, so the figures describe Saint George's rather than a radius around a point.

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Guelph. Layer retrieved September 4, 2026.

Who lives here

From the 10 Statistics Canada dissemination areas whose centre falls inside the boundary. Rates are population-weighted; counts are summed.

5,185
Residents (2021)
31.3%
Households that rent
69% own
26.1%
Homes that are apartments
$87,038
Median household income
2020 income, 2021 Census
56.7%
Households with children
41.5
Median age
2.3
Average household size
Age profile
  • 0 - 4 years old260 · 5%
  • 5 - 9 years old275 · 5.3%
  • 10 - 19 years old500 · 9.6%
  • 20 - 34 years old1,040 · 20%
  • 35 - 49 years old1,080 · 20.8%
  • 50 - 54 years old335 · 6.4%
  • 55 - 64 years old750 · 14.4%
  • 65 - 69 years old290 · 5.6%
  • 70 - 79 years old370 · 7.1%
  • 80 - 84 years old140 · 2.7%
  • 85+ years old155 · 3%

How Saint George's compares with Guelph

31.3% of households in Saint George's rented their home at the 2021 Census, against 34.3% across Guelph — close to the city as a whole, so the mix of owners and renters here is unremarkable for Guelph.

Both figures are the share of households that rent, from the 2021 Census. The Saint George's figure is aggregated from the dissemination areas inside the boundary; the Guelph figure is the city-wide count Statistics Canada publishes. Census figures describe 2021, and neighbourhoods change — treat them as context rather than as today’s market.

Source: Statistics Canada, Census of Population, 2021. Adapted under the Statistics Canada Open Licence. Sum (population, age bands) or population-weighted mean (rates, medians) of the 2021 dissemination areas whose centre lies inside the municipal boundary.

Schools

4 publicly funded schools sit inside the boundary. Being inside an area is not the same as being assigned to it — attendance areas are set by the boards and must be checked per address.

Just outside the boundary

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information and Student Demographics (2024–2025). Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Licensed child care

1 licensed facility is located inside the boundary. A licence is not a vacancy — contact operators directly about waiting lists and fees.

FacilityTypeProgrammes
Ymca Of Three Rivers Child Care - King George72 Lemon StreetChild Care CentreBefore school, After school

Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, Licensed child care facilities in Ontario (31 July 2026 snapshot); locations matched to the City of Guelph’s open address register. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Ontario.

Parks, transit and public facilities

Counted inside the boundary from the City of Guelph's own open data.

5
Parks inside the boundary
8.2 hectares in total
11
Guelph Transit stops
1.4 km
Nearest GO station
Guelph Central GO

Largest green spaces

  • FRANCHETTO PARK · 3.7 ha
  • GREEN MEADOWS PARK · 2.1 ha
  • ST. GEORGE'S PARK · 1.9 ha
  • DRUMMOND PARK · 0.3 ha
  • HILLCREST PARK · 0.2 ha

Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – City of Guelph.

Renting in Saint George's

Guelph Transit runs a network built around a downtown hub, so cross-town trips often route through the centre. Guelph Central Station downtown carries both GO and VIA trains on the Kitchener corridor, and Highway 401 runs south of the city. Distances here are short, but a transfer can still dominate a journey — check the real trip at the time you would travel.

Before you sign

Walk the block at the hour you would actually come home. Check what is included in the rent, how utilities are billed, what parking costs, and where the nearest stop for the trips you make daily is. Ontario’s standard lease and the Residential Tenancies Act apply here as everywhere in the province — the renter guide covers what to check.

Common questions

Do many people rent in Saint George's?
At the 2021 Census, 31.3% of households in Saint George's were renters and 26.1% of homes were apartments. Those figures come from the 10 Statistics Canada dissemination areas inside the municipal boundary, so they describe this area rather than Guelph as a whole.
Which schools are in Saint George's?
4 publicly funded schools sit inside the boundary: John Galt Public School, Ecole King George Public School, John F Ross Collegiate and Vocational Institute, Ottawa Crescent Public School. Being inside the area is not the same as being assigned to it — attendance areas are set by the school boards and must be checked per address.
How is transit in Saint George's?
11 Guelph Transit stops are inside the boundary, and Guelph Central GO is about 1.4 km away in a straight line. Check the actual trip at the times you travel — stop counts say nothing about frequency.
What green space does Saint George's have?
The municipality's parks layer records 5 parks inside the boundary, about 8.2 hectares in total, plus roughly 0.6 km of mapped trails.

Nearby neighbourhoods

Straight-line distance between the centres of each municipal boundary.

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Where this page’s data comes from

Full method notes, refresh cadence and the list of data this site deliberately does not publish are on the data page.