Westmount Real Estate: Homes for Sale in Westmount, Kitchener-Waterloo

By Stephanie Catcher, REALTOR® with RE/MAX Solid Gold Realty (II) Ltd. Selling in Kitchener-Waterloo since 2008.

Westmount is the neighbourhood people mean when they say “old money” in Kitchener-Waterloo, and it has earned it. Laid out as a subdivision in 1912 around what became the Westmount Golf & Country Club, it straddles the Kitchener–Waterloo line along Westmount Road, from Union Boulevard and Belmont Avenue over toward Glasgow Street, with the golf course itself crossing the city boundary. The streets around Union, Rusholme and Dunbar are Old Westmount: century homes and mid-century executive houses on deep, treed lots, which the City of Kitchener now treats as a cultural heritage landscape. Belmont Village, the Iron Horse Trail and Grand River Hospital are all at the edge. It's the address for buyers who want the best streets in the city and are prepared to pay for them.

Why people love Westmount

• The club. Westmount Golf & Country Club, founded 1929 and opened 1931, is a Stanley Thompson course that hosted the 1957 Canadian Open, with curling since 1963 and tennis since 1977. Homes backing onto the fairways are among the most sought-after in the region.

• Belmont Village. A walkable strip at Union and Belmont that grew from a Depression-era project into KW's best small food street: Arabella Park, Janet Lynn's, Belmont Bistro, Casa Rugantino and a dozen others, plus a bike shop and the cafés.

• The Iron Horse Trail. Five and a half kilometres of paved, winter-maintained path from Uptown Waterloo to Ottawa Street, passing Belmont Village; you can cycle to Uptown or downtown in ten minutes.

• Schools with history. Westmount Public School on Glasgow Street, founded 1936 and rebuilt in 2015, offers French immersion; Empire Public School serves the Waterloo side; Kitchener Collegiate is a short walk. St. John and St. Agnes serve Catholic families. Confirm boundaries with the boards.

• Uptown, downtown and the hospital all close. Grand River Hospital and its ION station are minutes away, GRT Route 12 runs the length of Westmount Road, and both city centres are a short bike or drive.

The real estate market in Westmount

Westmount is a small, tightly held market where the average means little: a renovated 1950s bungalow on a standard lot and a seven-figure estate on the tenth fairway are both “Westmount.” Old Westmount detached homes regularly sell in the low millions and the golf-course properties well above that; the streets farther from the club, and the condos along Westmount Road and near Belmont, are more attainable and are where I see most first-time Westmount buyers land. Turnover is low because people stay for decades, so the right house often comes up once and then not again for twenty years. If Westmount is your goal, tell me early and I'll watch for it. Ask me for the recent sold prices; they vary too much to summarize here.

Stephanie's local take

Every agent in the region loves showing Westmount, and I'm no exception: the trees, the setbacks, the houses with real proportions. What I add is caution. Century homes come with century-home things (knob-and-tube, clay drains, single-pane windows), and the price of the street can tempt people to skip the inspection; don't. The best value in Westmount, in my experience, is the well-kept 1950s and 60s house one or two streets off the golf course, where you get the neighbourhood, the schools and Belmont Village without paying for a fairway view you'll see mostly in winter.

Ready to buy or sell in Westmount?

If Westmount is where you want to be, or you're ready to pass on a home you've loved here, let's talk. Book a no-pressure chat for buying or selling, call or text 519-404-4834, or read my guides for families moving to KW and sellers and downsizers. For the bigger picture, start with my Kitchener and Waterloo guides, and see neighbouring Forest Heights.

Westmount FAQ

Where is Westmount?

Along Westmount Road on the Kitchener–Waterloo border, around Westmount Golf & Country Club, from Union Boulevard and Belmont Avenue toward Glasgow Street, with Belmont Village at its edge.

What kind of homes are in Westmount?

Century homes and mid-century executive houses on deep, treed lots in Old Westmount, larger estates backing onto the golf course, and condos and more modest homes along Westmount Road and near Belmont Village.

Is Westmount expensive?

It's one of the most expensive neighbourhoods in Kitchener-Waterloo. Old Westmount detached homes commonly sell in the low millions and golf-course properties above that, while condos and homes farther from the club are more attainable.

What is Belmont Village?

A walkable shopping and restaurant strip at Union Street and Belmont Avenue, known for independent restaurants, cafés and shops, on the Iron Horse Trail.

What schools serve Westmount?

Westmount Public School (French immersion) and Empire Public School, with Kitchener Collegiate nearby; St. John and St. Agnes for Catholic families. Confirm boundaries with the boards.