87 Christopher Drive, Waterloo, ON N2J 4J6
- Property tax
- $3,853 / year
Welcome to this charming detached freehold 3-level backsplit with a garage and no condo fees nestled in Waterloo's highly sought-after Lincoln Heights neighbourhood, known for its mature trees, top-rated schools and convenient central location that makes commuting anywhere in the Region a breeze. From the moment you arrive, the home's curb appeal stands out with a long driveway offering parking for three vehicles and a patio, complemented by a dual-purpose detached garage and workshop with 220V electrical service. The separate side entrance with a walk-up from the basement also presents exciting potential. Step inside to a bright and welcoming living room highlighted by a large window that fills the space with natural light, along with a convenient front hall closet. The spacious eat-in kitchen features granite countertops, ample cabinetry and plenty of room for family meals and entertaining. Upstairs, you'll find three comfortable bedrooms, including a generously sized primary bedroom overlooking the peaceful backyard. A well-appointed 4-piece bathroom and linen closet complete the upper level. The finished basement adds valuable additional living space with a large rec-room full of possibilities, whether for a family room, home office, gym or guest area. The walk-up to the side yard enhances the functionality and future potential of the space. This level also includes a 2-piece bathroom, utility room and laundry area. Ideally located within walking distance to Lincoln Heights Public School, St. Agnes Catholic School, Bluevale Collegiate Institute, parks, shopping and everyday amenities, and just minutes from Uptown Waterloo and highway access, this is a location that truly offers the best of convenience and community. Whether you're a first-time buyer, young family or investor looking to add a home with excellent rental potential in a great neighbourhood, this well-maintained home might be the one. Don't miss your opportunity to make 87 Christopher your own.
- MLS number
- X13712954
- Type
- Detached
- Status
- Active
- Bedrooms
- 3
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Postal code
- N2J 4J6
- Photos
- 36
- Laundry
- Lower Level level
This listing’s own days on market are shown above. How long the property has been for sale across every earlier listing is drawn from records the board releases only to registered users — a free account opens it, along with the sale history below.
Rooms
10 rooms as the listing brokerage filed them, with measurements.
Main
| Room | Size | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Living Room | 4.72 × 4.37 m | — |
| Kitchen | 3.51 × 2.95 m | — |
| Dining Room | 2.18 × 2.90 m | — |
Second
| Room | Size | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Primary Bedroom | 3.91 × 2.92 m | — |
| Bedroom 2 | 2.77 × 3.30 m | — |
| Bedroom 3 | 2.64 × 3.30 m | — |
| Bathroom | 1.50 × 2.92 m | 4 Pc Bath |
Basement
| Room | Size | Features |
|---|---|---|
| Recreation | 5.33 × 3.56 m | — |
| Bathroom | 1.35 × 1.55 m | 2 Pc Bath |
| Utility Room | 3.81 × 3.28 m | — |
Property details
As filed by the listing brokerage. Anything the board left blank is left out rather than shown as unknown — and none of it is guaranteed accurate by PropTx, so verify what you rely on.
Property
- Type
- Detached
- Style
- Backsplit 3
- Class
- Residential Freehold
- Age
- 31-50
- Fronting on
- West
- Municipality
- Waterloo
- Cross street
- BLUEVALE ST N
- Zoning
- R2
Inside
- Bedrooms
- 3
- Bedrooms above grade
- 3
- Bathrooms
- 2
- Washrooms
- 1 on the second floor · 1 on the basement floor
- Kitchens
- 1
- Rooms above grade
- 6
- Basement
- Full, Finished
- Laundry
- Lower Level
- Size
- 700-1100
Building
- Construction
- Aluminum Siding, Brick
- Roof
- Metal
- Foundation
- Poured Concrete
- Other structures
- Fence - Partial
Parking
- Garage
- Detached
- Covered spaces
- 1
- Driveway spaces
- 3
- Total parking
- 4
- Features
- Private
Land
- Lot
- 40 × 113.29 feet
- Shape
- Rectangular
- Pool
- None
Heating, cooling and services
- Heating
- Forced Air
- Heat source
- Gas
- Cooling
- Central Air
- Water
- Municipal
- Sewer
- Sewer
Features
- Property
- Library, Park, Place Of Worship, Public Transit, Rec./Commun.Centre, School
- Interior
- Water Softener
- Exterior
- Porch
Listing
- MLS number
- X13712954
- Status
- New
- Previous status
- Draft
- Listed on
- 2026-08-26
- Expires
- 2026-10-25
- Taxes
- $3,853 (2026)
- Board
- One Point Association of REALTORS
Listing history
This address has been listed 5 times.
Where this property is
Where this address sits, matched against open government data.
Matched to a published address point for this address.
Schools
The school boundaries this address is inside, and the schools nearest it. Boards redraw boundaries and cap programs — confirm with the board before this affects a decision.
Other schools nearby
By distance from this address, not school boundary — a school 400 m away can be in another school’s attendance area.
| School | Level | Distance | Rating |
|---|---|---|---|
| Bluevale Collegiate Institute Waterloo Region DSB | Secondary | 205 m | / 10 82% met the standard · 2 of 6 measures |
| St Agnes Catholic Elementary School Waterloo CDSB | Elementary | 321 m | / 10 68% met the standard |
| École élémentaire L'Harmonie CS Viamonde | Elementary | 797 m | / 10 83% met the standard |
| Lincoln Heights Public School Waterloo Region DSB | Elementary | 792 m | / 10 64% met the standard |
| AIM KW School | Elementary | 957 m | Not reported |
| ÉÉC Mère-Élisabeth-Bruyère CS catholique MonAvenir | Elementary | 1.0 km | / 10 80% met the standard |
How the rating is calculated
EQAO — Ontario’s testing agency — publishes, for each school, the percentage of students meeting the provincial standard in Grade 3 and Grade 6 reading, writing and mathematics. The rating is the average of those percentages divided by ten. A school where 72% of students met the standard rates 7.2 out of 10.
Nothing is weighted or adjusted, and schools are not ranked against each other. Where EQAO withholds a result to protect the privacy of a small group of students, that measure is left out rather than counted as zero — so a rating built on fewer than six measures says so.
What it does not measure. It is one year of standardised testing in three subjects. It says nothing about teaching, programs, or whether a school suits a particular child, and it tracks neighbourhood household income closely enough that it partly measures the neighbourhood rather than the school. Treat it as one figure among many.
Source: Ontario Ministry of Education, School Information and Student Demographics (2024–25), Open Government Licence – Ontario.
H-Value
What an H-Value is and how it is calculated — the method and our measured error, no account needed.
The market around this home
Detached houses in Waterloo — 792 sales over the last five years. Too few sold in this community to chart it on its own, so this is the whole city.
How these are built, and what they cannot tell you
Each point is the median of the sales that closed in that quarter among detached houses in waterloo. A quarter with fewer than eight is left out rather than drawn, and the line breaks where that happens — a median over three sales is really one home’s price, and joining across a gap would draw a number nobody measured.
This is not an estimate of what this home is worth. The segment is a property type in an area; it takes no account of this home’s size, condition, renovations, lot, exposure or how it compares to its neighbours, and half the homes in any quarter sold for more than the median and half for less. It is context for a conversation with an agent, not a valuation.
Toronto Regional Real Estate Board closed transactions. Deemed reliable but not guaranteed accurate by PropTx.
This neighbourhood
Statistics Canada 2021 Census, for the surrounding few blocks — about 493 people.
The neighbourhood, by the census
Statistics Canada 2021 Census for dissemination area 35300078 — the few blocks around this address, home to 493 people. It describes the area, not this property.
Percentages are of the 295 responses in this category. Statistics Canada rounds counts and withholds small ones to keep individuals unidentifiable, so categories with too few people to publish are absent rather than shown as zero.
Source: Statistics Canada, 2021 Census of Population. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
Work out the numbers
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If you rented it out
How this is calculated, and what it leaves out
Canadian fixed-rate mortgages compound semi-annually, not monthly, so the monthly rate here is (1 + rate/2)1/6 − 1. Most calculators use rate ÷ 12, which is the American convention and overstates the payment by tens of dollars a month.
Below 20% down, default insurance is mandatory and is added to the loan rather than paid at closing: 2.80% at 85% loan-to-value, 3.10% at 90%, 4.00% at 95%. It is unavailable at or above $1.5M, which is why 20% is a hard floor there.
Not included: vacancy, property management, capital repairs, income tax, and the fact that a lender qualifies you at a stress-test rate rather than the one you are quoted. This is arithmetic on the numbers above, not a mortgage approval or an opinion of what you can afford.