# Cottonwood Maps 25 Transit Stops and Five Schools Within Neighbourhood Boundaries

Cottonwood includes 25 mapped transit stops and five schools. These amenities define the local infrastructure profile without establishing market performance.

Published 2026-10-11. Evidence snapshot 2026-10-11.

## Market summary

Cottonwood includes 25 mapped transit stops and five schools. These amenities define the local infrastructure profile without establishing market performance.

## Central finding

Cottonwood features a dense network of 25 transit stops and five schools within its mapped boundaries. Sources:
[Kanaka Creek Elementary School](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/414531043)

## Infrastructure Density in Cottonwood

Cottonwood contains 46 mapped amenity points across four categories. The largest group consists of 25 transit stops distributed along major arterial roads. This concentration indicates a structured public transportation footprint within the neighbourhood boundary as recorded by OpenStreetMap data sources available to the research team.

The remaining amenities include six parks and ten recreation facilities. Five schools are also mapped within the area, including Kanaka Creek Elementary School. These points establish the physical presence of community services but do not measure their operational quality or accessibility for residents seeking specific programmatic offerings. Sources:
[Kanaka Creek Elementary School](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/414531043)

## Educational and Recreational Presence

Five schools are identified in the Cottonwood amenity dataset. Kanaka Creek Elementary School shows mixed comparative performance according to current metrics. Alexander Robinson Elementary is described as having developing comparative performance relative to peer institutions. These ratings reflect current report-card indicators without historical trend data to confirm long-term stability or improvement trajectories.

Ten recreation facilities are mapped, including Maple Ridge Lawn Bowling. One city-wide recreation program, the Joint Forces Ball Hockey Jamboree, is listed at Planet Ice & Albion Fairgrounds. This program has an unspecified audience and spring season availability. The facility scope is city-level, meaning it does not confirm direct access from Cottonwood residences. Sources:
[Kanaka Creek Elementary School](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/414531043)
[Planet Ice & Albion Fairgrounds recreation programs](https://www.mapleridge.ca/explore-maple-ridge/festivals-events/joint-forces-ball-hockey-jamboree)

## The strongest counter-case

The mapped amenity counts do not establish service quality, catchment areas, or actual buyer demand for the neighbourhood. Sources:
[Kanaka Creek Elementary School](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/414531043)

## City market context

From the Maple Ridge market article, 22 September 2026:

Maple Ridge faces a concentrated financing headwind as the last of the pandemic-era five-year fixed-rate mortgages come up for renewal, with borrowers facing an average 15% increase in monthly payments. This payment shock coincides with rising bond yields that are pressuring new fixed mortgage rates higher, even as the central bank holds its policy rate steady. The final wave of pandemic-era five-year fixed-rate mortgage renewals is set to raise average monthly payments by 15% for roughly 12% of all outstanding Canadian mortgages over the next year, a financing shock that lands in Maple Ridge against a backdrop where the Bank of Canada held its policy rate at 2.25% on September 2, 2026, and rising five-year bond yields near 3.65% are already pushing new fixed rates higher.

## Sources

- [Kanaka Creek Elementary School](https://www.openstreetmap.org/way/414531043): date unavailable. Scope: neighbourhood.
- [Planet Ice & Albion Fairgrounds recreation programs](https://www.mapleridge.ca/explore-maple-ridge/festivals-events/joint-forces-ball-hockey-jamboree): date unavailable. Scope: city.

Prepared by Aurynge with AI-assisted research and writing. See /methodology for the evidence and publication policy.