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Waterloo

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Also known as Waterloo, Ontario, Waterloo, ON

city in Ontario, Canada

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Place details

Locality
Waterloo
Region
Ontario
Country
Canada
Population
104,986
Timezone
America/Toronto

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Key facts

Country
Canada
Province
Ontario
Region
Waterloo
Incorporated
May 27, 1857 ; 169 years ago ( May 27, 1857 )
Mayor
Dorothy McCabe
Governing body
Waterloo City Council
City cao
Tim Anderson
Mp
Bardish Chagger ( Liberal )
Mpp
Catherine Fife ( ONDP )
Land
64.06 km (24.73 sq mi)
Elevation
329 m (1,079 ft)
City lower tier
121,436 ( 47th )
Density
1,895.8/km (4,910/sq mi)
Metro
575,847 ( 10th )
Metro density
527.2/km (1,365/sq mi)
Demonym
Waterluvian
Time zone
UTC−5
Summer dst
UTC−4

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Wikidata facts

Population
121436
Elevation
329
Official website
www.waterloo.ca
Image
Uptown Waterloo Ontario.JPG
Dialing code
226
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Commons category
Waterloo, Ontario
postal code
N2J, N2K, N2L, N2T, N2V
inception
1857-05-27
Commons gallery
Waterloo, Ontario
native label
Waterloo
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Travel guide

Get around

City buses are infrequent especially on weekends/holidays. The town center is small and easily walkable.

Travel guide from Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA 4.0)

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Article

Waterloo is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario. It is one of three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (formerly Waterloo County). Waterloo is situated about 94 km (58 mi) west-southwest of Toronto, but it is not considered to be part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Due to the close proximity of the city of Kitchener to Waterloo, the two together are often referred to as "Kitchener–Waterloo", "K-W", or "The Twin Cities". Nearby Cambridge, Ontario is also sometimes grouped in, creating KWC or "Tri-cities".

While several unsuccessful attempts to combine the municipalities of Kitchener and Waterloo have been made, following the 1973 establishment of the Region of Waterloo, less motivation to do so existed, and as a result, Waterloo remains an independent city. At the time of the 2021 census, the population of Waterloo was 121,436.

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