Back Regional Municipality of Waterloo BAR Regional Municipality of Waterloo CEB Regional Municipality of Waterloo German شهرداری منطقه واترلو Persian Municipalité régionale de Waterloo French Municipalità Regionale di Waterloo Italian ウォータールー地域 Japanese 워털루 지방자치구 Korean Region Waterloo Polish Municipalidade Regional de Waterloo Portuguese
Waterloo Region | |
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| Regional Municipality of Waterloo | |
Clockwise: Kitchener City Hall, Waterloo Regional Headquarters, Grand River scene in Cambridge, aerial view of St. Jacobs, University of Waterloo Nano Centre | |
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| Motto(s): "Peace, Prosperity!" | |
 Location of Waterloo Region in Ontario | |
| Coordinates: 43°29′35″N 80°30′04″W / 43.49306°N 80.50111°W[1] | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Seat | Kitchener |
| Government | |
| • Regional Chair | Karen Redman |
| • Governing Body | Waterloo Regional Council |
| • MPs | List of MPs |
| • MPPs | List of MPPs |
| Area | |
| • Land | 1,368.92 km2 (528.54 sq mi) |
| Population (2023 estimate)[3] | |
| • Total | 673,910 |
| • Density | 492.29/km2 (1,275.0/sq mi) |
| GDP | |
| • Tri-Cities CMA | CA$32.9 billion (2020)[4] |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Area code(s) | (519), (226) and (548) |
| Website | www |
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Waterloo Region or Region of Waterloo) is a metropolitan area of Southern Ontario, Canada. It contains the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo (KWC or Tri-Cities), and the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich. Kitchener, the largest city, is the seat of government.
The region is 1,369 square kilometres (529 sq mi) in area, with a population of 587,165 as of the 2021 Canada census,[5] though an end of 2023 estimate puts the population above 673,910 people. Waterloo Region forms the tenth-largest metropolitan area in Canada, with recent population growth almost entirely fuelled by international students.[3] In 2016, the Kitchener-Waterloo-Cambridge area was rated Canada's third-best area to find full-time employment.[6]
The region was formerly called Waterloo County, created in 1853 and dissolved in 1973. The county consisted of five townships: North Dumfries, Waterloo, Wellesley, Wilmot, and Woolwich.
- ^ "Regional Municipality of Waterloo". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
- ^ "Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Code 3530) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
- ^ a b "Waterloo Region says international students behind big population boost". Kitchener. 7 May 2024. Retrieved 17 June 2024.
- ^ "Statistics Canada. Table 36-10-0468-01 Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA) (x 1,000,000)". Statistics Canada.
- ^ "Waterloo, Regional municipality (RM) Ontario [Census division]". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
- ^ "Canada's best cities for full-time jobs". globalnews.ca. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.
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