Baden, Ontario

Baden
Suburban Community
Front facade and path to Castle Kilbride in Baden
Front facade and path to Castle Kilbride in Baden
Baden is located in Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Baden
Baden
Baden is located in Southern Ontario
Baden
Baden
Coordinates: 43°24′09″N 80°40′07″W / 43.40250°N 80.66861°W / 43.40250; -80.66861[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
Regional municipalityWaterloo
MunicipalityWilmot
Elevation352 m (1,155 ft)
Time zoneUTC-5 (Eastern Time Zone)
 • Summer (DST)UTC-4 (Eastern Time Zone)
Postal code FSA
N3A
Area codes519, 226, 548
CGNDB keyFEGDI

Baden (/ˈbdɛn/ BAY-den)[3] is a suburban community and unincorporated place in Township of Wilmot, Regional Municipality of Waterloo in Southwestern Ontario, Canada.[1][4][5][6] It was named after Baden-Baden, Germany; the approximate population as of 2015, as per township statistics, is 4,940.[7]

The area is the site of the Baden Tower, a huge television, radio, and communications tower located on top of one of the Baden Hills, which is the transmitter for CKCO-DT, the CTV affiliate for Kitchener, as well as CFCA-FM and CHYM-FM, which have studios in Kitchener.

Much of the area consists of farmlands and pine forests are in the area. The local high school, Waterloo-Oxford District Secondary School, is located just outside the town and the statue park Prime Ministers Path is located on the grounds adjacent to Castle Kilbride.

  1. ^ a b "Baden". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  2. ^ Elevation taken from Google Maps at coordinates. Accessed 2018-07-02.
  3. ^ The Canadian Press (2017), The Canadian Press Stylebook (18th ed.), Toronto: The Canadian Press
  4. ^ "CLAIMaps IV". Ontario Ministry of Northern Development and Mines. 2016. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  5. ^ Map 2 (PDF) (Map). 1 : 700,000. Official road map of Ontario. Ministry of Transportation of Ontario. 2016-01-01. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  6. ^ Restructured municipalities - Ontario map #6 (Map). Restructuring Maps of Ontario. Ontario Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing. 2006. Archived from the original on 2021-02-24. Retrieved 2018-07-02.
  7. ^ "2015 Community Profile" (PDF). Township of Wilmot. p. 4. Retrieved May 28, 2019.

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