Regional Municipality of Waterloo

Waterloo Region
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
Official logo of Waterloo Region
Motto(s): 
"Peace, Prosperity!"
Location of Waterloo Region in Ontario
Location of Waterloo Region in Ontario
Coordinates: 43°29′35″N 80°30′04″W / 43.49306°N 80.50111°W / 43.49306; -80.50111 (Kitchener - Cambridge – Waterloo (Regional Municipality of Waterloo))[1]
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
SeatKitchener
Government
 • Regional ChairKaren Redman
 • Governing BodyWaterloo Regional Council
 • MPs
 • MPPs
Area
 • Land1,368.92 km2 (528.54 sq mi)
Population
 • Total535,154
 • Density390.9/km2 (1,012/sq mi)
GDP
 • Tri-Cities CMACA$32.9 billion (2020)[4]
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Area code(s)(519), (226) and (548)
Websitewww.regionofwaterloo.ca

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. The population was 587,165 at the 2021 Canada census.[5] In 2016, the Cambridge, Kitchener, Waterloo 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.

  1. ^ "Regional Municipality of Waterloo". Geographical Names Data Base. Natural Resources Canada.
  2. ^ "Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Code 3530) Census Profile". 2011 census. Government of Canada - Statistics Canada. Retrieved 6 March 2012.
  3. ^ Outhit, Jeff (8 February 2017). "Waterloo Region growing but not as fast, census shows". Record. Kitchener. Retrieved 13 March 2017.
  4. ^ "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.
  5. ^ "Waterloo, Regional municipality (RM) Ontario [Census division]". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 18 February 2022.
  6. ^ "Canada's best cities for full-time jobs". globalnews.ca. 14 January 2017. Retrieved 22 March 2018.

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