Region of Waterloo
The Region of Waterloo is a region in southwestern Ontario that spans the gap between the traditional agrarian life of the Mennonites of St. Jacob's to the leading-edge technology businesses of Waterloo, with some beautiful countryside in between.| Tap on a place to explore it |
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Essential Destinations
Top destinations include Kitchener and Waterloo.
Kitchener
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Kitchener and neighbouring Waterloo and Cambridge form a tightly-integrated metro area within the larger Region of Waterloo in Southwestern Ontario. At the time of the 2021 Canadian census, the population of the city of Kitchener was 256,885 people and the population of the Region of Waterloo area was 587,165.
Waterloo
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Waterloo, Ontario, is one of three neighbouring cities, together with Kitchener, and Cambridge, forming a tightly-integrated metro area within the larger Region of Waterloo in Southwestern Ontario.
Cambridge
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Cambridge is one of the cities that forms a tightly-integrated metro area, along with Kitchener and Waterloo, within the larger Region of Waterloo in Southwestern Ontario.
Destinations to Discover
Explore places such as St. Jacobs and Elmira.
St. Jacobs
St Jacobs, or 'Jakobstettl' in the local Pennsylvania Dutch, is a village of about 2000 people that is the heart of St Jacobs Country, a primary tourist destination north of Waterloo, Ontario.
Elmira
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Elmira is a community of about 10,000 people in Woolwich Township in the Region of Waterloo, in Southwestern Ontario. It is known for its Mennonite population and its Maple Syrup Festival.
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Region of Waterloo
- Type: County with 535,000 residents
- Description: regional municipality in Ontario
- Also known as: “Regional Municipality of Waterloo”, “Waterloo”, and “Waterloo Region”
- Neighbors: Hamilton and Wellington and Dufferin Counties
- Categories: regional municipality of Ontario and locality
- Location: Southwestern Ontario, Ontario, Canada, North America
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Latitude of center
43.4586° or 43° 27′ 31″ northLongitude of center
-80.5194° or 80° 31′ 10″ westPopulation
535,000Elevation
329 metres (1,079 feet)OpenStreetMap ID
node 6180276224OpenStreetMap feature
place=county
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In Other Languages
From Albanian to Ukrainian—“Region of Waterloo” goes by many names.
- Albanian: “Komuna rajonale Waterloo”
- Arabic: “بلدية واترلو الإقليمية”
- Bavarian: “Regional Municipality of Waterloo”
- Cebuano: “Regional Municipality of Waterloo”
- Chinese: “滑鐵盧區”
- Dutch: “Regional Municipality of Waterloo”
- French: “municipalité régionale de Waterloo”
- French: “Municipalité régionale de Waterloo”
- French: “Waterloo”
- German: “Regional Municipality of Waterloo”
- German: “Regionalgemeinde Waterloo”
- German: “Waterloo Region”
- Greek: “περιφερειακός δήμος του Γουότερλου”
- Italian: “Municipalità Regionale di Waterloo”
- Japanese: “ウォータールー地域”
- Korean: “워털루 지방자치구”
- Persian: “شهرداری منطقه واترلو”
- Polish: “Region Waterloo”
- Portuguese: “Municipalidade Regional de Waterloo”
- Romanian: “Municipalitatea Regională Waterloo”
- Romanian: “Regiunea Waterloo”
- Russian: “Региональный муниципалитет Уотерлу”
- Russian: “Уотерлу”
- Slovenian: “Regional Municipality of Waterloo”
- Slovenian: “Regionalna občina Waterloo”
- Spanish: “Municipalidad Regional de Waterloo”
- Swedish: “Regional Municipality of Waterloo”
- Turkish: “Regional Municipality of Waterloo”
- Ukrainian: “Ватерлоо”
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