18 Facts About Waterloo Ontario

1.

Waterloo Ontario purchased all the unsold land from Beasley in 1803, resulting in a discharge of the mortgage held by the Six Nations.

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2.

Waterloo Ontario founded a sawmill in 1808 and grist mill in 1816; they saw business flourish.

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3.

The German spoken in Waterloo Ontario County is based upon the 18th century Pennsylvania Dutch dialect.

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4.

The Smith's Canadian Gazetteer of 1846 states that the Township of Waterloo Ontario consisted primarily of Pennsylvanian Mennonites and immigrants directly from Germany who had brought money with them.

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5.

Waterloo Ontario has a humid continental climate of the warm summer subtype ; this means that there are large seasonal differences, with warm, humid summers and cold winters.

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6.

Waterloo Ontario has a strong knowledge and service-based economy with significant insurance and high-tech sectors as well as two universities.

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7.

Waterloo Ontario has a strong technology sector with hundreds of high-tech firms.

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8.

Kitchener–Waterloo Ontario Oktoberfest is a nine-day Oktoberfest celebration held in both Kitchener and Waterloo Ontario.

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9.

Waterloo Ontario Festival for Animated Cinema was an annual film festival dedicated to feature-length animation films.

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10.

The Waterloo Ontario Award, established in 1997, is the highest civic honour a person can receive from the City of Waterloo Ontario.

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11.

The current Waterloo Ontario councilors are as follows, as of 2022, listed by ascending ward number: Sandra Hanmer, Royce Bodaly, Angela Vieth, Diane Freeman, Jen Vasic, Jeff Henry, and Tenille Bonoguore .

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12.

Public transport throughout the Waterloo Ontario Region is provided by Grand River Transit, created by a merger of Kitchener Transit and Cambridge Transit in January 2000.

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13.

Waterloo Ontario is served by GO buses which stop at the University of Waterloo Ontario and Wilfrid Laurier University, with destinations of Square One City Centre Terminal, Milton GO Station, and York University.

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14.

Waterloo Ontario is not currently served by any regularly scheduled passenger rail service.

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15.

Non-profit tourist railway Waterloo Ontario Central Railway is a revival of the Waterloo Ontario-St Jacobs Railway.

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16.

In 2018, the Waterloo Ontario campus included "a complete on-site clinical skills laboratory with 4 skills rooms and 2 observation rooms, classrooms with video-conferencing capabilities and a state-of-the-art anatomy lab that was built in 2013 with a high definition video system", according to the university.

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17.

City of Waterloo Ontario bylaws controlling matters such as parking, weeds and noise are enforced by city bylaw enforcement officers.

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18.

Waterloo Ontario is home to the following universities and colleges: the University of Waterloo Ontario, Wilfrid Laurier University, St Jerome's University, St Paul's University College, Conrad Grebel University College, Renison University College, and Conestoga College .

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