Galt, Ontario

E259613
former municipality historic town

Galt, Ontario was a historic town in southern Ontario that later became one of the constituent communities of the city of Cambridge.

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All labels observed (3)

Label Occurrences
Galt, Ontario canonical 5
Galt, Cambridge, Ontario 2
Blair, Ontario 1

Statements (45)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former municipality ⓘ
historic town ⓘ
amalgamatedInto Cambridge, Ontario ⓘ
amalgamationYear 1973 ⓘ
category Former cities and towns in Ontario ⓘ
Neighbourhoods in Cambridge, Ontario ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
countrySubdivision Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Province of Ontario
countyHistorical Waterloo County ⓘ
currentStatus constituent community of Cambridge ⓘ
demographicsHistorical significant Scottish immigrant population ⓘ
economicHistory metalworking industries ⓘ
textile manufacturing ⓘ
formerStatus town ⓘ
governingBodyCurrent Cambridge City Council ⓘ
hasCharacteristic urban core within Cambridge ⓘ
hasHeritage 19th-century industrial development ⓘ
Scottish-Canadian cultural influence ⓘ
hasLandmark Grand River waterfront ⓘ
historic Main Street area ⓘ
historicalEra 19th and 20th century industrial town ⓘ
knownFor historic downtown core ⓘ
manufacturing history ⓘ
stone architecture ⓘ
languageMajority English ⓘ
locatedIn Ontario ⓘ
Southern Ontario ⓘ
locatedNear Brantford ⓘ
surface form: Brantford, Ontario

Kitchener ⓘ
surface form: Kitchener, Ontario

Waterloo, Ontario ⓘ
locatedOn Grand River ⓘ
mergedWith Breslau, Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Blair, Ontario

Hespeler, Ontario ⓘ
Preston, Ontario ⓘ
namedAfter John Galt ⓘ
partOf City of Cambridge ⓘ
surface form: City of Cambridge, Ontario

Golden Horseshoe ⓘ
surface form: Golden Horseshoe region (broadly defined)

Regional Municipality of Waterloo ⓘ
province Ontario ⓘ
region Region of Waterloo, Ontario ⓘ
surface form: Waterloo Region
resultOfMerger formation of Cambridge, Ontario ⓘ
river Grand River ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
transportation served by Highway 24 (via Cambridge) ⓘ
served by Highway 8 (via Cambridge) ⓘ

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Full triples — surface form annotated when it differs from this entity's canonical label.

Cambridge, Ontario → formedByAmalgamationOf → Galt, Ontario ⓘ
Cambridge, Ontario → formedByAmalgamationOf → Galt, Ontario ⓘ
this entity surface form: Blair, Ontario
Preston, Ontario → mergedWith → Galt, Ontario ⓘ
Hamilton Family Theatre Cambridge → locatedIn → Galt, Ontario ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galt, Cambridge, Ontario
Galt Arena Gardens → locatedIn → Galt, Ontario ⓘ
this entity surface form: Galt, Cambridge, Ontario
Galt Arena Gardens → namedAfter → Galt, Ontario ⓘ
Cambridge → formedByAmalgamationOf → Galt, Ontario ⓘ
subject surface form: Cambridge, Ontario
Galt Professionals → location → Galt, Ontario ⓘ