Waterloo, Ontario

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Waterloo, Ontario is a Canadian city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo best known as a major tech and innovation hub and home to the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University.

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Predicate Object
instanceOf city
adjacentTo Kitchener
surface form: Kitchener, Ontario
country Canada
formsMetropolitanAreaWith Cambridge, Ontario
Kitchener
surface form: Kitchener, Ontario
foundedAs Waterloo
governingBody Waterloo City Council
hasAreaCode 226
519
548
hasClimate humid continental climate
hasEconomicSector advanced manufacturing
education
information technology
insurance and finance
hasMajorEmployer BlackBerry Limited
Desire2Learn
OpenText Corporation
hasNickName Silicon Valley of the North
hasPostalCodePrefix N2J
N2K
N2L
N2T
hasPostSecondaryInstitution Conrad Grebel University College
Renison University College
St. Jerome's University
surface form: St. Jerome’s University

St. Paul’s University College
hasResearchInstitution Centre for International Governance Innovation
University of Waterloo
surface form: Institute for Quantum Computing

Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics (affiliated)
surface form: Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
hasSisterCity Chongqing
surface form: Chongqing Nanan District

Coesfeld
Lahnstein
Zhengzhou
hasTransitSystem Grand River Transit
hasUniversity University of Waterloo
Wilfrid Laurier University
knownFor innovation hub
startup ecosystem
technology sector
leaderTitle Mayor of Waterloo
locatedIn Canada
locatedInRegion Southern Ontario
Region of Waterloo, Ontario
surface form: Waterloo Region
locatedInTimeZone Eastern Time Zone
locatedNear Grand River
partOf Regional Municipality of Waterloo
surface form: Kitchener–Waterloo–Cambridge metropolitan area

Regional Municipality of Waterloo
province Ontario
servedBy Ion light rail transit

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Cambridge, Ontario adjacentTo Waterloo, Ontario
this entity surface form: Kitchener–Waterloo
Ontario containsCity Waterloo, Ontario
Southern Ontario containsCity Waterloo, Ontario
Austin foundedAs Waterloo, Ontario
this entity surface form: Waterloo
Southern Ontario hasRegion Waterloo, Ontario
this entity surface form: Waterloo Region
this entity surface form: Region of Waterloo
University of Waterloo locatedIn Waterloo, Ontario
this entity surface form: Waterloo, Ontario, Canada
Wilfrid Laurier University locatedIn Waterloo, Ontario
German Canadians notableCommunityCenter Waterloo, Ontario
Waterloo Regional Airport operator Waterloo, Ontario
this entity surface form: City of Waterloo
Waterloo Regional Airport owner Waterloo, Ontario
this entity surface form: City of Waterloo
James G. Blight placeOfWork Waterloo, Ontario
this entity surface form: Waterloo
Kitchener twinCity Waterloo, Ontario