Waterloo County

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former regional municipality historic county

Waterloo County was a historic regional municipality in southwestern Ontario, Canada, that encompassed communities such as Berlin (now Kitchener) and served as an important agricultural and industrial hub before being replaced by the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

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Observed surface forms (2)

Surface form Occurrences
Waterloo County, Ontario 2
Waterloo County (historical) 1

Statements (46)

Predicate Object
instanceOf former regional municipality ⓘ
historic county ⓘ
borderedBy Brant County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Oxford County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Perth County NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wellington County NERFINISHED ⓘ
contains Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Elmira NERFINISHED ⓘ
Galt NERFINISHED ⓘ
Hespeler NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kitchener NERFINISHED ⓘ
New Hamburg NERFINISHED ⓘ
North Dumfries Township NERFINISHED ⓘ
Preston NERFINISHED ⓘ
Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wellesley Township NERFINISHED ⓘ
Wilmot Township NERFINISHED ⓘ
Woolwich Township NERFINISHED ⓘ
country Canada ⓘ
dissolvedIn 1973 ⓘ
economicActivity agriculture ⓘ
furniture making ⓘ
manufacturing ⓘ
textile industry ⓘ
establishedAsDistrict Waterloo District NERFINISHED ⓘ
governedBy Waterloo County Council NERFINISHED ⓘ
hadTransportationLink Canadian Pacific Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
Grand Trunk Railway NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalRegion Golden Horseshoe fringe ⓘ
historicalSeat Berlin NERFINISHED ⓘ
Kitchener NERFINISHED ⓘ
historicalStatus defunct administrative division of Ontario ⓘ
languageMajority English NERFINISHED ⓘ
locatedIn Ontario ⓘ
Southwestern Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
namedAfter Waterloo, Belgium NERFINISHED ⓘ
notableEthnicGroup German-speaking settlers ⓘ
Mennonite communities ⓘ
partOf Province of Ontario NERFINISHED ⓘ
replacedBy Regional Municipality of Waterloo NERFINISHED ⓘ
timeZone Eastern Time Zone ⓘ
usedFor judicial administration ⓘ
local governance ⓘ
municipal administration ⓘ
wasAgriculturalHub true ⓘ
wasIndustrialHub true ⓘ

Referenced by (6)

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

Galt, Ontario → countyHistorical → Waterloo County ⓘ
Galt Professionals → geographicArea → Waterloo County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waterloo County, Ontario
Hespeler, Ontario → historicalCounty → Waterloo County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waterloo County, Ontario
Preston, Ontario → historicalCounty → Waterloo County ⓘ
Preston, Ontario → region → Waterloo County ⓘ
this entity surface form: Waterloo County (historical)
Berlin, Ontario, Canada → wasUrbanCentreOf → Waterloo County ⓘ