Waterloo, Ontario
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Uptown Waterloo, looking south down King Street.
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| Nickname(s): "The Tri-City", "The 'Loo" | ||
| Motto: Stability | ||
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 Waterloo
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| Coordinates: 43°28′N 80°31′W / 43.467°N 80.517°WCoordinates: 43°28′N 80°31′W / 43.467°N 80.517°W | ||
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 Canada
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 Ontario
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| Region | Waterloo | |
| Incorporated | May 27, 1857 | |
| Government | ||
| • Mayor | Dave Jaworsky | |
| • Governing Body | Waterloo City Council | |
| • City CAO | Tim Anderson | |
| • MP | Bardish Chagger (Liberal) | |
| • MPP | Catherine Fife (NDP) | |
| Area | ||
| • Land | 64.02 km2 (24.72 sq mi) | |
| Elevation | 329 m (1,079 ft) | |
| Population (2016) | ||
| • City (lower-tier) | 104,986 (51st) | |
| • Density | 1,520.7/km2 (3,939/sq mi) | |
| • Metro | 523,894 (10th) | |
| Demonym(s) | Waterluvian | |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) (UTC−5) | |
| • Summer (DST) | EDT (UTC−4) | |
| Postal codes | N2J, N2K, N2L, N2T, N2V | |
| Area code(s) | 519 and 226 | |
| Website | www.waterloo.ca | |
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Waterloo (2016 population 104,896) is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, and is adjacent to the city of Kitchener.
Kitchener and Waterloo are often jointly referred to as "Kitchener-Waterloo", "KW", or "the Tri-City" (to include the City of Cambridge), although they have separate city governments. There have been several attempts to amalgamate the two cities (sometimes with the city of Cambridge as well), but none have been successful. According to the 2016 census, the population of the city surpassed the 100,000 mark, making the permanent population count at 104,986.
Waterloo started on land that was part of a parcel of 675,000 acres (2,730 km2) assigned in 1784 to the Iroquois alliance that made up the League of Six Nations. The rare gift of land from Britain to indigenous people took place to compensate for wartime alliance during the American Rebellion, (later known as the American Revolution). Almost immediately—and with much controversy—the native groups began to sell some of the land. Between 1796 and 1798, 93,000 acres (380 km2) were sold through a Crown Grant to Richard Beasley, with the Six Nations Indians continuing to hold the mortgage on the lands.
The first wave of immigrants to the area comprised Mennonites from Pennsylvania. They bought deeds to land parcels from Beasley and began moving into the area in 1804. The following year, a group of 26 Mennonites pooled resources to purchase all of the unsold land from Beasley and to discharge the mortgage held by the Six Nations Indians.
The Mennonites divided the land into smaller lots; two lots initially owned by Abraham Erb became the central core of Waterloo. Erb is often called the founder of Waterloo, as his sawmill (1808) and grist mill (1816) became the focal point of the area.
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