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Location

Waterloo's campuses
Region of Waterloo
Advantages

Directions to campus are availaible in the "Visiting Waterloo" section of this website.

Waterloo's campuses

The University of Waterloo is situated on 6 campuses. The main campus is located in Waterloo, Ontario – approximately 100 km west of Toronto – in the heart of Southwestern Ontario.

Campus		Location
Main Campus 200 University Ave. W. Waterloo, ON N2L 3G1		City of Waterloo Total population: 123,000 Student population:39,409

Health Sciences Campus Kitchener, ON		City of Kitchener Total population: 229,400 Student population: 7,220 Distance from main campus: 5.5 km

School of Architecture 7 Melville St. S. Cambridge, ON N1S 2H4		City of Cambridge Total population: 129,400 Student population: 1,770 Distance from main campus: 27.5 km

University of Waterloo UAE Peter Douglas, c/o HCT Dubai Men’s College P.O. Box 15825 Dubai, United Arab Emirates		Dubai, UAE In partnership with the Higher Colleges of Technology (HCT), University of Waterloo UAE

Waterloo Summit Centre for the Environment 87 Forbes Hill drive Huntsville, ON		City of Huntsville Total population: 18,630

Stratford Campus 6 Wellington Street Stratford, ON N5A 2L2		City of Stratford Total population: 32,350 Distance from main campus: 45.9 km

*Based on Region of Waterloo figures for 2008. Includes all full-time and part-time university and college students.

Region of Waterloo

The cities of Waterloo, Kitchener, and Cambridge form the core of Waterloo Region. The following map shows the location of Waterloo, Kitchener, and Cambridge in southern Ontario.

Advantages

Studying in Waterloo Region comes with a number of advantages.

Home to 2 universities and a community college, the City of Waterloo is dedicated to education, and many of the businesses and services are geared toward the student population.
- Check out the Living in Waterloo section of this website for more information.
The Region of Waterloo is known as the "Tech-Triangle” of Canada, and the University of Waterloo campus is home to the David Johnston Research and Technology Park. Experience the advantage of having leading-edge companies (and potential employers) such as RIM, Open Text, Manulife, iAnywhere, Sybase, the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics, the Centre for International Governance Innovation, the Institute for Quantum Computing, and Communitech just down the street.

The University of Waterloo is located in heart of southwestern Ontario, close to countless cities and local attractions.

Destination		Distance from Waterloo's main campus
Toronto, ON		100 km
London, ON		110 km
Niagara Falls, ON		145 km
Buffalo, New York, USA		175 km
Detroit, Michigan, USA		300 km

The University of Waterloo is located close to Wilfrid Laurier University, the University of Guelph , and Conestoga College and often partners with these and other institutions to provide Waterloo students with the best education possible.

The Intelligent Communities Forum (ICF) named the city of Waterloo the World's Top Intelligent Community of 2007 – a centre for knowledge-based employers, global think-tank organizations, and outstanding post-secondary institutions.
- The Intelligent Community Forum credits the University of Waterloo's strong history: "Like Stanford University in Silicon Valley, it spurred spin-outs of technology-based businesses, and local entrepreneurs began to build clusters of companies working on the most exciting technologies of the day."
- The Globe and Mail reports: "A key driver in the city's high-tech prowess has been the supply of graduates from the
  University of Waterloo."
- Waterloo Mayor, Brenda Halloran, said "This recognition belongs to our community – to the businesses, to the schools, to the universities and colleges, to our libraries, to our not-for-profits – all of whom look for innovative ways to use technology to make Waterloo a better place. There are great things happening in Waterloo."