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Location:
116 km west of Toronto on Highway 401 – 298 km east of
Windsor and Detroit (~43.50°N 80.40°W)
Elevation:
1031 feet above sea level.
Area:
33,358 acres / 13,500 hectares
Air
Service:
Waterloo Regional Airport – YKF – Maximum DC 9 /
727 – 2 runways
Toronto International Airport – YYZ – 80 km drive
east
Bus
Service:
Grand River Transit City Service – 519.741.2525
Greyhound Bus Lines – 800.661.8747
GDP:
Waterloo (Waterloo Region) 12.3 billion – Canada 813.0
billion
Facts:
- has
the 5th highest income levels in Canada
- is
part of the lowest City unemployment rate in Ontario
- has
built $110 million worth of construction in the last ten
years
- is
part of the highest city job growth rate in Canada (47,000
jobs in ten years)
- enjoys
the benefit of University
of Waterloo, Wilfrid
Laurier University and Conestoga
College, leaders in high tech. sciences
- welcomes
600,000 visitors to Oktoberfest
each year
- is
a one hour drive from over 4 million people
Trust
Companies: 11
Chartered
Banks: 33
Major
Insurance Companies: 4 / 6,500 employees
Retail
Sales: $2.9 billion / $7,700 per capita
Income:
$21,000 per capita
Unemployment
Rate: 5.7% - Canada 7.6%
Working
Males (over 15): 64,730
Working
Females (over 15): 65,140
Top
3 Employers:
Waterloo Regional District School Board – 7,700
JM Schneider – 2,300
City of Kitchener – 2,200
Minimum
Wage: $6.85 per hour
Population
(Kitchener-Waterloo): 326,500
Area
Housing Comparisons:
Markham
Oakville
Mississauga
Pickering
Burlington
Guelph
London
Waterloo
Kitchener
Cambridge |
218,000
215,000
200,000
180,000
178,000
170,000
147,000
145,000
142,000
130,000 |
* Based
on 1999 data census data
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