Region of Waterloo
Immigrants from all over the world have made Waterloo Region their home. Just an hour's drive from Toronto, the area offers a mix of modern cities and beautiful countryside.
Waterloo Region is home to over 500,000 people and is made up of the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo, and the townships of North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot and Woolwich. It’s an active, thriving place to live, work, study and invest.
Explore your possibilities at Waterloo Region’s newcomer portal. The website offers tools and information to help you prepare to come to Canada and points you to the many organizations that help newcomers to settle in Waterloo Region.
Visit Waterloo Region’s newcomer portal for information about:
- Choosing Waterloo Region
- Before You Arrive
- After You Arrive
- Living
- Working
- Studying
- Immigrants’ stories
Meeting and talking to other people who have made Waterloo Region their home can also be very helpful. You can meet immigrants online or through local groups and organizations.
A diverse, exciting community, Waterloo’s residents enjoy the region’s high living standards and rich culture shaped by immigration from all parts of the world. Newcomers can choose to live in a mid-sized city community or the countryside.
The Ontario Ministry of Citizenship and Immigration has funded the development of the Waterloo Region Immigration and Newcomer website. Visit the Cities and Towns section of OntarioImmigration.ca for future municipal newcomer sites.
