Map of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada

Waterloo is a city in Ontario, Canada, with a population of about 104,986. It lies at 43.4668°N, 80.5164°W. Waterloo is about 439 km (273 mi) southwest of Ottawa, the capital. The nearest city on our map is Kitchener, 5 km to the south.

Waterloo at a glance

Where is Waterloo?

• Located in the Northern and Western hemispheres.
• Daylight ranges from about 8 h 57 min on the shortest day to 15 h 25 min on the longest day (around 21 December and 21 June).

Cities near Waterloo

• Kitchener — 5 km south
• Cambridge — 20 km southeast
• Guelph — 23 km northeast
• Brant — 39 km south
• Woodstock — 42 km southwest
• Brantford — 42 km southeast
• Ancaster — 51 km southeast
• Milton — 51 km east
• Burlington — 56 km east
• Hamilton — 59 km southeast

Largest cities in Ontario

• Toronto — 2,794,356
• Ottawa — 1,017,449
• Mississauga — 717,961
• Brampton — 656,480
• Hamilton — 569,353
• London — 422,324
• Etobicoke — 365,000
• Markham — 338,503
• Vaughan — 323,103
• Kitchener — 256,885

Largest cities in Canada

• Toronto — 2,794,356
• Montréal — 1,762,949
• Calgary — 1,306,784
• Ottawa — 1,017,449
• Edmonton — 1,010,899
• Winnipeg — 749,607
• Mississauga — 717,961
• Vancouver — 662,248
• Brampton — 656,480
• Hamilton — 569,353

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Other places named Waterloo

• Waterloo — Iowa, United States
• Waterloo — Western Area, Sierra Leone

Sources: place names, coordinates, populations and time zones from GeoNames (CC BY 4.0, data retrieved October 2026). Population figures are the latest values recorded in GeoNames; depending on the country they refer to the city proper, a municipality or a wider urban area, so they can differ from census or metro-area figures. Map © OpenStreetMap contributors.