Talk:Waterloo, Ontario

message: "In a recent online poll Lackner Woods Public School was voted the best school in the Kitchener-Waterloo Region" - This does not have a source, and it is in the "Secondary Schools" section when it is actually about a Primary school. Lastly, who cares about an online poll. I think this should be removed. Or at the very least, a Primary School section started with references for this type of thing if people actually want it posted. Ernstjason (talk) 00:23, 8 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  Education Fixes 

message: I am in the city all the time, have a great camera, and can get pictures of pretty much anything. Please drop me an email at cht13er @ gmail ... thanks! cheater 19:20, 18 June 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: *I've been on a uptown photo blitz recently and have uploaded several of my photos to this article. (Giligone (talk) 13:53, 21 September 2008 (UTC)

text: Waterloo is not the largest Engineering Faculty in Canada (frankly, the university population just isn't large enough to do that). Keep watching though; with the inclusion of new programs, the numbers may change VERY soon. Annihilatron (talk) 18:14, 24 March 2009 (UTC)

text: It could also be because Uptown is uphill from Downtown. -- timc | Talk 21:28, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
thread_title:  Available to take pictures 

message: I think that 86, 000 is a very low estimate considering that the City of Waterloo website is constantly updating this and has now put it as 110,000.
I heard (by word of mouth) that there was an issue with calculating the population since a significant portion of the population is students (about 26 000 full and part time students at UW, and about 9 000 at Laurier ).  Apparently, the lower numbers didn't include much of the student population, and the city has been trying to account for this.  I haven't found a reliable source for this, but it seems to make sense.  If someone knows any info on this it might be worth mentioning.  I suppose this would be an issue for any university town.--Stetson 01:01, 8 May 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Would that be exacerbated by the fact that censuses are done during the spring term? -- timc | Talk 21:38, 14 June 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: It shouldn't be. I think the rule is that if you live year-round in the location where you attend school, then you should be counted in that location. But if you go "back home" when you're not taking classes (no matter when that is during the year), then you get counted there. So you only get counted in your school town if you stay there through the whole year, and the timing of Census Day shouldn't change anything.--Gary Will 22:40, 14 June 2006 (UTC)

text: Agreed and confirmed (although I don't have a picture of said sign, meaning we still need a reference). Also, students don't tend to be part of census as they are not on census lists by default, and those living off campus do technically count as residents as they sign lease year-round. Those living on campus don't, as there isn't a formal lease agreement between the school and students. Also, fluctuation between Spring and Fall/Winter is only about 9000-12000 students, considering the other half of the university is enrolled in co-op. Annihilatron (talk) 18:17, 24 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Population of the City of Waterloo 

message: Was reading the article, notied this: "This is the largest region dependent on ground source water in North America".  There is no way that's accurate, at least not the way I'm reading it, because, for example, Greater Vancouver (definitely a larger region than the city or region of waterloo) draws its water from a system of lakes in the nearby mountains: GVRD - Water - Sources and Supply.  I've deleted the sentence.  --ikh (talk) 16:45, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
replies: text: Groundwater refers to water below the surface, so lake water wouldn't fall in that category. I looked up the cited source of the claim in the Waterloo Moraine entry, but it doesn't provide any commentary about North American ranking. --Gary Will 16:52, 17 July 2006 (UTC)
thread_title: Water Source

message: There is a link without text in the reference section that is not the typical link you might find on other sites as it refers to a class definition. Anyone have any idea on how to remove the link or add text to the stats canada link?
Retepris 01:26, 7 August 2007 (UTC)
replies: text: I fixed it here.-Wafulz 17:06, 8 August 2007 (UTC)
thread_title:  Fix Needed 

message: Twice now somebody has changed the phrase, "Waterloo has a service-oriented economy with healthy insurance" to "health insurance." Unless I'm mistaken, the word should indeed be healthy, because the insurance companies are not limited to health insurance (this being Canada). Since the adjective healthy appears to be misleading, I'm changing it to flourishing. Any discussion is welcome. Justinfr (talk) 12:03, 30 June 2008 (UTC)
thread_title:  Health / healthy 

message: Centerville, Montgomery County, Ohio is a sister city of Waterloo.  —Preceding unsigned comment added by 76.181.215.86 (talk) 01:24, 31 March 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Sister Cities 

message: Just a FYI. Reference #2 is no longer pointing to anything.
99.245.226.153 (talk) 00:54, 17 November 2009 (UTC)
thread_title:  Reference 2 no longer exists

message: I noticed that the demonym "Waterluvian" was written in the article, and although I don't have a citation, I've only ever heard "Waterlooian".  Does anyone have better information? --  timc  talk   03:05, 2 June 2012 (UTC)
replies: text: Under the lemma demonym "Waterluvian" is listed as the correct demonym for Waterloo.  — Preceding unsigned comment added by 134.169.138.86 (talk) 15:56, 13 December 2012 (UTC)
thread_title:  Demonym? 

message: I believe the current figure is wrong, and not just because BlackBerry is cutting jobs again. The reference gives figures for BlackBerry staff in Canada. BlackBerry has offices in many parts of Canada, and several hundred staff in Ottawa. DJ Clayworth (talk) 22:49, 9 October 2013 (UTC)
thread_title:  BlackBerry employees 

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