Cambridge
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Place details
- Locality
- Cambridge
- Region
- Ontario
- Country
- Canada
- Population
- 129,920
- Timezone
- America/Toronto
via OpenStreetMap · GeoNames
Key facts
- Country
- Canada
- Province
- Ontario
- Region
- Waterloo
- Established
- January 1973
- Mayor
- Jan Liggett
- Governing body
- Cambridge City Council
- Land
- 112.99 km (43.63 sq mi)
- Elevation
- 329 m (1,079 ft)
- City lower tier
- 138,479 ( 41st )
- Density
- 1,225.5/km (3,174/sq mi)
- Metro
- 575,847 ( 10th )
- Time zone
- UTC−5 (Eastern (EST))
- Forward sortation area
- N1P to N1T, N3C to N3E, N3H
Key dates
- Inception
- 1 January 1973
via Wikidata · CC0
Wikidata facts
- Instance of
- big city
- Country
- Canada
- Located in
- Regional Municipality of Waterloo
- Population
- +138479
- Elevation
- +329
- Time zone
- Eastern Time Zone
- Body of water
- Grand River
- Shares border with
- Kitchener
- Official website
- www.cambridge.ca
- Image
- Galt Public Library Cambridge Ontario.jpg
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Cambridge is a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, located at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers, in the central part of the Ontario Peninsula. The city had a population of 138,479 as of the 2021 census. Along with Kitchener and Waterloo, Cambridge is one of the three core cities of Canada's tenth-largest metropolitan area, the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.
Cambridge was formed in 1973 by the amalgamation of Galt, Preston, Hespeler, and the settlement of Blair in North Dumfries, as well as east and west Galt. The former Galt covers the largest portion of Cambridge, making up the southern half of the city, while Preston and Blair cover the western side. Hespeler makes up the most northeastern section of Cambridge. Historical information and records of each entity are well documented in the Cambridge City Archives.