Larry Ernewein is an active jazz musician and a pilot. During the 1970s he was a member of the Canadian jazz-rock group, Truck . He is also the owner, operator of Innerkip Aerodrome . He is also a judge and competitor in aerobatic competitions.
86-498: In the early 1960s, as youngsters, Larry Ernewein and three of his friends were paid $ 5 a piece to pull down wrestling rings at the CKCO-TV studio and get bandstand sets in place. Passionate about music at a young age, Larry Ernewein joined the rock group Truck when he left high school. A former Air Canada pilot, he has been competing in flying completions since the mid-1980s. An aerobatic judge and contest director, he once directed
172-860: A Labatt -owned brewery was shut down. The Brick Brewing Company operated in Waterloo but is now based in Kitchener. Waterloo was the original home of distiller Seagram (also the home town of many descendants of J.P. Seagram), which closed its Waterloo plant in 1992. Of the remaining Seagram buildings, one became home of the Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI), while others were converted into condominiums. The city encourages location filming of movies and TV series and many have taken advantage of Waterloo locations. Examples include Downsizing (released in 2017), The Demolisher (2015) and Degrassi: The Next Generation (2015). Kitchener–Waterloo Oktoberfest
258-688: A competitive programming competition for secondary school students, was held in Waterloo in 2010. Waterloo's local tourist tourist attractions and areas of interest include: the Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery , the Waterloo Central Railway , the City of Waterloo Museum, a statue of monkeys entitled "Banana", the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics , the St. Jacobs Farmers' Market (although
344-558: A bureau in Windsor at the corner of Park Street and Victoria Avenue, on the ground floor of the Victoria Park Place apartments. This bureau was shut down in 1994, shortly after the launch of independent station /semi- BBS affiliate CHWI. The spot was abandoned for several years, still showing the faded "CKCO-TV 42" banners atop its storefront for a few years (it is now home to a convenience store ). News veterans who had their start at
430-466: A land area of 1,092.33 km (421.75 sq mi), it had a population density of 527.2/km (1,365.4/sq mi) in 2021. The most common ethnic or cultural origins reported in Waterloo in 2021 were German (17.9%), English (17.0%), Scottish (14.6%), Irish (14.3%), Canadian (10.2%), Chinese (8.9%), Indian (6.4%), French (6.0%), British Isles (4.1%), Polish (4.1%), Dutch (3.9%), Italian (3.3%), and Ukrainian (2.4%). Indigenous people made up 1.3% of
516-497: A limited amount of local programming in addition to its local newscasts. CKCO presently broadcasts church services each Sunday morning at 10 a.m. from two Kitchener area churches: St. Andrew's Presbyterian Church and St. Peters Lutheran Church, which are alternated each week. CKCO serves as the flagship station for CTV's broadcasts of the Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest parade, which is held each Thanksgiving Day in
602-487: A list of the top 100 independent software companies in Canada. In 1960, a study revealed 50% of the buying by Waterloo consumers was done in Kitchener, leading to the city to develop a retail district. In the 1980s, Waterloo came to have the character of a "post-industrial city". Mennonite farmers continued to come to Waterloo in their horse-powered buggies for shopping while the middle class people drove out to eat and drink at
688-467: A political dispute with Canadian authorities on paid fee-for-carriage requirements for cable television operators. A subsequent change in ownership assigned full control of CTVglobemedia to Bell Media ; as a result, CKCO-TV-2 remained in normal licensed broadcast operation. In February 2014, CKCO-TV-2 was shut down as a result of a power failure combined with a property dispute with a neighbouring landowner, which blocked service vans from driving up to
774-521: A popular destination for German immigrants. By the 1840s, German settlers had overtaken the Mennonites as the dominant segment of the population. Many Germans settled in the small hamlet to the southeast of Waterloo. In their honour, the village was named Berlin in 1833 ( renamed to Kitchener in 1916). The first Catholic family to arrive were the Spetz family from Alsace who came in 1828. By 1831, Waterloo had
860-712: A practice that began in 1967 with the emergence of colour television and continued until 1989. On August 18, 2012, the Saturday edition of CTV News at Six was expanded to one hour replacing The Beat . On April 20, 2014, the Sunday edition of CTV News at Six was also expanded to an hour replacing the long-running show Provincewide . From January 2017, local news was presented in 16:9 SD. On September 18, 2017, CTV Kitchener launched its own edition of CTV News at Five . Bell Media initially announced that high-definition production of CTV News Kitchener would commence on September 25. However,
946-400: A separate company. At one time, CKCO was owned by CAP Communications, whose name was taken from Pollock's initials; a corporate reorganization in 1970 placed the stations directly under the ownership of Electrohome, which also acquired control of CKCO when Canadian broadcasting laws required domestic ownership of stations, ending the involvement of American-owned Famous Players, which at the time
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#17328835972261032-553: A small post office in the King and Erb Street area, operated by Daniel Snyder, some 11 years before one would open in neighbouring Berlin. The Smith's Canadian Gazetteer of 1846 states that the Township of Waterloo (smaller than Waterloo County) consisted primarily of Pennsylvanian Mennonites and immigrants directly from Germany who had brought money with them. At the time, many did not speak English. There were eight grist and twenty sawmills in
1118-462: A wagon surrounded by armed guards. Many of the pioneers who arrived from Pennsylvania after November 1803 bought land in a 60,000-acre tract of Block 2 from the German Company of Pennsylvania. The tract included almost two-thirds of Block 2. Many of the first farms were least 400 acres in size. The Mennonites divided the land into smaller lots; two lots owned by Abraham Erb —who is often called
1204-412: Is a nine-day Oktoberfest celebration held in both Kitchener and Waterloo. It is the second largest Oktoberfest celebration in the world, and the largest outside of Germany. In 2013, CBC reported that the festival receives over 700,000 annual visitors, has 1,780 volunteers, was broadcast to 1.8 million national television viewers, and generated an estimated $ 21 million of economic activity. Tri-Pride
1290-576: Is a non-profit LGBT pride festival held annually during Pride Month in the "tri-cities" of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo. The Kitchener–Waterloo Symphony is located in Kitchener. According to their website, they perform over 222 concerts annually to an audience of over 90,000, both in the concert hall and across the Waterloo Region . The Waterloo Busker Carnival is a busking festival held annually in August in Waterloo public square. Admission
1376-458: Is an urban park in Uptown Waterloo which includes an animal farm, sports fields, and a splash pad . It is the oldest park in the city; the mixed-use Laurel Trail and the rapid transit Ion line both run through the park. 44-hectare (110-acre) Bechtel Park is located in eastern Waterloo, and houses a dog park, three soccer fields, a field house , and more. Laurel Creek Conservation Area
1462-628: Is based upon the 18th century Pennsylvania Dutch dialect. In turn, the Pennsylvania Dutch dialect is based upon the dialect of German spoken in southwestern Germany. In 1816, the new Waterloo Township was officially incorporated while being named after Waterloo, Belgium , the site of the Battle of Waterloo (1815), which had ended the Napoleonic Wars in Europe. After that war, the new township became
1548-507: Is free, and the festival has been operating since 1989. The Rainbow Reels Queer and Trans Film Festival is an annual LBGT film festival which screens at Princess Twin Cinemas in Uptown Waterloo. The Waterloo Festival for Animated Cinema was an annual film festival dedicated to feature-length animation films. It was held from 2001 to 2013. The International Olympiad in Informatics ,
1634-613: Is higher than the national median of $ 341,556. The Intelligent Community Forum named Waterloo the Top Intelligent Community of 2007. Waterloo has a strong knowledge and service-based economy with significant insurance and high-tech sectors as well as two universities. The city's largest employers are Sun Life Financial , the University of Waterloo , Manulife Financial , BlackBerry , Sandvine and Wilfrid Laurier University . Before it became known for technology, Waterloo
1720-718: Is in proximity to the Walter Bean Grand River Trail , Grey Silo Golf Course , and Waterloo Public Library 's Eastside Branch. There are a number of small playgrounds, woodlots, and recreation facilities around Waterloo which are not mentioned above due to their size. Trails for walking, hiking, and biking play an important part in Waterloo's recreational infrastructure. Waterloo had 150 kilometres (93 mi) of trails by 2007, as compared to 10 kilometres (6.2 mi) of trails in 1987. The 5-kilometre (3.1 mi) Iron Horse Trail , connecting Waterloo and Kitchener, opened in 1997. Then-mayor Joan McKinnon brought upon
1806-745: Is in western Waterloo—north-west of University of Waterloo 's Environmental Reserve—and houses 122 campsites, 4.5 kilometres (2.8 mi) of trails, and facilities for canoeing , swimming, windsurfing , cycling, and sailing . The Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex , then described as the "largest and most expensive project in the city's history", opened in 1993. It includes an arena seating 3,500, swimming and banquet facilities, and an indoor track. 123-hectare (300-acre) RIM Park , originally called Millennium Park, opened in September 2001. Its features include outdoor soccer fields, ice rinks, baseball diamonds, basketball courts, meeting rooms and more. RIM Park
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#17328835972261892-465: Is not uncommon for temperatures to exceed 30 °C (86 °F) several times each summer. Waterloo has approximately 140 frost-free days per year. As of the 2021 Canadian census conducted by Statistics Canada , Waterloo has a population of 121,436 , a change of 15.7% from its 2016 population of 104,986 . With a land area of 64.06 km (24.73 sq mi), the city has a population density of 1,895.7/km (4,909.7/sq mi). As of 2021,
1978-594: Is now known as the Erb-Kumpf House in c. 1812, making it likely one of the oldest homes in Waterloo. The first school in what is now the City of Waterloo was built on land donated by Erb; the log building was constructed in 1820. A larger school house of stone was built in 1842 and was replaced with a brick school building in 1852. Over the decades, the log building was moved, eventually to Waterloo Park , where it still stands. The German spoken in Waterloo County
2064-631: Is one of three cities in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo (formerly Waterloo County ). Waterloo is situated about 94 km (58 mi) west-southwest of Toronto , but it is not considered to be part of the Greater Toronto Area (GTA). Due to the close proximity of the city of Kitchener to Waterloo, the two together are often referred to as "Kitchener–Waterloo", "K-W", or "The Twin Cities". While several unsuccessful attempts to combine
2150-502: Is provided in these areas by sister station CFTO). Programming on CKCO-TV-3 was originally the same as the main CKCO signal, except for local inserts during newscasts and local commercials. In 2009, it was announced that CKCO-TV-3 was scheduled to cease producing distinct local programming by August 31 of that year, but expected to continue operations as a rebroadcaster. As of September 2009, CKCO-TV-3 ceased airing alternate local programming for
2236-780: Is the highest civic honour a person can receive from the City of Waterloo. Waterloo City Council consists of a mayor and seven councillors, each representing a ward . The number of wards was increased from five to seven in the November 2006 elections. As of 2022, the mayor of Waterloo is Dorothy McCabe, elected in October 2022. The current Waterloo councillors are as follows, as of 2022, listed by ascending ward number: Sandra Hanmer (Southwest Ward), Royce Bodaly (Northwest Ward), Hans Roach (Lakeshore Ward), Diane Freeman (Northeast Ward), Jen Vasic (Southeast Ward), Mary Lou Roe (Central-Columbia Ward), and Julie Wright (Uptown Ward). In politics, Waterloo
2322-621: The American Revolution , Joseph Brant , a Mohawk war chief, wanted Frederick Haldimand to give the Mohawk and Six Nations a tract of land surrounding the Grand River , in return for their loyalty to the British in the war. Haldimand's 1784 Haldimand Proclamation granted the land "six miles deep from either side of the [Grand River] beginning at Lake Erie and extending in that proportion to
2408-460: The Grand River Railway ) connected to Waterloo in 1911 and ended service in 1931. The Kitchener Public Utilities Commission stopped providing streetcar service in 1947, and were replaced by electric trolley coaches . Waterloo was incorporated as the City of Waterloo in 1948. The trolley coaches ended service in 1973. In 1911, a plan was mooted to pave King street. William Snider who owned
2494-480: The Guelph area, avoiding direct competition with its sister CTV Two stations in other parts of southwestern Ontario for local news coverage. In early April 2012, presumably to end any confusion about its mandate, the station changed its on-air branding to "CTV Kitchener". Before CKCO was a CTV owned-and-operated station, the station produced considerably more local non-news programming: The station continues to produce
2580-758: The Innerkip Aerodrome which is located 1.4 nautical miles north of Innerkip, Ontario, Canada. He is now part of the Nevin Campbell Trio which is made up of Campbell on piano, himself of bass and former Sound Spectrum drummer Sandy McKay . CKCO-TV CKCO-DT (channel 13) is a television station in Kitchener, Ontario , Canada, part of the CTV Television Network . It is owned and operated by network parent Bell Media alongside London -based CTV 2 station CFPL-DT (channel 10), although
2666-578: The Institute for Quantum Computing , based at the University of Waterloo, which carries out innovative research in the computer, engineering, mathematical and physical sciences; and the Centre for International Governance Innovation , an independent, nonpartisan think tank that addresses international governance challenges. Breweries and distilleries had been a significant industry in the Waterloo area until 1993 when
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2752-536: The Region of Waterloo that markets the region internationally. Despite its name, CTT does not focus exclusively on promoting technology industries, but on all aspects of economic development. Waterloo has a strong technology sector with hundreds of high-tech firms. The dominant technology company in the city is BlackBerry, makers of the BlackBerry , which has its headquarters in the city and owns several office buildings near
2838-407: The 1st Annual Jack Richardson Awards for Best Jazz Vocal Group. Drummer Sandy MacKay was from Sound Spectrum , the early version of Truck. In 2018, Ernewein was pictured on Facebook with former Truck bandmate Jimmy Roberts, Dave Beatty and Neil Nickafor. The photo was in a studio where Beatty and Roberts had been recording. In 2019, along with Chris Norley on guitar and Richard Brisco on drums, he
2924-536: The Canadian National Aerobatic Championships. In 2018, and at age 67, he won the L. Paul Soucy Award. He was also the first Canadian to do so. By 1972, Ernewein was a member of Truck . Along with members, Brian Wray , Jimmy Roberts , Joey Miquelon , Mike Curtis and Graham Lear , he was pictured in the May 6 issue of RPM Weekly . While in the band, the album they recorded spent six weeks in
3010-530: The Flintstones , as well as other children's programs at the station. Oopsy the Clown, a children's performer portrayed by St. Thomas native Bob McNea (1929–2005), moved to CKCO after appearing for several years on Detroit NBC affiliate WWJ-TV (now WDIV-TV ), where he served as Detroit's " Bozo the Clown ". During the 1970s, it was found that the cartoons seen on Bozo were too violent and WWJ executives offered Bob
3096-502: The German Company of Pennsylvania, which was then represented by Daniel Erb and Samuel Bricker. The company purchased all the unsold land from Beasley in 1803, resulting in a discharge of the mortgage held by the Six Nations. This discharge allowed Beasley to clear his obligation with the Six Nations, and allowed the settlers to have deeds to their purchased land. The payment to Beasley, in cash, arrived from Pennsylvania in kegs, carried in
3182-530: The Sarnia and Chatham area and became a direct simulcast of CKCO-DT. On July 30, 2019, Bell Media was granted permission to close down CKCO-TV-3 as part of Broadcasting Decision CRTC 2019-268. This transmitter was shut down on May 2, 2020. Prior to 1999, the station also broadcast on channel 11 to Muskoka and Parry Sound from the CKCO-TV-4 transmitter at Dwight , near Huntsville . This transmitter first signed on
3268-574: The Twin Cities. CKCO-DT presently broadcasts 15 hours of locally produced newscasts each week (with three hours each weekday). Prior to 1998, when Baton Broadcasting rebranded all the CTV stations identically, CKCO's newscast was called CKCO Action News . In the past, the station's newscasts were branded as Scan NewsHour and Ontario Report . The station operates a news bureau in Chatham, Ontario , and also had
3354-403: The University of Waterloo's main campus. Notable Waterloo-based high-tech companies include: Many other high-tech companies, with headquarters elsewhere, take advantage of the concentration of high-tech employees in the Waterloo area, and have research and development centres there. Shopify , SAP , Google , Oracle , Intel , McAfee , NCR Corporation , Electronic Arts and Agfa are among
3440-519: The acquisition was finalized. On October 3, 2005, CKCO ceased identifying by its call letters, adopting the local brand "CTV Southwestern Ontario", with its newscasts rebranding from CKCO News to CTV News . The local brand reflected the fact that, at that time, the station provided some coverage of news in areas southwest of Waterloo Region . While it remains the CTV main-network station for all of Southwestern Ontario, CKCO has since refocused its news-gathering resources exclusively on Waterloo Region and
3526-593: The aerobatic flying maneuvers. In 2015, he was participating in the fifth-annual Bill Thomas U.S./Canada Aerobatic Challenge, flying thousands of feet of above the Cattaraugus County-Olean Airport. With a crowd of anxious onlookers on the ground, he cut the engine of his homemade Bücker-Jungmann and sent it into a free fall. A few seconds later the engine kicked in and he pulled the plane up safely. Also that year, Space Shuttle astronaut, Bjarni Tryggvason flew with him in his Bücker Jungmann. He operates
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3612-540: The air at 6 p.m. on March 1, 1954. Its signal transmitted from the Baden Tower (a transmitter on Baden Hill ), near Baden , just west of Kitchener. The transmitter has become one of the most identifiable landmarks in the area. Originally, like all privately owned television stations in Canada from 1953 to 1959, CKCO was an affiliate of the CBC ; it became an affiliate of CTV in 1963. The station increased its transmitter power in
3698-565: The air on February 25, 1976. In 1999, that transmitter began relaying the signal of CKNY-TV in North Bay ; it has since become a rebroadcaster of Sudbury 's CICI . Channel still on the air as a full-time repeater of another station. *Currently being sold to other owners pending approval of the CRTC. Waterloo, Ontario Waterloo is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario . It
3784-487: The area around Weber declined. The architecture of Waterloo changed from a more traditional Victorian architecture style to favouring a more streamlined look, incorporating elements from architectural styles such as Postmodern architecture , which ultimately led to a movement to preserve Waterloo's historical core. A 1994 issue of the Financial Post mentioned Waterloo-based companies MKS , WATCOM , and Open Text in
3870-589: The area". Ion service began in 2019 and experienced a daily ridership of 25,000 in November 2020. Waterloo's city centre is near the intersection of King and Erb streets. The city centre was once along Albert Street, near the Marsland Centre and the Waterloo Public Library . The town hall, fire hall, and farmers' market were located there. Amidst some controversy, all were demolished between 1965 and 1969. Historically, Waterloo's swamp land near where
3956-400: The average annual household income in Kitchener was $ 26, 279 and in Waterloo was $ 31, 224. In 1950, Waterloo had 55 factories that employed 2, 572 people, in 1970 had 79 factories that employed $ 5, 483 workers, and in 1980 132 factories that employed 7, 314 workers. The founding of the universities led to the north-eastern area becoming developed as the new housing subdivisions were built while
4042-685: The chart. He left the band in 1972 and was replaced by Jim Chricton. Like former members of Truck, Sandy McKay (when Truck was Sound Spectrum ) and Brian Wray , Ernewein would gravitate towards jazz. In 2010 he was part of the backing band for After Four which was made up of Jenny Nauta, Theresea Wallis, Dave Nauta and Dave WIlliams. They recorded an album, An After Four Christmas . The backing band included Fred Blaumas on guitar, Don DiCarlo on piano, Alex Ernewein on piano, himself on bass, Ken Foster on saxophone, Rob Larose on percussion, Sandy McKay on drums, Rona Nauta on synthesizer, Charles Rallo on piano and Dave Williams on piano. The group were winners of
4128-604: The connection of the Trans Canada Trail into the Waterloo Region, which ran from the Iron Horse Trail to Waterloo's northern boundary. The 76-kilometre (47 mi) Walter Bean Grand River Trail , announced in 1999, served to create an accessible trail along the Grand River . Waterloo: An Illustrated History, 1857–2007 states, "[the trail] was particularly needed in Waterloo as the river's geographic location on
4214-539: The early 1960s to reach London , from which Kitchener then received CBC affiliate programs on CFPL-TV . CKCO was originally owned by Central Ontario Television, a consortium that included the Famous Players theatre chain (now owned by Cineplex Entertainment ) and businessman Carl Arthur Pollock , president of the family-owned television manufacturer Electrohome , although his broadcast holdings – which also included radio stations CFCA-FM and CKKW – were operated by
4300-629: The edge of the city meant that, unlike so many other Canadian cities, the river had not historically played a central role in the community." In July 2002, Waterloo, along with Kitchener, hosted the Ontario Summer Games. The following sports teams are based in Waterloo: Waterloo Wildfire ( National Ringette League ), Waterloo Siskins ( Greater Ontario Junior Hockey League ), Waterloo United ( League One Ontario ), Wilfrid Laurier Golden Hawks , and Waterloo Warriors . Waterloo
4386-657: The founder of the Village of Waterloo —became the central core of Waterloo. Erb had come to the area in 1806 from Pennsylvania. He had bought 4,000 acres (1,600 ha) from the German Company Tract and settled where there was enough water power to operate mills. He founded a sawmill in 1808 and grist mill in 1816; they saw business flourish. Other early settlers of what would become Waterloo included Samuel and Elia Schneider, who arrived in 1816. Until about 1820, settlements such as this were quite small. Erb also built what
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#17328835972264472-554: The land for the factory from the Canada Barrels and Kegs and fixed the tax assessment at $ 25, 000 per year for the next 10 years in exchange for the factory being built. > In 1911, Waterloo Lutheran seminary, which later became Wilfrid Laurier University, was opened. On 5 May 1916, a group of soldiers sacked the German Acadian Club in Waterloo. In October 1918, Spanish flu reached Waterloo. Over 2, 000 people were "down with
4558-422: The large, international technology companies with development offices in Waterloo. Waterloo is home to two major universities, the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University . The city is also home to three well-known think tanks – the Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics , an advanced centre for the study of foundational, theoretical physics and award-winning educational outreach in science;
4644-642: The largest denomination, followed by United Church (3.3%), Lutheran (3.2%), Anglican (2.8%), Orthodox (2.4%), and other denominations. 37.7% of the population reported no religious affiliation. Others identified as Muslim (8.1%), Hindu (4.7%), Sikh (1.2%), Buddhist (1.1%), and with other religions. English was the mother tongue of 64.6% of the population in 2021. This was followed by Mandarin (6.2%), Arabic (2.2%), German (1.5%), Spanish (1.5%), Hindi (1.3%), Punjabi (1.2%), Korean (1.1%), Iranian Persian (1.0%), Urdu (1.0%), Serbo-Croatian (1.0%), Cantonese (0.9%), and French (0.9%). Of
4730-524: The launch date was delayed to October 2, with CTV News at Noon being the first local newscast to be presented in high-definition from the CTV Kitchener studios. CKCO's noon and weekend newscasts were cancelled on February 8, 2024, as part of nationwide programming cuts by Bell Media. As part of Canada's transition to digital television , CKCO flash-cut to digital on August 31, 2011. While originally allocated channel 7 for its digital signal, CKCO-DT
4816-554: The malady". By November 1918, the Waterloo Chronicle reported that "twice as many had died from the influenza as had been killed in action in four years of war". The presence of the University of Waterloo in the city caused technological and innovative companies to base in Waterloo, especially companies specializing in computing and software . For example, Research in Motion (now BlackBerry Limited), which developed BlackBerry ,
4902-489: The market is just outside city limits), University of Waterloo 's Earth Sciences Museum, and Conestoga Mall . Waterloo's parks and recreation facilities mainly comprise Waterloo Park , Bechtel Park, Laurel Creek Conservation Area , the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex , RIM Park , and over 150 kilometres (93 mi) of mixed-use trails . Created in 1890, 45-hectare (110-acre) Waterloo Park
4988-486: The median age is 36.0 years old, as compared to 37.7 in 2016. Waterloo's median age is 13% lower than Ontario's median age, which is 41.6 years old. At the census metropolitan area (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA had a population of 575,847 living in 219,060 of its 229,809 total private dwellings, a change of 9.9% from its 2016 population of 523,894 . With
5074-500: The municipalities of Kitchener and Waterloo have been made, following the 1973 establishment of the Region of Waterloo, less motivation to do so existed, and as a result, Waterloo remains an independent city. At the time of the 2021 census , the population of Waterloo was 121,436. Indigenous peoples such as the Iroquois , Anishinaabe and Chonnonton lived in the area. After the end of
5160-545: The numerous pubs and hotels out in the countryside. In June 2011, the Waterloo Region council approved the Ion : a light rail transit line connecting Conestoga Mall in north Waterloo and Fairview Park Mall in south Kitchener. Construction on the Ion began in August 2014. In 2016, two sections of a corduroy road were unearthed. One was in the King Street area of the business district and
5246-399: The official languages, 98.2% of the population reported knowing English and 8.8% French. According to the 2016 Canadian Census , Waterloo has a median household income (after tax) of $ 72,239. This is significantly higher than the national median of $ 61,348. The unemployment rate in Waterloo (6.9%) is lower than the national rate of 7.7%. The median value of a dwelling in Waterloo ($ 399,997)
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#17328835972265332-529: The opportunity to create a new clown show. During a Bozo episode it was announced that Bozo was leaving television to go back and join the circus. He phoned his clown cousin "Oopsy" and during a split screen conversation (with Bob playing both Bozo and Oopsy) Oopsy agreed to replace him. The Oopsy the Clown Show aired for a while on WWJ as McNea decided to move back to Canada and join CKCO-TV. Gary McLaren worked in
5418-769: The other southwestern Ontario stations (which presently operate as owned-and-operated stations of the CTV Two television system ). CTVglobemedia reacquired CFPL, CHWI, and CKNX in 2007 as a result of a takeover of CHUM Limited. In 1998, Baton changed its name to CTV Inc. after becoming the sole owner of CTV, ending the decades of cooperative ownership of the network. In 2000, BCE purchased CTV Inc. and combined it with NetStar Communications and The Globe and Mail into Bell Globemedia. The company changed its name in 2007 to CTVglobemedia after BCE reduced its ownership interest. In September 2010, BCE re-acquired full ownership of CTV Inc., which changed its name once again to Bell Media in 2011 when
5504-932: The outage, as well as the fact that the transmitter cost six times more to run than the amount taken in. In addition to the Baden tower, CKCO was served in the Sarnia area by rebroadcaster CKCO-TV-3 , on UHF channel 42. This transmitter, actually located at Oil Springs , was established on May 16, 1975, and commenced broadcasts on November 5 of that year. The station was available over-the-air and on cable in extreme eastern and southeastern Michigan in such towns as Port Huron and St. Clair Shores , and appeared in Detroit-area television listings. The station targeted Sarnia, Chatham, and most of Lambton and Kent counties. CKCO continues to be carried in these areas, along with Windsor and Essex County on Cogeco Cable on channel 13 (SD only; HDTV
5590-453: The population was 2000. Waterloo was incorporated as a village in 1857 and became the Town of Waterloo in 1876. The Kitchener Public Utilities Commission began providing streetcar service in the region in 1888. In the 19th century, Waterloo was dominated by people of German origin with 76% of Waterloo residents in the 1911 census listing their family origins as being in Germany. The Galt, Preston and Hespeler electric railway (later called
5676-413: The population, mostly First Nations (0.7%) and Métis (0.5%). Ethnocultural backgrounds in the city included European (63.7%), South Asian (10.7%), Chinese (9.2%), Black (3.1%), Arab (2.7%), Latin American (1.9%), West Asian (1.7%), Southeast Asian (1.4%), Korean (1.4), and Filipino (1.0%). In 2021, 45.8% of the population identified as Christian , with Catholics (17.9%) making up
5762-449: The remaining undeveloped portions of the Waterloo Moraine. Waterloo has a humid continental climate of the warm summer subtype ( Dfb under the Köppen climate classification ) with warm, humid summers and cold winters. Compared to other parts of Canada, Waterloo has fairly moderate weather. Winter temperatures usually occur between mid-December and mid-March, while summer temperatures generally occur between mid-May and late September. It
5848-431: The second was discovered near the Conestoga Mall . The road was probably built by Mennonites using technology acquired in Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, between the late 1790s and 1816. The log road was buried in about 1840 and a new road built on top of it. A historian explained that the road had been built for access to the mill but was also "one of the first roads cut through (the woods) so people could start settling
5934-448: The site to make repairs, forcing technicians to walk through fields in snowshoes in cold winter weather. A diesel generator kept the transmitter in operation in the short term, but it would later fail, with the ongoing property dispute blocking efforts to repair that as well. Bell Media applied to surrender its license for CKCO-TV-2 to the CRTC in August 2014, after CKCO received fewer than thirty calls from viewers and advertisers regarding
6020-401: The station include Jeff Hutcheson , Lisa LaFlamme and Ron Johnston. Bill Inkol was a long-time sportscaster not only for the station, but often for CTV's national sports broadcasts. He was also a host of Bowling for Dollars . "Big Al" ("Al" Elwood Jones) was the long-time host of after-school Big Al's Ranch Party , Big Al ' s Talent Showcase , Big Al ' s Cartoon Capers , Big Al and
6106-428: The station's history included local daytime show hosts such as Elaine Cole, Betty Thompson and Johnnie Walters . Thompson was also a long-time host of Romper Room . Bob Bratina hosted Polka Time with Walter Ostanek and replaced "Big Al" as host of Talent Showcase prior to Oopsy the Clown and his talent show Big Top Talent . CKCO was known for many years for the red jackets worn by news anchors on their newscasts,
6192-425: The station's news department for 39 years from 1957 to 1996, spending most of that time in an on-air role, and also hosted Canadian Bandstand in the 1960s and the weekend newsmagazine show Sunday AM . Daiene Vernile anchored and produced the weekly program Provincewide from 1985 until April 2014, making it the longest continuously running, locally produced newsmagazine program in Canada. Other personalities during
6278-515: The town square, did not want to pay the higher taxes, which would refused from paving King Street. Snider offered to deed the town square to town, which instead demanded he pay the higher taxes. Snider sold the town square to the Molson Bank, which up a Beaux Arts style bank on the site of the town square in 1914. In 1929, the H.V. McKay company of Australia proposed to open a factory for "one, man, self-propelled combine harvesters". The town provided
6364-461: The township. In 1841, the population count was 4424. In 1846 the village of Waterloo had a population of 200, "mostly Germans". There was a grist mill and a sawmill and some tradesmen. By comparison, Berlin (Kitchener) had a population of about 400, also "mostly German", and more tradesmen than the village of Waterloo. Berlin was chosen as the site of the seat for the County of Waterloo in 1853. By 1869,
6450-559: The two stations maintain separate operations. CKCO-DT's studios are located on King Street West in Kitchener (across from the Grand River Hospital and Ion rapid transit light rail station adjacent to the Waterloo border), and its transmitter is located at Baden Tower between Snyders Road East and Highway 7 in Baden , just west of the Kitchener city limits. The station first signed on
6536-486: The very head of the said river." Haldimand, who had previously ordered for potential mill sites to be identified in the region, decreed in 1788 that mill sites would be included in the grant (which would not have been included otherwise). In 1796, Richard Beasley purchased Block Number 2 of the grant from Joseph Brant (on behalf of the Six Nations ) with a mortgage held by the Six Nations. Block 2, 94,012 acres in size,
6622-412: The village was first developed caused problems for development. To mitigate these issues, sand was taken from nearby areas to raise the land; buildings were built on foundations of oak planks; and King Street was originally built as a corduroy road . The Grand River flows southward along the city's east side. Its most significant tributary within the city is Laurel Creek, whose source lies just to
6708-603: The west of the city limits and its mouth just to the east, and crosses much of the city's central areas, including the University of Waterloo lands and Waterloo Park; it flows under the uptown area in a culvert. In the city's west end, the Waterloo Moraine provides over 300,000 people in the region with drinking water. Much of the gently hilly Waterloo Moraine underlies existing developed areas. Ongoing urban growth, mostly low-density residential suburbs (in accordance with requests by land developers), will cover increasing amounts of
6794-565: Was acquired by the Standard Accident Insurance Company of Detroit and moved to Toronto, and is now part of the Aviva group. Dominion Life was acquired by Manulife in 1985, and Mutual Life was acquired by Sun Life in 2002. Manulife and Sun Life both have their Canadian headquarters in Waterloo. The city is part of Canada's Technology Triangle (CTT), a joint economic development initiative of Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge and
6880-542: Was established on channel 13 instead in order to avoid interference with the digital signal of Buffalo, New York 's WBBZ-TV . CKCO was also previously seen in the Bruce Peninsula and Georgian Bay region on channel 2 from the CKCO-TV-2 transmitter at Wiarton , which began operation in 1971. CKCO-TV-2 was on a long list of CTV rebroadcasters nationwide that was set to shut down on or before August 31, 2009, as part of
6966-749: Was owned by Paramount Pictures ' parent company Gulf + Western (the latter was acquired by the original Viacom ). CKCO would become the first station in Canada to provide closed captioning for all of its local newscasts, in 1988. In the 1990s, Baton Broadcasting had owned competing local stations in southwestern Ontario (CFPL-TV in London, CHWI-TV in Windsor, CKNX-TV in Wingham ). A deal between Electrohome and Baton in 1996 resulted in each company owning 50% of these stations, as well as CKCO-TV, among other Canadian stations. The following year, another deal gave Baton control over CKCO-TV, while CHUM Limited took control over
7052-443: Was part of Waterloo County until 1973 when a restructuring created the Regional Municipality of Waterloo , which consists of the cities of Waterloo, Kitchener , and Cambridge , and the townships of Woolwich , Wilmot , Wellesley , and North Dumfries . The Region handles many services, including paramedic services, policing, waste management, recreation, planning, roads and social services. The Waterloo Award, established in 1997,
7138-529: Was playing bass behind Jennifer Thorpe as part of the Jennifer Thorpe Quartet. He was a Forest City London Music Awards nominee in 2020. Having lost some of his passion for music, he turned his interests to flying. He started learning to fly in the mid-1970s. His first real job was working a flight instructor. In 1979, he became a pilot for Air Canada . He worked on the 2009 film, Amelia that starred Hilary Swank and Richard Gere doing some of
7224-592: Was situated in the District of Gore. To meet his mortgage obligations, Beasley had to sell portions of the land to settlers. This was counter to the original mortgage agreement, but subsequent changes to the agreement were made to permit land sales. Mennonites from Pennsylvania counties Lancaster and Montgomery were the first wave of immigrants to the area. In the year 1800 alone, Beasley sold over 14,000 acres to Mennonite settlers. A group of 26 Mennonites from Lancaster County, Pennsylvania, pooled their resources into
7310-458: Was sometimes referred to as "the Hartford of Canada" because of the many insurance companies based in the area. Insurance companies founded in Waterloo include: Mercantile Fire was acquired by London and Lancashire Insurance in 1896 and moved its offices to Toronto two years later. Economical Insurance of Kitchener acquired Merchants Casualty in 1936 and Waterloo Mutual in 1980. In 1930, Pilot
7396-409: Was started by Mike Lazaridis and Doug Fregin in 1984. In 1965, the University of Waterloo was the second-largest private sector employer. The construction of the buildings for the University of Waterloo made the unemployment rate very low in the 1960s. By 1971, the population of Waterloo had grown 424% since 1945. Kitchener was a working class city while Waterloo was a middle class city. In 1981,
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