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City of Waterloo



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Municipality Type: Lower Tier
Population: 121,436  (2021)

Municipal Website: www.Waterloo.ca
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Region of Waterloo (View profile)​
Point in time Count data
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Other Data & resources

Homeless Hub

canada housing and mortgage corporation (CMHC) DATA

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Region of Waterloo (View Profile)
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Bylaws, Policies, Practices and protocols

bylaws

The bylaws reviewed include those that may be relevant to individuals facing or experiencing homelessness. To this end, I focused on bylaws related to parks, public property usage, public nuisance, loitering, and renoviction. While these were the primary areas of focus, where additional bylaws that warranted inclusion were identified, these have been  incorporated accordingly. This is a non-exhaustive list, and other applicable bylaws may exist beyond those noted here.

Nuisance bylaw - 2011-125 A bylaw to prohibit or regulate public nuisances within the City of Waterloo

Municipal parks bylaw  number: 2014 - 077 - A bylaw to provide regulation for municipal parks and to provide a process for the authorization of particular uses within municipal parks.  

Bylaw number: 2009 - 077 A bylaw to control idling of vehicles 

Bylaw number: 2010 - 073 A bylaw to prohibit and regulate noise within the City of Waterloo 

Rental housing licensing bylaw number: 2011-047 A bylaw to provide for the licensing, regulating and governing for the business of residential rental units in the City of Waterloo. 

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