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Cambridge, Ontario facts for kids

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Cambridge is a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. It is located at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers. The city had a population of 129,920 as of the 2016 census.

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  • Old Post Office Galt Cambridge Ontario

    Old Post Office in Galt, built in 1886

  • Kids fishing in Hespeler, Ontario, next to a streetcar stop

    An interurban streetcar connected Hespeler to nearby Preston and Galt.

  • Grand River Rwy car on Speed River bridge

    An interurban streetcar connected Preston to neighbouring towns.

  • Blair GTR station crowd 1898

    Crowd gathered in front of the Blair Grand Trunk Railway station in 1898

  • Bank of Montreal building Cambridge Ontario 2012

    Old Bank of Montreal building in Downtown Cambridge

  • Galt CVI panorama

    Galt Collegiate Institute is one of the oldest public high schools in Ontario.

  • Hespeler-Library-Cambridge-

    The new Hespeler Library was created by building a glass cube around the historic Carnegie library. The environmentally responsible building features recycled white oak floors and a ceramic treatment on the glass to reduce sunlight intensity.

  • GPH-PB station and car barn

    The car barn for the Galt, Preston, Hespeler and Preston, Berlin railway

  • GrandRiverTransit3

    The original iXpress service which preceded the Ion rapid transit plan; other iXpress routes remain.

  • Waterloo Airport Terminal

    Waterloo Terminal as seen from Taxiway Bravo

  • Galt Arena Gardens exterior

    Galt Arena Gardens, opened in 1922, is the oldest operating arena in Ontario.

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