Waterloo County | |
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Former county | |
 County map of 1883. | |
| Coordinates: 43°28′N 80°30′W / 43.467°N 80.500°W | |
| Established | 1853 |
| Dissolved | 1973 |
| Seat | Berlin (known as Kitchener from 1916) |
| Time zone | Eastern (EST) |
Waterloo County was a county in Canada West in the United Province of Canada from 1853 until 1867, then in the Canadian province of Ontario from 1867 until 1973. It was the direct predecessor of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.
Situated on a subset of land within the Haldimand Tract, Waterloo County consisted of five townships: Woolwich, Wellesley, Wilmot, Waterloo, and North Dumfries. The major population centres were Waterloo, Kitchener (known as Berlin prior to 1916), Preston, Hespeler, Blair, and Doon in Waterloo township; Galt in North Dumfries; Elmira in Woolwich; and New Hamburg in Wilmot. All are now part of the Regional Municipality.