Waterloo Region tech community
Waterloo Region tech runs on its community. These are the meetups, hubs, makerspaces, and publications that keep the Kitchener-Waterloo ecosystem connected. A few are organizations worth knowing; the rest are the news sources behind our own feed. Know one we're missing? Let me know.
Community & meetups
Builders Club
A Waterloo home for builders: DevHouse demo nights, founder dinners, and the Waterloo events calendar.
KW Techs
A community of tech supporters across the Kitchener-Waterloo region.
WatCamp
An aggregated calendar of tech and startup events around Waterloo Region.
KWLUG
The Kitchener-Waterloo Linux Users Group: monthly talks for the open source community.
Civic Tech WR
Volunteers building technology for the public good in Waterloo Region.
Kwartzlab
Kitchener's member-run makerspace for hardware, electronics, and building things.
WR Dashboard
An open data view of the Waterloo Region tech and economic landscape.
Hubs, incubators & accelerators
Local tech news & media
Publications we follow for the Waterloo Region news feed.
BetaKit (Kitchener-Waterloo)
Canadian startup news, filtered to Kitchener-Waterloo.
Waterloo Region Record
Local daily news covering Waterloo Region.
CBC Kitchener-Waterloo
CBC's regional newsroom for Kitchener-Waterloo.
CTV News Kitchener
Regional broadcast news for Waterloo Region.
University of Waterloo News
Research and innovation news from the University of Waterloo.
The Barn at Builders Club
Jesse Rodgers' newsletter on what Waterloo Region builders are making and where to find them.
Building something in Waterloo Region?
The directory tracks the startups; this page tracks the community around them. Browse who's building, or reach out if a group belongs here.