Maps of the local area (1881 - 1994)

Area General guide: types of maps Dates

Kitchener

Land use maps

Street maps

Annexation map

1974 – 1980

1916 – 1982

1980

 Waterloo

Land use maps

Property boundary maps

Zoning maps

Street maps

1965 – 1986

1972 – 1985

1971 – 1985

1913 – 1994

Cambridge  (Galt, Preston, Hespeler)

Street maps

City boundary maps

Land use maps

Property bounday maps

196–

1972

1972

1947

Kitchener-Waterloo

Land use maps

Street maps

1971 – 1979

1923 – 1982

Waterloo-Wellington County

Street map

1964

Regional Municipality of Waterloo

Road maps

1881 – 1981

Kitchener archival maps

Annexation map

Date

Scale

Description

1980 (Nov)

1: 2,000

Annexation map(History of and Proposed)

Land use maps

Date

Scale

Description

1974 (Aug)

1: 24,000

Existing land use

1979 (March)

1: 24,000

Land use; Official Plan

1980

1:24,000

Land use; Official Plan

Street maps

Date

Scale

Description

1916

No scale

Population, Area and Elevation included

1958 (date is estimated) - front, back

1959 (date is estimated) front, back

No scale

No scale

Population, Area and Elevation included

Population, Area and Elevation included

1960 (Jan)

1:12,000

 

1965 (Jan) front, back

1:12,000

 

1965 (Sept)

1:24,000

 

1967 (Aug)

1:24,000

 

1968 (April)

1:24,000

 

1971 (Jan)

1:24,000

 

1971 (Aug)

1:12,000

Population of Census Tracts

1972 (Oct)

1:12,000

2 sheets

1975 (Nov)

1:12,000

2 sheets; North & South

1978 (Nov)

1:24,000

 
1981    

1982 (July)

1:12,000

2 sheets

Waterloo archival maps

Land use maps

Date

Scale

Description

1965 (Nov)

1: 6,000

Existing land use

1970

1: 7,200

Existing land use

1972 (Jan)

1: 7,200

Existing land use; Official Plan

1973 (Jan)

1: 9,600

Existing land use

1977 (Oct)

1: 9,600

Existing land use

1980

1:24,000

Existig land use

1985 (July)

1: 9,600

Land use plan

1986 (June)

1: 9,600

Land use plan

Property boundary maps

Date

Scale

Description

1972

1: 12,000

Property boundaries

1975 (March)

1: 9,600

Property boundaries

1985

1:10,000

Property boundaries

Zoning maps

Date

Scale

Description

1971

1: 12,000

Zoning

1976

1: 9,600

Zoning

1985 (July)

1: 10,000

Zoning

1990

1:10,000

Zoning

Street maps

Date

Scale

Description

1913

1: 4,800

Street map; shows hydrants and fire alarm boxes

1918

1: 4,800

Street map; shows sewer system streets, lots

1919

No scale

Streets, lots

1951 (June)

1: 7,200

Main trunk sewer; shows streets

1957

1: 12,167

General stree map 1-34

1959

1: 10,000

General street map I-34

1965 (Sept)

1: 12,000

General street map I-40

1965 (Dec)

1: 12,000

General street map I-61

1969 (Oct)

1: 18,000

Road plans; Official Plan

1972 (Jan)

1: 12,000

General street map I-72

1973 (July)

1: 24,000

General street map I-84

1973 (July)

1: 18,000

General street map I-83

1975 (Jan)

1: 12,000

General street map I-82

1975 (Oct)

1: 7,500

General street map I-86 (2 copies)

1975 (Oct)

1: 12,000

General street map I-82

1978 (Jan)

1: 12,000

General street map I-93

1980 (Dec)

1: 10,000

General street map I-96

1981 (Dec)

1: 10,000

General street map I-96

1983 (Aug)

1: 12,000

General street map I-93

1990 (July)

1:10.000

General street map 1-121

1994 (June)

1:15,000

General street map 1-171

Cambridge archival maps

Property boundary maps

Date

Scale

Description

1947

unknown

City of Galt

Land use maps

Date

Scale

Description

1972

unknown

City of Galt

City boundary maps

Date

Scale

Description

1972

1" = 1600'

City of Galt

Street maps

Date

Scale

Description

196–

No scale

Galt street map and index

1975

1 inch = 1600 feet

City of Cambridge

Kitchener-Waterloo archival maps

Land use maps

Date

Scale

Description

1971 (Aug)

1: 24,000

Existing land use; colour map

1974 (Oct)

1: 24,000

Existing land use

1979 (Sept)

1” = 600m

Existing land use

1981

2cm = 500m

Existing land use

Street maps

Date

Scale

Description

1923 (Nov)

1: 26,000

Glossy

1943

No scale

Street map and index; business directory

1955

No scale

Street map and index

1961

Varying scales

Street map and index; includes village of Bridgeport, Galt, Hespeler, Guelph, Preston

1963

1: 24,000

Street map and index

1965

Varying scales

Street map and index; includes Elmira, Guelph, Galt, Hespler and Preston

1965

1: 12,000

Includes village of Bridgeport

1968

Varying scales

Street map and index; includes village of Bridgeport, Galt, Hespeler, Guelph, Preston

1972

1: 25,000

Military city map; streets & parks shown (Ed. 3) front, back

1982

1: 25,000

Military city map; streets & parks shown (Ed. 5)

Waterloo-Wellington County street maps

Date

Scale

Description

1964

1: 88,704

Highways, County Roads, Concessions, Lots, Point of Interest

Regional Municipality of Waterloo archival maps

Road maps

Date

Scale

Description

1881

1:126,720

County of Waterloo; Townships, concessions

1958 (Oct)

1: 63,360

Roads, lots, townships

1967

1: 60,000

Roads, townships, concessions

1967

1:119,000

Roads, townships, concessions

1968 (May)

1:126,720

Roads, townships, towns

1972

1:126,720

Roads, townships, concessions

1972

1:190,080

Roads, townships, concessions

1975 (Jan)

1:126,720

Roads, townships, concessions

1976 (Jan)

1:126,720

Roads, townships, concessions; includes street plans for Ayr, Wellesley, New Hamburg, Elmira, New Dundee, K-W, Cambridge

1981 (Aug)

1:126,720

Roads, townships, concessions

Growth maps

Date

Scale

Description

1971

No scale

Growth

Boundary maps

Date

Scale

Description

1985 (May)

No scale

City of Waterloo, RISC boundaries

Official policies plan maps

Date

Scale

Description

1975 (Feb)

1"= 1 mile

Regional Municipality of Waterloo, proposed environmentally sensitive areas