Neighbourhood celebrations!

Earlier this summer, neighbours in Lakeshore North held a Summer Solstice Block Party to kick off the season with bubbles and fun for everyone. 

There are so many ways and reasons to celebrate with your neighbourhood! Street parties, outdoor movies, park meetups and more. 

Inspired to plan something for your neighbourhood? Here's how to get started:

• Gather your neighbours and get everyone excited to work together.
• Brainstorm your ideas together.
• Reach out to us for support.
• Review our planning a neighbourhood event and using neighbourhood streets and sidewalks for events guides.
• Explore our funding opportunities to help bring your party to life.

Get involved

Bring your creativity to the park

Do you love getting creative? Here's your chance to turn a park picnic table into something special! 

Apply to the call for expressions of interest for the neighbourhood picnic table program by July 10. 

PS: Thanks to everyone who nominated a park for these picnic tables!

More ways to get involved

Get inspired

Staying active with neighbours

Get in the know

New exhibit at the Museum

A Distiller's Tale: The Art and Legacy of the Seagram Distillery exhibit is now open at the Waterloo Museum.

Bring a neighbour and dive into 130 years of whisky, work and Waterloo pride! Admission is free.

Exhibit on until May 1, 2026.

More things to know!

• July 18 to 20: Waterloo Jazz Festival, a great event to attend with your neighbours!

• Browse through the summer programs at Waterloo Public Library and invite a neighbour to join you!

• A temporary dog park will be coming to Waterloo Park! Construction will start later this year. More information to come.

• The land at 2025 University Ave E has been transferred to Habitat for Humanity/BUILD NOW for one of Canada’s largest affordable housing projects.

• 2026 curbside collections are changing.

• Spectrum Waterloo Region's Rainbow Community Space offers a variety of programs and services.

• Learn more about reporting Hate Incidents or Discrimination: involving Islamophobia, Racism, Anti-Immigrant Sentiment and religion, disability, sexual orientation, or ethnicity.

• Waterloo Region has a long history of welcoming refugees and refugee claimants. Immigration Waterloo Region shares information on community support for refugees living in our region.

July Diversity Calendar

July 1: Canada Day 

July 1: Beaumont Hamel Memorial Day 

July 5: (sundown) - July 6 Ashura 

July 8 (sundown) – July 9: Martyrdom of the Báb

July 9: Nunavut Day 

July 10: Asalha Puja (Dharma Day)

July 11: World Population Day 

July 11: Imamat Day 

July 12: Orangemen's Day 

July 14: International Non-Binary People's Day 

July 15: World Youth Skills Day 

July 18: Nelson Mandela Day 

 July 24: International Self-Care Day 

July 28: World Hepatitis Day 

July 28: Day of Commemoration of the Great Upheaval 

July 28: Chökhor Düchen 

July 30: International Day of Friendship

Tibetan Heritage Month (Ontario) 



Source: Canadian Centre for Diversity & Inclusion's Diversity Calendar

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