City of waterloo neighbourhoods: strong and connected.

Be a good neighbour!

Neighbours gather on the grass with blankets and folding chairs in front of a movie screen

Being neighbourly is about the little things, like greeting your neighbours, sharing resources and reaching out to those in need.

Wave hello and show you care with small gestures like offering to water your neighbour's plants while they're on vacation.
Join your local neighbourhood association or homeowners' association to connect with your neighbours.
Plan something for your neighbourhood, like an outdoor movie night!

Check out the Being Neighbourly guide for more tips!

Have a great neighbour? Nominate them for the Neighbourhood Kindness program. We'll send them a special thank-you gift!

Get involved

Join us for a night of fun, food, and funds!

Have a great idea for your neighbourhood and want to know what funding is available to support it? Come to the Food and Funds event! There will be snacks and the opportunity to chat about your ideas with staff and neighbours.

Drop in any time on Thursday, October 2, from 5 p.m. to 7 p.m. at the Vistor Information Centre (10 Father David Bauer Drive).

Register for the Neighbourhood Summit

Come and learn about how you can support accessibility and inclusion in your neighbourhood at the annual Neighbourhood Summit!

Taking place on November 5 from 6:30 p.m. to 8:30 p.m. at the Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex Community Pavilion.

More ways to get involved

Become a neighbourhood connector! Plan a gathering with neighbours to bring your street, block, or building together.
Explore city volunteer opportunities.
Apply to be a home maintenance brokered worker to help neighbours with their property.
Share your thoughts on the new Margaret Ave. Park design concepts or check out design ideas for more of St. Moritz Park.

Street lined with trees with orange and yellow leaves

🙂 Smile corner 🙂

Fall for fall! Spread smiles by getting outside and enjoying the changing leaves on your street, at your neighbourhood park, or around your building.

Share with us what makes you smile! Submit a photo and a caption by replying to this email, and we might feature it in the Smile Corner of our next newsletter!

Get inspired

We all scream for ice cream!

Neighbours on a Waterloo crescent celebrated the end of summer with an ice cream social! Sharing over 100 scoops, neighbours chatted together while kids played and enjoyed the beautiful weather.

For many, it was an opportunity to meet neighbours and welcome new folks to the community.

Neighbours gather on a grassy area with trees and blue sky surrounding them.

More ways to get inspired

Reep Green Solution's zero waste challenge starts on October 1. Challenge yourself and your neighbours to waste less!
Check out this list of 50 quick wins for low-cost and simple community ideas.
Explore the Waterloo Public Library fall programs to find something for you and your neighbours to join.

Get in the know

Albert McCormick Community Centre (AMCC) expansion

Exciting changes are coming to the Albert McCormick Community Centre! We'll be making changes to the community room and want your thoughts: What do you want to see more of? How would you like to use this space?

Your input will help guide the activities available in the expanded Community Room.

Share your ideas for the new AMCC community room

More things to know

Fall is here! Leave your leaves or explore leaf collection details.
Waterloo has been awarded up to $14.8 million for infrastructure to support over 4,500 new homes.
Visit A Distiller's Tale: The Art and Legacy of the Seagram Distillery at the City of Waterloo Museum. Admission is always free!
Waterloo is planting 10,000 new trees across parks and public spaces.
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.

October Diversity Calendar

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

ADHD Awareness Month (International)

Alternative and Augmentative Communication (ACC) Awareness Month (International)

Autism Awareness Month (International)

Canadian Islamic History Month (Canada)

Disability Employment Awareness Month (Canada)

German Heritage Month (Canada)

Global Diversity Awareness Month (International)

Healthy Workplace Month (Canada)

Hispanic Heritage Month (Ontario)

Latin American Heritage Month (Canada)

Mark it Read for Dyslexia Awareness Month (Canada)

Mi'kmaq History Month (Nova Scotia)

Women’s History Month (Canada)

October 1: International Day of Older Persons / National Seniors Day

October 1: Treaty Day (Nova Scotia)

October 1 (sundown) – 2: Yom Kippur

October 2: Dussehra / Vijayadashami

October 4: National Day of Action for Missing and Murdered Indigenous Women and Girls

October 4: St. Francis Day

October 5: World Teachers’ Day

October 5 – 11: Mental Illness Awareness Week

October 6: Mid-Autumn Festival (Mooncake Festival)

October 6 (sundown) – 13: Sukkot

October 8: International Lesbian Day

October 10: World Mental Health Day

October 11: International Day of the Girl Child

October 11: National Coming Out Day

October 12 – 18 : Workplace Bullying Awareness Week

October 13: Thanksgiving

October 13 (sundown) – 14: Shemini Atzeret

October 14 (sundown) – 15: Simchat Torah

October 15: International Day of Rural Women

October 15: International Pronouns Day

October 18: Persons Day

October 19 – 25: Invisible Disabilities Week

October 19 – 25: Ace Week

October 20 (sundown) - 25: Diwali

October 20 (sundown) - 25 Bandi Chhor Divas

October 21 (sundown) - 22: Birth of the Báb

October 22 (sundown) - 23: Birth of Bahá’u’lláh

October 22: International Stuttering Awareness Day

October 26: Intersex Awareness Day

October 31: Halloween

October 31 (evening) - November 1: Samhain / Samhuinn / Hallows

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