Waterloo sits at City Score rank #171 with a standing of 50%, from 7 of 8 open-data pillars (tax, construction, connectivity, indoor air, water, seismic hazard, growth, safety). Missing pillars score at median standing so thin coverage cannot inflate the rank. Dropping 140 places versus 2022 (#31 → #171).
Latest owned placements: indoor radon rank #251 of 327 at 67 Bq/m³ survey mean; residential mill rate rank #39 of 57 (12.08 mill rate). Full tables and method notes live on each study edition; atlas readings for the same slug open from the topic buttons.
On the latest OpenStats pass, Waterloo carries a City Score standing of 50% (rank #171 of 343) with 7 of 8 pillars observed. That sits 3 points below the Ontario peer average across 123 ranked cities. Within Ontario, Waterloo ranks #76 of 123 on City Score.
The strongest signal in the current chart is broadband download (ISED seed tier) (standing 83%, rank #61 of 343, raw score 1000). The weakest observed pillar is drinking-water hardness (standing 1%, rank #3 of 343). Crime severity uses the Statistics Canada police-service CSI mapped to Waterloo Regional Police Service (StatCan metro police area) (table 35100026), not a regional proxy.
Drinking-water hardness on the water atlas reads 400 mg/L as CaCO₃ for Waterloo. Compare that figure to the hardness pillar on the chart and to the national hardness guide on the hub.
