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Cambridge

Four towns, two rivers, one city

Cambridge in brief

Cambridge sits where the Grand and Speed rivers meet, stitched together in 1973 from Galt, Preston, Hespeler, and Blair. Scottish developer William Dickson carved Galt from land along the Grand in 1816; Preston grew from the German Company Tract on the Speed.

A longhouse village dated between 1280 and 1360 CE turned up near Myers Road in 1989. Downtown oddities include Ellis Chapel and the Millicent Milroy memorial stone with its eyebrow-raising claim about King Edward VIII.

Drawn from Wikipedia, Atlas Obscura, Atlas Obscura.

Permits, tax, radon & more for Cambridge

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#32
City Score rank
73%
City Score
2
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City Score over time

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Rankings for Cambridge

Each study below is its own ranking. Where a study has more than one edition for this city, the chart shows standing across those years only.

Composite · OpenStats

OpenStats City Score

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Average standing across OpenStats-owned rankings built from public data (currently radon, building permit value, and residential mill rates). Each placement is scored from 0–1 within its edition, then averaged. External livability lists stay on hometown pages as separate published appearances.

Single edition · 2026

#32
Published · 2026 · of 125
Score 0.726

Only one published edition places Cambridge in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Health · OpenStats

OpenStats Highest Indoor Radon

OpenStats

Communities ranked by Health Canada survey mean indoor radon (Bq/m³). Rank 1 is the highest mean.

Single edition · 2026

#91
Published · 2026 · of 117
Score 66.5

Only one published edition places Cambridge in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Property tax · OpenStats

OpenStats Residential Mill Rates

OpenStats

Municipalities ranked by residential mill rate. Rank 1 is the highest published rate (higher tax burden).

Single edition · 2024

#29
Published · 2024 · of 43
Score 12.34

Only one published edition places Cambridge in this study so far. Open the edition for method notes and the full table.

Original source · Full edition

Worth knowing in Cambridge

Distinctive local notes and places, each linked to its source.

  • Cambridge is a city in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada, located at the confluence of the Grand and Speed rivers, in the central part of the Ontario Peninsula.

    Wikipedia

  • The city had a population of 138,479 as of the 2021 census.

    Wikipedia

  • Along with Kitchener and Waterloo, Cambridge is one of the three core cities of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo.

    Wikipedia

  • The Millicent Milroy memorial stone claims a marriage to King Edward VIII, Duke of Windsor, a local epitaph that has intrigued visitors for decades.

    Atlas Obscura

Places to see

Ellis Chapel

A mid-19th century stone chapel described as a tiny treasure for weary travelers.

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