Food and Beverage

Waterloo’s diverse food processing sector includes nearly 1,400 farms and more than 130 regional food manufacturers.

Our strengths in food processing include crop and animal production, snack food, confectionary, bakery, beverage manufacturing and distribution. Waterloo is home to more than 150 leading research institutions and innovation hubs, including food-related centres like:

• Conestoga College's Institute of Food Processing Technology works with the food and beverage industry to develop new technological solutions and trains the next generation of food processing professionals
• Ontario Agriculture College at the University of Guelph is Canada’s largest and most renowned agricultural college, and is home to the Canadian Research Institute for Food Safety, the Arrell Food Institute, and more

Our community is part of the Toronto-Waterloo-Guelph Corridor, the largest food manufacturing area in Ontario and is third largest in North America, and is just 100km from Canada’s largest consumer market: Toronto. Waterloo is also a one day’s drive (1200km/745mi) from more than 150 million consumers in central Canada and the American midwest and eastern seaboard.

We have the right ingredients to help your business to succeed.

Have questions about how your business could leverage Waterloo’s food processing community?

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