Major City Insights: Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo—April 2025

Major City Insights: Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo—April 2025

Urban City Economic Analysis
8 min read

Author: Robin Wiebe

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This publication focuses on the Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo metropolitan economy.

 

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Manufacturing in Trump’s crosshairs, but this economy will survive

This quarter, we provide a baseline forecast for Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo’s economy, with fallout from the trade war with the United States posing downside risk.

To what extent will the area’s non-manufacturing wealth creators, including its large insurance industry and its post-secondary institutions, provide cushion against a potential manufacturing slowdown? How are cuts to international student study permits affecting the city’s education sector and its wider economy? We share our outlook for Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo’seconomy, including output, employment, and population growth.

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