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Cambridge is a city located on the Grand River and Speed River in the Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada.

The city was formed in 1973 when the city of Galt merged with the towns of Preston and Hespeler and parts of the townships of Waterloo and North Dumfries. When amalgamation plans were first announced, the combined city was to be named Galt, but Preston and Hespeler successfully petitioned the province to instead give the city a new name, to be selected by a referendum on choices submitted by the three members. A ruffled Galt submitted ‘Blair’, while Preston and Hespeler combined to back ‘Cambridge’, after ‘Cambridge Mills’, an early name for the settlement that became Preston.

In 1988, Toyota Motor Manufacturing Canada opened a plant in Cambridge, which employed 4300 people as of July 2005 and is by far the city’s largest employer. Several other industrial companies also call Cambridge home, including ATS Automation Tooling Systems, Frito-Lay Canada (formerly Hostess), Babcock and Wilcox, and Northstar Aerospace.

A satellite campus of Conestoga College is located within the city, and the University of Waterloo School of Architecture has moved to downtown Cambridge.

Cambridge is also home to the only French Catholic High School in the region; École secondaire Père-René-de-Galinée.

A proud feature of the community is Galt Collegiate Institute and Vocational School , Ontario's oldest continuously operating public high school, and over 150 years old. Commonly called the Castle on the Grand because of the architecture and imposing view on the east bank of the River.

Cambridge is located close to many cultural events and activities, including the Elmira Sugar Festival, Rock the Mill music festival in downtown Galt, and Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest.

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