Editing Waterloo, Ontario (section)

=== Mixed-use trails ===
[[File:Walter Bean Grand River Trail June 2021.jpg|thumb|The [[Walter Bean Grand River Trail]], with the [[Grand River (Ontario)|Grand River]] seen in the background]]
[[Shared-use path|Trails for walking, hiking, and biking]] play an important part in Waterloo's recreational infrastructure. Waterloo had {{convert|150|km}} of trails by 2007, as compared to {{convert|10|km}} of trails in 1987.{{Sfn|McLaughlin|Jaeger|2007|pp=193}} The {{convert|5|km|adj=on}} [[Iron Horse Trail, Ontario|Iron Horse Trail]], connecting Waterloo and Kitchener, opened in 1997.{{Sfn|McLaughlin|Jaeger|2007|pp=191}} Then-mayor [[Joan McKinnon]] brought upon the connection of the [[Trans Canada Trail]] into the Waterloo Region, which ran from the Iron Horse Trail to Waterloo's northern boundary.{{Sfn|McLaughlin|Jaeger|2007|pp=193}}

The {{convert|76|km|adj=on}}<ref>{{Cite book |last=Arial |first=Tracey |url=https://www.worldcat.org/oclc/57339561 |title=Hiking in Ontario |date=2005 |publisher=Éditions Ulysse |isbn=2-89464-683-6 |edition=2 |location=Montréal |pages=113 |oclc=57339561}}</ref> [[Walter Bean Grand River Trail]], announced in 1999, served to create an accessible trail along the [[Grand River (Ontario)|Grand River]].{{Sfn|McLaughlin|Jaeger|2007|pp=193}} ''Waterloo: An Illustrated History, 1857–2007'' states, "[the trail] was particularly needed in Waterloo as the river's geographic location on the edge of the city meant that, unlike so many other Canadian cities, the river had not historically played a central role in the community."{{Sfn|McLaughlin|Jaeger|2007|pp=193}}