Warming, Cooling and Clean Air Spaces

Warming, Cooling and Clean Air Spaces are buildings in the region that provide space for the public to get temporary relief from heat, cold, or poor air quality during regular business hours.

Warming, Cooling and Clean Air Spaces are buildings in the region that provide space for the public to get temporary relief from heat, cold or poor air quality, during regular business hours. Warming, Cooling and Clean Air Spaces are located all over Waterloo Region, including Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot, and Woolwich. There is no expectation of extra amenities or services at these spaces above what is already provided.

Note that Warming, Cooling and Clean Air Spaces are intended to provide temporary relief from heat, cold, and poor air quality. They are not available for extended stays. For additional supports for individuals experiencing homelessness, please reference the pocket card on the Emergency Shelters and Transitional Housing webpage. The pocket card provides a list of locations and contact details for shelters, drop-in and street outreach services across the region.

An Extreme Cold Warning for Waterloo Region is issued when the temperature or wind chill is expected to reach minus 30° C for at least two hours.

A Heat Warning for Waterloo Region is issued when one or both of the following conditions are met:

  • Two consecutive days where the temperature is forecasted to be 31° C or higher during the day and 20° C or higher overnight

  • Two consecutive days where the humidex is forecasted to be 40° C or higher

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Last Updated July 24, 2026, 07:25 (UTC)
Created March 25, 2026, 01:55 (UTC)
Domain / Topic
Domain or topic of the dataset being cataloged.
Title
Title for the Dataset.
Warming, Cooling and Clean Air Spaces
Description
A description of the dataset.

Warming, Cooling and Clean Air Spaces are buildings in the region that provide space for the public to get temporary relief from heat, cold, or poor air quality during regular business hours.

Warming, Cooling and Clean Air Spaces are buildings in the region that provide space for the public to get temporary relief from heat, cold or poor air quality, during regular business hours. Warming, Cooling and Clean Air Spaces are located all over Waterloo Region, including Waterloo, Kitchener, Cambridge, North Dumfries, Wellesley, Wilmot, and Woolwich. There is no expectation of extra amenities or services at these spaces above what is already provided.

Note that Warming, Cooling and Clean Air Spaces are intended to provide temporary relief from heat, cold, and poor air quality. They are not available for extended stays. For additional supports for individuals experiencing homelessness, please reference the pocket card on the Emergency Shelters and Transitional Housing webpage. The pocket card provides a list of locations and contact details for shelters, drop-in and street outreach services across the region.

An Extreme Cold Warning for Waterloo Region is issued when the temperature or wind chill is expected to reach minus 30° C for at least two hours.

A Heat Warning for Waterloo Region is issued when one or both of the following conditions are met:

  • Two consecutive days where the temperature is forecasted to be 31° C or higher during the day and 20° C or higher overnight

  • Two consecutive days where the humidex is forecasted to be 40° C or higher
Tags / Keywords
Keywords/tags categorizing the dataset.
Format (CSV, XLS, TXT, PDF, etc)
File format of the dataset.
Dataset Size
Dataset size in megabytes.
0.08
Metadata Identifier
Metadata identifier – can be used as the unique identifier for catalogue entry
Published Date
Published date of the dataset.
2022-09-02
Time Period Data Span (start date)
Start date of the data in the dataset.
Time Period Data Span (end date)
End date of time data in the dataset.
GeoSpatial Area Data Span
A spatial region or named place the dataset covers.
Field Value
Access category
Type of access granted for the dataset (open, closed, service, etc).
public
License
License used to access the dataset.
License not specified
Limits on use
Limits on use of data.
Location
Location of the dataset.
https://open-KitchenerGIS.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/RMW::warming-cooling-and-clean-air-spaces-1
Data Service
Data service for accessing a dataset.
Owner
Owner of the dataset.
RegionOfWaterloo
Contact Point
Who to contact regarding access?
Region of Waterloo
Contact Point Email
The email to contact regarding access?
Publisher
Publisher of the dataset.
Region of Waterloo
Publisher Email
Email of the publisher.
Author
Author of the dataset.
RegionOfWaterloo
Author Email
Email of the author.
Accessed At
Date the data and metadata was accessed.
2026-05-01
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Identifier
Unique identifier for the dataset.
01bb204a026049c1a37add247eb8fb39
Language
Language(s) of the dataset
English
Link to dataset description
A URL to an external document describing the dataset.
https://open-KitchenerGIS.opendata.arcgis.com/datasets/RMW::warming-cooling-and-clean-air-spaces-1
Persistent Identifier
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Globally Unique Identifier
Data is identified by a persistent and globally unique identifier.
Contains data about individuals
Does the data hold data about individuals?
Contains data about identifiable individuals
Does the data hold identifiable data about individual?
Contains Indigenous Data
Does the data hold data about Indigenous communities?
Portal Type
Platform type of the source portal.
Field Value
Version
Version of the datatset
None
Source
Source of the dataset.
None
Version notes
Version notes about the dataset.
Is version of another dataset
Link to dataset that it is a version of.
Other versions
Link to datasets that are versions of it.
Provenance Text
Provenance Text of the data.
Region of Waterloo
Provenance URL
Provenance URL of the data.
Temporal resolution
Describes how granular the date/time data in the dataset is.
GeoSpatial resolution in meters
Describes how granular (in meters) geospatial data is in the dataset.
GeoSpatial resolution (in regions)
Describes how granular (in regions) geospatial data is in the dataset.
Field Value
Indigenous Community Permission
Who holds the Indigenous Community Permission. Who to contact regarding access to a dataset that has data about Indigenous communities.
Community Permission
Community permission (who gave permission).
The Indigenous communities the dataset is about
Indigenous communities from which data is derived.
Field Value
Number of data rows
If tabular dataset, total number of rows.
57
Number of data columns
If tabular dataset, total number of unique columns.
51
Number of data cells
If tabular dataset, total number of cells with data.
2907
Number of data relations
If RDF dataset, total number of triples.
Number of entities
If RDF dataset, total number of entities.
Number of data properties
If RDF dataset, total number of unique properties used by the triples.
Data quality
Describes the quality of the data in the dataset.
Metric for data quality
A metric used to measure the quality of the data, such as missing values or invalid formats.

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