Explore the site of a lost village, a historic county jail, and a factory converted into a gleaming event hall, as part of Waterloo Region’s annual Doors Open on Saturday, September 19, 2026.
Admission is free from 10 a.m. to 4 p.m. to 27 buildings and locations across the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener, and Waterloo, and the townships of North Dumfries, Woolwich, Wellesley, and Wilmot.
Here’s a map of the 2026 tour sites:
This is the 24th year for Doors Open Waterloo Region, which is part of an Ontario-wide event celebrating community heritage and architecture, a news release says.
Thirteen of the 27 sites are buildings which have been adapted for reuse. These include churches converted to affordable housing and performing arts spaces, and offices transformed into jam halls for local musicians.
Participating sites:
North Dumfries Township
Woolwich Township
Wellesley Township
Wilmot Township
Cambridge
- McDougall Cottage
- Tapestry Hall
- Cambridge Arts Theatre (Home of Cambridge Community Players)
- Ferguson Cottage
- Central Presbyterian Church Cambridge
- Fire Hall Museum & Education Centre
Waterloo
- Anglican Church of the Holy Saviour
- Centre for International Governance Innovation (CIGI)
- Perimeter Institute for Theoretical Physics
- Schlegel-UW Research Institute for Aging
- Brubacher House
Kitchener
- Doon Presbyterian Church
- Waterloo Pioneer Memorial Tower
- Ken Seiling Waterloo Region Museum and Doon Heritage Village
- K-W Musical Productions
- The JR Inc.
- Schneider Haus National Historic Site
- GSP Group
- St. Peter’s Lutheran Church
- Indwell – Magnolia Apartments
- Waterloo County Gaol and Governor’s House
- Grace Schmidt Room of Local History (Kitchener Public Library)
- Holly’s Neighbourhood Cafe & Bar