Guelph, Ontario

Guelph (population 114,943) is a city located in the Southwestern region of Ontario, Canada. Known as "The Royal City", Guelph is roughly east of Kitchener-Waterloo and west of downtown Toronto at the intersection of Highway 6 and Highway 7. It is the seat of Wellington County, but as a separated municipality, the city is not part of the county. As one entity, Guelph and Wellington County have a population of 200,425. Residents of Guelph are called Guelphites. Guelph also has a number of sister cities, which are selected based on economic, cultural and political criteria. Because of its low crime rates, clean environment and generally high standard of living, Guelph is consistently rated as one of the country's most livable cities: Moneysense magazine ranked Guelph fourth in the country to live in 2007 , and was also rated among Canada's ten best places to live by Chatelaine magazine. Before colonization, the area was considered by the surrounding indigenous communities to be a... full article at wikipedia