By plane
Region of Waterloo International Airport YKF (http://www.waterlooairport.ca/) is serviced by a limited number of airlines. Recently WestJet (http://www.westjet.com/) has begun regular domestic service to Calgary, AB, and Northwest has regular flights to its Detroit hub. Travellers to and from Ottawa, ON, are served by a few daily flights with Bearskin Airlines. (http://www.bearskinairlin...) For travelers coming from afar, Airways Transit (http://www.airwaystransit.com/) offers shuttle bus service between Toronto Pearson International Airport (http://www.gtaa.com/) and Kitchener/Waterloo. Pearson Airport provides flights to and from a large number of destinations, and is located approximately 1 hour away from Waterloo by car in good traffic conditions. Buffalo/Niagara International Airport in Buffalo, New York is an alternative to Toronto. It is about 90-100 minutes away and requires a border crossing, but is often much cheaper to fly out of, particularly if your destination is in the US or Caribbean.
By train
VIA Rail (http://www.viarail.ca) provides regular service to Kitchener. Regular rush hour service is available on weekdays between Kitchener and Toronto, with reduced service on weekends. As the station is closed between 1:00PM and 5:00PM between train arrivals, guests may not always find the ticket counter open and should consider booking online. To reach Waterloo from Kitchener station, the easiest option is to take a cab there are usually some to be found at the station around train time; cheaper options involve walking two blocks, either westward to King Street or eastward to Margaret Avenue, and catching a route 7 or 8 bus, or even walking north along Weber Street Waterloo's city limits are a 15-minute walk to the north.
By bus
Greyhound (http://www.greyhound.ca/) has express buses connecting the University of Waterloo and Wilfrid Laurier University with Toronto, and also provides rush hour services to the Sun Life building, a five minute walk south of Uptown. These buses usually run two or three times per day, with increased service on Fridays and Sundays for students travelling to and from the University.
The Charles St. Terminal in downtown Kitchener is better served by inter-city bus, with Greyhound, Coach Canada (http://www.coachcanada.com/) and Cherrey Bus Lines stopping there regularly, so many people coming to Waterloo by bus take the bus to Kitchener, and then catch a Grand River Transit (http://www.grt.ca/) bus to Waterloo.
Grand River Transit is the transit authority in the Region of Waterloo. If coming to Waterloo from Cambridge or Kitchener, the iXpress, a limited-stop express bus connecting the three cities, is fast and direct. Other routes that connect Kitchener to Waterloo are routes 7 runs along King Street, 8 runs in a loop along Westmount Road, University Avenue, and Weber Street and 12 runs along Fischer-Hallman Road, Keats Way, and University Avenue, then through suburbs in eastern Waterloo. All four routes serve the two universities and except for route 8 Conestoga Mall, and Uptown is served by the iXpress and route 7.
By car
From Highway 401, take exit 278 if coming from the west or 278A if coming from the east. Take Highway 8 North to Highway 85 North the Conestoga Parkway. There are four exits in Waterloo:
For Uptown Waterloo, exit Bridgeport Rd.
For universities, exit University Ave. E.
For destinations in north Waterloo, exit King St. N.
For destinations in north-west Waterloo, exit Northfield Dr. W.