Description
To support our community’s transition to electric vehicles, our charging infrastructure must be built so that it is ready and convenient to access as people look to adopting electric vehicles.
This action will be led by organizations, businesses, and governments, with support from Sustainable Waterloo Region. Please see below for the most publicly available updates.
As of Fall 2023, applications through the NRCan Education and Awareness Project Funding – Clean Transportation and Clean Fuels have been submitted to further support this action.
THE REGION OF WATERLOO
The ZEVIP project installed 23 charging stations in public spaces within five local municipalities, and at the Regional airport.
THE CITY OF WATERLOO
The City of Waterloo directly owns one publicly-accessible EV charging station (Waterloo Town Square North). There are also three EV charging stations owned by the City-funded organization Grand River Energy. These include Williams Street, Waterloo Memorial Recreation Complex, and Father David Bauer Drive at Erb Street.
TOWNSHIP OF WOOLWICH
In 2023, the Township of Woolwich installed 4 EV charging stations in St. Jacobs.
CITY OF CAMBRIDGE
The City has a total of seven Level 2 (14 ports) ChargePoint charging stations in City Municipal Parking Lots and two Level 2 (4 ports) Flo charging stations on-street (in addition to these publicly-accessible chargers, the City also has 4 dual port Level 2 chargers (8 ports total) at two locations for City fleet vehicle use only). There are approximately 154 publicly-accessible electric vehicle charging station ports (Level 2 and Level 3) across Cambridge with 125 being Level 2 and 29 being Level 3. City Council directed staff to examine an Electric Vehicle (EV) standard that would require all new developments, retail locations, and City parking lots to possess a certain number or percentage of parking spots for EV charging stations, including those spots designated as accessible; this was referred to the High Performance Development Standards project, a collaboration between area municipalities to develop a number of "green development standards" including those related to EV charging stations. The adoption of green development standards are currently delayed until regulations are adopted that implement Bill 17, Protect Ontario by Building Faster and Smarter Act, 2025.
CITY OF KITCHENER
The City of Kitchener has level 2 EV charging stations in any parking garage as well as surface level EV charging on Francis Street. For additional information on public EV charging stations, click here.