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Waterloo layoffs, tracked in full.

Waterloo has seen 3K job cuts across 10 tracked rounds since January 2020 — roughly 0.3% of all layoffs in our global dataset. The last 12 months alone saw 0 layoffs.

Last updated
City snapshot
3K
people laid off since Jan 2020
Companies tracked
6
active + historical
Rounds
10
total events
Top industry
Data & Analytics
96% of cuts
Global city rank
#40
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
3K
Across 10 roundsRank #40
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
6
across 4 industriesData & Analytics leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#40
0.3% of global totalof 200 cities
By industry · Waterloo· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Data & Analytics
4 ROUNDS
96% of Waterloo cuts
2,800
PEOPLE
EdTech
3 ROUNDS
3%
90
PEOPLE
Consumer Apps
1 ROUNDS
<1%
22
PEOPLE
Construction Tech
1 ROUNDS
<1%
13
PEOPLE
Top companies · Waterloo

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
OpenText
DATA & ANALYTICS · 4 ROUNDS
2,800
#02
ApplyBoard
EDTECH · 2 ROUNDS
90
#03
TextNow
CONSUMER APPS · 1 ROUNDS
22
#04
Bridgit
CONSTRUCTION TECH · 1 ROUNDS
13
#05
D2L
EDTECH · 1 ROUNDS
—
#06
Sandvine
CLOUD INFRASTRUCTURE · 1 ROUNDS
—
Recent events · Waterloo· Latest

The latest Waterloo layoffs.

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Severity
Event
Location · When
Headcount
Source
Low
O
OpenText
OpenText Layoffs — 2026-03-24
Waterloo ·
—
betakit.com ↗
High
O
OpenText
OpenText Layoffs — 2025-05-06
Waterloo ·
1,600
betakit.com ↗
Low
A
ApplyBoard
ApplyBoard Layoffs — 2024-09-19
Waterloo ·
—
citynews.ca ↗
Low
S
Sandvine
Sandvine Layoffs — 2024-08-23
Waterloo ·
—
bnnbloomberg.ca ↗
High
O
OpenText
OpenText Layoffs — 2024-07-03
Waterloo ·
1,200
marketwatch.com ↗
Moderate
O
OpenText
OpenText Layoffs — 2023-01-31
Waterloo ·
—
crn.com ↗
High
B
Bridgit
Bridgit Layoffs — 2022-12-06
Waterloo ·
13
therecord.com ↗
Moderate
A
ApplyBoard
ApplyBoard Layoffs — 2022-11-28
Waterloo ·
90
therecord.com ↗
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