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Waterloo layoffs, tracked in full.

Waterloo has seen 3K job cuts across 4 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
1
active + historical
Rounds
4
total events
Top industry
Data & Analytics
100% of cuts
Global city rank
#37
by total headcount
Total since 2020
All time
3K
Across 4 roundsRank #37
Last 12 months
Recent
0
↓ 100% YoY
Companies tracked
Breadth
1
across 1 industriesData & Analytics leads
Global city rank
vs cities
#37
0.3% of global totalof 137 cities
By industry · Waterloo· Since 2020

Which industries cut deepest.

Data & Analytics
4 ROUNDS
100% of Waterloo cuts
2,800
PEOPLE
Top companies · Waterloo

Where the cuts landed.

Top companies
#01
OpenText
DATA & ANALYTICS · 4 ROUNDS
2,800
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 ↗
High
O
OpenText
OpenText Layoffs — 2024-07-03
Waterloo ·
1,200
marketwatch.com ↗
Moderate
O
OpenText
OpenText Layoffs — 2023-01-31
Waterloo ·
—
crn.com ↗
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