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The primary building of the St. Jacobs Farmers' Market as photographed in 2003. It was destroyed by fire in 2013. St. Jacobs Farmers' Market is a farmers' market and flea market in Woolwich, Ontario, Canada. It is located to the south of King Street North, to the east of Weber Street North, and to the west of the railway tracks.
St. Jacobs is the headquarters of Home Hardware. [31] The first store opened in downtown St. Jacobs in 1964 and remains in use as the local furniture outlet but a large new Home Hardware store across the street opened in November 2014. [32] St. Jacobs is home to the Southern Ontario Locomotive Restoration Society's (SOLRS) Restoration Shop.
This is significantly higher than the national median of $61,348. The unemployment rate in Waterloo (6.9%) is lower than the national rate of 7.7%. The median value of a dwelling in Waterloo ($399,997) is higher than the national median of $341,556. [71] The Intelligent Community Forum named Waterloo the Top Intelligent Community of 2007. [72]
In addition, the province of Ontario's Fair Housing Plan set in place stricter rent controls and 16 measures to help combat the growth of the real estate market . [34] These remedies coincided with a slight dip in housing prices in 2017 [ 35 ] which some believed was the beginning of a housing crash.
Spirit of St. Jacobs crossing river on first commercial day of operation, July 12, 1997. The railway used two diesel locomotives built in the 1950s, originally owned by Canadian National Railways, and repainted them in their original paint scheme. The locomotives were named Spirit of St. Jacobs and Pride of Waterloo.
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The market traces its roots to 1839 as a local market selling farm goods from around the region. It was founded by entrepreneur and civic leader Jacob Y. Shantz (1822-1909), who was responsible for the market's first permanent and formal installation in 1869.
The national average for the crime severity index was 78.10 per 100,000 people in 2022, while the rate was slightly higher for Waterloo Region at 79.12 per 100,000 people. [89] By comparison, the rate for Ontario was 58.47 per 100,000 people, and nearby cities Guelph and London were 60.56 and 73.98 respectively.