Waterloo Region health inspections

About inspections in Waterloo Region

In Waterloo Region (Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge), food-premise inspections are carried out by Region of Waterloo Public Health. It inspects restaurants, grocery stores, and other food businesses and posts the results publicly; we bring them together here so you can search a specific place and see its full inspection history. New to reading these reports? Start with our guides.

See the official results published by Region of Waterloo Public Health.

How Waterloo Region’s results work

Results are based on official public health inspections. Depending on the jurisdiction you may see colour-coded placards or a numerical score — our placards and scores guide explains what each result means, and our guide to checking inspections in Canada covers how the data is published.

How we decide pass or fail: where the health authority publishes its own result or grade (for example a pass/fail outcome, a letter grade, or a satisfactory/unsatisfactory rating), we use it. Otherwise we look at what the inspector found: an inspection with any higher-risk finding — one the authority flags as critical, or one about food temperatures, hand hygiene, pests, sanitizing, contamination or chemicals — counts as a fail; one with only lower-risk findings (upkeep, paperwork, training) counts as a pass with minor issues. Because some authorities record many small items on every visit, we never fail a premises just for the number of findings. The pass rate is the share of inspected premises whose most recent inspection passed.

Frequently asked questions

How do I check a restaurant's health inspection in Waterloo Region?

Search the establishment by name or address on Local Health Inspections to see its most recent result, any violations, and its full inspection history for Waterloo Region.

How many food premises are tracked in Waterloo Region?

We currently track 5,124 facilities in Waterloo Region, drawn from the local public health unit's published inspection data.

What does a conditional pass or closure mean?

A conditional pass means significant violations were found that must be corrected; a closure means a serious health hazard forced the premises to shut until it passes re-inspection. See our placards and scores guide for the full breakdown.