Doon, Ontario

Doon is a neighbourhood within the city of Kitchener in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, Ontario, located along the Grand River. The area is notable for its heritage and educational facilities, including a prominent living-history museum.

The neighbourhood contains Doon Heritage Village, a recreated rural community with historic buildings and costumed interpretation, and the nearby Conestoga College Doon Campus, a major regional post-secondary facility. The riverside landscape and parks along the Grand River are local outdoor attractions.

Originally a rural settlement on the Grand River, Doon developed as agriculture and small industry gave way to suburban growth and institutional development in the 20th century. The heritage village preserves elements of the community’s earlier rural character.

Doon sits in southern Ontario within the city limits of Kitchener, on the Grand River, roughly west of the Greater Toronto Area and easily reached from other communities in Waterloo Region.

• Living-history museum: operated as part of the Waterloo Region Museum, the heritage village interprets rural Ontario life around the turn of the 20th century.

What to See #

• Doon Heritage Village: a living-history site operated by the Waterloo Region Museum that recreates early 20th-century rural life with restored buildings and costumed interpreters.
• Conestoga College Doon Campus: a major regional post-secondary campus located near the Doon neighbourhood providing trades, technology and applied programs.