uwaterloo.ca

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uwaterloo.ca is ranked #3,543 in the Tranco list of the world's most popular websites (list of Oct 13, 2026), up 166 places in four weeks. The domain was registered on Sep 20, 2000, 26 years ago, through Webnames.ca Inc., and is paid up until Jan 29, 2030. Its homepage uses Drupal, Google Fonts, Google Analytics and Google Tag Manager. It is served through cdnjs, Fastly, jsDelivr and Pantheon by Nginx.

Global rank

#3,543

▲ 60 this week

Domain age

26 years

since Sep 20, 2000

Technologies

detected on the homepage

SEO score

89/100

homepage checks

Popularity rank

#3,543 of the top 1 million sites in the Tranco research ranking, which averages several traffic and DNS sources over 30 days. Best rank in the period shown: #3,515.

Weekly Tranco rank (lower is more popular).

See where uwaterloo.ca sits in the top 10,000

Domain registration

Registered: Sep 20, 2000 (26 years ago)
Expires: Jan 29, 2030
Registrar: Webnames.ca Inc.
Name servers: cn-dns-ec2-new.uwaterloo.ca, cn-dns-mc-new.uwaterloo.ca, ext-dns-azure-a.uwaterloo.ca
DNSSEC: Not signed

From the registry's public RDAP record, checked Oct 1, 2026.

Technology stack

CMS & site builders

Drupal 9

UI frameworks & fonts

Google Fonts

Analytics

Google Analytics Google Tag Manager

CDN

cdnjs Fastly jsDelivr

Hosting

Pantheon

Web servers

Nginx

Detected from the homepage HTML and response headers on Oct 14, 2026. Tools loaded only after scripts run (or after consent banners) may be missing.

Homepage SEO check

Checked from the HTML our scanner received on Oct 14, 2026. Content added later by JavaScript isn't counted.

89/100

https://uwaterloo.ca/

Home | University of Waterloo

University of Waterloo

18 passed · 5 warnings · 0 failed

Content

✓Title29 characters
!Meta description22 characters — aim for 50–170
✓H1 headingExactly one H1
✓Subheadings3 H2 headings
✓Image alt textAll 3 images have alt text
✓Content lengthAbout 568 words

Indexing

✓IndexableNo noindex directive
✓Canonical URLhttps://uwaterloo.ca/
!robots.txtNot found
✓XML sitemapFound
✓Language attributeen
ihreflang1 language alternates
!Structured dataNo JSON-LD or microdata

Social sharing

!Open Graph2 of 3 key tags set
✓Twitter / X cardsummary_large_image

Technical

✓HTTPSServed over HTTPS
✓Mobile viewportFound
✓FaviconFound
✓Character encodingutf-8

Security headers

✓Strict-Transport-SecuritySet
✓Content-Security-PolicySet
✓Clickjacking protectionSet
✓X-Content-Type-OptionsSet
!Referrer-PolicyNot set

Server response

Final URL: https://uwaterloo.ca/
HTTP status: 200
Server: nginx
Response time: 2.48 s (first byte 2.46 s, from our scanner in a US data centre)
HTML size: 131 KB
Compression: gzip

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Questions about uwaterloo.ca

How popular is uwaterloo.ca?

uwaterloo.ca is #3,543 worldwide in the Tranco list published Oct 13, 2026.

How old is uwaterloo.ca?

uwaterloo.ca was registered on Sep 20, 2000, which makes the domain 26 years old.

What is uwaterloo.ca built with?

We detected Drupal, Google Fonts, Google Analytics, Google Tag Manager, cdnjs, Fastly, jsDelivr, Pantheon and Nginx on its homepage.

Who is the registrar of uwaterloo.ca?

Webnames.ca Inc., according to the registry's RDAP record.