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The St. Patrick’s Day bash on Ezra Ave attracted a crowd yesterday estimated at 30,000 Food and Drink; Home and Garden; 30,000 party for St. Patrick’s Day on Waterloo’s Ezra Avenue Days ahead of St. Patrick’s Day, barriers and no-parking signs are already going up on Ezra Avenue in Waterloo, in an effort to contain potentially dangerous street parties. Updated March 14 WATERLOO — This Sunday, thousands will dress in green and hit Ezra Avenue and neighbouring streets in Waterloo’s university district to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day. March 17, 2019 3 min read ST. PATRICK'S DAY PARTY !!!! Mar 14 - Mar 17 -: click here for more info :- Waterloo Kitchen and Bar Waterloo Kitchen and Bar Waterloo Kitchen and Bar. Home Partygoers are seen taking over Ezra Avenue in Waterloo on St. Patrick's Day in this photo from 2018. (Joe Pavia/CBC) Fencing has gone up on Ezra Avenue, in Waterloo, Ont.’s university district, in the hopes it will deter people from taking part in unsanctioned St. Patrick’s Day street parties. The University District of Waterloo includes the Northdale and MacGregor neighbourhoods, as well as Waterloo Park and the majority of the uptown neighbourhood. It also includes Ezra Avenue, the typical location of the St. Patrick’s Day street party. Waterloo announces parking bans in university district for St. Patrick’s Day weekend The City of Waterloo stated that an operational plan is in place for Sunday to react to ongoing St. Patrick’s Day activities led by the Waterloo Regional Police Service, and officers will be patrolling by foot, cruisers, and bikes. Images shot by a drone show the massive crowds gathered to celebrate St. Patrick’s Day in Waterloo on March 17. - WRPS/Photo Before the COVID-19 pandemic, tens of thousands of people would flood Ezra Avenue in Waterloo, Ont. for an unsanctioned street party. But with most of the street fenced off this St. Patrick's Day In 2019, police estimated that 33,000 people gathered on Ezra Avenue on St. Patrick’s Day, which led to 80 calls for paramedics while a similar amount of people visited emergency rooms at the Fencing is put up on Ezra Avenue ahead of St. Patrick’s Day, on Wednesday, March 12, 2025. Mathew McCarthy Waterloo Region Record Final bill for Ezra Avenue St. Patrick’s Day street party in Waterloo: $767,211 Food Health Music Ezra Avenue St. Patrick’s Day crowd peaked at 33,000 people: Around 8,000 people attended the unsanctioned St. Patrick’s Day street party in Waterloo, according to a report which will be presented to the police service board on Wednesday. The parties took a couple of years off in the midst of the COVID-19 pandemic but last year, Waterloo regional police closed down Ezra Avenue in a bid to stop the celebration but revellers just Fencing on Ezra Avenue has been erected since 2022 to discourage student gatherings for St. Patrick’s Day in Waterloo. Police are looking at more strategies to curb crowds. WATERLOO — Thousands of young revelers turned Ezra Avenue into a giant, mud-soaked, beer-drenched outdoor party Friday, in one of the largest St. Patrick’s Day gatherings police have ever seen. Things were quiet early Sunday afternoon in the area of Waterloo’s Marshall Street and Ezra Avenue when an unsanctioned St. Patrick’s Day street party that normally draws thousands of students Despite the sunny skies, St. Patrick's Day on Ezra Avenue in Waterloo was a quiet affair. As of Wednesday afternoon, just a handful of students who wore green walked along the residential street. With St. Patrick’s Day just around the corner, the City of Waterloo, and the Waterloo Regional Police Service (WRPS) are preparing for massive gatherings that often spill into city streets. In a statement to CityNews Kitchener, a spokesperson for the City of Waterloo said, “there is an operational plan in place for March 17, led by WRPS.”
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