 In provincial politics, the city is within the Kitchener–Waterloo electoral district.The Waterloo Award, established in 1997, is the highest civic honour a person can receive from the City of Waterloo.The Conestoga Parkway, numbered as Highway 85 within Waterloo, connects Waterloo with Kitchener, Highway 7/8 (the continuation of the Conestoga Parkway), Ontario Highway 8, Highway 401 and Cambridge south of Highway 401.