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The City of Guelph is known as "The Royal City". Guelph is 30 kilometres east of Kitchener-Waterloo and 100 kilometres west of downtown Toronto. Residents of Guelph are called Guelphites. Guelph was rated among Canada's ten best places to live by Chatelaine magazine. Population of Guelph is approximately 127,000.

Guelph was founded on St. George's Day, April 23rd, 1827, the feast day of the patron saint of England. The town was named to honour Britain's royal family, the Hanoverians, who were descended from the Guelfs, the ancestral family of George IV, the reigning British monarch; thus the name and the nickname The Royal City.

The city is home to the University of Guelph and Sleeman Breweries Ltd.. Guelph's most famous landmark is the Church of Our Lady Immaculate. The city is built on many drumlins and buried waterways, the most famous being an underground creek flowing below the Albion Hotel, once the source of water used to brew beer. Guelph's major employers include the University of Guelph, Linamar Corporation, and Sleeman Breweries.
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