More than 80,000 cards have been issued since the University of Waterloo (UW) initiated its WatCard program in 1993. Since then, a string of successful system additions–including the current rollout of the card within the public transportation system–has kept the system at the forefront of campus card technology in Canada and beyond. UW is located in the heart of southwestern Ontario, an hour west of Toronto and an hour and a half northwest of Niagara Falls. Founded in 1957, it has more than 20,000 undergraduate students, 2,000 graduate students, and 1,700 faculty and staff.