op industry carsharing founded april 1 1998 april 1 1998 waterloo region founder marc xuereb daryl novak and others headquarters kitchener area served waterloo region hamilton guelph st. catharines london ; brampton and burlington forthcoming services carsharing number of employees 7 website official site community carshare is a carsharing co op in southern ontario that was founded in 1998 . they operate in waterloo region hamilton 1 guelph 2 st. catharines 3 london 4 and brampton . 5 the co op was founded in 1998 as ontario s first carsharing program 6 under the name the people s car co operative inc. . at the 2014 agm the members of the co op voted to change the incorporated name to community carshare co operative inc. contents 1 history 1.1 the founding years 1998 2005 1.2 local expansion 2005 2009 1.3 province wide expansion 2009 2014 1.4 rural expansion 2 see also 3 references 4 external links history edit the founding years 1998 2005 edit community carshare began in waterloo region on april 1 1998 . it was started by a group of 10 friends who had a car donated to them but didn t want to deal with the costs of car ownership . the first car was located in the city of waterloo near the corner of bridgeport and peppler street . local expansion 2005 2009 edit in fall 2007 the co op expanded its service into cambridge when it added a tenth vehicle to the fleet . as part of the growth into cambridge the organization updated its operating name from the people s car co op to grand river carshare to reflect the environmental benefits of carsharing and to localize the name of the co op . province wide expansion 2009 2014 edit in april 2009 the co op s geographic borders expanded again when a group of hamiltonians decided to join the co op and expand service to that city under the co op s second operating name hamilton carshare . in less than five months 50 new members were recruited and three vehicles were launched in hamilton in september 2009 . expansion to st. catharines and guelph in 2013 led to the adoption of the name community carshare in order to simplify the use of the name and convey the values of the organization . there are currently 76 vehicles available to members with the majority of them located in kitchener waterloo . the fleet includes many vehicles such as the toyota yaris corolla matrix prius c plug in prius tacoma the fully electric mitsubishi i miev 7 8 a ford transit connect cargo van mazda 5 station wagon and dodge caravan mini van . rural expansion edit community carshare expanded to rural elmira population 8 000 people north of waterloo . 9 all vehicles in the fleet equipped with winter tires and can be delivered to a specific location . 10 see also edit autoshare toronto based carshare program carsharing association industry association of which community carshare is part of references edit mousavi sherry . carshare adds mcmaster innovation park as seventh city location . the hamilton spec . press release carshare program launches at guelph . university of guelph . farooqui salmaan . car sharing service brings popular concept to st. catharines . saint catharines standard . new car sharing company wheeling into london . ctv news . community carshare offers alternative to high cost of car ownership . brampton guardian . http communitycarshare.ca about carshare history carshare goes electric . waterloo record . http www.regionofwaterloo.ca en gettingaround communitycarshare.asp grand river carshare expanding to elmira . waterloo record . quantum carshare set to magically materialize on sunday . waterloo record . external links edit official site v t e vehicle rental brands car rental ace rent a car advantage rent a car alamo rent a car auto europe avis rent a car budget rent a car carzonrent citer dollar rent a car enterprise rent a car europcar firefly hertz kemwel localiza national car rental payless car rental redspot car rentals rent a wreck sixt thrifty car rental taxiforsure meru cabs 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