uwaterloo.ca

Mixed

Results vary across uwaterloo.ca: of 19 URLs tested, 4 are disrupted some of the time, 13 load normally and 2 have no conclusive recent result. 414 tests have been run under this domain since 2013-12-29, the most recent on 2026-08-17.

Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://uwaterloo.ca is not blocked, https://uwaterloo.ca is intermittent.

The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.

19URLs tested
13accessible
414tests all-time
2013first tested
12 h agolast tested

The site itself

http://uwaterloo.caas of 2026Not blockedhttps://uwaterloo.caIntermittent

Pages and subdomains (17)

https://uwaterloo.ca/questNot blockedhttps://uwaterloo.ca/stories/tool-will-give-people-access-government-censored-websitesNot blockedhttps://uwaterloo.ca/centre-for-teaching-excellence/teaching-resources/teaching-tips/developing-assignments/blended-learning/online-discussions-tips-studentsas of 2026Not blockedhttps://cs.uwaterloo.caas of 2026Intermittenthttp://cn-vpn.uwaterloo.caNot enough datahttps://crysp.uwaterloo.caNot blockedhttps://uwspace.uwaterloo.caNot blockedhttps://cs.uwaterloo.ca/~Iangas of 2026Not blockedhttps://git-crysp.uwaterloo.caas of 2026Not blockedhttps://cs.uwaterloo.ca/%7EiangNot blockedhttp://matrix.csclub.uwaterloo.caas of 2026Not blockedhttp://www.cs.uwaterloo.ca/%7EiangNot blockedhttps://cn-vpn.uwaterloo.ca/+CSCOE+/logon.htmlNot blockedhttps://www.nexusmail.uwaterloo.ca/horde_3.3.5Not enough datahttp://cacr.uwaterloo.ca/techreports/2016/cacr2016-05.pdfas of 2026Intermittenthttp://crysp.uwaterloo.ca/software/SkypeMorph-0.5.1.tar.gzas of 2026Intermittenthttps://quest.pecs.uwaterloo.ca/psc/SS/ACADEMIC/SA/?cmd=login&languageCd=ENGas of 2025Not blocked

About uwaterloo.ca and the Great Firewall

Is uwaterloo.ca blocked in mainland China?

Results vary across uwaterloo.ca: of 19 URLs tested, 4 are disrupted some of the time, 13 load normally and 2 have no conclusive recent result. 414 tests have been run under this domain since 2013-12-29, the most recent on 2026-08-17.

Why does http://uwaterloo.ca behave differently from https://uwaterloo.ca?

Plain HTTP and HTTPS differ here: http://uwaterloo.ca is not blocked, https://uwaterloo.ca is intermittent. The two are filtered by different means — an unencrypted request by the address and keywords it carries in the clear, an encrypted one by the server name in its TLS handshake — so one working while the other does not is normal.

Elsewhere on the site

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