# University of Waterloo Shibboleth Identity Provider

**Canonical:** https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-shibboleth-idp/  
**Provider:** University of Waterloo — https://apis.io/providers/university-of-waterloo/  
**Base URL:** https://idp.uwaterloo.ca/idp/shibboleth  
**Documentation:** https://uwaterloo.ca/information-systems-technology/

University of Waterloo Shibboleth Identity Provider is one of 20 APIs that [University of Waterloo](https://apis.io/providers/university-of-waterloo/) publishes on the [APIs.io](https://apis.io/) network. Tagged areas include Identity Federation, SAML, Shibboleth, and Single Sign-On. The published artifact set on APIs.io includes an API reference and API documentation.

The University of Waterloo's own SAML 2.0 identity provider metadata, served as XML from idp.uwaterloo.ca. The EntityDescriptor carries entityID https://idp.uwaterloo.ca/idp/shibboleth, a shibboleth Scope of uwaterloo.ca, a display name and organization name of University of Waterloo, and protocol support for SAML 2.0, SAML 1.1 and Shibboleth 1.0. Waterloo participates in the Canadian Access Federation, which is shared by definition — the identity provider behind it is not. This is one of the strongest institution-operated machine-readable surfaces a university has and it is routinely uncatalogued.

## Machine-readable artifacts (3)

- **APIReference** — https://idp.uwaterloo.ca/idp/shibboleth
- **Conformance** — https://raw.githubusercontent.com/api-evangelist/university-of-waterloo/refs/heads/main/conformance/university-of-waterloo-conformance.yml
- **Documentation** — https://www.canarie.ca/identity/caf/

## Other University of Waterloo APIs (12)

- [University of Waterloo AcademicOrganizations API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-academicorganizations-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Account API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-account-api/)
- [University of Waterloo ClassSchedules API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-classschedules-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Courses API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-courses-api/)
- [University of Waterloo ExamSchedules API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-examschedules-api/)
- [University of Waterloo FoodServices API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-foodservices-api/)
- [University of Waterloo HolidayDates API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-holidaydates-api/)
- [University of Waterloo ImportantDates API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-importantdates-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Locations API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-locations-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Subjects API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-subjects-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Terms API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-terms-api/)
- [University of Waterloo Wcms API](https://apis.io/apis/university-of-waterloo/university-of-waterloo-wcms-api/)

## Tags

Identity Federation, SAML, Shibboleth, Single Sign-On

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