Kitchener, Ontario

Kitchener
City of Kitchener
From top, left to right: Downtown Kitchener, Benton and Frederick Streets, Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex, Oktoberfest, and Victoria Park
Flag of Kitchener
Official seal of Kitchener
Coat of arms of Kitchener
Official logo of Kitchener
Motto: 
Ex industria prosperitas (Latin: Prosperity through industry)
Kitchener is located in Canada
Kitchener
Kitchener
Kitchener is located in Southern Ontario
Kitchener
Kitchener
Kitchener is located in Regional Municipality of Waterloo
Kitchener
Kitchener
Coordinates: 43°25′07″N 80°28′22″W / 43.41861°N 80.47278°W / 43.41861; -80.47278
CountryCanada
ProvinceOntario
RegionWaterloo
Founded1807
Incorporated1833
Incorporated1912 (city)
Government
 • MayorBerry Vrbanovic
 • Governing BodyKitchener City Council
Area
 • City (lower-tier)136.81 km2 (52.82 sq mi)
 • Land136.81 km2 (52.82 sq mi)
 • Urban
269.23 km2 (103.95 sq mi)
 • Metro
1,091.16 km2 (421.30 sq mi)
Population
 (2021)[1][2]
 • City (lower-tier)256,885
 • Density1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi)
 • Urban
470,015 (10th)
 • Urban density1,745.8/km2 (4,522/sq mi)
 • Metro
575,847 (10th)
 • Metro density480.1/km2 (1,243/sq mi)
DemonymKitchenerite
Time zoneUTC−5 (EST)
 • Summer (DST)UTC−4 (EDT)
Forward sortation area
Area codes519, 226, 548, and 382
GNBC CodeFEBWC[3]
GDP (Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA)CA$32.89 billion (2020)[4]
GDP per capita (Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA)CA$52,484 (2016)
Websitewww.kitchener.ca

Kitchener is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario, about 100 km (62 mi) west of Toronto. It is one of three cities that make up the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and is the regional seat. Kitchener was known as Berlin until a 1916 referendum changed its name. The city covers an area of 136.86 km2, and had a population of 256,885 at the time of the 2021 Canadian census.

The Regional Municipality of Waterloo has 673,910 people as of year-end 2023,[5] making it the 10th-largest census metropolitan area (CMA) in Canada and the fourth-largest CMA in Ontario. Kitchener and Waterloo are considered "twin cities", which are often referred to jointly as "Kitchener–Waterloo" (K–W), although they have separate municipal governments.

  1. ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, Kitchener". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  2. ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, Kitchener Metro". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
  3. ^ "Kitchener". Natural Resources Canada. 6 October 2016.
  4. ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA)". 6 December 2023.
  5. ^ "Population". 8 May 2018.