Kitchener | |
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| City of Kitchener | |
From top, left to right: Downtown Kitchener, Benton and Frederick Streets, Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex, Oktoberfest, and Victoria Park | |
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| Motto: Ex industria prosperitas (Latin: Prosperity through industry) | |
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| Coordinates: 43°25′07″N 80°28′22″W / 43.41861°N 80.47278°W | |
| Country | Canada |
| Province | Ontario |
| Region | Waterloo |
| Founded | 1807 |
| Incorporated | 1833 |
| Incorporated | 1912 (city) |
| Government | |
| • Mayor | Berry Vrbanovic |
| • Governing Body | Kitchener City Council |
| Area | |
| • City (lower-tier) | 136.81 km2 (52.82 sq mi) |
| • Land | 136.81 km2 (52.82 sq mi) |
| • Urban | 269.23 km2 (103.95 sq mi) |
| • Metro | 1,091.16 km2 (421.30 sq mi) |
| Population | |
| • City (lower-tier) | 256,885 |
| • Density | 1,900/km2 (4,900/sq mi) |
| • Urban | 470,015 (10th) |
| • Urban density | 1,745.8/km2 (4,522/sq mi) |
| • Metro | 575,847 (10th) |
| • Metro density | 480.1/km2 (1,243/sq mi) |
| Demonym | Kitchenerite |
| Time zone | UTC−5 (EST) |
| • Summer (DST) | UTC−4 (EDT) |
| Forward sortation area | |
| Area codes | 519, 226, 548, and 382 |
| GNBC Code | FEBWC[3] |
| GDP (Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA) | CA$32.89 billion (2020)[4] |
| GDP per capita (Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA) | CA$52,484 (2016) |
| Website | www.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.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, Kitchener". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population, Kitchener Metro". Statistics Canada. 9 February 2022. Retrieved 9 February 2022.
- ^ "Kitchener". Natural Resources Canada. 6 October 2016.
- ^ "Gross domestic product (GDP) at basic prices, by census metropolitan area (CMA)". 6 December 2023.
- ^ "Population". 8 May 2018.