Coordinates: 43°27′N 80°29′W / 43.45, -80.483

Kitchener, Ontario
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Motto: Ex industria prosperitas (Latin: "Prosperity through industry")
Location of Kitchener in the Waterloo Region
Coordinates: 43°27′N 80°29′W / 43.45, -80.483
Country	Canada
Province	Ontario
Founded	1833
Incorporated	1853
Incorporated as City	1912
Government
- Mayor	Carl Zehr
Area
- City	136. A geographic coordinate system enables every location on the Earth to be specified in three coordinates using mainly a spherical coordinate system. A motto (from the Italian word motto, meaning witticism sentence is a phrase meant to formally describe the general motivation or intention of a social group Latin ( lingua Latīna, laˈtiːna is an Italic language, historically spoken in Latium and Ancient Rome. Wikipedia talkFeatured lists for an explanation of this and other inclusion tags below -->This list of countries, arranged alphabetically Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page The provinces and territories of Canada combine to make up the world's second largest country in total area. Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec A mayor (from the Latin māior, meaning "greater" is a modern title used in many countries for the highest ranking officer in a municipal government Carl Zehr (born 1945 is the mayor of Kitchener Ontario. He has held the position since 1997 after serving as a city councillor from 1985 to 1994 Area is a Quantity expressing the two- Dimensional size of a defined part of a Surface, typically a region bounded by a closed Curve. 89 km² (52. To help compare different Orders of magnitude and geographical regions we list here areas between 100 km² and 1000 km² 9 sq mi)
- Land	136. The square mile is an imperial and US unit of Area equal the area of a square of one statute mile. 89 km² (52. 9 sq mi)
Population (2006)
- City	204,668 (Ranked 21st)
- Metro	451,235
	source: Statistics Canada
Time zone	EST (UTC-5)
- Summer (DST)	EDT (UTC-4)
Website: http://www.kitchener.ca/

The City of Kitchener (pronounced /ˈkɪtʃɨnɚ/) is a city in southwestern Ontario, Canada. The table below lists the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population, using data from the Canada 2006 census for Census subdivisions This list A metropolitan area is a large population center consisting of a large Metropolis and its adjacent zone of influence or of more than one closely adjoining neighboring central Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing Statistics to help The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−5 is the Time offset used in the North American Eastern Time Zone during Standard time and in the North American Central Time Zone during Daylight saving time ( DST The Eastern Time Zone ( ET) of the Western Hemisphere falls mostly along the east coast of North America and the west coast of South America UTC−4 is the Time offset used in the Atlantic Standard Time Zone in Canada in winter and the North American Eastern Time Zone during A city is an Urban area with a large Population and a particular Administrative, Legal, or Historical status Ontario (ɒnˈtɛrioʊ is a province located in the central part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest after Quebec Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The current population is 204,668. The metropolitan area, which includes the neighbouring cities of Waterloo and Cambridge, has 451,235 people, making it the eleventh largest Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) in Canada and the fifth largest CMA in Ontario. The census geographic units of Canada are the Country subdivisions defined and used by Canada's federal government statistics bureau Statistics Canada to [1] It is the seat of the Waterloo Regional Municipality, and is adjacent to the smaller cities of Cambridge to the south, and Waterloo to the north. Cambridge ( 2006 population 124371 is a city located on the Grand River and Speed River Waterloo is a City in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality Kitchener and Waterloo are often referred to jointly as "Kitchener-Waterloo" (K-W), although they have separate municipal governments. Kitchener-Waterloo ( K-W) is an unofficial but ubiquitous name for the area in Ontario, Canada, consisting of the Twin cities of Kitchener Including Cambridge, the three cities are known as "the tri-cities".

The City of Kitchener covers an area of 136. 86 square kilometres. In 2004, the city celebrated its 150th anniversary.

Contents 1 Geography 2 History 3 Economy 4 Demographics 5 Government 6 Education 7 Health care in Kitchener 8 Culture 8.1 Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest 8.2 CAFKA 9 City parks and trails 10 Transport 10.1 Highways and expressways 10.2 City streets 10.3 Public transport 10.4 Railways 10.5 Air 11 Media 12 Neighbourhoods 12.1 Real estate 13 Sports teams and leagues 14 Notable Kitchener Natives and Residents 15 Location from Kitchener 16 References 17 See also 18 External links

Geography

Kitchener is located in Southwestern Ontario, in the Saint Lawrence Lowlands. Southwestern Ontario is a region of the Canadian province of Ontario, centred on the city of London. The St Lawrence Lowlands is an Ecoregion of the Mixedwood Plains, a physiographic region of Canada and the United States. [2] This geological and climatic region has wet-climate soils and deciduous forests.

Within this part of Ontario, Kitchener is the largest city situated within the Grand River watershed. For other rivers of the same name please see Grand River. The Grand River is a large Just to the west of the city is Baden Hill, in Wilmot Township. Baden Hill is a glacier-made Kame near Baden Ontario. Because of its height it has been used for radio and TV transmission towers most notably that of Kitchener's Wilmot redirects here It is a name variant of William. The Township of Wilmot is a Rural township This glacial kame remnant formation is the highest elevation for many many miles around. A kame is a geological feature an irregularly shaped Hill or Mound composed of Sand, Gravel and Till that accumulates The other dominant glacial feature is the Waterloo Moraine, which snakes its way through the region and holds a significant quantity of artesian wells, from which the city derives most of its drinking water. The Waterloo Moraine is a geophysical landform in the Regional Municipality of Waterloo, in Ontario, Canada. See Great Artesian Basin for the water source in Australia An artesian aquifer is a confined aquifer containing Groundwater The settlement's first name, Sandhills, is an accurate description of the higher points of the moraine.

History

In 1784, the land that Kitchener was built upon was an area given to the Six Nations by the British as a gift for their allegiance during the American Revolution; 240,000 hectares of land to be exact. In this article the inhabitants of the thirteen colonies that supported the American Revolution are primarily referred to as "Americans" with occasional references to "Patriots" From 1796 and 1798, the Six Nations sold 38,000 hectares of this land to a Loyalist by the name of Colonel Richard Beasley. In general a loyalist is one who maintains loyalty to an established government political party or sovereign especially during war or revolutionary change The portion of land that Beasley had purchased was remote but it was of great interest to German Mennonite farming families from Pennsylvania. The Mennonites are a group of Christian Anabaptist denominations named after Menno Simons (1496&ndash1561 though his teachings were a relatively The Commonwealth of Pennsylvania ( often colloquially referred to as PA (its abbreviation by natives and Northeasterners is a state located in the Northeastern They wanted to live in an area that would allow them to practice their beliefs without persecution. Eventually, the Mennonites purchased all of Beasley’s unsold land creating 160 farm tracts. By 1800, the first buildings were built [3], and over the next decade several families made the difficult trip north to what was then known as the Sand Hills. One of these Mennonite families, arriving in 1807, was the Schneiders, whose restored 1816 home (the oldest building in the city) is now a museum located in the heart of Kitchener [4]. Other families whose names can still be found in local place names were the Bechtels, the Ebys, the Erbs, the Weavers (better known today as the Webers) the Cressmans and the Brubachers. In 1816 the Government of Upper Canada designated the settlement the Township of Waterloo.

Much of the land, made up of moraines and swampland interspersed with rivers and streams, was converted to farmland and roads. Wild pigeons, which once swarmed by the tens of thousands, were driven from the area. Apple trees were introduced to the region by John Eby in the 1830s, and several grist- and sawmills (most notably Joseph Schneider's 1816 sawmill, John and Abraham Erb's grist- and sawmills and Eby's cider mill) were erected throughout the area. A gristmill or grist mill is a building where Grain is ground into Flour, or the grinding mechanism itself A sawmill is a facility where logs are cut into boards Sawmill process A sawmill's basic operation is much like those of 100 years ago a log enters Schneider built the town's first road, from his home to the corner of King Street and Queen Street (then known as Walper corner). $1000 was raised by the settlers to extend the road from Walper corner to Huether corner, where the Huether Brewery was built and the Huether Hotel now stands; a petition to the government for $100 to assist in completing the project was denied.

Immigration to the town increased considerably from 1816 until the 1870s, many of the newcomers being of German (particularly Mennonite) extraction. In 1833 the town was renamed Berlin, and in 1853 Berlin became the County Seat of the newly created County of Waterloo, elevating it to the status of Village. The extension of the Grand Trunk Railway from Sarnia to Toronto (and hence through Berlin) in July 1856 was a major boon to the community, helping to improve industrialization in the area. The Grand Trunk Railway (GTR was a railway system which operated in the Canadian provinces of Quebec and Ontario, as well as the American On June 9, 1912, Berlin was officially designated a city[5].

The originally large German population was the reason for the settlement being named Berlin. However, when the First World War began it became important for the citizens to separate themselves from Canada’s opponents. World War I (abbreviated WWI; also known as the First World War, the Great War, and the War to End All In 1916, Berlin changed its name to Kitchener; named after Boer War hero Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener, 1st Earl Kitchener [6]. Through the latter half of the 19th century and into the first decade of the 20th the City of Berlin Ontario was a bustling industrial centre celebrating its German heritage Two Boer Wars were fought between the British Empire and the two independent Boer republics the Orange Free State and the South African Republic Field Marshal Horatio Herbert Kitchener 1st Earl Kitchener, KG, KP, GCB, OM

On September 17, 1981, the first ever "blue box" recycling program was launched in Kitchener. Events 1176 - The Battle of Myriokephalon is fought 1462 - The Battle of Świecino (or Battle of Żarnowiec Year 1981 ( MCMLXXXI) was a Common year starting on Thursday (link displays the 1981 Recycling involves processing used materials into new products in order to prevent the waste of potentially useful materials reduce the consumption of fresh raw materials reduce Today, more than 90% of Ontario households have access to recycling programs and annually they divert more than 650,000 tonnes of secondary resource materials. The blue box program has expanded in various forms throughout Canada and to countries around the world such as the United States, United Kingdom, France and Australia, serving more than 40 million households around the world. A Blue Box container is a rigid plastic container used to hold domestic Recyclable waste. The United States of America —commonly referred to as the The United Kingdom of Great Britain and Northern Ireland, commonly known as the United Kingdom, the UK or Britain,is a Sovereign state located This article is about the country For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic France topics. For a topic outline on this subject see List of basic Australia topics.

Economy

While Waterloo has benefited from the presence of two universities and a number of high tech companies, Kitchener has been a more blue-collar town. Downtown is a term primarily used in North America to refer to a city's core usually in a geographical commercial and community sense Waterloo is a City in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality The auto-parts manufacturer Budd Canada, now known as Kitchener Frame, continues to employ over 1500 workers. The Budd Company (now ThyssenKrupp Budd) is a metal fabricator and major supplier of body components to the Automobile industry The city is home to four municipal business parks: the Bridgeport Business Park, Grand River West Business Park, Huron Business Park and Lancaster Corporate Centre. The largest, the Huron Business Park, is home to a number of industries, from seat manufacturers to furniture components. A number of the old industrial companies of Kitchener have fallen on harder times: the Kaufmann shoe manufacturer has closed its factory and companies like Electrohome have ceased local production in favour of licensing or supply agreements with overseas makers. Electrohome is perhaps best known as one of Canada 's largest manufacturers of Television sets in its heyday between 1949 and 1984 and continues to be a popular brand Schneider Foods (a meat producer) has been bought out by Maple Leaf Consumer Foods, but continues operations in Kitchener. According to the 2006 Census, 24. 2% of the labour force is employed in the manufacturing sector.

Kitchener's downtown core, though improved in recent years, has experienced urban decay, thanks largely to the decline of industrial jobs in the city and the growth of its suburbs. Urban decay is a process by which a City, or a part of a city falls into a state of disrepair Things worsened when urban renewal plans in the 1960s cost the city its neo-classical city hall and did not achieve its goals of redevelopment. In the late 1990s, an arsonist began destroying abandoned and underused buildings in Kitchener's downtown, the issue of downtown renewal and cleanup of the adjoining Victoria Park neighbourhood came to the fore in municipal elections and has been the focus of city council for the past ten years. Achievements during this period include selling off a dying mall and converting it to office space for Manulife Financial, a major insurance firm, relocating a theatre downtown, converting the old Goudies department store to a Children's Museum, and converting vacant industrial space into residential units. Manulife Financial Corporation (,,) also known as The Manufacturers Life Insurance Company, is a major Canadian insurance company and Financial The Waterloo Regional Children's Museum in Kitchener Ontario, Canada opened to the public in September 2003 following eight years of planning and

The city now boasts a new city hall, which opened in September 1993. The City Hall of Kitchener Ontario, Canada, has gone through many iterations through the 20th century culminating in the current building opened in 1993 [7] Your Kitchener Market, the modern incarnation of its historic farmers market, opened in 2004. [8] Other projects include an assortment of lofts, utilizing old factories and other buildings. Various plans for 20 floor condo units have been put in place. And although Waterloo is home to many insurance companies, two universities, and high-tech industries, Kitchener is hoping to increase demand for office space by building office towers and inviting companies from around the golden triangle to move in.

The groundbreaking ceremony for the University of Waterloo school of pharmacy and downtown health sciences campus was officially held on March 15, 2006. The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW and Waterloo) is a comprehensive Public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario The building will be located on King Street near Victoria Street, across the street from the former Kaufmann shoe factory (now converted to lofts).

Economic and social impacts from the new health sciences campus that are expected to be felt locally include: the potential for more family doctors and other health professionals practicing in the city and region; significant economic benefits associated with an injection of as many as 1,200 students, faculty and staff to the downtown core each day and spin off business and industry that will diversify the economy and bring additional jobs to the area.

The redevelopment of the 'Centre Block' in downtown Kitchener has its vision set and is planned to start sometime in 2008. It will include a 12 story and an 18 story condominium, more retail spaces, the redevelopment of the Mayfair Hotel and a central courtyard.

Demographics

Ethnic origin	Population	Percent
Canadian	55,465	29. Country to "Dominion of Canada" or "Canadian Federation" or anything else please read the Talk Page 48%
German	47,380	25. The German people (Deutsche are an Ethnic group, in the sense of sharing a common German culture, descent and speaking the German language as 18%
Romanians	42,550	21. The Romanians (dated Rumanians or Roumanians; Romanian: români or historically and today rather seldom and only regional rumâni 18%
English	43,030	22. The English people (from the adjective in Englisc) are a Nation and Ethnic group native to England who predominantly speak English 87%
Irish	29,520	15. The Irish people ( Irish: Muintir na hÉireann, na hÉireannaigh, na Gaeil) are a Western European Ethnic group who originate 69%
Scottish	29,320	15. The Scots people ( Scots Gaelic: Albannaich) are a Nation and an Ethnic group indigenous to Scotland. 58%
French	17,620	9. Legal residents and citizens To be French according to the first article of the Constitution is to be a citizen of France regardless of one's origin race or religion ( 36%
Polish	10,515	5. The Polish people, or Poles, (Polacy) are a Western Slavic Ethnic group of Central Europe, living predominantly in Poland. 59%
Dutch	7,240	3. The Dutch people ( Dutch:) are the dominant Ethnic group of the Netherlands. 85%
Portuguese	5,350	2. The Portuguese people (os Portugueses literally the Portuguese) are the Ethnic group or Nation native to the country of Portugal, in the west 84%
Italian	4,670	2. The' Italian people' are a Southern European Ethnic group located primarily in Italy, Switzerland, France and by virtue of a wide-ranging 48%
Source: StatCan (includes multiple responses)[1]

At the time of the Canada 2006 Census, the population of Kitchener was 204,668. Statistics Canada (Statistique Canada is the Canadian federal government department commissioned with producing Statistics to help The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canadian population By gender, 49. 2% of the population was male and 50. 8% was female. Children under five accounted for approximately 6. 0% of the resident population of Kitchener, compared to 5. 5% in Ontario, and 5. 3% for Canada overall. Some 11. 7% of the resident population in Kitchener was of retirement age, a smaller proportion of the population compared to 13. 6% in Ontario, and 13. 7% in Canada. The median age was 37 years, younger than the 39 years for Ontario, and 40 years for Canada. In the five years between 2001 and 2006, the population of Kitchener grew by 7. 5%, higher than the growth rates for both Ontario (6. 6%) and Canada(5. 4%). Population density of Kitchener was 1,495 people per square kilometre.

According to the 2001 Census, approximately 10 percent of the population claimed to be members of a visible minority, and are primarily people of Asian (mostly Vietnamese and Lao: 2. Asian or Asiatic is a Demonym for people from Asia. However the use of the term varies by country and person often referring to people from a particular 73%), Black Caribbean: 1. Black is the Color of objects that do not emit or Reflect Light in any part of the Visible spectrum; they absorb all such frequencies of The Caribbean (ˌkærəˡbiən kæ'rəbiən Cariben|Caraïben or Caraïben; Caraïbe or more commonly Antilles; Caribe is a Region consisting 79%, including mixed race, Chinese, Arab and others. The terms multiracial and mixed-race describe people whose ancestries come from different races. Han Chinese ( are an Ethnic group native to China and by most modern definitions the largest single Ethnic group in the world.

Christianity continues to have the greatest number of adherents. Christianity ( Greek Χριστιανισμός from the word Xριστός ( Christ)is a monotheistic Religion centered on the life and teachings From the 2001 census, 78. 85% of the population adhered to various Christian denominations. Due to the higher concentrations of German Canadians, Protestantism has a greater percentage (41. The 2006 Canadian census put the number of Canadians of German ethnicity at 3179425 Protestantism refers to the forms of Christian faith and practice that originated in the 16th century Protestant Reformation. 32%), followed by Roman Catholic (32. 44%), while the remaining 5. 07% follow other Christian groups such as Eastern Orthodox, LDS, Jehovah's Witness, the New Church etc. The Eastern Orthodox Church is the second largest single Christian Communion in the world The Church of Jesus Christ of Latter-day Saints is the fourth largest Christian denomination in the United States and the largest and most well-known Jehovah's Witnesses is a restorationist, millenialist Christian denomination Swedenborgianism The New Church is the name for a religious movement described in the writings of Emanuel Swedenborg (1688-1772 [9] Minor religions include Islam: 2. For other meanings including people named 'Islam' see Islam (disambiguation. 24%, Hindu: 1. A Hindu ( Devanagari: हिन्दू is an adherent of the philosophies and scriptures of Hinduism, a set of religious, Philosophical 00%, and other including Judaism, Sikhism, and Buddhism. Judaism (from the Greek Ioudaïsmos, derived from the Hebrew יהודה Yehudah, " Judah " in Hebrew יַהֲדוּת Yahedut Sikhism ( IPA: or; ਸਿੱਖੀ sikkhī, IPA:) founded on the teachings of Nanak and nine successive gurus in fifteenth century Buddhism is a family of beliefs and practices

Government

Kitchener is governed by a council of six councillors, representing wards (or districts), and a mayor. The City Hall of Kitchener Ontario, Canada, has gone through many iterations through the 20th century culminating in the current building opened in 1993 In Australia, Canada, Ireland, New Zealand, the United Kingdom, and the United States, a ward is an Electoral district Council is responsible for policy and decision making, monitoring the operation and performance of the city, analyzing and approving budgets and determining spending priorities. The residents of each ward vote for one person to be their City Councillor; their voice and representative on City Council. Kitchener residents also elect four councillors at large to sit with the mayor on the council of the Regional Municipality of Waterloo. The next election is scheduled for 2010, and elections will be held every four years moving forward.

The current mayor of Kitchener is Carl Zehr, who was re-elected to his fourth term in November 2006, after first being elected in 1997 and then re-elected in 2000 and 2003. Carl Zehr (born 1945 is the mayor of Kitchener Ontario. He has held the position since 1997 after serving as a city councillor from 1985 to 1994 Before that, he sat as a municipal councillor from 1985-1994. See Kitchener City Council for a complete list of councillors. Kitchener City Council is the governing body for the city of Kitchener Ontario.

In 1976, residents of Kitchener voted almost 2:1 in favour of a ward system. The first municipal election held under the ward system occurred in 1978. The city is currently undergoing a ward boundary review. A consultant is studying boundaries for a 10 ward system for the 2010 municipal election which means that there will potentially be 4 additional councillors/wards depending on his recommendations. [10]

The current Member of Provincial Parliament (MPP) for Kitchener Centre is John Milloy. John Christopher Milloy (born June 29, 1965 in Kitchener Ontario) is a Politician in Ontario Canada. Other MPPs include Leeanna Pendergast (Kitchener-Conestoga) and Elizabeth Witmer (Kitchener-Waterloo) who both represent small portions of the city in addition to adjacent areas. Leeanna Pendergast is a Canadian politician She was elected to the Legislative Assembly of Ontario in the 2007 provincial election, representing the Elizabeth Witmer (born October 16, 1946 in Schiedam, The Netherlands) is a politician in Ontario, Canada. The federal and provincial electoral boundaries are now aligned and the federal Members of Parliament (MPs) as follows: Karen Redman (Kitchener Centre), Harold Albrecht (Kitchener-Conestoga) and Andrew Telegdi (Kitchener-Waterloo). Karen Redman, LIB (born Karen Longo January 8, 1953, in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian Politician. Harold Glenn Albrecht (born October 15, 1949 in Kitchener Ontario) is a Member of Parliament (MP for the Conservative Party of Canada Andrew Telegdi, PC, MP (born May 28, 1946 in Budapest, Hungary) is a Liberal Member of Parliament

Education

Kitchener has several public high schools, with Kitchener Collegiate Institute being the oldest, founded in 1855. Kitchener-Waterloo Collegiate and Vocational School, sometimes shortened to Kitchener Collegiate Institute and often abbreviated KCI, is a public Secondary In the 1950s and 1960s several new schools were constructed including Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute in the Downtown core in 1967, Eastwood Collegiate Institute in the southern part of the city in 1956, Grand River Collegiate Institute in the southern Chicopee Area in 1966, and Forest Heights Collegiate Institute in the western part of the city in 1964. Eastwood Collegiate Institute is a public High school located at 760 Weber Street East in Kitchener Ontario, Canada. Grand River Collegiate Institute is a public secondary school in Kitchener Ontario. Forest Heights Collegiate Institute is a High school located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. In 2006, Huron Heights Secondary School opened in southwest Kitchener, which opened with a limited enrollment which included only 9th and 10th grade students, and has expanded to 11th grade and will also include 12th grade in the 2008-2009 school year. Huron Heights Secondary School is the newest High school in Kitchener Ontario, Canada.

The Doon neighbourhood, formerly a separate village but now part of Kitchener, is home to the primary campus of Conestoga College, one of the foremost non-university educational institutions in the province. The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a public college based in Kitchener Ontario in Canada. The Conestoga College Institute of Technology and Advanced Learning is a public college based in Kitchener Ontario in Canada.

For nine consecutive years, Conestoga has earned top overall ranking among Ontario colleges on the Key Performance Indicator (KPI) surveys, which measures graduate employment rates and satisfaction levels, and employer and student satisfaction. It is one of only seven Polytechnical Institutes in Canada. [11]

The former St. Jerome's High School in downtown Kitchener currently houses the Lyle S. Hallman Faculty of Social Work from Wilfrid Laurier University. Wilfrid Laurier University is a University located in Waterloo Ontario, Canada. It opened at this location in 2006, bringing 300 faculty, staff and students to downtown Kitchener. [12]

The University of Waterloo is proceeding with opening a School of Pharmacy in the downtown area. The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW and Waterloo) is a comprehensive Public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario The City of Kitchener has contributed $30 million from its $110 million Economic Development Investment Fund, established in 2004, to the establishment of the UW Downtown Kitchener School of Pharmacy. Construction began in 2006, and the pharmacy program was launched in January 2008 with 92 students. It is operating out of a temporary location pending the completion of construction on the downtown campus. [13]

The school is expected to graduate about 120 pharmacists annually and will become the home of the Centre for Family Medicine, where new family physicians will be trained, as well as an optometry clinic and the International Pharmacy Graduate Program. Construction on the $147 million facility is slated to be complete in the fall of 2008.

The provincial government has also announced that the University of Waterloo's (UW) Downtown Kitchener Health Sciences Campus will be the site of a new satellite campus of McMaster University's School of Medicine. McMaster redirects here for others see McMaster (disambiguation. The Michael G. DeGroote School of Medicine is expected to train 15 doctors a year, primarily through distance learning. [14]

The training of medical professionals in downtown Kitchener include developments such as:

• In 2007, the UW School of Pharmacy will begin admitting 120 pharmaceutical students each year.
• Eventually, the UW School of Pharmacy campus will evolve to become the UW Downtown Kitchener Health Sciences Campus, offering more programs and bringing hundreds of faculty, staff and students to the downtown core
• There are plans for an Integrated Primary Health Care Centre on the UW site that will provide as many as 12 more family physicians locally, as well as training for many more medical doctors.
• The Centre for Family Medicine, which is already up and running in the former Victoria School Centre in downtown Kitchener, is slated to move to the UW campus sometime after it opens. Currently, there are six practicing family physicians in the centre and plans are to boost that number to as many as 14 family physicians.
• New physicians trained either at the new Integrated Primary Health Care Centre or the Centre for Family Medicine will learn in and create holistic health care models of the future.
• In September 2006, the Wilfrid Laurier Faculty of Social Work opened in the former St. Jerome's High School building on Duke Street adding yet another dimension to the "health care" theme in downtown Kitchener.

Health care in Kitchener

Kitchener-Waterloo is served by three hospitals, Grand River Hospital (which is a system of two hospitals), St. Mary's General Hospital, and Cambridge Memorial. Kitchener-Waterloo ( K-W) is an unofficial but ubiquitous name for the area in Ontario, Canada, consisting of the Twin cities of Kitchener Grand River Hospital is a 495-bed hospital serving Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada and surrounding communities primarily through the K-W Health St Mary's General Hospital is a 191-bed adult acute-care facility in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada serving Waterloo Region and surrounding area Grand River treats patients with a wide range of problems and houses the psychiatric unit, trauma centre, women's and children's services, and the Regional Cancer Care Centre. St Mary's houses the Regional Cardiac Care Centre, serving a population of nearly one million from Waterloo Region, east to Guelph, north to Owen Sound/Tobermory, south to Lake Erie, and west to Ingersoll. Tobermory is a small community located at the northern tip of the Bruce Peninsula in the municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, Ontario Canada. Lake Erie (ˈɪəriː is the fourth largest Lake (by surface area of the five Great Lakes, and the tenth largest globally Ingersoll (2006 population 11760 is a Town in Oxford County on the Thames River in southwestern Ontario It also houses a respiratory centre. Both hospitals have emergency departments and intensive care units. Cambridge Memorial is a general hospital, treating primarily patients from Cambridge and south Kitchener.

Long term rehabilitation and physiotherapy is addressed at the Freeport Health Centre, at the south of the city. Grand River Hospital is a 495-bed hospital serving Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada and surrounding communities primarily through the K-W Health Built originally as a tuberculosis sanatorium and home for the terminally ill,^[2] its last link with that past is the palliative care unit. It nestles along the banks of the Grand River, and is part of Grand River Hospital.

Family doctors are in short supply in K-W, and a source of great concern among residents. The Chamber of Commerce runs a waiting list for people looking for a doctor, but as of 2006 the wait is over two years. Two urgent care centres cater for much of the routine services for thousands of people without a family doctor, from routine immunisations and health screening, to repeat prescriptions and referral on to specialist services. A third urgent care centre is being added to a renovated supermarket development in the desirable Forest Heights area of the city.

Announced January 2006 was the inauguration of a new School of Medicine attached to the University of Waterloo. The University of Waterloo (also referred to as UW and Waterloo) is a comprehensive Public university in the city of Waterloo, Ontario From 2007, 15 new family doctors will be trained each year in new premises being constructed in the downtown core on rehabilitated industrial lands along the railway.

In 2009, the mental health unit is slated for relocation from the downtown core to an unused floor at the Freeport site. By this, patients needing mental health care shall gain options for local long term care and monitoring. The current site for the unit is in the basement of the downtown hospital in an area in dire need of renovations and the absence of options for local long-term mental care forces the transfer of such patients to neighbouring London, Ontario. London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457720 the city proper

After renovations, the Child and Adolescent Inpatient Program will be moved from a small 9-bed wing to the downstairs in place of the current adult mental health unit. Once moved in 2009, upwards of 26 beds shall be available to this program.

Culture

Kitchener's cultural highlights include CAFKA, The Open Ears Festival, Multicultural Festival, and Blues, Brews & Barbecues, all of which are free to the public. The Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA is a Non-profit organization that holds a biennial international arts festival in the Waterloo Region Kitchener is also home to venues such as Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, The Centre in the Square, and Theatre & Company. Live music by popular artists can be heard at venues such as the Centre in the Square and The Aud. The Kitchener Public Library is another community stalwart. The Kitchener Public Library ( KPL) is the Public library system for the city of Kitchener Ontario, Canada.

Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest

Main article: Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest

Kitchener-Waterloo's Oktoberfest celebration is an annual nine-day event. Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest is an annual nine-day Festival in the Twin cities of Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario The Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September (and running to early October Based on the original German Oktoberfest, it is billed as Canada's Greatest Bavarian Festival. Germany, officially the Federal Republic of Germany ( ˈbʊndəsʁepuˌbliːk ˈdɔʏtʃlant is a Country in Central Europe. The Oktoberfest is a sixteen-day festival held each year in Munich, Bavaria, Germany during late September (and running to early October Bavaria ( German:, with an area of 70553 Km² (27241 square miles and almost 12 It is held every October, starting on the Friday before Canadian Thanksgiving and running until the Saturday after. Thanksgiving, or Thanksgiving Day, is a traditional North American Holiday, which is a form of harvest festival.

While its best-known draws are the beer-based celebrations, other family and cultural events also fill the week. Beer is the world's oldest and most widely consumed Alcoholic beverage and the third most popular drink overall after water and tea The best-known is the Oktoberfest Thanksgiving Day Parade held on Thanksgiving Day; as it is the only major parade on Canadian Thanksgiving, it is televised nationally. A parade (also called march or marchpast) is a procession of people usually organized along a street often in Costume, and often accompanied by Fire Television ( TV) is a widely used Telecommunication medium for sending ( Broadcasting) and receiving moving Images, either monochromatic

Another icon of the festival is Miss Oktoberfest. This position was formerly selected in a televised beauty pageant, the applicant coming from across North America. The position is now selected by a closed committee of judges from a panel of local applicants; community involvement and personal character form the main criteria under the new system. A ribald spin-off of the Miss Oktoberfest pageant is celebrated in some local high schools, in which all participants are male, but dressed as women.

CAFKA

Main article: Cafka

The Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA) is a non-profit organization that holds a biennial international arts festival in downtown Kitchener. The Contemporary Art Forum Kitchener and Area (CAFKA is a Non-profit organization that holds a biennial international arts festival in the Waterloo Region It brings cutting-edge works out of art galleries, studios and artist-run centres and places them in public spaces. Art installations have traditionally been located in and around Kitchener City Hall, and many remain in place throughout the downtown today. CAFKA events are always free of charge to the public.

City parks and trails

Kitchener's oldest and most important outdoor park is Victoria Park, in the heart of downtown Kitchener. Downtown is a term primarily used in North America to refer to a city's core usually in a geographical commercial and community sense Numerous events and festivities are held in this park.

A cast-bronze statue of Queen Victoria is located in Victoria Park, along with a cannon. Victoria (Alexandrina Victoria 24 May 1819 – 22 January 1901 was from 20 June 1837 the Queen of the United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland The statue was unveiled in May 1911, on Victoria Day (the Queen's birthday) in the tenth year after her death. The Princess of Wales Chapter of the IODE raised the $6,000 needed for the monument. The Imperial Order of the Daughters of the Empire (IODE is a Canadian women's charitable organization ^[3]

The city has announced the construction of a new Gaukel Street entrance to Victoria Park. Gaukel Street is to be used as a corridor linking Victoria Park to City Hall. The City Hall of Kitchener Ontario, Canada, has gone through many iterations through the 20th century culminating in the current building opened in 1993 The new entrance will include a complete streetscape upgrade on Gaukel Street with new lighting, stamped concrete, and other features. The new entrance to the park itself will include stone masonry gates, walkways, new lighting, flower gardens, a pond complete with waterfalls, and a sculpture created by artist Ernest Daetwyler.

Another significant beauty spot in the city is Rockway Gardens. Adjacent to the Rockway golf course, the gardens occupy a long narrow strip of land alongside King Street as it rushes down to meet the Conestoga Parkway and become Highway 8. Here there are many fountains and rock grottoes. It is a popular site for wedding photos in the summer months.

Kitchener has an extensive and safe community trail system. The trails, which are controlled and run by the city, are hundreds of kilometres in length. Due to Kitchener's close proximity to the Grand River, several community trails and paths border the river's shores. For other rivers of the same name please see Grand River. The Grand River is a large This convenient access to the Grand River has drawn nature-seeking tourists to the city.

However, Kitchener's trails and especially natural areas remain underfunded by city council and as a result, many are not adequately maintained. ^[4]

Transport

Highways and expressways

Kitchener was very proactive and visionary about its transportation network in the 1960s, with the province undertaking at that time construction of the Conestoga Parkway from the western boundary (just past Homer Watson Boulevard) across the south side of the city and looping north along the Grand River to Northfield Drive in Waterloo. The Conestoga Parkway is a Freeway in Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada. Subsequent upgrades took the Conestoga west beyond Trussler Road and north towards St Jacobs, with eight lanes through its middle stretch, and it is busy at all hours. The community of St Jacobs is located in southwest Ontario, just north of Waterloo in Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region.

The Conestoga Parkway bears the provincial highway designations of Highways 7 and 8. Highway 7 is a provincially maintained highway in the province of Ontario, Canada. Highway 8 is a King's Highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. King Street becomes Hwy 8 where it meets the Conestoga in the south and leads down to the 401, but Old King Street survives as the street-route through Freeport to the Preston area of Cambridge. Cambridge ( 2006 population 124371 is a city located on the Grand River and Speed River Up until construction of the Conestoga, Highland Road through Baden had been the primary highway to Stratford. Baden is a community in the Township of Wilmot, Ontario, Canada. Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada with Victoria Street was then and remains the primary highway to Guelph but this is slated to be bypassed with an entirely new highway beginning at the Wellington Street exit and running roughly north of and parallel to the old route.

There are two interchanges with Highway 401 on Kitchener's southern border. In addition to the primary link where Hwy 8 merges into the Hwy 401, there is another interchange on the west side with Homer Watson Boulevard.

In order to reduce the congestion on Highway 8, a new interchange has been proposed on Highway 401 at Trussler Road, which would serve the rapidly growing west side of Kitchener. Although this proposal is supported by the Region of Waterloo, the MTO has no plans to date to proceed with an interchange at Trussler Road.

City streets

Unlike many southern Ontario cities whose streets follow a strict British grid survey pattern, Kitchener's streets are laid out in a complex radial pattern on the Continental models most familiar to the German settlers.

There is good historical reason for this. Kitchener was one of the few places in Ontario where the settlers arrived in advance of government surveyors. The Mennonites who had banded together as the German Company to purchase the township from Richard Beasley simply divided their vast parcel of land by the number of shareholder households and then drew random lots to confer title on individual farms. There was no grid survey done -- no lines, no concessions, no right-of-way corridors for roads. When it came time to punch roads through the wilderness, the farmers modelled the road network on what was familiar to them, which was the pattern of villages in Switzerland and southern Germany.

This is a Continental Radial pattern and the result was major streets extended through diagonals cutting across the grid of smaller streets and converging at multiple-point intersections which, as the communities became more prosperous and if the automobile had not displaced the horse, might someday have become roundabouts decorated with circular gardens, fountains or statuary in the style of European cities. A roundabout is a type of Road junction at which Traffic enters a one-way stream around a central island Five-point intersections created by converging diagonals are legion in the older areas.

The plan to extend River Road through an area known as Hidden Valley has been sharply controversial for forty years, [15] but the pressure of traffic and the absence of any other full east-west arterials between Fairway Road and the Highway 401 is forcing this development ahead.

In 2004, roundabouts were introduced to the Region of Waterloo. A roundabout is a type of Road junction at which Traffic enters a one-way stream around a central island [16] Besides improving traffic flow, it will help the region lower pollution from emissions. In 2006, two were installed along Ira Needles Boulevard in Kitchener. As of May 2007 another two will also be placed on that street, and three more are planned through 2007 into 2008 on Fischer Hallman Road. Roundabouts are ideal for intersections in this area because of the aforementioned historical growth along Continental radial patterns versus the British grid systems.

Most streets that cross the municipal boundary between Kitchener and Waterloo retain the same street name in both cities. Waterloo is a City in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality However, several streets which are divided into east and west sections in Kitchener shift to a north-south division in Waterloo. This primarily affects Weber and King Streets and Westmount Road. Weber Street (ˈwibɚ or Waterloo Regional Road 8 is a major roadway in Kitchener-Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. Waterloo Regional Road 15, or King Street is the major north-south arterial road in Kitchener Ontario, as well as Waterloo Ontario. Although these roads do not actually change their primary directional alignment, the shift in labelling minimizes the confusion that would result from having separate west and east segments of the same street existing simultaneously in both cities.

Public transport

Since 2000, public transport throughout the Region of Waterloo has been provided by Grand River Transit, which was created by a merger of the former Cambridge Transit and Kitchener Transit. Grand River Transit, or GRT, is the Public transport operator for the Region of Waterloo, Ontario, Canada. GRT operate a number of bus routes in Kitchener, with many running into Waterloo and two connecting to Cambridge. Waterloo is a City in Ontario, Canada. It is the smallest of the three cities in the Regional Municipality Cambridge ( 2006 population 124371 is a city located on the Grand River and Speed River In September 2005, GRT added an express bus route called iXpress from downtown Cambridge through Kitchener to north Waterloo. Bus rapid transit ( BRT) is a broad term given to a variety of transportation systems that through improvements to infrastructure vehicles and scheduling attempt to use [17]

Recently, proposals have been put forth regarding a rapid transit system serving the downtown cores of all three cities. There is an ongoing proposal for the introduction of a rapid transit service in the Region of Waterloo in Ontario as an enhancement to Grand River Transit. An Environmental Assessment is being conducted by the Region. The current phase (2) of the EA is looking at options for technology, route, and station locations for the Region. Numerous Public Consultation Centres have been held where the public is encouraged to give feedback on the Rapid Transit Initiative.

Railways

Passenger rail service has long been a point of frustration for residents of Kitchener and its neighbouring cities. The problem appears to stem from the way in which rail links were laid out in this part of Ontario and how use of these links is rationed. Two main lines come westward out of Toronto and then meet up again in London. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario London is a city in Southwestern Ontario, Canada along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor with a metropolitan area population of 457720 the city proper The northern line passes through Guelph, Kitchener and Stratford to London before continuing to the US border at Sarnia. Stratford is a city on the Avon River in Perth County in Southwestern Ontario, Canada with Sarnia is a City in Southwestern Ontario, Canada (city population 71419 census area population The southern line goes along the heavily-populated lakeshore to Oakville, then Brantford, then Woodstock, then through London on a more southerly route to the US border at Windsor. Oakville ( 2006 population 165613, was auctioned off to William Chisholm in 1827 Brantford is a city located on the Grand River in south-western Ontario, Canada. Woodstock (2006 population 35480 is a City and the county seat of Oxford County in southwestern Ontario Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. This southern line is designated the primary passenger corridor, while the northern line through Kitchener is designated the primary freight corridor. Consequently, Kitchener, with a regional population base equal to London and situated much closer to metropolitan Toronto, gets less than one third the frequency of passenger rail service.

Passenger service is provided by VIA Rail. VIA Rail Canada (also referred to as VIA Rail and VIA; ˈviːə 'vee-ah' is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail Three trains in each direction travelling between Sarnia and Toronto stop at the Kitchener railway station daily. Toronto (təˈrɒntoʊ colloquially pronounced or) is the largest city in Canada and is the provincial capital of Ontario Kitchener station is a railway station in Kitchener Ontario. It is located slightly to the northeast of downtown Kitchener at 126 Weber Street West near the corner The station is slightly to the northeast of the city's downtown on Weber Street near its intersection with Victoria Street.

GO Transit does not serve Kitchener; the nearest Go Train station to Kitchener is Milton station. GO Transit is the interregional public transit system serving the Conurbation in Ontario, Canada referred to by Metrolinx as the Milton GO Station is the western terminus of GO Transit 's Milton line in the Greater Toronto Area, Ontario, Canada. City councillors and public petitions have called for the extension of GO Train service to the Region of Waterloo, but at present GO is studying if it will go beyond already-announced bus links.

Freight trains in Kitchener are operated by the Goderich-Exeter Railway and the Canadian Pacific Railway. The Goderich-Exeter Railway is a Short line freight railway that operates over of track in Southern Ontario. The Canadian Pacific Railway ( These railways serve several customers (including ThyssenKrupp Budd), many of which are located in industrial parks in southern Kitchener. The Budd Company (now ThyssenKrupp Budd) is a metal fabricator and major supplier of body components to the Automobile industry

Air

The closest airport to Kitchener is the Region of Waterloo International Airport in nearby Breslau, but while it is a thriving general-aviation field, it is not heavily-served by scheduled airlines. Region of Waterloo International Airport or Kitchener/Waterloo Regional Airport is situated near Breslau, in Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region General aviation (abbr GA) is one of two categories of Civil aviation. Most air travellers use either Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport or Hamilton's John C. Munro International Airport. Lester B Pearson International Airport is a major International airport serving Toronto, Ontario, Canada, situated 27 kilometres (17 mi northwest Hamilton (ˈhæməltən ( 2006 population 504559 UA population 647634 CMA population John C Munro Hamilton International Airport or Hamilton International,, is an International airport in Hamilton, Ontario, Canada Although there are no permanent public transport links from Kitchener to any of these airports, Northwest Airlines has three flights daily to Detroit's Wayne County Metropolitan Airport and Westjet to Calgary respectively. Northwest Airlines Inc (often abbreviated NWA) is the principal subsidiary WestJet Airlines Ltd ( is a Canadian Low-cost carrier based in Calgary Alberta, that flies to most major cities in Canada and serves destinations Mesaba Airlines, using Saab 340 twin prop aircraft, is the regional carrier affiliated with Northwest and operates under the name Northwest Airlink. Mesaba Airlines is an American regional Airline based in Eagan Minnesota. WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft. Please see WikipediaWikiProject Aircraft/page content for recommended layout Westjet uses their 737-700 aircraft from their Calgary hub. They started service out of Waterloo International Airport on May 14 2007 for the summer season and then decided they will fly year-round due to strong passenger demand. Region of Waterloo International Airport or Kitchener/Waterloo Regional Airport is situated near Breslau, in Woolwich Township, Waterloo Region Bearskin Airlines started offering service in the fall of 2007 with three flights daily between Kitchener and Ottawa using a Fairchild Turboprop aircraft. Strong demand has resulted in Bearskin Airlines adding a fourth flight on Fridays. During the winter vacation period Dec. 2005 to March 2006, Sunquest Vacations and Signature Vacations started flights to Mexico and the Dominican Republic, using Airbus A320 Aircraft. Both Signature and Sunquest have returned for the 06-07 and 07-08 winter seasons. Recent upgrades to the runways and terminal building are permitting larger aircraft to use this airport. Air Canada has been in talks with the Region with an eye on starting flights to Montreal. Air Canada () is Canada 's largest Airline and Flag carrier. The airline founded in 1937 has had its corporate headquarters in Montreal

Media

Main article: Media in Waterloo Region

Neighbourhoods

Districts within KITCHENER
Westmount		Bridgeport East, Bridgeport North
Beechwood Forest, Forest Heights, Forest Hill, Victoria Hills	N W DOWNTOWN E S	Heritage Park, Rosemount, Grand River North
Country Hills West, Glencairn, Huron Park, Laurentian Hills, Laurentian West, Williamsburg	Centreville, Rockway, Alpine Village, Country Hills, Doon, Pioneer Park, Pioneer Tower West	Chicopee, Idlewood, Lackner Woods, Stanley Park

Officially there are 6 wards, and 53 planning communities or neighbourhoods. This is a list of media in Waterloo Region ( Kitchener-Waterloo) Ontario. [18] There are also 30 neighbouhood associations recognized by the City. [19] At the next City council elections, (2010) there will be ten wards, as recently voted at council, in order to better represent the residents of Kitchener. Boundaries are yet to be finalized.

Each of the larger main neighbourhoods has its own mall named after the area. Two notable examples are Stanley Park Mall, and Fairview Park Mall, the latter of which has just completed a $33,500,000 upgrade. New features will include three to five additional stores, a larger food court, improved washrooms, new lighting, security cameras, ceilings and an upgraded dock/receiving area.

Real estate

Kitchener-Waterloo has an exceptionally strong real estate market. Housing prices have been rising steadily, and a report released by Re/Max in 2006 predicts that 2007 will see a modest 5% gain in home prices for the Kitchener-Waterloo area. It is expected that Kitchener-Waterloo will lead the country in sales growth for 2008 at 7% [20][21], while also seeing the average house increase in value by 5-13% in 2008. [22][23] Real estate in the Hidden Valley area is the most expensive in Kitchener.

Sports teams and leagues

• Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League who play at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
• Kitchener Panthers of the Intercounty Baseball League who play at Jack Couch Park
• Kitchener Dutchmen of the Ontario Hockey Association who play at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
• KW Braves Jr. A Lacrosse of the Ontario Lacrosse Association who play at the Waterloo Rec Centre. The Kitchener Rangers are a Junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League that have called Kitchener Ontario, Canada their home since The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex is a multi-use Sports facility in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The Kitchener Panthers are an independent, Minor league baseball team of the Semi-pro, Intercounty Baseball League based in Kitchener The Intercounty Baseball League ( IBL) is an Amateur, semi-professional baseball organization located in the Canadian province of Ontario The Ontario Hockey Association is the governing body for the majority of Junior and Senior level Ice hockey teams in the Province of Ontario. Ontario Lacrosse Association ( OLA) is a sanctioned sports body in Ontario, Canada.
• KDSL official web site Kitchener and District Soccer League, a semi-pro men's soccer league with teams from Kitchener and other surrounding cities
• Kitchener Fastball League contains 12 teams and plays at Budd Park
• Kitchener Minor Hockey Association (KMHA) which helps thousands of children play recreational and house league hockey
• Dutch Boy Drum and Bugle Corps division III Drum and Bugle Corps
• Tri-City Titans of the NAFL who play at the Centennial Stadium, which is also part of the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
• Tri-City Outlaws of the NFC - Northern Football Conference who play at Rogers Field in Cambridge are made up of players from Kitchener, Waterloo, Cambridge, and Guelph

Notable Kitchener Natives and Residents

• Raffi Armenian, conductor, Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
• Don Awrey, Team Canada 1972 player
• Brian Barlow, Comedian
• Don Beaupre, retired NHL ice hockey player
• Todd Bertuzzi, NHL ice hockey player, though a native of Sudbury, Ontario, lives in Kitchener
• Louis Orville Breithaupt, 18th Lieutenant-Governor of Ontario (1952–1957)
• Mel Brown, blues musician
• Christopher Chalmers, freestyle swimmer
• Lindsay Cline, Physicist
• John Robert Colombo, writer
• Gary Cowan, golfer
• Woodrow Wilson Clarence "Woody" Dumart, played forward for the Boston Bruins. Kitchener and District Soccer League is a semi-pro Canadian men's football ( soccer) league The Tri-City Titans are a men's semi-professional American football team located in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. The North American Soccer League is sometimes mistakenly called the North American Football League NAFL redirects here for the Northern Irish soccer league The Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex is a multi-use Sports facility in Kitchener, Ontario, Canada. Raffi Armenian (born June 4, 1942) is an Armenian - Canadian conductor pianist composer and teacher The Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony is a Canadian Orchestra based in the twin cities of Kitchener and Waterloo, Ontario. Don Awrey (born July 18 1943 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a former professional hockey player who played 979 career NHL games with Brian Barlow is a Canadian Comedian and Actor, originally from Kitchener Ontario, Canada but currently living in Toronto. Donald William Beaupre (born September 19, 1961 in Waterloo, Ontario, Canada) is a former professional Ice hockey Goaltender The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Todd Bertuzzi (born 2 February, 1975 in Sudbury, Ontario) is a Canadian professional Ice hockey player for the Calgary The National Hockey League ( NHL) is a professional Ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team Sport played on Ice. Greater Sudbury (2006 Census population 157857 is a city in Northern Ontario, Canada. Louis Orville Breithaupt ( October 28, 1890 - December 12, 1960) served as the 18th Lieutenant Governor of Ontario, The Lieutenant Governor of Ontario is the vice-regal representative of the Queen of Canada in the province of Ontario. Mel Brown (born October 7 1939, Jackson, Mississippi) is an American Blues Guitarist. Christopher Chalmers (born November 8, 1967 in Kitchener Ontario) is a former international freestyle Swimmer from Canada John Robert Colombo (b March 24, 1936, Kitchener Ontario) is a Canadian poet anthologist editor essayist and humorist the author of innumerable Gary Cowan (born 28 October 1938) is a Canadian Golfer who has achieved outstanding results at the highest class in Amateur competition Woodrow Wilson Clarence "Woody" Dumart ( December 23, 1916 in Kitchener Ontario - October 19, 2001 in Boston The Boston Bruins are a professional Ice hockey team based in Boston Massachusetts. Born in Kitchener. He was inducted into the Hockey Hall of Fame in 1992. The Hockey Hall of Fame ( Temple de la renommée du hockey in French) is located in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. (1946-2001)
• David Edgar (footballer), Newcastle United FC, Soccer. David Edward Edgar (ˈdeɪvɨd ˈɛdwərd ˈɛdɡər — born May 19, 1987 in Kitchener, Ontario) is a Canadian football Newcastle United Football Club (also known as The Magpies or The Toon) is an English football club based in Newcastle upon Association football, more commonly known as football or soccer, is a Team sport played between two teams of eleven players and is widely considered Canadian Under-19 international who currently plays in the FA Premier League
• Wayne Erdman, judoka
• Grandmaster Pan, famous kung-fu master
• Helix, a popular heavy metal band
• Jill Hennessy, actress, Law & Order (1993-1996), Crossing Jordan
• William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's tenth, and longest serving, prime minister
• Lennox Lewis, retired boxer, grew up in Kitchener and owns a house in the city. The Premier League, colloquially referred to as the Premiership, is an English professional league for football clubs Wayne Erdman (born February 3, 1952 in Kitchener Ontario) is a retired competitive Judoka from Canada, who represented his native Pan Qingfu, also known as Grandmaster Pan, is a Chinese Martial artist and one of the greatest living Kung fu masters in the world Helix are a Canadian heavy metal band that formed in 1974 and are best known for their 1984 single "Rock You" Jillian Noel Hennessy (born November 25, 1968) is a Canadian actress, known for her Television roles on Law & Order Law & Order is an American Police procedural and Legal drama television series created by Dick Wolf. Crossing Jordan is an American television crime/drama series that aired on NBC from September 24 2001 to May 16 William Lyon Mackenzie King PC OM CMG ( December 17, 1874 – July 22, 1950) was a Canadian Lennox Claudius Lewis CM, CBE (born September 2 1965) is a retired British/ Canadian professional boxer.
• Michael Kraus, minister and entrepreneur
• Ross Macdonald, pseudonym for Kenneth Millar, author, mystery writer, creator of Lew Archer
• Peter Mackie, former professional soccer player
• Paul MacLeod, singer/songwriter
• Scott Manning, stunt pilot and former professional Canadian football player
• Lois Maxwell, actress, born in Kitchener in 1927. For the American soccer player see Michael Kraus. Michael Kraus (March 26 1908 - November 16 2003 was a Canadian Entrepreneur and minister Ross Macdonald is the Pseudonym of the American - Canadian Writer of Crime fiction Kenneth Millar ( December 13 Ross Macdonald is the Pseudonym of the American - Canadian Writer of Crime fiction Kenneth Millar ( December 13 Lew Archer is a Fictional character created by Ross Macdonald. Peter Mackie may be Sir Peter Jeffrey Mackie (1855&ndash1924 Scottish whisky distiller Peter Mackie (soccer player (born 1965 Scottish-born Paul MacLeod is a singer-songwriter from Waterloo Ontario, Canada This page is on the Canadian aerobatic aviator For the former indoor soccer player see Scott Manning (soccer. Lois Maxwell ( 14 February 1927 &ndash 29 September 2007) was a Canadian Actress, known for originating the role of She played "Miss Moneypenny" in 14 James Bond films. She died on September 29, 2007.
• Messenjah, reggae band
• Danny Michel, musician
• James G. Mitchell, computer scientist
• Margaret Millar, author, mystery writer, wife of Ross Macdonald
• David Morrell, award winning author, creator of Rambo
• Moe Norman, golfer
• Carl Arthur Pollock, industrialist, Electrohome Ltd
• Jeremy Ratchford, actor, Cold Case
• Karen Redman, Liberal member of the Canadian House of Commons (represents Kitchener Centre)
• Paul Reinhart, retired NHL ice hockey player
• Jason Reso, professional wrestler (competes in TNA under the name "Christian Cage")
• Frank J. Selke, NHL manager
• Milt Schmidt, NHL ice hockey player, who with Woody Dumart and Bobby Bauer comprised the Boston Bruins Kraut line
• Mike Shannon, Techno dj/producer
• Dave Sim, creator of the comic book Cerebus the Aardvark
• Darryl Sittler, retired NHL ice hockey player
• Edna Staebler, author, Order of Canada
• Scott Stevens, retired NHL ice hockey player
• Fitzroy Vanderpool, former WBC & WBA boxing champion
• Judy Wasylycia-Leis, NDP member of the Canadian House of Commons (represents Winnipeg North)
• Homer Watson, landscape artist
• Mike West, backstroke swimmer
• Dawud Wharnsby Ali, singer-songwriter, poet, performer and television personality
• Walter P. Zeller, the founder of Canada's largest discount department store chain, Zellers, was born near the city
• Dennis Wideman, NHL Defenseman

Location from Kitchener

Destinations from KITCHENER
Wellesley	Waterloo, Woolwich via Conestoga Parkway	Woolwich, Elora, Fergus
Wilmot, Stratford via Conestoga Parkway	N W E S	Woolwich, Guelph via Highway 7
Woodstock via Highway 401	North Dumfries, Paris	Cambridge via Highway 8

References

See also

• Berlin to Kitchener name change
• Kitchener City Hall
• CKCO-TV

External links

• City of Kitchener
• Kitchener Community Profile
• The Record Newspaper (Serving Waterloo Region)
• Grand River Transit (serving Waterloo, Kitchener and Cambridge)
• Kitchener-Waterloo Oktoberfest
• Centre in the Square
• Satellite image courtesy of Google Maps

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