Kitchener, Ontario

Kitchener
Kitchener
City (lower-tier)
	City of Kitchener
	Downtown Kitchener skyline Victoria Park Oktoberfest Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex TheMuseum From top, left to right: Downtown Kitchener, Benton and Frederick Streets, Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex, Oktoberfest, and Victoria Park
	Flag Seal Coat of arms Logo
	Motto: Ex industria prosperitas (Latin: Prosperity through industry)
	Interactive map of Kitchener
	Kitchener Location within Canada Kitchener Location within Southern Ontario Kitchener Location within Regional Municipality of Waterloo
	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
• MPs	Matt Strauss (C); Tim Louis (L); Kelly DeRidder (C)
• MPPs	Mike Harris (PC); Jess Dixon (PC); Aislinn Clancy (GPO)
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 (2021)
• City (lower-tier)	256,885
• Density	1,877.7/km2 (4,863.2/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	N2A to N2H, N2M to N2R
Area codes	519, 226, 548, and 382
GNBC Code	FEBWC
GDP (Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo CMA)	CA$32.89 billion (2020)
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, 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.