Kitchener, Ontario

The City of Kitchener, in southwestern Ontario, Canada, has a population of 190,399 (2001 census). The metropolitan area, which includes the two neighbouring cities of Waterloo and Cambridge, has 414,284 people, making it the eleventh largest in Canada by population. http://www12.statcan.ca/english/census01/products/standard/popdwell/Table-CMA-C.cfm?CMA=541&T=2&SR=1&S=1&O=A 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. Kitchener and Waterloo are often referred to jointly as "the twin cities" or "K-W" (Kitchener-Waterloo), although they have separate municipal governments.

Demographics

According to the mid-2001 census, the population estimates there were 414,284 people residing in metro Kitchener, located in the province of Ontario, of whom 49.2 per cent were male and 50.8 per cent were female. Children under five accounted for approximately 6.3 per cent of the resident population of Kitchener. This compares with 5.8 per cent in Ontario, and almost 5.6 per cent for Canada overall.

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In mid-2001, 11.2 per cent of the resident population in Kitchener were of retirement age (65 and over for males and females) compared with 13.2 per cent in Canada, therefore, the average age is 35.3 years of age comparing to 37.6 years of age for all of Canada.

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In the five years between 1996 and 2001, the population of Kitchener grew by 8.2 per cent, compared with an increase of 6.1 per cent for Ontario as a whole. Population density of Kitchener averaged 501.0 people per square kilometre, compared with an average of 12.6, for Ontario altogether.

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At the time of the census in May 2001, the resident population of the Kitchener city authority had 190,399 people, but had 414,284 when encompassing the Greater Kitchener Area (Kitchener-Waterloo) compared with a resident population in the province of Ontario of 11,410,050 people.

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Racial groups

• White: 362,030 or 90.0%
• Asian: 10,850 or 2.7%
• Black: 6,150 or 1.5%
• Chinese: 5,500 or 1.3%
• mixed: 4,150 or 1.1%
• (based on single responses)

The five largest reported ancestries in the metropolitan area of Kitchener-Waterloo are: English (24.8%), German (22.8%), Scottish (17.1%), Irish (16.1%), and French (8.9%).

Related Topics:
English - German - Scottish - Irish - French

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Religious groups

• Protestant: 41.3%
• Roman Catholic: 32.4%
• other Christian: 5.0%
• Muslim: 2.2%
• none, other: 19.3%