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.

Famous people

• Walter P. Zeller, the founder of Canada's largest discount department store chain, Zellers http://www.hbc.com/zellers/corporate/profile.asp
• William Lyon Mackenzie King, Canada's tenth, and longest serving prime minister
• Dave Sim, creator of the comic book ?Cerebus the Aardvark?
• Darryl Sittler, retired NHL ice hockey player
• Scott Stevens, retired NHL ice hockey player
• Lennox Lewis, retired boxer, grew up in Kitchener and still owns a house in the city.