Kitchener, Ontario

The city of Kitchener, in southwest Ontario, has a population of 190,399 (as of 2001). It is located in Waterloo Regional Municipality and is adjacent to the smaller city of Waterloo. Kitchener and Waterloo are often jointly referred to as KW (Kitchener-Waterloo) though they have separate municipal governments.

History

Kitchener was founded as Berlin by German immigrants in 1833. During World War I, the Berlin City Council renamed the city in honour of Lord Horatio Kitchener, to demonstrate the loyalty of the city's ethnic German population to the British Empire. Today the city maintains much of its German heritage, it has long been an important beer brewing area, and many of its municipal buildings would not look out of place in Bavaria.

Sports Teams

• Kitchener Rangers of the Ontario Hockey League who play at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex
• Kitchener Panthers of the Inter-County Major Baseball League who play at Jack Couch Park
• Kitchener Dutchmen of the Ontario Hockey Association who play at the Kitchener Memorial Auditorium Complex

	North: Waterloo
West: Wilmot	Kitchener	East: Woolwich, Cambridge
	South: North Dumfries