Kitchener

TheCity of Kitcheneris a city inSouthern Ontario, Canada. Located approximately 100km west ofToronto, Kitchener is the seat of theRegional Municipality of Waterloo. It was theTown of Berlinfrom 1854 until 1912 and theCity of Berlinfrom 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 219,153 in the2011 Census. Themetropolitan area, which includes the neighbouring cities of Waterloo and Cambridge, has 507,096 people,making it the tenth largestCensus Metropolitan Area(CMA) in Canada and the fourth largest CMA in Ontario.The city is adjacent to the smaller cities ofCambridgeto the south, andWaterlooto the north. Kitchener and Waterloo are often referred to jointly as "Kitchener-Waterloo" (K-W), although they have separatemunicipal governments. Including Cambridge, the three cities are known as "the Tri-Cities".