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about Kitchener

The City of Kitchener, in southwestern Ontario, has a population of 190,399 (as of 2001 census). It is located in Waterloo Regional Municipality and is adjacent to the smaller City of Waterloo. Kitchener and Waterloo are often referred to jointly as the Twin Cities or K-W (Kitchener-Waterloo), although they have separate municipal governments.

Kitchener history

The City of Kitchener began in 1807. The Mennonite bishop Benjamin Eby led members from his community in Pennsylvania to settle in Ontario. The hamlet that was established at that time was known as Ebytown. In 1833 the Township of Waterloo was created. Ebytown was incorporated as a village and later renamed Berlin in honour of the majority German heritage immigrants. In 1853 Berlin would become the County Seat of the newly created County of Waterloo. On June 9, 1912, Berlin officially became a City and was considered to be Canada's German Capital. During World War I, the Berlin City Council, under nationalist pressure and in response to anti-German sentiment, held a referendum to choose a new name. As a result, in 1916 the City was renamed in honour of recently deceased British general Lord Kitchener, to demonstrate the loyalty to the British Empire of the city's ethnic German population. Today the city maintains elements of its German heritage. Although beer brewing is no longer a local industry of note, it does play host to the largest Oktoberfest celebration outside Germany. 7,310 residents (3.8%) listed German as their mother tongue in the 2001 census.

Near cities to Kitchener

• Waterloo travel guide 3.3 km
• Cambridge travel guide 16 km
• Guelph travel guide 22 km
• Brantford travel guide 39 km
• Hamilton travel guide 56 km
• Burlington travel guide 58 km
• Brampton travel guide 63 km
• Mississauga travel guide 71 km
• London travel guide 80 km
• Vaughan travel guide 80 km

Near webcams to Kitchener

• Toronto - Skycam webcam 89 km
• Toronto webcam 91 km
• Toronto - Football Field webcam 91 km
• Huron Lake webcam 100 km
• Niagara Falls webcam 120 km
• Niagara Falls webcam 120 km
• Niagara Falls webcam 120 km
• Buffalo webcam 150 km
• Gravenhurst - The Docks webcam 190 km
• Bracebridge webcam 200 km

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