Kitchener Community Profile

Demographics Economy Wage Report Lifestyle Housing Prices Airports
Education Facilities Hospitals Development Charges Property Taxes Business Parks Rental Rates

 

Demographics

  • Population    186,000 (estimated - June 1, 1999)
Actual and Forecast Population

Five Year
Forecasts

1986
Actual

 1991
Actual		 1996
Actual		 2001 2006 2011 2016
Population 150,604 168,282 178,420 193,490 210,900 223,900 234,500
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Economy

  • Average Household Income: $48,769; average per capita $21,000 (1997);  9% above national average
     

  • Retail Sales:  $2.9 billion; Kitchener CMA 1.29% of Canadian Total;  per capita $7,700 (1997)
     

  • Labour Force participation rate of 74% (1997) - percentage of entire population, 15 years of age and older, employed or looking for work
     

  • Total Labour Force - 15 years and over:  97,105
Management

7,720
Business, Finance and other Administrative Occupations 17,300
Natural and Applied Sciences and Related Occupations 4,375
Health Occupations 3,475
Social Sciences, Education, Government & Religion 5,665
Art, Culture, Recreation & Sport 2,885
Sales and Service 23,765
Trades, Transport & Related Occupations 13,390
Occupations unique to Primary Industries 885
Occupations unique to Processing, Manufacturing & Utilities 15,265


  • Major Employers 500+:  J.M. Schnider, Budd Canada, Uniroyal Goodrich Tire Manufacturing, Waterloo Furniture Components, Kuntz Electroplating, Waterloo Regional District School Board, City of Kitchener, Manulife Financial.
     
  • Unemployment Rate:
% Actual / 1999 % Actual / 2000
Kitchener CMA 5.9 Kitchener CMA 5.6
Ontario 6.4 Ontario 5.7
Canada 7.6 Canada 6.8

  • Union Activity:  36.7%  (Canadian average is 36.2%)
     
  • Construction Values ($Millions) 1997:  131.6
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Wage Report (Average 2000)   

General Office Clerks $21,624 Non-Technical Sales Representatives, Wholesale Trade $26,763
Receptionists & Switchboard Operators $19,708 Banking, Insurance & Other Financial Clerks $22,236
Tellers, Financial Services $23,733 Medical Secretaries $28,173
Restaurant & Food Service Managers $23,675 Electronic Service Technicians $24,833
Secretaries (Except Legal & Medical) $26,056 Contractors & Supervisors, Other Construction Trades $39,483
Data Entry Clerks $21,038 Computer Programmers $53,274
Typists and Word Processing Operators $21,471 Financial Managers $42,131
Executive Assistants $29,478 Sales, Marketing & Advertising Managers $47,163
Book Keepers $23,530 Financial Auditors & Accountants $40,511
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Lifestyle

  • Cultural Amenities:
      K-W Opera Company
      Kitchener-Waterloo Symphony
      Centre in the Square Theatre
      43 Community & Social Service Organizations
  • 141 parks, 99 playgrounds
  • 36 miles of trails
  • 70 baseball diamonds, 50 soccer fields, 68 tennis courts, 17 outdoor basketball courts
  • 3 senior centres
  • City owned/operated public golf courses
  • 7 areans, 4 indoor and 2 outdoor pools
  • Kitchener Farmers Market
  • The Grand River - Canadian Hertiage River
  • Chicopee Ski Club
  • 120 Churches/40 different denominations
  • K-W Oktoberfest - North America's largest Bavarian-style festival

Kitchener Housing Prices

  • Bungalow  $150,000
  • Executive Detached 2 storey $189,000
  • Standard Townhome $92,000
  • Standard Condo Apartment $85,000
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Airports

  • Toronto's Lester B. Pearson International Airport
    located approx. 50 miles east of Kitchener
  • Waterloo Regional Airport
    flights daily to Ottawa & Montreal
  • Mount Hope Airport (Hamilton)
    located 35 miles from Kitchener
  • London Airport
    located 67 miles from Kitchener


Education Facilities

  • Elementary & Secondary Education - 42 schools
  • Conestoga College
  • University of Waterloo
  • Wilfred Laurier University
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Hospitals

  • Grand River Hospital - Kitchener
  • Freeport Health Centre - Kitchener
  • St. Mary's Hospital - Kitchener

Non-Residential Development Charges (August 2001)

City of Kitchener
January 1, 2001		 Corporation of the City of Kitchener Regional Municipality of Waterloo
$0.45 $2.26

Property Taxes (2001)

Assessment Multiplier
Commercial (CT) .0495846
Manufacturing (IT) .0697470
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Business Parks

  • Bridgeport Business Park
 40.59 Acres, all occupied
  • Huron Business Park
 376 City-developed Acres
27.9 available Acres
  • Grand River Business Park
 34.86 Acres
  • Lancaster Corporate Centre
 12.57 Acres, all occupied
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Typical NET Rental Rates
(Waterloo Region, Waterloo, Cambridge & Guelph - known as Canada's Technology Triangle or CTT)

Segment Low High Average Segment Low High Average
Office (Downtown)  /sq. ft.  /sq. ft.  /sq. ft. Retail  /sq. ft.  /sq. ft.  /sq. ft.
Class A $7.00 $9.00 $8.00 Downtown $6.00 $15.00 $10.00
Class B $5.00 $8.00 $6.00 Neighbourhood $5.00 $18.00 $12.00
Office (Suburban)       Community $10.00 $22.00 $15.00
Class A $11.00 $16.00 $12.50 Regional $25.00 $60.00 $30.00
Class B $8.00 $12.00 $10.00 Development Land Sale/ Per Acre    
Industrial  /sq. ft.  /sq. ft.  /sq. ft. Office Park $80,000 $175,000 $125,000
Warehouse $3.25 $5.50 $4.25 Industrial Park $45,000 $115,000 $75,000
Manufacturing $3.25 $5.50 $4.25 Retail/Commercial $4.60/sq. ft. $16.00/sq. ft. $6.89/sq. ft.
  Residential/per front foot $1,200 $1,600 $1,450
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The above Information has been obtained from sources which we believe reliable but we cannot guarantee its accuracy or completeness.
Coldwell Banker Peter Benninger assumes no liability for the accuracy or use of this information for any purpose and reliance upon this information is solely at the risk of the user.