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Best places to live in Greater Kitchener

86 places with 1,142,664 residents within about 25 km of Kitchener, ranked for 29 household profiles. Regional data: official figures on affordability, education and family and jobs and economy, population and geography, with the other criteria modelled from population and location.

A greater area here means every municipality whose nearest big-city core is Kitchener, within a radius that grows with the size of the city (20 to 60 km). It is a practical commuting belt, not an official region.

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For young families

  1. 1Cambridge (Ontario)
    Ontario, 129,920 residents    62
  2. 2Waterloo (Ontario)
    Ontario, 104,986 residents    61
  3. 3Kitchener
    Ontario, 256,885 residents    61
  4. 4Guelph
    Ontario, 143,740 residents    60
  5. 5Christopher-Champlain
    Ontario, 15,372 residents    59
  6. 6Fiddlesticks
    Ontario, 17,576 residents    59
  7. 7Greenway-Chaplin
    Ontario, 14,146 residents    59
  8. 8Blair Road
    Ontario, 9,289 residents    58
  9. 9Forest Heights (Ontario)
    Ontario, 15,581 residents    58
  10. 10Little's Corners
    Ontario, 9,413 residents    58

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For retired couples

  1. 1Cambridge (Ontario)
    Ontario, 129,920 residents    60
  2. 2Fiddlesticks
    Ontario, 17,576 residents    60
  3. 3Christopher-Champlain
    Ontario, 15,372 residents    59
  4. 4Guelph
    Ontario, 143,740 residents    59
  5. 5Greenway-Chaplin
    Ontario, 14,146 residents    59
  6. 6Little's Corners
    Ontario, 9,413 residents    58
  7. 7Blair Road
    Ontario, 9,289 residents    57
  8. 8Pioneer Park
    Ontario, 9,108 residents    55
  9. 9Galt
    Ontario, 4,561 residents    55
  10. 10Southwood (Ontario)
    Ontario, 4,751 residents    55

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For remote workers

  1. 1Cambridge (Ontario)
    Ontario, 129,920 residents    61
  2. 2Kitchener
    Ontario, 256,885 residents    60
  3. 3Guelph
    Ontario, 143,740 residents    60
  4. 4Waterloo (Ontario)
    Ontario, 104,986 residents    60
  5. 5Fiddlesticks
    Ontario, 17,576 residents    59
  6. 6Christopher-Champlain
    Ontario, 15,372 residents    59
  7. 7Greenway-Chaplin
    Ontario, 14,146 residents    58
  8. 8Vanier (Ontario, 15,249 residents)
    Ontario, 15,249 residents    58
  9. 9Forest Heights (Ontario)
    Ontario, 15,581 residents    58
  10. 10Columbia
    Ontario, 13,635 residents    57

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For commuters

  1. 1Kitchener
    Ontario, 256,885 residents    82
  2. 2Cambridge (Ontario)
    Ontario, 129,920 residents    82
  3. 3Waterloo (Ontario)
    Ontario, 104,986 residents    82
  4. 4Guelph
    Ontario, 143,740 residents    81
  5. 5Central
    Ontario, 12,650 residents    75
  6. 6Forest Heights (Ontario)
    Ontario, 15,581 residents    75
  7. 7Christopher-Champlain
    Ontario, 15,372 residents    75
  8. 8Laurentian Hills
    Ontario, 10,609 residents    74
  9. 9Forest Hills (Ontario)
    Ontario, 6,238 residents    74
  10. 10Columbia
    Ontario, 13,635 residents    74

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For single professionals

  1. 1Kitchener
    Ontario, 256,885 residents    74
  2. 2Waterloo (Ontario)
    Ontario, 104,986 residents    71
  3. 3Cambridge (Ontario)
    Ontario, 129,920 residents    70
  4. 4Guelph
    Ontario, 143,740 residents    68
  5. 5Forest Heights (Ontario)
    Ontario, 15,581 residents    60
  6. 6Central
    Ontario, 12,650 residents    60
  7. 7Laurentian Hills
    Ontario, 10,609 residents    59
  8. 8Highland West
    Ontario, 13,066 residents    59
  9. 9Columbia
    Ontario, 13,635 residents    59
  10. 10Vanier (Ontario, 15,249 residents)
    Ontario, 15,249 residents    59

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For movers on a budget

  1. 1Cambridge (Ontario)
    Ontario, 129,920 residents    36
  2. 2Kitchener
    Ontario, 256,885 residents    35
  3. 3Waterloo (Ontario)
    Ontario, 104,986 residents    35
  4. 4Guelph
    Ontario, 143,740 residents    35
  5. 5Fiddlesticks
    Ontario, 17,576 residents    33
  6. 6Hespeler
    Ontario, 18,445 residents    33
  7. 7Christopher-Champlain
    Ontario, 15,372 residents    33
  8. 8Vanier (Ontario, 15,249 residents)
    Ontario, 15,249 residents    33
  9. 9Greenway-Chaplin
    Ontario, 14,146 residents    33
  10. 10Forest Heights (Ontario)
    Ontario, 15,581 residents    33

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Towns in Greater Kitchener