AuditoriumKitchener
Of Kitchener’s 37 neighbourhoods, this is one. This neighbourhood in Kitchener has a population of 3,918.
Is Auditorium a good place to live?
Health is a strength (A). Auditorium’s overall grade, B, puts it better than 56% of Canadian towns. In the ranking it comes #426 of 858 in Ontario. Walking, cycling and public transport work well here (A). The trade-off is cost of living (D−). Its remaining grades are unremarkable: C+ for safety, B for schools and B for jobs & income.
Rents here are the metro area's average, shared by every town and neighbourhood in it. Safety less sure: this is the whole city's figure, because the city doesn't publish open neighbourhood crime rates. Health is graded on the health region's survey figures and life expectancy, with the distance to hospital giving the town its own spread.
How Auditorium grades
Each subject compares Auditorium with Canadian towns of 2,500 or more, ordered by how far it is from the middle. Towns in other countries are graded separately.
How TownRatings grades Canadian towns →
What makes Auditorium stand out
The 3 things Auditorium does most differently from other towns.
The data
Data highlights are ordered by what stands out in Auditorium.
Home ownership in Auditorium, 60%, runs below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns
Rent took just over a quarter of household income, above both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (20%). Shelter took 30% or more of income for just over a fifth of households, about level with Ontario’s towns (22%) and above Canadian towns (18%).
What homes were worth · The median owner’s estimate at the 2021 census
| Census 2021 | Auditorium | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Rent as a share of income | 26% | 22% | 20% |
| Households owning their home | 60% | 76% | 74% |
| Households spending 30%+ on shelter | 21% | 22% | 18% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; CMHC Rental Market Survey via Statistics Canada · The 2021 census asked owners what their home was worth; those values, and 2020 incomes, are what this compares. · Data for rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom covers the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area
Auditorium earns an A for health
A hospital lies 1.1 km from the typical home, below both Ontario’s towns (3.3 km) and Canadian towns (3.7 km). At 9%, the share of adults who smoke sits under the 11% for Ontario. For 2022/2024, the region’s figure is 82.8 years at birth, 84.9 for women and 80.7 for men. Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 53% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario. Auditorium doesn’t get its own health survey and life expectancy figures; the ones here come from the Waterloo Health Unit.
Very good or excellent health · adults, age-standardised
| Health | Auditorium | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Chronic conditions (average share) | 16% | 17% | 17% |
| Smokers | 9% | 10% | 12% |
| Very good or excellent health | 53% | 51% | 52% |
| Life expectancy at birth | 82.8 | 82.8 | 81.5 |
Statistics Canada, Canadian Community Health Survey 2023/2024 and life expectancy 2022/2024; Open Database of Healthcare Facilities
A flood study covers Auditorium: 1 on the national inventory, the newest from Grand River Conservation Authority
Shared with the rest of the city of Kitchener: earthquake risk
Fewer homes than usual carry radon here, 4% over the guideline where the typical town has 6.6%. NRCan expects $0.022 of shaking damage a year per $1,000 of buildings in Auditorium, near the typical $0.030.
Radon tests above the guideline · share of tested homes, 200 Bq/m³
| Hazards | Auditorium | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Radon tests above the guideline | 4% | 4% | 6.6% |
| Earthquake loss per $1,000 of buildings a year | $0.022 | $0.043 | $0.030 |
NRCan seismic risk model and burned areas, Health Canada radon survey, the Flood Hazard Map Inventory
Auditorium earns a C+ for safety
The index for the force that serves it came to 72, above both Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). Violent crime in the area its police cover: 14.2 per 1,000 people a year.
Year by year · Crime Severity Index for each year
| 2023–2025 | Auditorium | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Violent crime | 14.2 | 10.5 | 12 |
| Crime Severity Index | 72 | 56 | 67 |
Statistics Canada, Uniform Crime Reporting Survey, 2023–2025 average · Area behind the Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000 figures: the Waterloo Region (Kitchener) service area
Trips to work from Auditorium are shorter than from Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 23 min on average
84% of commuters drove to work at the census.
How working residents got to work · census 2021
| Census 2021 | Auditorium | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Average trip | 23 min | 29 min | 26 min |
| Car or van | 84% | 88% | 89% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021 (labour and commuting) · The 2021 census was taken in May 2021, during COVID-19 restrictions: more people than usual worked from home or were off work.
Of Auditorium’s 26 tested schools, 5 sit above the middle in Ontario and 14 below
Taken together, Auditorium and its 3 km edge hold 28 elementary schools, 5 secondary schools and 1 alternative or adult school for 18,980 students. The largest is St Mary's High School, with 2,240 students. Counting each board with a school within 3 km gives 2, below Ontario’s towns (4) and Canadian towns (3) alike. None of them teaches in French, though 10% of schools in Ontario do.
| School | Level | Students | System |
|---|---|---|---|
| St Anne Catholic Elementary School CatholicLargest elementary schoolElementary · Grades JK–8 | Elementary · Grades JK–8 | 750 | English Catholic |
| St Mary's High School CatholicLargest secondary schoolSecondary · Grades 9–12 | Secondary · Grades 9–12 | 2,240 | English Catholic |
Schools by system · Schools within 3 km
| Schools within 3 km | Auditorium | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| School boards | 2 | 4 | 3 |
Provincial school lists and results, 2024-25
January nights in Auditorium drop to −10.3°C (Ontario towns −9.1°C, Canadian towns −13.5°C)
Rain and snow peak in July, at 96 mm. The frost-free season runs from 8 May to 5 October, 149 days. Snow totals 115 cm over the year, below Ontario’s towns (146 cm) and Canadian towns (141 cm) alike. January is the snowiest month, with 32 cm on average.
Average high by season · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Normals, 1991–2020 | Auditorium | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Snowfall a year | 115 cm | 146 cm | 141 cm |
| January night low | −10.3°C | −9.1°C | −13.5°C |
| July afternoon high | 26.6°C | 26.7°C | 25.5°C |
| Days with frost a year | 156 | 139 | 159 |
Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020 (Kitchener/Waterloo)
Few people in Auditorium are 65 or over: 15%, below Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns
Visible minorities make up just over a tenth of the population, lower than both Ontario’s towns (26%) and Canadian towns (15%). One measure of family life: 17% of residents are under 15.
Ages · Share of residents in each age group, Census 2021
Schooling · Highest qualification, residents 15 and over
Women and men · all residents
49.7% of Auditorium’s residents are women
The 2021 census counted 1,950 women and 1,970 men here, where women make up 50.9% of Canada.
| Auditorium | Ontario | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Under 15 | 17% | 15% | 16% |
| 15 to 64 | 69% | 65% | 64% |
| 65+ | 15% | 19% | 19% |
| No certificate, diploma or degree | 16% | 15% | 16% |
| Postsecondary qualification | 60% | 56% | 56% |
Statistics Canada, Census 2021; Ontario and Canada: medians of towns of 2,500+
Auditorium in November: highs near 7°C, lows near −2°C
The forecast on the Weather page is ECCC’s for Cambridge. A normal December brings highs of 1°C, lows of −6°C. Expect around 9 cm of snow in November. Precipitation in November averages 75 mm.
Normal highs, the months ahead · ECCC normals, 1991–2020
| Season | High | Low | Rain and snow |
|---|---|---|---|
| Winter | −1°C | −9°C | 167 mm |
| Spring | 12°C | 0°C | 218 mm |
| Summer | 25°C | 13°C | 244 mm |
| Autumn | 14°C | 4°C | 221 mm |
ECCC normals, 1991–2020 (Kitchener/Waterloo); the forecast is on the Weather page
Auditorium has no public library of its own; the nearest is Kitchener Public Library - Main, 0.9 km away
Auditorium is served by Kitchener public library, the library of all of Kitchener, so the figures here are the city’s, for 292,240 people.
Provincial library statistics, OpenStreetMap, the CRA and Statistics Canada
Auditorium has 20 public protected areas within 10 km
Trillium Woods Provincial Park is the closest provincial park, at 50 km. Biggest among them: Huron Natural Area, 96 ha, 4.4 km off. There is no national park within 100 km of the town.
Protected land · of the land within 10 km
| Outdoors | Auditorium | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Public protected areas within 10 km | 20 | 4 | 4 |
| Protected land within 10 km | 1.9% | 2.3% | 2.3% |
Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD), OpenStreetMap routes and beaches
An older town: 77% of Auditorium’s homes predate 1961
| Heritage | Auditorium | Ontario | Canada |
|---|---|---|---|
| Homes built before 1961 | 77% | 22% | 18% |
Canadian Register of Historic Places, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations, Québec’s Répertoire du patrimoine culturel, Wikidata; Census 2021 homes by period
Everything we know about Auditorium
THEMUSEUM and 18 more in and around Auditorium
The best-known places to visit in and around Auditorium come first; the full list is on the Attractions page.
MuseumTHEMUSEUM600 m outside town, to the west
Ski hillChicopee Ski Club3.6 km outside town, to the east
Art galleryCanadian Clay and Glass Gallery4.1 km outside town, to the west
MuseumJoseph Schneider Haus1 km outside town, to the southwest
MuseumWoodside1.4 km outside town, to the northwestGardenGardenWaterloo Park4.7 km outside town, to the westPhotos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).
Photo credits (5)
- THEMUSEUM: Illustratedjc, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Chicopee Ski Club: Beowulf cam at English Wikipedia, Public domain, Wikimedia Commons
- Canadian Clay and Glass Gallery: JFVoll, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Joseph Schneider Haus: Yoho2001, CC BY-SA 3.0, Wikimedia Commons
- Woodside: Carole Moran from Cambridge, Ontario, Canada, CC BY 2.0, Wikimedia Commons
About Auditorium
Neighbourhood in Kitchener
The edges of Auditorium follow census dissemination areas, which TownRatings groups into Kitchener’s neighbourhoods; the name comes from the city’s map or OpenStreetMap.
Statistics Canada: population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155), Census of Population 2021, 2021 census boundaries.
- Population
- 3,918 (people, 2021 estimate)
- Province or territory
- Ontario
- City
- Kitchener
- Census subdivision
- 3530013
Auditorium’s neighbours
The nearest places of 1,000 or more. Statistics Canada
| Town | People | km | Overall | Cost | Safety | Health |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Auditorium | 3,918 | — | B | D− | C+ | A |
| Central Frederick | 5,895 | 0.8 | B | D− | C+ | A |
| City Commercial Core | 2,581 | 1 | B | D | C+ | A |
| Cedar Hill | 3,190 | 1 | C+ | D− | C+ | A |
| Mill Courtland Woodside Park | 3,319 | 1.4 | B− | D− | C+ | A |
| Rosemount | 6,169 | 1.7 | B | D− | C+ | A |
| Mt. Hope Huron Park | 5,174 | 2 | B | D− | C+ | A |
People: Statistics Canada, Census 2021. Distances: centre to centre.
Questions about Auditorium
How old are the people of Auditorium?
At 39.3, its median age compares with 45.2 across Canadian towns. Children make up 17% of the population and seniors 15%.
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · population estimates 2025 (17-10-0155) and 2021 census boundaries · Uniform Crime Reporting Survey 2023–25 (35-10-0026, 35-10-0183 to 35-10-0190) · CMHC rents as published by Statistics Canada (34-10-0133) · grades by TownRatings. Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).