City Commercial CoreKitchener

Renting in City Commercial Core eats 32% of household income, more than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

41% of households spent 30% or more of their income on shelter, above Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%) alike. Owners put the median home at $420,000, lower than Ontario’s towns ($695,000) and near Canadian towns ($406,000). City Commercial Core doesn’t get its own rent as a share of income and monthly rent for a two-bedroom figures; the ones here come from the Kitchener-Cambridge-Waterloo metro area.

City Commercial Core scores better for health than 94% of Canadian towns

Nearly one in ten adults smoke, daily or now and then, lower than both Ontario’s towns (10%) and Canadian towns (12%). Statistics Canada puts the region’s life expectancy at 82.8, women 84.9 and men 80.7 (2022/2024). Adults here are more upbeat about their health than the province: 53% very good or excellent, against 51% in Ontario. What sets City Commercial Core apart within its region is a short trip to hospital, 0.4 km for the average resident (3.7 km typical). Nobody publishes health survey and life expectancy for City Commercial Core alone, so this card uses the figure for the Waterloo Health Unit.

Flood mapping exists for City Commercial Core: 1 on record, latest by Grand River Conservation Authority

Radon is lower than usual: 4% of tested homes in the survey area topped the guideline, against 6.6% for the typical town. For earthquakes City Commercial Core is middling, $0.022 a year per $1,000 against $0.030 for the typical town. Figures for earthquake risk are published for the city of Kitchener as a whole, not for City Commercial Core alone.

Results around City Commercial Core lean low: 17 of 27 schools in the lower two fifths in Ontario

One of the 34 teaches in French, against 10% of schools in Ontario. The largest is Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute, with 1,765 students. Its schools answer to 3 boards.

City Commercial Core earns a C+ for safety

Area-wide: Crime Severity Index, Violent Crime Severity Index, violent crime and property crime per 1,000, counted over the Waterloo Region (Kitchener) service area

The index for the force that serves it came to 72, higher than both Ontario’s towns (56) and Canadian towns (67). For every 1,000 residents of its police area, 14.2 violent incidents are reported each year.

January lows in City Commercial Core: −10.3°C, against −9.1°C in Ontario’s towns and −13.5°C in Canadian towns

Between the last spring frost, 8 May, and the first in autumn, 5 October, lie 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. The most precipitation falls in July: 96 mm in a normal year.

More of City Commercial Core belongs to a visible minority than Ontario’s towns or Canadian towns: 38%

First Nations, Métis and Inuit people make up 2.4% of residents, higher than Ontario’s towns (1.6%) yet lower than Canadian towns (2.8%).

What November brings in City Commercial Core: −2°C at night, 7°C by day

Over the year, July is warmest at 27°C by day and January coldest at −10°C by night. November normally sees 75 mm of precipitation. By December, a normal day reaches 1°C and a night falls to −6°C. About 9 cm of snow falls in a normal November.

Council seats in Kitchener are spread thin, 29,450 residents each, more than in 98% of Ontario municipalities

Provincially, City Commercial Core votes in Kitchener Centre; the open record doesn’t name its MPP (Member of Provincial Parliament, at Queen’s Park in Toronto) in the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, so the legislature’s own list is linked below.

City Commercial Core has no public library of its own; the nearest is Kitchener Public Library - Main, 0.3 km away

City Commercial Core is served by Kitchener public library, the library of all of Kitchener, so the figures here are the city’s, for 292,240 people.

City Commercial Core has 20 public protected areas within 10 km

Huron Natural Area (96 ha) is the biggest, 5.0 km from town. 50 km from town is Trillium Woods Provincial Park, the nearest provincial park. The nearest national park is more than 100 km away.

Commuters in City Commercial Core have a short way to work, 23 min on average, less than in both Ontario’s towns and Canadian towns

City Commercial Core: 2 historic places on Canada’s heritage registers

Go back to 1893 and you reach The Walper Hotel, the oldest of them. On the list: a Recognized Federal Heritage Building and a provincial or municipal listing. Older housing, built before 1961, accounts for 29% of homes, higher than both Ontario’s towns (22%) and Canadian towns (18%).