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Turkey Vulture near the Grand River, in Kitchener, OntarioBridgeport North, #1 on this list · Photo: Liam Quinn from Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0)
Kitchener · 2026

Kitchener’s neighbourhoods on 14 lists

Not one leader in Kitchener is first nationally. Here are 14 lists for Kitchener, with 37 neighbourhoods on them. Bridgeport North leads the overall list with a grade of A−. Nobody leads more lists than Bridgeport North, first on 7. Bridgeport North finishes in the top three 8 times. Graded in Ontario only, schools has no Canada-wide list.

Each list ranks the neighbourhoods in Kitchener against one another; the letters compare every place with Canada’s towns. How grades work

Rankings

Every list for Kitchener’s neighbourhoods

Grouped by what they measure, each with its three best neighbourhoods.

Lists for all of Canada

Overall, and by size

Best places to live
  1. Bridgeport NorthA−
  2. Pioneer Tower WestA−
  3. Grand River SouthA−
All 37 →

Subject by subject

Most affordable
  1. Bridgeport NorthB−
  2. Pioneer Tower WestB−
  3. Doon SouthC
All 37 →Safest
  1. Bridgeport NorthC+
  2. Pioneer Tower WestC+
  3. Grand River SouthC+
All 37 →Best schools
  1. Bridgeport NorthA
  2. Grand River SouthA−
  3. Pioneer Tower WestA−
All 37 →Healthiest
  1. City Commercial CoreA
  2. Country HillsA
  3. Cedar HillA
All 37 →Jobs & income
  1. Bridgeport NorthA
  2. Grand River NorthA
  3. Grand River SouthA
All 37 →Most walkable
  1. City Commercial CoreA+
  2. Cedar HillA+
  3. Victoria ParkA+
All 37 →Lowest hazard risk
  1. Bridgeport NorthA−
  2. Pioneer Tower WestA−
  3. Grand River SouthA−
All 37 →Civic life
  1. Bridgeport NorthC+
  2. Pioneer Tower WestC+
  3. Grand River SouthC+
All 37 →

Described: figures, no letters

Highest incomes
  1. Pioneer Tower West$168,800
  2. Bridgeport North$165,200
  3. Doon South$136,300
All 37 →Most historic
  1. City Commercial Core8
  2. Pioneer Tower West5
  3. Victoria Park3
All 37 →Most bilingual
  1. Auditorium10.4%
  2. Westmount10.2%
  3. Central Frederick9.6%
All 37 →Youngest
  1. Rosenberg32.1 years
  2. City Commercial Core32.7 years
  3. Victoria Hills33.5 years
All 37 →Oldest
  1. Fairfield46 years
  2. Stanley Park45.6 years
  3. Idlewood45.5 years
All 37 →
City by city

Neighbourhood rankings in other cities

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Photos: Bridgeport North, Liam Quinn from Canada (CC BY-SA 2.0) · Pioneer Tower West, Earth Science and Remote Sensing Unit , Lyndon B. Johnson S… (Public domain) · Doon South, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · City Commercial Core, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Cedar Hill, Julius177 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Grand River North, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Victoria Park, Sam Nabi (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Auditorium, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Central Frederick, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Rosenberg, Michael Hiemstra from Canada (CC BY 2.0) · Victoria Hills, Ryan Hodnett (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Fairfield, Jason F. Voll (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Stanley Park, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 3.0), via Wikimedia Commons.

Sources: TownRatings grades: our own summary of the data, ranking Canadian towns against each other only, run #73 of 10 November 2026. 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).