#1City Commercial Core
Ontario · 2,581 peopleOverall B·#1,046 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D
City Commercial Core, #1 on this list · Photo: JFVoll (CC BY-SA 3.0)Kitchener · 2026
Most walkable neighbourhoods in Kitchener
A single neighbourhood in Kitchener reaches the top 100 for all of Canada. Nowhere in Kitchener does better on this list than City Commercial Core, at A+. Cedar Hill is second (A+) and Victoria Park third (A+). Of the 37 on the list, 28 earn an A. The list ends with Bridgeport North, at D. City Commercial Core is #40 of 2,589 on the list for all of Canada.
Walkability grade: residents within 800 metres of a pharmacy, and commuters who walk, cycle or take transit How grades work
#1A+Walkability
#2Cedar Hill
Ontario · 3,190 peopleOverall C+·#1,701 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
#3Victoria Park
Ontario · 3,574 peopleOverall B−·#1,454 of 2,556
Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
All 37 neighbourhoods, ranked
Best first in Kitchener; beside each place, its rank on the same list for all of Canada.
37 neighbourhoods
#NeighbourhoodWalkabilityCanada rankWhat drives it
1City Commercial Core2,581 peopleA+#40 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D
3Victoria Park3,574 peopleA+#258 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
4Cherry Hill6,304 peopleA+#341 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
6Mt. Hope Huron Park5,174 peopleA+#482 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
7Central Frederick5,895 peopleA+#483 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
9Mill Courtland Woodside Park3,319 peopleA+#652 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
10Forest Hill5,760 peopleA+#675 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
11Victoria Hills10,760 peopleA+#678 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A+, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
13Meinzinger Park-Lakeside5,007 peopleA#779 of 2,589Strongest: walkability A, health A·lowest: cost of living D−
14Country Hills4,561 peopleA#821 of 2,589Strongest: health A, walkability A·lowest: cost of living D−
17Pioneer Park8,781 peopleA#961 of 2,589Strongest: health A, walkability A·lowest: cost of living D−
19Centreville Chicopee10,291 peopleA#1,073 of 2,589Strongest: health A, walkability A·lowest: cost of living D−
20Heritage Park6,369 peopleA#1,075 of 2,589Strongest: health A, walkability A·lowest: cost of living D−
21Laurentian Hills10,026 peopleA−#1,156 of 2,589Strongest: health A, walkability A−·lowest: cost of living D−
22Country Hills West5,936 peopleA−#1,285 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: cost of living D
23Stanley Park8,721 peopleA−#1,306 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: cost of living D−
24Highland West12,476 peopleA−#1,337 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: cost of living C−
25Rosenberg9,831 peopleA−#1,374 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: cost of living C−
26Fairfield3,497 peopleA−#1,375 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: cost of living D−
27Laurentian West16,857 peopleA−#1,382 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: cost of living C−
28Bridgeport East3,903 peopleA−#1,416 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: cost of living D−
29Forest Heights14,369 peopleB+#1,642 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: cost of living C−
30Idlewood5,005 peopleB#1,782 of 2,589Strongest: health A, jobs & income A−·lowest: cost of living C
31Grand River South10,723 peopleB#1,811 of 2,589Strongest: health A, jobs & income A·lowest: cost of living C
32Pioneer Tower West4,122 peopleB−#1,979 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: safety C+
33Doon South15,044 peopleB−#1,998 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: cost of living C
34Grand River North3,823 peopleC+#2,058 of 2,589Strongest: jobs & income A, health A·lowest: cost of living C−
35Trillium Industrial Park3,420 peopleC+#2,096 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: cost of living D−
36Huron South5,555 peopleC+#2,154 of 2,589Strongest: health A, hazard risk A−·lowest: cost of living C−
37Bridgeport North2,858 peopleD#2,501 of 2,589Strongest: jobs & income A, health A·lowest: walkability D
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Photos: City Commercial Core, JFVoll (CC BY-SA 3.0) · Cedar Hill, Julius177 (CC BY-SA 4.0) · Victoria Park, Sam Nabi (CC BY-SA 4.0), 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).