Editing Kitchener, Ontario (section)

==Demographics==
{{Historical populations
|1871|3473
|1881|4054
|1891|7245
|1901|9747
|1911|15196
|1921|21763
|1931|30793
|1941|35657
|1951|44867
|1956|60916
|1961|74485
|1966|94446
|1971|111805
|1976|131870
|1981|139734
|1986|150604
|1991|168282
|2001|190399
|2006|204688
|2011|219153
|2016|233222
|2021|256855
|footnote=<ref>[http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1932-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1932/193201410103_p.%20103.pdf]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141019190112/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1932-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1932%2F193201410103_p.%20103.pdf |date=19 October 2014 }}, Censuses 1871–1931</ref><ref>[http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1955/195501710145_p.%20145.pdf]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20131209035552/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1955-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1955%2F195501710145_p.%20145.pdf |date= 9 December 2013 }}, Census 1941–1951</ref><ref>[http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1967/196702210189_p.%20189.pdf]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223151220/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.%20189.pdf |date=23 December 2014 }}, Census 1961</ref><ref>[http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1967/196702210189_p.%20189.pdf]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223151220/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.%20189.pdf |date=23 December 2014 }}, Canada Year Book 1974: Censuses 1966, 1971</ref><ref>[http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=/eng/1967/196702210189_p.%20189.pdf]  {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20141223151220/http://www66.statcan.gc.ca/eng/acyb_c1967-eng.aspx?opt=%2Feng%2F1967%2F196702210189_p.%20189.pdf |date=23 December 2014 }}, Canada Year Book 1988: Censuses 1981, 1986</ref><ref>[http://www.statscan.gc.ca] {{webarchive|url=https://web.archive.org/web/20120107212405/http://statscan.gc.ca/ |date=7 January 2012 }}, Census 1991–2006</ref>
}}
{| class="wikitable" style="float:right;"
|- "
!Ethnic origin
!Population
!Percent
|-
|[[German Canadians|German]]
|51,050
|17.7
|-
|[[English Canadians|English]]
|48,350
|15.9
|-
|[[Irish Canadians|Irish]]
|37,630
|13.7
|-
|[[Scottish Canadians|Scottish]]
|37,190
|13
|-
|[[Canadian ethnicity|Canadian]]
|54,490
|11.5
|-
|[[French Canadians|French]]
|20,790
|6.1
|-
|[[Indo-Canadians|East Indian]]
|8,385
|5.6
|-
|[[Polish Canadians|Polish]]
|12,595
|4.5
|-
|[[Dutch Canadians|Dutch]]
|9,815
|3.7
|-
|[[British Canadians|British]]
|8,805
|3.5
|-
|[[Italian Canadians|Italian]]
|7,620
|3
|-
|[[Portuguese Canadians|Portuguese]]
|6,225
|2.4
|-
|[[Chinese Canadians|Chinese]]
|5,630
|2.2
|-
|[[Ukrainian Canadians|Ukrainian]]
|5,540
|2.2
|-
| colspan="3" |<small>Source: [[StatCan]] (includes multiple responses)</small><ref name="2021censusB" />
|}

In the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 Census of Population]] conducted by [[Statistics Canada]], Kitchener had a population of {{val|256885|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|99812|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|103388|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|23663|233222|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|233222|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|136.81|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|256885|136.81|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021census>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000203&geocode=A000235 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census divisions and census subdivisions (municipalities), Ontario | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 27, 2022}}</ref>

At the [[census metropolitan area]] (CMA) level in the 2021 census, the Kitchener - Cambridge - Waterloo CMA had a population of {{val|575847|fmt=commas}} living in {{val|219060|fmt=commas}} of its {{val|229809|fmt=commas}} total private dwellings, a change of {{percentage|51953|523894|1}} from its 2016 population of {{val|523894|fmt=commas}}. With a land area of {{convert|1092.33|km2|sqmi|abbr=on}}, it had a population density of {{Pop density|575847|1092.33|km2|sqmi|prec=1}} in 2021.<ref name=2021censusCMA>{{cite web | url=https://www150.statcan.gc.ca/t1/tbl1/en/tv.action?pid=9810000501 | title=Population and dwelling counts: Canada, provinces and territories, census metropolitan areas and census agglomerations | publisher=[[Statistics Canada]] | date=February 9, 2022 | accessdate=March 28, 2022}}</ref>

=== Ethnicity ===
According to the 2021 Census, Kitchener is approximately 66.4% White, 31.7% [[Visible minority|visible minorities]], and 1.9% [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Aboriginal]]. Visible minorities include: 9.9% [[South Asian Canadian|South Asian]], 6.9% [[Black Canadians|Black]], 3.1% [[Latin American Canadian|Latin American]], 3.7% [[Southeast Asian Canadians|Southeast Asian]], 1.8% [[Chinese Canadian|Chinese]], 2.4% [[Arab Canadian|Arab]], 1.3% [[West Asian Canadians|West Asian]], and 1.1% [[Filipino Canadian|Filipino]].<ref name=":0">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-02-09 |title=Profile table, Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population - Kitchener, City (CY) [Census subdivision], Ontario |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/index.cfm?Lang=E |access-date=2024-06-24 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>

The most common ethnicities in Kitchener as per the 2021 census are German (17.7%), English (15.9%), Irish (13.7%), Scottish (13%), Canadian (11.5%), French (6.1%), East Indian (5.6%), Polish (4.5%), Dutch (3.7%), British (3.5%), Italian (3%), Portuguese (2.4%), Chinese (2.2%), and Ukrainian (2.2%).<ref name=":0" />

{| class="wikitable collapsible sortable"
|+ [[Panethnicity|Panethnic]] groups in the City of Kitchener (2001−2021)
! rowspan="2" |[[Panethnicity|Panethnic]]<br />group
! colspan="2" |2021<ref name="2021censusB"/>
! colspan="2" |2016<ref name="2016census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2021-10-27 |title= Census Profile, 2016 Census |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2016/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530013&Geo2=CD&Code2=3530&SearchText=Kitchener&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&TABID=1&type=0 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2011<ref name="2011census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2015-11-27 |title= NHS Profile |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/nhs-enm/2011/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530013&Data=Count&SearchText=Kitchener&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&A1=All&B1=All&Custom=&TABID=1 |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2006<ref name="2006census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-08-20 |title= 2006 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2006/dp-pd/prof/92-591/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530013&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Kitchener&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
! colspan="2" |2001<ref name="2001census">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2019-07-02 |title= 2001 Community Profiles |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/english/Profil01/CP01/Details/Page.cfm?Lang=E&Geo1=CSD&Code1=3530013&Geo2=PR&Code2=35&Data=Count&SearchText=Kitchener&SearchType=Begins&SearchPR=01&B1=All&Custom= |access-date=2023-01-12 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
|-
![[Population|{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}]]
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
!{{abbr|Pop.|Population}}
!{{Abbr|%|percentage}}
|-
| [[European Canadians|European]]{{efn|Statistic includes all persons that did not make up part of a visible minority or an indigenous identity.|name="euro"}}
| 168,865
| {{Percentage | 168865 | 254145 | 2 }}
| 175,400
| {{Percentage | 175400 | 230005 | 2 }}
| 173,075
| {{Percentage | 173075 | 215950 | 2 }}
| 168,445
| {{Percentage | 168445 | 202160 | 2 }}
| 164,455
| {{Percentage | 164455 | 188160 | 2 }}
|-
| [[South Asian Canadians|South Asian]]
| 25,170
| {{Percentage | 25170 | 254145 | 2 }}
| 11,400
| {{Percentage | 11400 | 230005 | 2 }}
| 8,960
| {{Percentage | 8960 | 215950 | 2 }}
| 6,360
| {{Percentage | 6360 | 202160 | 2 }}
| 4,255
| {{Percentage | 4255 | 188160 | 2 }}
|-
| [[African-Canadian|African]]
| 17,510
| {{Percentage | 17510 | 254145 | 2 }}
| 9,540
| {{Percentage | 9540 | 230005 | 2 }}
| 6,635
| {{Percentage | 6635 | 215950 | 2 }}
| 6,395
| {{Percentage | 6395 | 202160 | 2 }}
| 4,165
| {{Percentage | 4165 | 188160 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Southeast Asian Canadians|Southeast Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Filipino" and "Southeast Asian" under visible minority section on census.|name="SoutheastAsian"}}
| 9,455
| {{Percentage | 9455 | 254145 | 2 }}
| 6,765
| {{Percentage | 6765 | 230005 | 2 }}
| 6,380
| {{Percentage | 6380 | 215950 | 2 }}
| 4,785
| {{Percentage | 4785 | 202160 | 2 }}
| 4,200
| {{Percentage | 4200 | 188160 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Middle Eastern Canadians|Middle Eastern]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "West Asian" and "Arab" under visible minority section on census.|name="MiddleEastern"}}
| 9,395
| {{Percentage | 9395 | 254145 | 2 }}
| 6,840
| {{Percentage | 6840 | 230005 | 2 }}
| 5,070
| {{Percentage | 5070 | 215950 | 2 }}
| 3,550
| {{Percentage | 3550 | 202160 | 2 }}
| 1,980
| {{Percentage | 1980 | 188160 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Latin American Canadians|Latin American]]
| 7,795
| {{Percentage | 7795 | 254145 | 2 }}
| 5,915
| {{Percentage | 5915 | 230005 | 2 }}
| 5,735
| {{Percentage | 5735 | 215950 | 2 }}
| 4,510
| {{Percentage | 4510 | 202160 | 2 }}
| 3,260
| {{Percentage | 3260 | 188160 | 2 }}
|-
| [[East Asian Canadians|East Asian]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Chinese", "Korean", and "Japanese" under visible minority section on census.|name="EastAsian"}}
| 6,235
| {{Percentage | 6235 | 254145 | 2 }}
| 6,085
| {{Percentage | 6085 | 230005 | 2 }}
| 4,845
| {{Percentage | 4845 | 215950 | 2 }}
| 3,710
| {{Percentage | 3710 | 202160 | 2 }}
| 2,410
| {{Percentage | 2410 | 188160 | 2 }}
|-
| [[Indigenous peoples in Canada|Indigenous]]
| 4,795
| {{Percentage | 4795 | 254145 | 2 }}
| 4,405
| {{Percentage | 4405 | 230005 | 2 }}
| 3,155
| {{Percentage | 3155 | 215950 | 2 }}
| 2,485
| {{Percentage | 2485 | 202160 | 2 }}
| 1,875
| {{Percentage | 1875 | 188160 | 2 }}
|-
| Other/[[Multiracial people|Multiracial]]{{efn|Statistic includes total responses of "Visible minority, {{abbr|n.i.e.|not included elsewhere}}" and "Multiple visible minorities" under visible minority section on census.|name="Other"}}
| 4,920
| {{Percentage | 4920 | 254145 | 2 }}
| 3,650
| {{Percentage | 3650 | 230005 | 2 }}
| 2,100
| {{Percentage | 2100 | 215950 | 2 }}
| 1,920
| {{Percentage | 1920 | 202160 | 2 }}
| 1,550
| {{Percentage | 1550 | 188160 | 2 }}
|-
! Total responses
! 254,145
! {{Percentage | 254145 | 256885 | 2 }}
! 230,005
! {{Percentage | 230005 | 233222 | 2 }}
! 215,950
! {{Percentage | 215950 | 219153 | 2 }}
! 202,160
! {{Percentage | 202160 | 204668 | 2 }}
! 188,160
! {{Percentage | 188160 | 190399 | 2 }}
|-
! Total population
! 256,885
! {{Percentage | 256885 | 256885 | 2 }}
! 233,222
! {{Percentage | 233222 | 233222 | 2 }}
! 219,153
! {{Percentage | 219153 | 219153 | 2 }}
! 204,668
! {{Percentage | 204668 | 204668 | 2 }}
! 190,399
! {{Percentage | 190399 | 190399 | 2 }}
|- class="sortbottom"
| colspan="15" | {{small|Note: Totals greater than 100% due to multiple origin responses}}
|}

=== Religion ===
According to the [[2021 Canadian census|2021 census]], religious groups in Kitchener included:<ref name="2021censusB">{{Cite web |last=Government of Canada |first=Statistics Canada |date=2022-10-26 |title= Census Profile, 2021 Census of Population |url=https://www12.statcan.gc.ca/census-recensement/2021/dp-pd/prof/details/page.cfm?Lang=E&SearchText=Kitchener&DGUIDlist=2021A00053530013&GENDERlist=1,2,3&STATISTIClist=1&HEADERlist=0 |access-date=2022-11-09 |website=www12.statcan.gc.ca}}</ref>
{| class="wikitable"
|+Religious Affiliation in Kitchener
!Religion
!Population
!Percent
|-
|[[Christianity in Canada|Christianity]]
|131,390
|51.7
|-
|[[Irreligion in Canada|Irreligion]]
|81,475
|32.1
|-
|[[Islam in Canada|Islam]]
|19,140
|7.5
|-
|[[Hinduism in Canada|Hinduism]]
|9,610
|3.8
|-
|[[Sikhism in Canada|Sikhism]]
|6,520
|2.6
|-
|[[Buddhism in Canada|Buddhism]]
|3,015
|1.2
|-
|[[Judaism in Canada|Judaism]]
|525
|0.2
|-
|[[Mythologies of the indigenous peoples of the Americas|Indigenous Spirituality]]
|70
|<0.1
|-
|Other
|2400
|0.9
|}
According to the 2021 census, 51.7% of the population identify as Christian, with the largest [[Denominations of Christianity|denomination of Christianity]] being [[Catholic Church in Canada|Catholics]] (22.3%), followed by [[Eastern Orthodoxy in North America|Orthodox]] (4.3%), [[Lutheran Church – Canada|Lutherans]] (3%), [[Anglican Church of Canada|Anglican]] (2.4%), [[United Church of Canada|United Church]] (2.3%), [[Pentecostal Assemblies of Canada|Pentecostal]] (1.6%), [[Presbyterian Church in Canada|Presbyterian]] (1.4%), [[Baptists in Canada|Baptist]] (1.4%), and other denominations. Others identify as Muslim (7.5%), Hindu (3.8%), Sikh (2.6%), Buddhist (1.2%), Judaism (0.2%), Indigenous Spirituality (<0.1%), other religious affiliation (0.9%), and 32.1% of the population reported being Irreligious.<ref name=":0" />