Kitchener Centre

Riding (federal electoral district) · Statistics Canada / Elections Canada code 35048 · Ontario

Current Member of Parliament

Conservative

Representation history

No earlier terms are on record for this district. Our source, OpenParliament, publishes membership spans per member rather than per riding, so history here covers earlier terms served by the sitting member.

Census profile

Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (2023 boundaries)

Population

113,405

2021 count

Median household income

$76,000

2020 total income

Age and households

Median age38.4

Average age40.5

Average household size2.3

Aged 0–1415.6%

Aged 15–6467.8%

Aged 65 and over16.6%

Aged 85 and over2.2%

Income and low income (2020)

Median household income$76,000

Average household income$94,900

Median individual income$40,800

Low income (LIM-AT)12.1%

Low income (LICO-AT)7.3%

Two official ways of counting how many people here live on a low income after tax. They use different cut-offs, so the two figures differ.

Labour force (residents aged 15+)

Employment rate58.3%

Unemployment rate11.1%

Share of adults working or looking for work (participation rate)65.6%

Education (aged 15+)

No certificate, diploma or degree17.4%

High school diploma or equivalent27.7%

Any postsecondary credential54.9%

Bachelor's degree or higher27.6%

Housing

Owner households51.7%

Renter households48.3%

Owners spending 30%+ of income on shelter14.4%

Renters spending 30%+ of income on shelter36.7%

Owners in core housing need4.7%

Renters in core housing need21.5%

Core housing need means a home that is too expensive, too crowded or in poor repair, and the household could not afford a suitable one nearby.

Median monthly shelter cost (owned)$1,430

Median monthly shelter cost (rented)$1,210

Median dwelling value$650,000

Dwelling types

Single-detached house42.4%

Semi-detached house4.0%

Row house7.7%

Apartment in a duplex4.2%

Apartment, fewer than five storeys22.9%

Apartment, five storeys or more18.7%

Language

Knows English only91.2%

Knows French only0.1%

Knows both official languages6.7%

Knows neither official language2.1%

Mother tongue English70.2%

Mother tongue French1.0%

Mother tongue neither English nor French25.1%

Immigration and Indigenous identity

Immigrants25.9%

Immigrants who arrived 2016–20216.3%

Non-permanent residents2.9%

Indigenous identity2.4%

Getting to work

Car, truck or van86.2%

Public transit6.2%

Walking4.4%

Bicycle0.9%

Figures come from the 2021 Census of Population (income figures are for 2020), published by Statistics Canada for today’s 343 ridings (the 2023 boundaries) — the same boundaries shown here, so these are 2021 counts totted up for the ridings we use now. Statistics Canada deliberately nudges small counts up or down so no individual can be identified (random rounding) and withholds some figures entirely, so values are approximate and the parts may not add up to the total; a blank means the figure is not published for this riding. The “participation rate” here describes local residents aged 15 and over who are working or looking for work, and has nothing to do with an MP’s voting participation. Land area and population density are not published for ridings, so they are not shown.

Election results

Elections Canada, Official Voting Results