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Kitchener-Waterloo, ON

🇨🇦 Ontario · Ranked #66 of 182 worldwide
59SCORE
Kitchener-Waterloo, ON is in-demand and heating up, with jobs and people pouring in. Here's the full data-driven picture — cost, safety, schools, jobs and climate risk.

A tech-corridor growth story, but affordability is slipping as Toronto demand spills over.

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The numbers

Median homeCA$635k
Median rentCA$2,100/mo
Gross rental yield4.0%
Median age38 yrs

How it scores

Climate
66
Affordability
40
Momentum
66
Resilience
66

Livability grades

A-Safety
A-Schools
AState
BHiking

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