Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo, Ontario The changing landscape of Canadian metropolitan areas
Kitchener–Cambridge–Waterloo, Ontario

Highlights

• At the CMA level, built-up area increased from 119 km² in 1971 to 281 km² in 2011, an increase of 137%.
• At the CMA-E level, built-up area increased from 281 km² in 1971 to 693 km² in 2011, an increase of 146%.
• In 2011, the natural and semi-natural land class was divided into forest (61%), water (6%) and other (33%).
• From 1971 to 2011, 214 km² of arable land and 102 km² of natural and semi-natural land were lost to settled area.
• Of the natural and semi-natural land converted to settled area from 1971 to 2011, 43.6% was forest, 49.1% was natural land for pasture and 7.3% was classed as other.
• Population in the CMA increased by 100% from 238,628 to 477,160 between 1971 and 2011.
• The number of dwellings in the CMA increased by 175% from 69,707 to 191,739 between 1971 and 2011.

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