Kitchener, Ontario
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Kitchener is a city in the Canadian province of Ontario, about 100 km west of Toronto. It is one of three cities that make up the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and is the regional seat. Kitchener
Kitchener Skyline December 2021
Victoria park kitchener lake
Elizabeth Witmer taps keg
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The city of Berlin, Ontario, Canada, changed its name to Kitchener by referendum in May and June 1916. Named in 1833 after the capital of Prussia and later the German Empire, the name Berlin became un
Kitchener, Ontario
…Toronto. It is one of three cities that make up the Regional Municipality of Waterloo and is the regional seat. Kitchener was known as Berlin until a 1916 referendum changed its name. The city covers an area of 136.86 km2, and had a population of 256,885 at the time of the 2021 Canadian census. The Regional Municipality…
A bust of Kaiser Wilhelm I was dedicated in Berlin's Victoria Park in 1897, pictured here in 1905.
Berlin residents retrieving the bust of Kaiser Wilhelm from Victoria Park lake, August 1914. Vandals threw the bust into the lake following Britain and Canada's declaration of war against Germany.
Three days after the referendum, residents see members of the 118th Battalion off at the Berlin station, May 22, 1916. The soldiers' absence reduced tensions in the city.
A ballot for selecting the new city name, June 1916