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Here is a brief overview of some of the highlights of Kitchener, Ontario:

The City of Kitchener is a city in Southern Ontario, Canada. It was the Town of Berlin from 1854 until 1912 and the City of Berlin from 1912 until 1916. The city had a population of 204,668 in the Canada 2006 Census. The metropolitan area, which includes the neighbouring cities of Waterloo and Cambridge, has 451,235 people, making it the eleventh largest Census Metropolitan Area (CMA) in Canada and the fifth largest CMA in Ontario.

While Waterloo has benefited from the presence of two universities and a number of high tech companies, Kitchener has been a more blue-collar town.

Kitchener has several public high schools, with Kitchener Collegiate Institute being the oldest, founded in 1855. In the 1950s and 1960s several new schools were constructed including Cameron Heights Collegiate Institute in the Downtown core in 1967, Eastwood Collegiate Institute in the southern part of the city in 1956, Grand River Collegiate Institute in the northeastern Heritage Park Area in 1966, and Forest Heights Collegiate Institute in the Highland Hills part of the city in 1964.

Kitchener's cultural highlights include CAFKA, The Open Ears Festival, IMPACT theatre festival, the Multicultural Festival, and Blues, Brews & Barbecues, many of which are free to the public. Kitchener is also home to venues such as Homer Watson House & Gallery, Kitchener-Waterloo Art Gallery, and The Centre in the Square. Live music by popular artists can be heard at venues such as the Centre in the Square and The Aud. The Kitchener Public Library is another community stalwart.

Kitchener-Waterloo's Oktoberfest celebration is an annual nine-day event. Based on the original German Oktoberfest, it is billed as Canada's Greatest Bavarian Festival. It is held every October, starting on the Friday before Canadian Thanksgiving and running until the Saturday after. It is the largest Bavarian festival in the world outside of Germany.

Kitchener's oldest and most important outdoor park is Victoria Park, in the heart of downtown Kitchener. Numerous events and festivities are held in this park.

Real Estate

Kitchener-Waterloo has an exceptionally strong real estate market. Housing prices have been rising steadily, and a report[27] released by Re/Max in 2006 predicts that 2007 will see a modest 5% gain in home prices for the Kitchener-Waterloo area. It is expected that Kitchener-Waterloo will lead the country in sales growth for 2008 at 7%[28], while also seeing the average house increase in value by 5-13% in 2008.[29][30] Real estate in the Hidden Valley area is the most expensive in Kitchener.

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