Resources for Kitchener tenants
Kitchener Apartments and housing rentals
For information on your rights as a tenant go to the Ontario Tenants Most Asked Questions and Answers page.
You may also want to check the following pages: Cambridge Community Servcies Directory and the Waterloo Community Services Directory.
This is also a helpful list for those who are moving to Kitchener Canada, not just those looking for Kitchener apartments.
Kitchener apartments for rent, plus houses and condos:
Viewit.ca - photos and videos of apartments, houses and condos in Kitchener
Kitchener apartments for rent, from GottaRent
Kitchener-Waterloo Housing - Usenet newsgroup
The K-W Record - Kitchener Apartments for Rent Classified Ads
Kitchener Waterloo Cambridge Pennysaver - Online Classifieds
Kijiji Kitchener, apartment rentals
Craigslist Kitchener, apartments for rent
Kitchener public housing, rent geared to income accomodations, and government benefits for the disadvantaged:
Kitchener Housing Inc, is the City of Kitchener's Municipal, non-profit housing corporation
Waterloo Region Community Housing, 202-385 Fairway Road South, Kitchener, (519) 575-4800
Central Ontario Co-operative Housing Federation
For Ontario Works/welfare: Social Services Department, The Regional Municipality of Waterloo, 99 Regina St. South, Waterloo, (519) 883-2100
Kitchener Tenants Associations:
City of Kitchener - Government pages
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City of Kitchener, main page
How to contact your City of Kitchener Mayor and City Councillors
City of Kitchener, Municipal Code
Region of Waterloo
Region of Waterloo By-laws
Waterloo Region Garbage and Recycling information,
Waterloo Region Household Hazardous Waste,
see HHW Drop Off locations and times,
for proper disposal of hazardous waste such as batteries, fluorescent and compact fluorescent lamps (as they contain mercury,) pharmaceuticals, paints, solvents, pesticides, etc..
Other Kitchener Social Services, Agencies and Advocacy Groups (help and advice)
- Be WebAware, for Parents to keep your children safe when on the Internet >
- Child Care Connection, (519) 741-1811
- Family and Child Services of the Waterloo Region, 200 Ardelt Ave., Kitchener, (519) 576-0540
- Kitchener Waterloo Multicultural Centre, 102 King Street West, Kitchener, (519) 745-2531
- K-W Youth Collective
- United Way of Kitchener Waterloo and Area
- The Working Centre, 58 Queen St. S., Kitchener, (519) 743-1151
- YMCA of Kitchener-Waterloo, Cross Cultural & Community Services, 800 King St. W., 3rd Flr., Kitchener, (519) 579-9622 ext. 253
Legal Services
- Waterloo Region Community Legal Services, 170 Victoria Street South, Kitchener, (519) 743-0254
- Legal Aid Office, 50 Queen Street North, Suite 830, Kitchener, (519) 743-4306
- Landlord and Tenant Board, (formerly the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal,) Client Service Office, City Hall, 200 King Street West, Main Floor, Kitchener, 1-888-332-3234
COMMUNITY LEGAL AID CLINICS
Emergencies: Fire, police, plus distress centres
- Distress Centre Waterloo (519) 745-1166
- Anselma House - Abused women's Crisis Line (519) 742-5894
- Kids Helpline 1-800-668-6868
- Parent Helpline 1-888-603-9100
Fire: for emergencies call 911
City of Kitchener Fire Department,
Waterloo Regional Police Service: for emergencies and crimes in progress call 911
For general and non-urgent inquires call (519) 653-7700
Poison Information 416-813-5900 (TTY-only 416-597-0215)
Distress Centres:
Kitchener Foodbanks and emergency shelters
House of Friendship of Kitchener, Men's Hostel, 63 Charles St E, Kitchener, (519) 742-8327
Mary's Place - YWCA, 84 Frederick St, Kitchener, (519) 744-0120
Argus Residence for Young People, ages 16-24 years, (519) 650-0452 (residence for women) or, (519) 623-7991 (residence for men)
Kitchener Hospitals and Healthcare
Telehealth Ontario 1-866-797-0000 for health advice over the phone
Walk in and Community Health Clinics We recommend you telephone a clinic in advance to ensure the clinic will be open and a doctor will be available when you plan to arrive. (Sorry, I can't list the hours and days of service as they can change and it is too much work on a volunteer basis to keep track and update such detailed information.)
Kitchener Downtown Community Health Centre, 59 Frederick Street, Main Floor, Kitchener, (519) 745-4404
Hospitals
Grand River Hospital, 835 King St. West, Kitchener, (519) 742-3611
St. Mary's General Hospital, 911 Queen's Boulevard, Kitchener, (519) 744-3311
Doctor Search, a service provided by the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Education
Waterloo Region District School Board, for public Kindergarden to Grade 12 education
Waterloo Catholic District School Board, for Catholic elementary to high school education
Conestoga College
University of Waterloo
Wilfred Laurier University
Transportation
Grand River Transit, public transit,
routes and schedules 24 hours, 7 days a week
Other Services
Other Directories and Search Engines
Around KW
Kitchener . com
The Record community directory
Google Canada Search Engine
Yahoo Canada Directory
General Reference
Canada 411 Telephone Directory
Canada Post
Postal Code lookup, from Canada Post
Kitchener Map, from Mapquest
Kitchener Maps, from Yahoo
I am not responsible for the content of these third-party sites listed here nor the services they provide. If you wish your free social or community service to be added here, send an e-mail to Bob Levitt. Links are voluntary and are solely at the discretion of the webmaster when I get time to post them.