Kitchener, Waterloo Region, Ontario, Canada: Past, Present, Future

Past

  • Unknown – 1784: Geographic area inhabited by the Chonnonton (Neutral), Anishinabek, and Haudenosaunee Nations

  • 1784 – Early 1800s: The Haldimand Tract, British Empire (Crown grant to the Six Nations, subsequently transferred via purchase to the German Company / early settlers)

  • 1807-1833: Sandhills/Ebytown/Ben Eby’s (Mennonite settlement), Wellington District, Upper Canada, British Empire

  • 1833-1853: Berlin (Hamlet), Wellington District, Canada West, British Empire

  • 1854-1912: Berlin (Incorporated Village/Town), Waterloo County, Canada West/Ontario, British Empire/Canada

  • 1912-1916: Berlin (City), Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada

  • 1916-1973: Kitchener (City), Waterloo County, Ontario, Canada

Present

  • 1973 - Present: Kitchener (City, Lower-Tier Municipality), Waterloo Region (Upper-Tier Municipality), Ontario, Canada

Future

  • 20?? - Future: Grand River (City), Toronto (State), Canada (Historical Geographic Area), European Union and/or United States of America (Country/Union)

    • Future vision/prediction: Canada transitions into a historical geographic area only as the country decentralizes and integrates transnationally into either the United States of America or the European Union (or a combination), broken down into sovereign states rather than traditional provinces. Within this framework, the Greater Toronto Area, Southwestern Ontario, and surrounding hubs merge into a new State of Toronto (with the rest of Ontario forming its own State or merging with other provinces to form new States), while local governance undergoes an overhaul. Specifically, the current two-tier Region of Waterloo dissolves, and its component cities and townships consolidate to form a unified, single-tier municipality known simply as the City of Grand River.