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You won't have to look far to find convenient, safe and accessible parking facilities the next time you're either visiting or doing business downtown Kitchener. We offer more than 3,400 off-street parking spaces in and around our city's core - and more than 300 free two-hour on-street parking spaces.

We also manage 15 municipal car parks and five parking structures, offering reasonable rates to downtown drivers.

Our main objectives for all of our parking facilities are to provide:

A rate structure that is reasonable competitive for users;
A combination of short- and long-term parking spaces to meet the overall parking demand; and
Reliable entrance and exit equipment. This includes our state-of-the-art automated payment collection systems at all of our indoor parking structures. The equipment is centrally located in facility, eliminating line-ups and offering users more flexibility in payment options.

Parking News

Parking Facilities - August 31, 2020

Effective Saturday, August 1, 2020 the Parking Enterprise will resume normal operations in all garage facilities, surface lots and on-street meters spaces except the City Hall garage. The City Hall garage is currently closed to the general public and will continue to be closed at this time. Only monthly permit holders or persons who have made on-line appointments at City Hall will have access to this garage.

Duke & Ontario Garage - August 11, 2020

Commencing on or about August 17, 2020, there will be some localized concrete and waterproof membrane replacement work completed at the Duke & Ontario Garage for a duration of approximately eighteen weeks. The completion of the waterproofing wear course will necessitate the closure of some sections of the garage including the helical ramp.

Parking Facilities - March 17, 2020

Effective Monday, April 6, 2020 the Parking Enterprise will resume operations, as parking facilities are a necessary support for essential services. The City Hall, Civic District and Kitchener Market garages are currently closed to the general public and will continue to be closed. Only monthly permit holders will have access to these garages. The Charles & Benton and Duke & Ontario garages will return to normal operational status. In addition, all surface lots and metered spaces will become active.

Reasonable rates

Parking downtown can be easy and inexpensive when you plan ahead. Use our online guide to find parking options near your destination.

Also, keep in mind, parking for two hours or less at any of the following four structures costs just $3.20:

City Hall Garage
Duke and Ontario Garage
Kitchener Market Garage
Charles and Benton Garage

While your first two half (2) hours (30 mins.) of parking costs just $1.05 per half hour at our Civic District parking structure, which is adjacent to the Kitchener Public Library - Central Branch.

Meeting your parking needs

Our parking map shows you all of our facilities and garage locations, for both short-term and long-term parking needs. For more information, including fees, addresses and hours of operation, select the individual parking location details on the map.

If you need downtown parking on a monthly basis, you can submit a request for a monthly parking permit at any of the available parking locations below by completing our online form.

If you have any questions, contact us.

Parking Facilities

Name	Address	Lot #	Monthly Parking
Queen St. North	19 Queen Street North	2
Water St. South	28 Water Street South	3	Space Available
Queen St. S.	5 Charles St. E.	7	Space Available
Ontario St. South	40 Ontario Street South	9	Waiting List
Green Street	787 King Street West	12	Space Available
Rotary	828 King Street West	13	Space Available
Otto Street	172 Frederick Street	14
Charles St. West	44-50 Gaukel Street	15	Space Available
Halls' Lane	28 Hall's Lane West	16
Scott Street	194 King Street East	21
Transit	15 Charles Street West	22	Space Available
King St. East	201 King Street East	23	Space Available
Bramm St. Yards	55 Bramm Street	24	Space Available
Centre In The Square	101 Queen Street North	19B
Civic District Parking Garage	83 Queen Street North	Civic District	Space Available
Charles & Benton Parking Garage	4 Charles Street East	Charles & Benton	Space Available
Centre In The Square	172 Frederick Street	19A
City Hall Parking Garage	200 King Street West	City Hall	Space Available
The Kitchener Market Parking Garage	300 King Street East	Kitchener Market	Space Available
Duke & Ontario Parking Garage	33 Ontario Street North	Duke/Ontario (General Parking)	Space Available
Duke & Ontario Parking Garage (Reserved)	33 Ontario Street North	Duke/Ontario (Reserved Parking)	Space Available

Monthly parking pre-authorized payment plan

Paying for your monthly parking permit is easy and worry free when you set up pre-authorized monthly payments.

Payment is automatically withdrawn from a chequing account you have with a financial institution, on the 10^th day of each month, and credited to your parking account. This service is free of charge; however, other bank charges may apply.

To set up pre-authorized payments, please use this PDF form.

By signing up for our pre-authorized payment payment, you will also support the environment and enjoy the following benefits:

It's paperless - you are now a green steward. You only need to provide one void cheque from your chequing account.
No transportation is required to make your monthly parking payment - this reduces greenhouse gas emissions.
No waiting in line to make a payment.
You do not have to worry about paying for postage or missing important payment due dates.

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