Kitchener Public Utilities Commission

The Kitchener Public Utilities Commission (KPUC, or PUC) was the municipal public utilities commission for the city of Kitchener, Ontario, Canada, as well as the surrounding area.

Its former office in downtown Kitchener, constructed in 1931 in Beaux-Arts style, has been designated under the Ontario Heritage Act as both historically and architecturally significant, and is one of the Kitchener's few surviving historic public buildings.

[1] Transit service began with horse cars in 1887 as a private company whose owner was from New York City with day-to-day operations via Thomas M. Burt.

An ice storm on December 27, 1946 caused so much damage to the overhead that it was not repaired.

Trolley coach operation began on January 1, 1947, and ended by March 26, 1973.

Kitchener's Public Utilities Commission building.
A Kitchener Public Utilities Commission streetcar, c. 1945, identified as KWSR No. 36.
An aerial view of the Rockway area c. 1944, showing Kitchener Junction to the bottom left.