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Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario

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, where the lake runs into the St.






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Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located at the eastern end of Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The lake is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by the U.S....
, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands
Thousand Islands

The Thousand Islands is the name of an archipelago of islands that straddle the United States-Canada border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario....
 begin.

Kingston is the county seat of Frontenac County
Frontenac County, Ontario

Frontenac County, as defined by Statistics Canada, is a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario. The City of Kingston, Ontario is included in the census division, but is separated from the County of Frontenac....
. According to the 2006 Canadian census
Canada 2006 Census

The Canada 2006 Census was a detailed enumeration of the Canada population. Census day was May 16 2006. The next census following will be the Canada 2011 Census....
, the population of the city proper was 117,207, while the population of the metropolitan area was 152,358.

Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many historic buildings built from the local limestone
Limestone

File:Limestone Formation In Waitomo.jpgLimestone is a sedimentary rock composed largely of the mineral calcite . The deposition of limestone strata is often a by-product and indicator of biological activity in the geology record....
.

The city sits besides Fort Henry
Fort Henry, Ontario

Fort Henry is located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada on Point Henry, a strategic point located near the mouth of the Cataraqui River where it flows into the St....
 and the Rideau Canal
Rideau Canal

The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario....
 which was registered in 2007 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

History

The French
France

France , officially the French Republic , is a country whose Metropolitan France is located in Western Europe and that also comprises various Overseas departments and territories of France....
 originally settled upon a traditional Mississaugas
Mississaugas

The Mississaugas are a subtribe of the Anishinaabe First Nations people located in southern Ontario, Canada, closely related to the Ojibwa. The name "Mississauga" comes from the Anishinaabe language word Misi-zaagiing, meaning "[Those at the] Great River-mouth."...
 First Nation site called Katerokwi (Cataraqui in the common transliteration, and according to French pronunciation rules should be said "kah-tah-RAH-kee," although it is generally pronounced "kah-tah-ROCK-way") in 1673 and established Fort Cataraqui, later to be called Fort Frontenac
Fort Frontenac

Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and military fort built in 1673 in what is now Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It was strategically positioned at the mouth of the Cataraqui River where the St....
. The fort was captured and destroyed by the British
Great Britain

Great Britain is an island lying to the northwest of Continental Europe. It is the List of islands by area, and the largest in Europe. With a population of 58.9 million people it is List of islands by population....
 in the Battle of Fort Frontenac
Battle of Fort Frontenac

The Battle of Fort Frontenac took place from August 25 to August 27 1758 during the Seven Years' War between France and Britain. The location of the battle was Fort Frontenac, a French fortification and trading post which is located in the modern-day city of Kingston, Ontario, at the eastern end of Lake Ontario where it meets the St....
 during the Seven Years' War
Seven Years' War

The Seven Years' War lasted between 1756?1763 and involved all of the major European powers of the period. The war pitted Kingdom of Prussia and Kingdom of Great Britain and a coalition of smaller German states against an alliance consisting of Archduchy of Austria, Early Modern France, Russian Empire, Kingdom of Sweden, and Electorate of Sa...
 in 1758. A receiving centre for fleeing refugees from the American Revolution
American Revolution

The American Revolution refers to the political upheaval during the last half of the 18th century in which the Thirteen Colonies of North America overthrew the governance of the British Empire and then rejected the British monarchy to become the sovereign United States of America....
 some years later, Kingston became the primary community of south-eastern Upper Canada
Upper Canada

The Province of Upper Canada was a British colony located in what is now the southern portion of the Province of Ontario in Canada. Upper Canada officially existed from 26 December 1791 to 10 February 1841 and generally comprised present-day Southern Ontario and, until 1797, the Upper Peninsula of what is now part of the U.S....
.

New settlement from the United Empire Loyalists
United Empire Loyalists

The name United Empire Loyalists is a honorific name which has been given after the fact to those Loyalist who resettled in British North America and other British Colonies as an act of fealty to George III of the United Kingdom after the Kingdom of Great Britain defeat in the American Revolutionary War and prior to the Treaty of Paris ....
 (UEL) and Mohawks
Mohawk nation

Mohawk are an Indigenous peoples of the Americas of North America originally from the Mohawk Valley in upstate New York to southern Quebec and eastern Ontario....
 from the Six Nations
Iroquois

The Iroquois Confederacy is a group of First Nations/Native Americans in the United States that originally consisted of five nations: the Mohawk nation, the Oneida tribe, the Onondaga , the Cayuga nation, and the Seneca nation....
 in New York
New York

The State of New York is a U.S. state in the Mid-Atlantic States and Northeastern United States regions of the United States and is the nation's List of U.S....
, led by Molly Brant (the sister of Six Nations Leader Joseph Brant
Joseph Brant

Thayendanegea or Joseph Brant was a Mohawk nation leader and Kingdom of Great Britain military officer during the American Revolutionary War....
  - Tyendinega), formed a significant part of an expanding population in the area at the end of the 18th century.

During the War of 1812
War of 1812

The War of 1812, between the United States of America and the British Empire , was fought from 1812 to 1815.There were several immediate stated causes for the U.S....
, Kingston was the base for the Lake Ontario division of the Great Lakes
Great Lakes

The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....
 British naval fleet
Royal Navy

The Royal Navy of the United Kingdom is the oldest of the British Armed Forces . From the mid-18th century until well into the 20th century, it was the most powerful navy in the world, playing a key part in establishing the British Empire as the dominant world power from 1815 until the early 1940s....
 which engaged in a vigorous arms race
Arms race

The term arms race, in its original usage, describes a competition between two or more parties for real or apparent military supremacy. Each party competes to produce larger numbers of weapons, greater armies, or superior military technology in a technological escalation....
 with the American fleet based at Sackett's Harbor, New York for control of Lake Ontario. After the war, Britain built Fort Henry
Fort Henry, Ontario

Fort Henry is located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada on Point Henry, a strategic point located near the mouth of the Cataraqui River where it flows into the St....
 and a series of distinctive Martello tower
Martello tower

Martello towers are small defensive Fortification built in several countries of the British Empire during the 19th century, from the time of the Napoleonic Wars onwards....
s to guard the entrance to the Rideau Canal
Rideau Canal

The Rideau Canal, also known as the Rideau Waterway, connects the city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada on the Ottawa River to the city of Kingston, Ontario on Lake Ontario....
. All still exist, and Fort Henry is a popular tourist attraction. In 2007, the Rideau Canal and the fortifications at Kingston were designated a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kingston's location at the Rideau Canal entrance to Lake Ontario, after canal construction was completed in 1832, made it the primary military and economic centre of Upper Canada. Incorporated as a town in 1838, the first mayor of Kingston was Thomas Kirkpatrick
Thomas Kirkpatrick

Thomas Kirkpatrick was a Canada lawyer and political figure. He represented Frontenac in the 1st Canadian Parliament as a Conservative Party of Canada ....
. Kingston had the largest population of any centre in Upper Canada
Upper Canada

The Province of Upper Canada was a British colony located in what is now the southern portion of the Province of Ontario in Canada. Upper Canada officially existed from 26 December 1791 to 10 February 1841 and generally comprised present-day Southern Ontario and, until 1797, the Upper Peninsula of what is now part of the U.S....
 until the 1840s. Kingston was incorporated as a city in 1846.

Kingston was chosen as the first capital of the united Canadas
Province of Canada

The Province of Canada or the United Province of Canada was a British North America#BNA colonies after the American Revolution: in North America from 1841 to 1867....
 and served in that role from 1841 to 1844. The first meeting of the Parliament of the United Canadas on June 13, 1841 was held on the site of what is now Kingston General Hospital
Kingston General Hospital

The Kingston General Hospital is a major hospital in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario that is affiliated with Queen?s University....
. The city was considered too small and lacking in amenities, however, and its location made it vulnerable to American attack. Consequently, the capital was moved to alternating locations in Montreal and Toronto, and then later to Ottawa
Ottawa

Ottawa is the Capital of Canada. The city has population of 812,000, the List of the 100 largest municipalities in Canada by population municipality in the country and second largest in Ontario....
 in 1857. Subsequently, Kingston's growth slowed considerably and its national importance declined.

Kingston was the home of Canada's first Prime Minister
Prime Minister of Canada

The Prime Minister of Canada is the primary Minister of the Crown, chairman of the Cabinet of Canada, and thus head of government of Canada. The office is not outlined in any of the documents that constitute the written portion of the constitution of Canada; executive authority is formally vested in the Monarchy of Canada and exercised on hi...
, Sir John A. Macdonald.

During the late nineteenth and early twentieth centuries, Kingston remained an important Great Lakes port and a centre for shipbuilding
Shipbuilding

Shipbuilding is the construction of ships. It normally takes place in a specialized facility known as a shipyard. Shipbuilders, originally called shipwrights, follow a specialized occupation that traces its roots to before recorded history....
 and locomotive
Locomotive

A locomotive is a Rail transport vehicle that provides the motive power for a train. The word originates from the Latin language loco - "from a place", Ablative case of locus, "place" + Medieval Latin motivus, "causing motion", and is a shortened form of the term locomotive engine,....
 manufacturing, including the Canadian Locomotive Company
Canadian Locomotive Company

The Canadian Locomotive Company, commonly referred to as CLC, was a Canada manufacturer of railway locomotives located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario....
, at one time the largest locomotive works in the British Empire
British Empire

The British Empire comprised the dominions, Crown colony, protectorates, League of Nations mandate, and other Dependent territory ruled or administered by the United Kingdom , that had originated with the overseas colonies and trading posts established by England in the late 16th and early 17th centuries....
. Most heavy industry has now left the city, and employment is now primarily in the institutional, military, and service/retail sectors.

Kingston grew moderately through the 20th century through a series of annexations of lands in adjacent Kingston Township, including a 1951 annexation which encompassed areas west to the Little Cataraqui creek (including the village of Portsmouth) where a number of large residential subdivisions were built in the late 1950s and early '60s.

Municipal governance had been a topic of discussion since the mid-1970s due to financial imbalance between the city and the surrounding townships, which now had large residential areas and a population approaching that of the city proper. On January 1, 1998, the City was amalgamated with Kingston Township and Pittsburgh Township to form a new City of Kingston. The city's boundaries now encompass large rural areas north of Highway 401 and east of the Cataraqui River.

The term "Cataraqui", from the original native name for Kingston, today refers to an area around the intersection of Princess Street
Princess Street (Kingston)

Princess Street is a major arterial road in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Princess Street begins almost at the waterfront east of Ontario Street in the downtown and traverses the entire east-west length of the city....
 and Sydenham Road where a village that later took the name was located. Cataraqui is also the name of a municipal electoral district.

Kingston's military history

Kingston, being strategically located at the head of the St. Lawrence River and at the mouth of the Cataraqui River near the border with the United States
United States

The United States of America is a Federal government constitutional republic comprising U.S. state and a federal district. The country is situated mostly in central North America, where its Contiguous United States and Washington, D.C., the Capital districts and territories, lie between the Pacific Ocean and Atlantic Oceans, Borders of the U...
, has been a site of vital military importance since Fort Frontenac
Fort Frontenac

Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and military fort built in 1673 in what is now Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It was strategically positioned at the mouth of the Cataraqui River where the St....
 was built in 1673. The French and British established military garrisons here, and several defensive fortifications were constructed. Military shipbuilding has also been a part of Kingston's history. Camp Barriefield, now McNaughton Barracks, was constructed at the beginning of the First World War and expanded during the Second World War. Camp Barriefield was named in honour of Rear-Admiral Sir Robert Barrie
Robert Barrie

Sir Robert Barrie was a United Kingdom of Great Britain and Ireland naval officer noted for his service in the War of 1812....
 (May 5, 1774 – June 7, 1841), was a British naval officer noted for his service in the War of 1812. Vimy Barracks was established in 1937 for the Royal Canadian Corps of Signals
Royal Canadian Corps of Signals

The Royal Canadian Corps of Signals was a corps#Administrative corps of the Canadian Army. The corps was established in 1903, making it the first independent Signal Corps in the British Empire....
 (later the Royal Canadian School of Signals). A military aerodrome
RCAF Station Kingston

RCAF Station Kingston, or RCAF Aerodrome Kingston, was built in 1940 at Collins Bay, Ontario near Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada and was a World_War_II training station initially operated by the Royal Air Force ....
 was constructed to the west of Kingston to support flying training during the Second World War.

Kingston's military units and facilities are supported by Canadian Forces Base Kingston (CFB Kingston
CFB Kingston

Canadian Forces Base Kingston is a Canadian Forces Base located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario.CFB Kingston is home to the Communications and Electronics Branch of the Canadian Forces....
). Vimy and McNaughton Barracks, which are located east of Kingston's downtown, today house the Canadian Forces School of Communications and Electronics (CFSCE), the Canadian Forces
Canadian Forces

The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces." This singular institution consists of thre...
' military communications training centre and several other units. Other establishments include Fort Frontenac
Fort Frontenac

Fort Frontenac was a French trading post and military fort built in 1673 in what is now Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It was strategically positioned at the mouth of the Cataraqui River where the St....
 located on the site of the original fort, and the Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Military College of Canada

The Royal Military College of Canada , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers....
 located on Point Frederick.

Economy

Kingston's economy relies heavily on public sector institutions and establishments. The most important sectors are related to health care
Health care

File:Ear surgery on a patient.jpgFile:Monoclonal antibodies3.jpgHealth care, or healthcare, refers to the treatment and management of illness, and the preservation of health through services offered by the Medicine, pharmaceutical, Dentistry, clinical laboratory sciences , nursing, and allied health professions....
, education (Queen's University
Queen's University

Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....
 and Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Military College of Canada

The Royal Military College of Canada , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers....
), government (including the military
Military

A military is an organization authorized by its nation to use force, usually including use of weapons, in defending its country by combating actual or Threat of force ....
 and correctional services), tourism
Tourism

Tourism is travel for recreational or leisure purposes. The World Tourism Organization defines tourists as people who "travel to and stay in places outside their usual environment for not more than one consecutive year for leisure, business and other purposes not related to the exercise of an activity remunerated from...
 and culture
Culture

Culture is difficult to define. For example, in 1952, Alfred Kroeber and Clyde Kluckhohn compiled a list of 164 definitions of "culture" in Culture: A Critical Review of Concepts and Definitions....
, manufacturing
Manufacturing

Manufacturing is the use of machine, tool and labor to make things for use or sale. The term may refer to a range of human activity, from handicraft to high tech, but is most commonly applied to Industry production, in which raw material are transformed into finished good on a large scale....
, and research and development
Research and development

The phrase research and development , according to the Organization for Economic Co-operation and Development, refers to "creative work undertaken on a systematic basis in order to increase the stock of knowledge, including knowledge of man, culture and society, and the use of this stock of knowledge to devise new applications [sic]" ...
. One of Kingston's major industrial employers of the 20th century, the Canadian Locomotive Company
Canadian Locomotive Company

The Canadian Locomotive Company, commonly referred to as CLC, was a Canada manufacturer of railway locomotives located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario....
, is long closed. The former Alcan
Alcan

Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. became the world's largest Aluminium corporation when Rio Tinto Group Canadian subsidiary, Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc., completed a friendly acquisition of Canadian company Alcan Inc....
 and DuPont
DuPont

E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company is an United States chemical industry that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuth?re Ir?n?e du Pont....
 operations employ far fewer people than in the past. A wind farm, the Wolfe Island Wind Project
Wolfe Island Wind Project

Wolfe Island Wind Project is a large wind farm project located on Wolfe Island , near Kingston, Ontario. It is reportedly scheduled to open June 2009....
 is scheduled to open June 2009. The wind farm starts a new trend by creating green jobs.

General

According to the , in a 2007 report, the 20 largest employers in Kingston were:
  • Canadian Forces Base Kingston
    CFB Kingston

    Canadian Forces Base Kingston is a Canadian Forces Base located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario.CFB Kingston is home to the Communications and Electronics Branch of the Canadian Forces....
     5,277
  • Queen's University 4,200
  • 3,085
  • Limestone District School Board
    Limestone District School Board

    Limestone District School Board is a public district school board encompassing the Kingston, Ontario and the counties of Frontenac County, Ontario and Lennox and Addington County, Ontario in Eastern Ontario....
     2,720
  • Correctional Service of Canada
    Correctional Service of Canada

    The Correctional Service of Canada , or CSC, is a Canadian government government agency responsible for the incarceration and Rehabilitation of convicted Crime offenders....
     2,670
  • StarTek
    StarTek, Inc.

    StarTek is a business process outsourcing company that was founded in Greeley, Colorado in 1987 as a packaging company, StarPak. Originally contracted to pack early versions of Microsoft word processors, it eventually expanded to provide customer support for the product....
     1,850
  • 1,500
  • Invista
    INVISTA

    Invista, headquartered in Wichita, Kansas is the world's largest integrated fiber, resin and intermediates company. DuPont originally formed the company as a subsidiary in 2003 from its textile fibers division and named it DuPont Textiles and Interiors while a permanent identity was established....
     Canada (formerly DuPont
    DuPont

    E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company is an United States chemical industry that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuth?re Ir?n?e du Pont....
    ): 1,100
  • Hotel Dieu Hospital
    Hotel Dieu Hospital (Kingston)

    Hotel Dieu Hospital is an ambulatory clinic in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario that is affiliated with Queen's University. It was previously a teaching hospital....
     1,000
  • 1,000
  • Royal Military College of Canada
    Royal Military College of Canada

    The Royal Military College of Canada , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers....
     780
  • 550
  • Ontario Ministry of Health
    Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care (Ontario)

    The Ministry of Health and Long-Term Care is the Government of Ontario ministry responsible for administering the health care system and providing services through such programs as:...
     500
  • Assurant Group
    Assurant

    Assurant is a Fortune 500 company headquartered in One Chase Manhattan Plaza, New York City. They are a provider of specialized insurance services....
     500
  • Novelis
    Novelis

    Novelis Inc. is a Canada company headquartered in Toronto involved in aluminum rolling and aluminum can recycling. It was spun off from Alcan's rolling division and incorporated in January 2005....
     (formerly Alcan
    Alcan

    Rio Tinto Alcan Inc. became the world's largest Aluminium corporation when Rio Tinto Group Canadian subsidiary, Rio Tinto Canada Holding Inc., completed a friendly acquisition of Canadian company Alcan Inc....
    ) (Rolled Products and R&D Centre) 400
  • Ontario Ministry of Transportation
    Ministry of Transportation (Ontario)

    The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario is an Ontario government ministry responsible for transport infrastructure and law in the Canadian province of Ontario....
     400
  • St. Lawrence College
    St. Lawrence College

    St. Lawrence College is the name of more than one educational institution:* St. Lawrence College, Ontario, in Kingston, Ontario, with satellite campuses in Cornwall, Ontario and Brockville, Ontario, Canada...
     (Kingston Campus) 296
  • Bell Canada
    Bell Canada

    Bell Canada, commonly shortened to "Bell", is a major Canada telecommunications company. Including its subsidiaries such as Bell Aliant, Northwestel, T?l?bec, and NorthernTel, it is the incumbent local exchange carrier for telephone services in most of Canada east of Manitoba and in the northern territories, and a leading competitive local ex...
     250
  • DuPont
    DuPont

    E. I. du Pont de Nemours and Company is an United States chemical industry that was founded in July 1802 as a gunpowder mill by Eleuth?re Ir?n?e du Pont....
     Canada Inc. R & D Centre 200
  • 150
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Transportation

Highway 401
Highway 401 (Ontario)

The King's Highway 401 is a highway that extends across Southern Ontario, Canada. It is the longest 400-series highways in Ontario, and one of the widest and busiest highways in the world....
, which runs north of the city, is the principal access route into Kingston. The first sections of the highway in the Kingston area were opened in 1958, although it was not fully completed for another ten years. From the south, Interstate 81
Interstate 81

Interstate 81 is an Interstate Highway in the eastern part of the United States. Its southern terminus is at Interstate 40 in Dandridge, Tennessee; its northern terminus is on Wellesley Island at the Canada?United States border, where the Thousand Islands Bridge connects it to Highway 401 , the main freeway connecting Windsor, Ontario-Detro...
 connects with Highway 401 east of Kingston. Seasonal ferry service from Cape Vincent, New York
Cape Vincent, New York

Cape Vincent, New York may refer to:* Cape Vincent , New York* Cape Vincent , New York...
, via Wolfe Island
Wolfe Island

Wolfe Island may refer to:*in Canada,**Wolfe Island , near Kingston, in Lake Ontario**Wolfe Island , near Nova Scotia, in the Atlantic Ocean...
, into downtown Kingston is an alternate route to and from the United States.

VIA Rail
VIA Rail

Via Rail Canada is an independent Crown corporation offering intercity passenger rail transport services in Canada.Via Rail Canada operates 480 trains in eight Canada Provinces of Canada over a network of of track spanning the country from the Atlantic Ocean to the Pacific Ocean, and from the Great Lakes to Hudson Bay....
 corridor
Corridor (VIA)

The Corridor is a VIA Rail passenger train service area in the Canada provinces of Quebec and Ontario.Corridor is used by VIA to refer to all VIA inter-city passenger trains which start and end within the geographic region known as the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor....
 service connects Kingston along the main line between Windsor, Ontario
Windsor, Ontario

Windsor is the southernmost city in Canada and lies at the western end of the heavily populated Quebec City-Windsor Corridor. Windsor is located south of Detroit, Michigan, is separated from that city by the Detroit River, and has views of the Detroit skyline....
 and Quebec
Quebec

Quebec , in French language, Qu?bec , is a Provinces and territories of Canada in the Central Canada and Eastern Canada regions of Canada....
. By air, Kingston is served by Norman Rogers Airport
Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport

Kingston Airport or Kingston/Norman Rogers Airport, , is an airport located west of the core of Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada.The airport is named after former Member of Parliament Norman McLeod Rogers , Minister of Labour and then Minister of National Defence in Prime Minister William Lyon Mackenzie King's cabinet....
 with Air Canada
Air Canada

Air Canada is Canada's largest airline and flag carrier. The airline, founded in 1936, provides scheduled and charter air transportation for passengers and cargo to 160 destinations worldwide....
 providing regular service to Toronto only.

Kingston Transit
Kingston Transit

Kingston Transit operates the transit service in Kingston, Ontario, Canada as well as to the neighbouring community of Amherstview, Ontario, in Loyalist Township, Ontario....
 provides local municipal bus service.

Shopping

  • Cataraqui Town Centre
    Cataraqui Town Centre

    Cataraqui Town Centre, is a shopping mall located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is the largest mall in southeastern Ontario with over 141 stores....
    , a two storey mall located at Princess Street and Gardiners Road
  • Frontenac Mall, a single storey mall.
  • RioCan Centre
    RioCan Centre Kingston

    RioCan Centre Kingston is a regional big box shopping centre at the corner of Gardiners Rd. and Taylor-Kidd Blvd located in Kingston, Ontario. Construction began in November 1998 with The Home Depot, and continued until the completion of phase one in 2003....
  • many lovely downtown boutiques and shops


Culture

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Kingston has developed a thriving artistic and entertainment life. The city hosts several festivals during the year, including , , Fanfayr, the Kingston Buskers' Rendezvous, , and .

Kingston is home to many artists who work in visual arts, media arts, literature, and a growing number who work in other time-based disciplines such as performance art. The contemporary arts scene in particular has two long standing professional non-profit venues in the downtown area, the Agnes Etherington Art Centre
Agnes Etherington Art Centre

The Agnes Etherington Art Centre is in Kingston, Ontario, Canada and is operated by Queen's University. The centre holds about 15 exhibitions annually, as well as artists' talks and performances, public lectures, symposia, workshops, and school and family programs....
 (founded 1957), and (founded 1977). Local artists often participate in the exhibition programming of each organization, while each also presents the work of artists from across Canada and around the world - inkeeping with their educational mandates. Alternative venues for the presentation of exhibition programs in Kingston include The Union Gallery (Queen's University's student art gallery), Verb Gallery, Open Studio 22, the Kingston Arts Council gallery, and .

Writers who are or have been residents of Kingston include: Steve Heighton, Bronwen Wallace, Helen Humphreys, Joanne Page, Diane Schoemperlen, Eric Folsom, Michael Crummey, Melanie Dugan, Mary Alice Downie, Robertson Davies, Douglas Fetherling, Wayne Grady, Merilyn Simonds, Ellen Stafford, Alec Ross, Jamie Swift, Carolyn Smart and Alexander Scala.

Music and theatre venues include the Grand Theatre (Kingston), and , which host performances from international, national, and local groups like Domino Theatre, Theatre Kingston, , , and other small groups that dot the downtown area. The performs at The Grand Theatre, as do several amateur and semi-professional theatre groups. The K-Rock Centre, a 5800-seat entertainment venue and ice rink, opened in February 2007.

The city has spawned several musicians and musical groups, most of whom are known mainly within Canada, but a few of whom have achieved international success. These include John Kay
John Kay (musician)

John Kay is a Germans-born Canadian singer, songwriter and guitarist known as the front man of Steppenwolf .In the Evacuation of East Prussia in early 1945, in harsh Winter conditions, his mother first had to flee with the baby boy from the advancing Soviet troops....
, lead singer, harmonica player, and occasional guitarist of the heavy metal late 60s/early 70s band Steppenwolf
Steppenwolf (band)

Steppenwolf is a Canada/United States rock music band that helped establish heavy metal music in the late 1960s along with bands like Blue Cheer and Iron Butterfly....
, members of The Tragically Hip
The Tragically Hip

The Tragically Hip is a Canada Rock music Musical ensemble from Kingston, Ontario, consisting of Gordon Downie , Paul Langlois , Rob Baker , Gord Sinclair and Johnny Fay ....
, The Mahones
The Mahones

The Mahones are a Canada Celtic punk band, whose blend of Celtic folk with alternative rock was a popular draw on the Canadian live music circuit in the 1990s....
, jazz singer Andy Poole
Andy Poole

Andy Poole is a jazz musician who was born in Montreal, Quebec and raised in Kingston, Ontario. While studying at Queen's University, he appeared frequently in campus productions, including the Queen's Players....
, Bedouin Soundclash
Bedouin Soundclash

Bedouin Soundclash is a Canada band from Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, currently based in Toronto. Their sound can be described as a mix of reggae, Rock music, soul music, and ska....
, Sarah Harmer
Sarah Harmer

Sarah Harmer is a Canada singer-songwriter and activist....
, The Arrogant Worms
The Arrogant Worms

The Arrogant Worms are a Canada musical comedy trio that parodies many musical genres. They are well known for their humorous on-stage banter in addition to their music....
, The Headstones
The Headstones

Headstones were a Canada hard rock band that began in the late 1980s in Kingston, Ontario and were active until 2003. The band consisted of vocalist Hugh Dillon, guitarist Trent Carr, bassist Tim White, and drummer Dale Harrison....
, The Inbreds
The Inbreds

The Inbreds were a Canada indie rock band formed in 1992. Originally from Kingston, Ontario, the band later moved to Halifax Urban Area in 1996....
, and David Usher
David Usher

David Usher is a United Kingdom-born rock singer-songwriter who currently lives in Montreal. Formerly the frontman for the Canada band Moist , he embarked on a solo career in the late 1990s....
, formerly of Moist
Moist

Moist was a five-piece Canada alternative rock band that was popular in the mid-to-late-1990s. The band was led by lead singer David Usher, along with Mark Makoway , Jeff Pearce , Kevin Young and Paul Wilcox ....
.

Kingston is also the birth place of Bryan Adams
Bryan Adams

Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...
. Singer Avril Lavigne
Avril Lavigne

Avril Lavigne Whibley , better known by her birth name Avril Lavigne , is a Canadian pop-punk singer-songwriter, fashion designer, and actress....
, from nearby Napanee, began her career after gaining notice singing at a Kingston fair and bookstore. The first winner of the television series Canadian Idol
Canadian Idol

Canadian Idol is a Canadian reality television competition show airing on CTV Television Network. The show is based on the popular Fox Broadcasting Company show American Idol, which in turn is based on the British show Pop Idol....
 was Kingston native Ryan Malcolm
Ryan Malcolm

Ryan Michael Malcolm is a Canadian singer best known as the winner of the first season of Canadian Idol. Ryan grew up in a small town just west of Kingston called Amherstview....
.

Poet Michael Andre
Michael Andre

Michael Andre is a Canada poet, critic and Editing living in New York City.Andre was born in City of Halifax, Nova Scotia, to a civil engineer doing wartime work on a military hospital....
 was raised in Kingston, and actor Dan Aykroyd
Dan Aykroyd

Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, Order of Canada is an Academy Awards-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist....
 makes his home near Kingston. Zal Yanovsky
Zal Yanovsky

Zalman "Zal" Yanovsky was a Canada rock musician. Born in Toronto, he was the son of political cartoonist Avrom Yanovsky. He played lead guitar and sang for the Lovin' Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John Sebastian in 1964....
 of The Lovin' Spoonful
The Lovin' Spoonful

The Lovin' Spoonful is an United States pop rock band of the 1960s, named to the Rock and Roll Hall of Fame in 2000. The band's name was inspired by some lines in a song of Mississippi John Hurt called the "Coffee Blues." John Sebastian credits Fritz Richmond for suggesting the name....
 lived in Kingston until his death on December 13, 2002.

Education

Queenstheologicalhall
Kingston is the site of two universities, Queen's University
Queen's University

Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....
 and the Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Military College of Canada

The Royal Military College of Canada , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers....
, and a major community college
Community college

A community college is a type of educational institution. The term can have different meanings in different countries....
, St. Lawrence College
St. Lawrence College, Ontario

St. Lawrence College is a community college. It has three campuses in Brockville, Ontario , Cornwall, Ontario and Kingston, Ontario , Ontario....
.

Queen's University

Queen's University
Queen's University

Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....
 is one of Canada's oldest universities and offers a variety of degree programs. The university was founded in 1841 under royal charter from Queen Victoria. It currently has an enrollment of more than 13,000 undergraduate and 4,000 graduate students.

Royal Military College of Canada

RMC, established in 1876, is Canada's only military university (Collège Militaire Royal in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec
Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec

Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu is a city in the province of Quebec, Canada about southeast of Montreal. It is situated on the west bank of the Richelieu River at the northernmost navigable point of Lake Champlain....
 being a military CEGEP
Cégep

A CEGEP is a higher education institution exclusive to the province of Quebec in Canada. CEGEP is a French language acronym for Coll?ge d'enseignement g?n?ral et professionnel, meaning "College of General and Vocational Education"....
), providing academic and leadership training to officer cadets
Officer Cadet

Officer Cadet is a military rank held by military cadets during their training to become commissioned officers. The term Officer Trainee is used interchangeably in some countries....
 and other members of Canada's armed forces
Canadian Forces

The Canadian Forces , officially the Canadian Armed Forces , are the unified armed forces of Canada, as constituted by the National Defence Act, which states: "The Canadian Forces are the armed forces of Her Majesty raised by Canada and consist of one Service called the Canadian Armed Forces." This singular institution consists of thre...
.

St. Lawrence College

St. Lawrence College
St. Lawrence College, Ontario

St. Lawrence College is a community college. It has three campuses in Brockville, Ontario , Cornwall, Ontario and Kingston, Ontario , Ontario....
 offers baccalaureate degree programs at its Kingston campus, in behavioural psychology, microelectronics and nursing.

Primary and secondary education

The Limestone District School Board
Limestone District School Board

Limestone District School Board is a public district school board encompassing the Kingston, Ontario and the counties of Frontenac County, Ontario and Lennox and Addington County, Ontario in Eastern Ontario....
 serves students in the counties of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington. Along with the Limestone School of Community Education, which provides adult education and training programs, approximately 23,000 students attend 56 elementary and 12 secondary schools. The Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board
Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board

Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board is a separate school school board in the Canadian province of Ontario. The school board is the school district Academic administration for Roman Catholic schools in the western portions of Eastern Ontario, including Napanee, Ontario, Kingston, Ontario, Belleville, Ontario and Quinte West,...
 serves students of the Roman Catholic faith. Approximately 15,000 students attend 36 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools in this school district. The francophone community is served by two school boards, the Conseil des écoles publique de l'est de l'Ontario and the Conseil des écoles catholique de langue française du centre-est, each providing one secondary school in the area.

Local secondary schools:
  • Bayridge Secondary School
    Bayridge Secondary School

    Bayridge Secondary School is a secondary school located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada offering grades 9 to 12. The school is located in what was formerly Kingston Township in a neighbourhood known as Bayridge....
  • École secondaire catholique Marie-Rivier
    École secondaire catholique Marie-Rivier

    ?cole secondaire catholique Marie-Rivier is a French language high school for grades 7-12 located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario. It is part of the St-Fran?ois d'Assise parish....
  • École secondaire publique Mille-Iles
    École secondaire publique Mille-Iles

    ?cole secondaire publique Mille-Iles was founded in 1994. It was initially started as a French program within Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute in 1977....
  • Frontenac Secondary School
    Frontenac Secondary School

    Frontenac Secondary School is a high school located in the Auden Park area of Kingston, Ontario. It offers grades 9?12....
  • Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School
    Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School

    Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School is a Catholic school secondary school located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada offering education for about 1,200 students in grades 9-12....
  • Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute
    Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute

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  • La Salle Secondary School
    La Salle Secondary School

    La Salle Secondary School is a high school located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. The student body is predominantly composed of students from the adjacent suburbs, CFB Kingston, as well as many rural communities located along Highway 2 , and Highway 15 ....
  • Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute
    Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute

    Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute is a secondary school located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is commonly referred to as simply "LC"....
  • Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute
    Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute

    Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute , or "QE", is a High School in north Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....
  • Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School
    Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School

    Regiopolis - Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School is a secondary school located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada offering grades 9 to 12....


Geography and climate

Kingston is located at (44.22, -76.48), and is located in hardiness zone 5. Kingston has a moderate humid continental climate
Humid continental climate

The humid continental climate is a climate found over large areas of land masses in the temperate climates of the mid-latitudes where there is a zone of conflict between North Pole and Tropics air masses....
 (Koppen climate classification Dfa), similar to that of the inland Mid-Atlantic States
Mid-Atlantic States

The Mid-Atlantic States form one of the nine geographic divisions within the United States that are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau....
 and the lower Great Lakes portion of the Midwestern United States
Midwestern United States

The Midwestern United States is one of the four geographic regions within the United States of America that are officially recognized by the United States Census Bureau....
. The region has warm, humid summers and cold winters. Extreme heat and cold usually occur for short periods. It is considered a temperate climate when compared with most of continental Canada. In the fall and winter, temperatures are moderated by the delayed cooling of the Great Lakes
Great Lakes

The St. Lawrence River Great Lakes are a chain of fresh water lakes located in eastern North America, on the Canada ? United States border. Consisting of Lakes Lake Superior, Lake Michigan, Lake Huron, Lake Erie, and Lake Ontario, they form the largest group of freshwater lakes on Earth....
 and conversely delayed warming occurs on spring days. The lakes moderating effects allow for a longer growing season than areas at similar latitudes in the continent's interior. Both spring and fall are generally pleasantly mild, with cool nights. Annual precipitation ranges from 75-100 centimeters (30-40 in) and is well distributed throughout the year with a usual summer peak. The area usually receives less snow than most of Canada because of the shorter, milder winter.

The central part of the city is located between the Cataraqui River
Cataraqui River

The Cataraqui River forms the lower portion of the Rideau Canal and drains into Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario. It is also known as the Great Cataraqui River or the Greater Cataraqui River to distinguish it from the smaller Little Cataraqui Creek, 4.5 km to the west....
 to the east and the Little Cataraqui Creek
Little Cataraqui Creek

The Little Cataraqui Creek is a watercourse, much of which is a semi-urban wetland, that empties into Lake Ontario within the municipality of Kingston, Ontario, Canada....
 to the West, with outlying areas extending in both directions. The western part of the city is accessible by the LaSalle Causeway on Highway 2
Highway 2 (Ontario)

Highway 2 was the major east-west List of Ontario provincial highways in Southern Ontario, running from Windsor, Ontario in the west to the Quebec near Lancaster, Ontario in the east and joining together the towns and cities of the western two-thirds of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor within the Canada province of Ontario....
.

Kingston has a picturesque waterfront. Major features include Flora MacDonald Confederation Basin, Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Collins Bay
Collins Bay, Ontario

Collins Bay is a bay and natural harbour, as well as a community, within the western part of the municipality of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Collins Bay was at one time a small village, but it became absorbed by the city of Kingston....
, Wolfe Island
Wolfe Island (Ontario)

Wolfe Island is an island located at the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River in Lake Ontario near Kingston, Ontario. Wolfe Island is part of Frontenac County, Ontario....
, Garden Island
Garden Island (Ontario)

Garden Island is located in Lake Ontario, approximately 2 miles south of Kingston, Ontario, north west of Wolfe Island , and is approximately 65 acres in size....
, the Cataraqui River
Cataraqui River

The Cataraqui River forms the lower portion of the Rideau Canal and drains into Lake Ontario at Kingston, Ontario. It is also known as the Great Cataraqui River or the Greater Cataraqui River to distinguish it from the smaller Little Cataraqui Creek, 4.5 km to the west....
 (including the Inner Harbour
Kingston, Ontario Inner Harbour

The Kingston, Ontario Inner Harbour is situated at the south end of the Cataraqui River northeast of the downtown core of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It is the section of Kingston Harbour that is north of the La Salle Causeway....
 and, within that, Anglin Bay
Anglin Bay

Anglin Bay is a small bay on the western shore of the Cataraqui River at Kingston, Ontario. It is a prominent feature of the Kingston, Ontario Inner Harbour....
).

Notable annual waterfront events include the CORK sailing regatta, the Kingston Dragon Boat Festival, and the Thousand Islands Poker Run.




Cities and towns nearby

















North West

Tweed

Tweed, Ontario

Tweed is both a municipality and a village located in central-eastern Ontario, Canada, in the Hastings County, Ontario. It is about halfway between Ottawa and Toronto....
 89.6 km

Tamworth 55.7 km

Enterprise 50.2 km

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North

Elginburg 10 km

Sydenham

Sydenham, Frontenac County, Ontario

Sydenham, named after Charles Poulett Thomson, 1st Baron Sydenham, is a community in Frontenac County, Ontario, located in the municipality of South Frontenac, Ontario....
 20 km

Westport
Westport, Ontario

Westport is a village in Eastern Ontario Ontario, Canada. It lies at the west end of Upper Rideau Lake, at the head of the navigable Rideau Canal system, between Kingston, Ontario and Ottawa....
 50 km

Sharbot Lake
Sharbot Lake

Sharbot Lake, in Ontario, Canada is a village in Central Frontenac, Ontario Township, Frontenac County, located at the intersection of Highway 38 and Highway 7 ....
 65 km

North East

 Ottawa  150 km

Brockville

Brockville, Ontario

Brockville is located in the Thousand Islands region on the St. Lawrence River in Leeds and Grenville United Counties, Ontario, Eastern Ontario, Canada....
 75 km

< West

Amherst Island 11 km

Amherstview  12 km

Odessa  14 km

Bath  23 km

Napanee 37 km

Belleville

Belleville, Ontario

Belleville is a city located at the mouth of the Moira River on the Bay of Quinte in southeastern Ontario, Canada, in the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor....
 70 km


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East >

Howe Island 12 km

Gananoque

Gananoque, Ontario

Gananoque is a town in Leeds and Grenville County, Ontario, Canada. The town had a population of 5,285 year-round residents in the Canada 2006 Census, as well as summer residents sometimes referred to as "Islanders" because of the Thousand Islands in the Saint Lawrence River, Gananoque's most important tourist attraction....
 28 km

Clayton, New York
Clayton, New York

The term Clayton, New York could refer to either of two locations on St. Lawrence River:* Clayton , New York* Clayton , New York...
  32 km

Alexandria Bay, New York
Alexandria Bay, New York

Alexandria Bay is a village in Jefferson County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 1,088 at the 2000 census.The Village of Alexandria Bay is in the Alexandria, New York....
 47 km

 

Picton

Picton, Ontario

Picton is the largest community and the county seat of Prince Edward County, Ontario in southern central Ontario, Canada. Picton is located at the south-western end of Picton Bay, a branch of the Bay of Quinte, which is along the northern shoreline of Lake Ontario....
 58 km

Prince Edward County
Prince Edward County, Ontario

Prince Edward County is a single-tier municipality and a census division of the Canadian province of Ontario....

South West

 

Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The lake is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by the U.S....


Syracuse, New York
Syracuse, New York

Syracuse is the fifth largest city in New York State, United States. According to the United States Census 2000, the city population was 147,306, and its Syracuse metropolitan area had a population of 732,117....
 134 km

South

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Wolfe Island

Wolfe Island (Ontario)

Wolfe Island is an island located at the entrance to the Saint Lawrence River in Lake Ontario near Kingston, Ontario. Wolfe Island is part of Frontenac County, Ontario....
 5 km

Cape Vincent (village), New York
Cape Vincent (village), New York

Cape Vincent is a village in Jefferson County, New York, New York, United States. The population was 760 at the 2000 census.The Village of Cape Vincent is in the northern part of the Cape Vincent , New York and is northwest of Watertown , New York....
 16 km

Watertown, New York 53 km

Jefferson County, New York
Jefferson County, New York

Jefferson County is a county located in the U.S. state of New York. As of the United States Census 2000, the population was 111,738. It is named after Thomas Jefferson, third President of the United States of America, and president at the time the county was created in 1805....

South East






Major parks nearby


















North West

Sharbot Lake Prov Park

Bon Echo Prov Park

Bon Echo Provincial Park

Bon Echo Provincial Park is a List of Ontario Parks in South Central Ontario north of Kaladar, Ontario, approximately 6 kilometres north of Cloyne, Ontario....


Algonquin Prov Park
Algonquin Provincial Park

Algonquin Provincial Park is a Ontario Parks located between Georgian Bay and the Ottawa River in central Ontario, Canada, mostly within the Nipissing, Unorganized, South Part, Ontario....

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North



Frontenac Prov Park

Frontenac Provincial Park

Frontenac Provincial Park is located near the town of Sydenham, Frontenac County, Ontario, north of the city of Kingston, Ontario, Canada. The park lies on the Frontenac Axis, a topographic extension of the Canadian Shield, which connects to the Adirondack Mountains....


Holleford crater
Holleford crater

Holleford Crater is a meteorite impact crater in Ontario, Canada. It is 14.9 km in diameter and the age is estimated to be 550 ? 200 million years ....


Silver Lake Prov Park
Silver Lake Provincial Park (Ontario)

Silver Lake Provincial Park is a provincial recreation park in the town of Maberly, Ontario approximately 30 kilometers away from Perth, Ontario, Canada, located on Silver Lake along Highway 7 ....


Murphys Point Prov Park

Trans Canada Trail
Trans Canada Trail

The Trans Canada Trail is a proposed corridor in Canada. The creation of the trail was announced as part of Canada's 125th anniversary celebrations in 1992....


Rideau Trail
Rideau Trail

The Rideau Trail is a hiking trail linking Ottawa, Ontario and Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Crossing both public and private lands, the trail was created and opened in 1971....

North East

Charleston Lake Prov Park

Charleston Lake Provincial Park

Charleston Lake Provincial Park is located on Charleston Lake near Athens, Ontario, Ontario, Canada in the township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands, Ontario....


Rideau River Prov Park

< West

Stoco Fen Prov Nature Reserve

KINGSTON



Lake Ontario Park

Lake Ontario Park

Lake Ontario Park is a municipal park located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada on the east side of Cataraqui Bay on the shore of Lake Ontario....

East >

St. Lawrence Islands National Park

St. Lawrence Islands National Park

St. Lawrence Islands National Park is located in the Thousand Islands Region of the Saint Lawrence River. The islands are actually the worn-down tops of ancient mountains....

Lake On The Mountain Prov Park

Lake on the Mountain Provincial Park

Lake on the Mountain Provincial Park is a Provincial park located in Prince Edward County, Ontario. The park has an area of 104 hectares.The freshwater lake around which the park is based is located nearly 62 metres above the Bay of Quinte....


Timber Island Prov Nature Reserve

Sandbanks Prov Park
Sandbanks Provincial Park

Sandbanks Provincial Park is a provincial park located on Lake Ontario in Prince Edward County, Ontario near Picton, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. It is noted for its picturesque sand dunes and beaches....

South West

Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The lake is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by the U.S....

South
v

Adirondack Park, New York

South East




Sports

See also the Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame
Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame

The Kingston and District Sports Hall of Fame honors athletes in the region of Kingston, Ontario. In 2008, the Hall moved to the new K-Rock Centre, in downtown Kingston....


Hockey

Although contested, Kingston lays claim to being the birthplace of ice hockey
Ice hockey

Ice hockey, often referred to simply as hockey, is a team sport played on ice. It is a fast paced and physical sport. Ice hockey is most popular in areas that are sufficiently cold for natural reliable seasonal ice cover such as Canada, the northern United States, Scandinavia and Russia, though with the advent of indoor artificial ice r...
. This is supported by a journal entry of a British Army officer in Kingston in 1843. He wrote "Began to skate this year, improved quickly and had great fun at hockey on the ice.". Kingston is also home to the oldest continuing hockey rivalry in the world by virtue of a game played in 1886 between Queen's University
Queen's University

Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....
 and the Royal Military College of Canada
Royal Military College of Canada

The Royal Military College of Canada , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers....
.

Kingston is represented in the OHL
Ontario Hockey League

The Ontario Hockey League is one of the three Major Junior ice hockey leagues which constitute the Canadian Hockey League. The league is for players aged 15-20....
 by the Kingston Frontenacs
Kingston Frontenacs

The Kingston Frontenacs are a junior ice hockey team in the Ontario Hockey League, based in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. Home games are played at the K-Rock Centre, opened in 2008....
, and in OPJHL by the Kingston Voyageurs
Kingston Voyageurs

The Kingston Voyageurs are a Tier II Junior "A" ice hockey team from Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. They are a part of the Ontario Provincial Junior A Hockey League....
. The Frontenacs are coached by Kingston native Doug Gilmour
Doug Gilmour

Douglas Robert Gilmour is a retired professional ice hockey player who is the current head coach of the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League....
.

The International Hockey Hall of Fame
International Hockey Hall of Fame

The International Hockey Hall of Fame and Museum located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario on the Kingston Memorial Centre grounds features many exhibits within their museum about the history of ice hockey....
, established in 1943 with a building constructed in 1965, is located in Kingston, near the Kingston Memorial Centre
Kingston Memorial Centre

The Kingston Memorial Centre is a 3,300-seat multi-purpose arena in Kingston, Ontario, Canada. It was built in 1950. The Memorial Centre has a large ice pad, outdoor pool, softball diamonds and a cinder track, and was the home to the Kingston Frontenacs ice hockey team from 1973-2008....
. New to the city is the K-Rock Centre, located in the downtown core. The arena opened in February 2008.

Several NHL
National Hockey League

The National Hockey League is a professional ice hockey league composed of 30 teams in North America. It is considered to be the premier professional ice hockey league in the world, and one of the North American Major professional sports leagues of the United States and Canada....
 players, coaches and personalities have been associated with Kingston including:

  • Bryan Allen
    Bryan Allen (hockey player)

    Bryan Allen is a professional ice hockey defenceman and an captain on the Florida Panthers of the National Hockey League....
  • Syl Apps
    Syl Apps

    Charles Joseph Sylvanus "Syl" Apps, Order of Canada of Paris, Ontario, Ontario, was a Canadian pole vaulter and professional hockey player for the Toronto Maple Leafs from 1936 to 1948 and a Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario Member of Provincial Parliament in Ontario....
  • Scott Arniel
    Scott Arniel

    Scott William Arniel , is a former National Hockey League ice hockey player and head coach of the AHL's Manitoba Moose. His nephew Jamie plays for the OHL's Sarnia Sting....
  • Kip Brennan
  • John Tripp
  • Wayne Cashman
    Wayne Cashman

    Wayne Cashman is a retired Canada professional ice hockey player and a former National Hockey League head coach. He is currently an assistant coach of the Boston Bruins....
  • Don Cherry
  • Paul Coffey
    Paul Coffey

    Paul Douglas Coffey is a retired professional Hockey Hall of Fame ice hockey Defenceman in the National Hockey League. Known for his speed and scoring prowess, Coffey ranks second all-time among NHL defensemen in career Goal , Assist s, and Point s....
  • Morriss Gordon
  • Rick Paterson
    Rick Paterson

    Rick Paterson is a retired professional ice hockey player who played 430 games in the National Hockey League. He played with the Chicago Blackhawks from 1978 through 1987....
  • Bernie Nicholls
    Bernie Nicholls

    Bernie Irvine Nicholls is a former professional ice hockey Centre . His junior career was spent with the Kingston Canadians, where he established himself as a dynamic scorer and a multi-faceted talent....
  • Bill Cook
  • Bun Cook
  • Rob Davison
  • John Erskine
  • Lorne Ferguson
  • Doug Gilmour
  • Ken Linseman
    Ken Linseman

    Ken Linseman is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward ....
  • Andrew Raycroft
    Andrew Raycroft

    Andrew Joseph Ernest Raycroft is a Canada professional ice hockey goaltender for the Colorado Avalanche of the National Hockey League. He attended Nicholson Catholic College in Belleville during the majority of his high school tenure....
  • James "Flat" Walsh
  • Jay McClement
    Jay McClement

    Jay McClement in a Canada ice hockey player.He currently plays for the St. Louis Blues .McClement was drafted by the Blues in the 2nd round, 57th overall at the June 23, 2001 NHL Entry Draft....
  • Jay McKee
    Jay McKee

    Jay McKee is an ice hockey defenceman who plays for the St. Louis Blues . Throughout his career he has been noted as one of the NHL's best shot-blockers....
  • Tony McKegney
    Tony McKegney

    Anthony McKegney is a former professional ice hockey Winger who played thirteen seasons in the National Hockey League from 1978?79 NHL season until 1990?91 NHL season....
  • Mike Moffat
  • Kirk Muller
    Kirk Muller

    Kirk Christopher Muller is a retired professional ice hockey Centre who played in the National Hockey League for 19 seasons from 1984?85 NHL season until 2002?03 NHL season....
  • Bob Murray
  • Fred O'Donnell
  • Craig Rivet
    Craig Rivet

    Anthony Craig Rivet is a Canada professional ice hockey defenceman who is the current Captain of the Buffalo Sabres in the National Hockey League....
  • Mike Smith
  • Rick Smith
  • Andy Sutton
  • Harry Sinden
    Harry Sinden

    Harry James Sinden was the long-time general manager, coach, and president for the Boston Bruins National Hockey League hockey team, and was the coach of the Canadian national men's hockey team during the 1972 Summit Series....
  • Sean Avery
    Sean Avery

    Sean Avery is a Canada professional ice hockey Winger for the New York Rangers of the National Hockey League . He formerly played for the Detroit Red Wings, Los Angeles Kings and Dallas Stars....


Sailing

The city is famous for its fresh-water sailing, and hosted the sailing events for the 1976 Summer Olympics
1976 Summer Olympics

The 1976 Summer Olympics, officially known as the Games of the XXI Olympiad, were an international multi-sport event held in Montreal, Quebec, Canada, in 1976....
. CORK — Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston
Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston

The Canadian Olympic-training Regatta, Kingston is an annual multi-class sailing regatta held off the shores of Kingston, Ontario, Canada....
 — now hosted by CORK/Sail Kingston Inc. is still held every August. Kingston is listed by a panel of experts among the top , even though Kingston is, of course, in Canada.

Here is a over the years.

Kingston sits amid excellent cruising and boating territory, with easy access to Lake Ontario
Lake Ontario

Lake Ontario is one of the five Great Lakes of North America. The lake is bounded on the north by the Canadian province of Ontario and on the south by Ontario's Niagara Peninsula and by the U.S....
, the St. Lawrence River, and the Thousand Islands
Thousand Islands

The Thousand Islands is the name of an archipelago of islands that straddle the United States-Canada border in the Saint Lawrence River as it emerges from the northeast corner of Lake Ontario....
 including the St. Lawrence Islands National Park
St. Lawrence Islands National Park

St. Lawrence Islands National Park is located in the Thousand Islands Region of the Saint Lawrence River. The islands are actually the worn-down tops of ancient mountains....
.

Kingston is also home to the youth sail training ship called the St-Lawrence 2
St-Lawrence 2

The St. Lawrence II is a brigantine designed for youth sail training. It was designed in 1952 by Francis MacLachlan and Mike Eames. They designed it for the sole purpose of youth sail training....
.

During the summers, the RMC campus in Kingston plays host to a Sea Cadet camp called HMCS Ontario, which provides sail training along with lots of other training to youth from across Canada.

Diving

Kingston is a well-known destination for fresh-water wreck diving
Wreck diving

Wreck diving is a type of recreational diving where shipwrecks are explored. Although most wreck dive sites are at shipwrecks, there is an increasing trend to Sinking ships for wreck diving sites....
. Some of Kingston's wrecks can be classed among the best fresh water wrecks in the world. Kingston's wrecks are well preserved by its cool fresh water, and the recent zebra mussel
Zebra mussel

The zebra mussel, Dreissena polymorpha, is a species of small freshwater mussel, an Aquatic animal bivalve mollusk. This species was originally native to the lakes of southeast Russia....
 invasion has caused a drastic improvement in water clarity that has enhanced the quality of diving in the area.

See also the List of Shipwrecks of Kingston Ontario
List of Shipwrecks of Kingston, Ontario

There are nearly 100 shipwrecks lying on the bottom of Eastern Lake Ontario and in the St. Lawrence River near Kingston, Ontario. Kingston for many years was an important shipping port that connected the great lakes to the St....
.

Golf

The Kingston area is well known for its fine golf courses and for the many strong players it has produced. The Kingston Golf Club, established in 1884, was a founding member of the Royal Canadian Golf Association
Royal Canadian Golf Association

The Royal Canadian Golf Association is the governing body of golf in Canada....
 in 1895. The first winner of the Amateur Canadian Golf Championship that same year was Kingstonian Thomas Harley, a Scottish emigre carpenter. Dick Green was the longtime club professional for nearly 40 years at Cataraqui Golf and Country Club
Cataraqui Golf and Country Club

Cataraqui Golf and Country Club is a private golf and curling club, located in Kingston, Ontario, Canada....
, which has one of Canada's top courses (designed by Stanley Thompson
Stanley Thompson

Stanley Thompson was a Canada golf course architect.Thompson was born in Toronto. He designed courses from 1912-1952, mostly in Canada, with a philosophy of preserving the natural lay and flow of the land....
). Green, a superb player and teacher, also designed several courses in Eastern Ontario, including Smiths Falls, Glen Lawrence, Amherstview, Garrison, Rivendell, and Colonnade. Matt McQuillan
Matt McQuillan

Matt McQuillan is a Canada professional golfer.McQuillan was born in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario. His father Mark is a keen golfer and a good player himself, and he introduced Matt to golf at the Garrison Golf and Curling Club in Kingston....
, now a professional player on the Canadian Tour, was born and raised in Kingston, and developed his game at the Garrison Golf and Curling Club
Garrison Golf and Curling Club

Garrison Golf & Curling Club is a golf and curling club, located on the Canadian Armed Forces base in Kingston, Ontario, Canada.Garrison is a Privately held company club, primarily for the use of armed forces personnel and Canadian Department of National Defence employees, although civilians are also eligible to join....
. McQuillan won the 2005 Telus Edmonton
Edmonton

Edmonton is the capital of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Alberta. The city is located on the North Saskatchewan River in the central region of the province, an area with some of the most fertile farmland on the prairies....
 Open.

Curling

The Royal Kingston Curling Club is one of Canada's oldest. It was founded in 1820, and was granted Royal patronage in 1993. In 2006, the RKCC moved to a new facility, to make way for the construction of a new complex at Queen's University, the Queen's Centre.

Rugby


The Kingston Panthers R.F.C, recently celebrated their fortieth anniversary with an EORU championship in the Division 1 championship game at Twin Elms Rugby Pitch in Ottawa, Ontario. The Queen's University Golden Gaels have won nearly half the titles in Ontario league play since the mid-1980s.

Demographics

According to the 2006 census, there were 152,358 people residing in the Kingston Census Metropolitan Area, of whom 48.7% were male and 51.3% were female. Children under five accounted for approximately 4.8% of the resident population of Kingston. This compares with 5.5% in Ontario.

In 2001, 14.1% of the resident population in Kingston were of retirement age (65 and over) compared with 13.2% in Canada
Canada

Canada is a country occupying most of northern North America, extending from the Atlantic Ocean in the east to the Pacific Ocean in the west and northward into the Arctic Ocean....
. As a result, the average age is 38.1 years of age as compared to 37.6 years of age for all of Canada. Kingston has a reputation as a suitable place for retirees to settle.

In the five years between 1996 and 2001, the population of Kingston grew by 1.6%, compared with an increase of 6.1% for Ontario
Ontario

Ontario is a Provinces and territories of Canada located in the Central Canada part of Canada, the largest by population and second largest, after Quebec, in total area....
 as a whole. Population density of Kingston averaged 77.0 people per square kilometre, compared with an average of 12.6 people per square kilometre for Ontario altogether.

The population of Kingston shows significant turnover because of its relatively large student population (about 10%) and the number of military residents associated with Canadian Forces Base Kingston.

According to the Government of Canada 2006 census, 94.2% of the population were Caucasian; of the visible minorities, 1.7% were Chinese, 1.2% were South Asian, and 0.8% were black.

Religious belief

  • Protestant
    Protestantism

    Protestantism is a movement within Christianity that originated in the sixteenth-century Protestant Reformation. It is considered to be one of the three principal traditions of Christianity, together with Roman Catholicism and Eastern Orthodoxy....
    : 46.8%
  • Roman Catholic
    Roman Catholic Church

    The Roman Catholic Church, officially known as the Catholic Church is the world's largest Christianity Ecclesia , representing over half of all Christians and one-sixth of the world population....
    : 30.8%
  • Other Christian
    Christian

    A Christian is a person who adheres to Christianity, a Monotheism#Christian view religion centered on the life and teachings of Jesus and interpreted by Christians to have been prophesied in the Hebrew Bible/Old Testament....
    : 2.4%
  • Other religion
    Religion

    A religion is an organized approach to human spirituality which usually encompasses a set of myth, symbols, beliefs and practices, often with a supernatural or transcendence quality, that give meaning to the practitioner's experiences of life through reference to a higher power or truth....
    s: 2.2%
  • No religion: 17.8%


Notable residents

  • Bryan Adams
    Bryan Adams

    Bryan Adams, Order of Canada, Order of British Columbia is a Canada Rock music singer-songwriter and photographer. Rolling Stone magazine describes Adams as having an ?unerring gift for radio-friendly pop hooks" and in 1992, Adams won the Grammy Awards of 1992, for "Best Song Written for a Motion Picture, Television or Other Visual Media" fo...
  • Dan Aykroyd
    Dan Aykroyd

    Daniel Edward "Dan" Aykroyd, Order of Canada is an Academy Awards-nominated and Emmy Award-winning Canadian comedian, actor, screenwriter, musician, winemaker and ufologist....
  • Grant Allen
    Grant Allen

    Charles Grant Blairfindie Allen was a science writer, author and novelist; an able upholder of the theory of evolution....
  • Leonard Birchall
    Leonard Birchall

    Air Commodore Leonard Joseph Birchall, Order of Canada, Order of the British Empire, Distinguished Flying Cross , Order of Ontario, Canadian Forces Decoration , "The Saviour of Ceylon", was a Royal Canadian Air Force officer who warned of a Japanese attack on the island of Ceylon during the Second World War....
  • Wayne Cashman
    Wayne Cashman

    Wayne Cashman is a retired Canada professional ice hockey player and a former National Hockey League head coach. He is currently an assistant coach of the Boston Bruins....
  • Don Cherry
  • William Rupert Davies
    William Rupert Davies

    Rupert Davies was a Canada author, Editing, newspaper publisher, and politician.Following a successful career as publisher of the Kingston Whig-Standard, Davies was appointed to the Senate of Canada on 19 November 1942 on the recommendation of William Lyon Mackenzie King....
  • Rob Davison
    Rob Davison

    Rob Davison is a Canada professional ice hockey Defenceman for the Vancouver Canucks of the National Hockey League....
  • Hugh Dillon
    Hugh Dillon

    Hugh Dillon is a Canada musician and actor....
  • Gordon Downie
    Gordon Downie

    Gordon Downie is a Canada rock musician and writer. He is the lead singer and lyricist for the Canada rock band The Tragically Hip. He has released two solo albums, Coke Machine Glow in 2001 and Battle of the Nudes in 2003; the former was sold with a book of poetry of the same name included with the CD....
  • John Erskine
  • John Gerretsen
    John Gerretsen

    John Philip Gerretsen is a politician in Ontario, Canada. He is currently a member of the Legislative Assembly of Ontario, and is a Political minister in the Executive Council of Ontario of Premier Dalton McGuinty....
  • Doug Gilmour
    Doug Gilmour

    Douglas Robert Gilmour is a retired professional ice hockey player who is the current head coach of the Kingston Frontenacs of the Ontario Hockey League....
  • Sarah Harmer
    Sarah Harmer

    Sarah Harmer is a Canada singer-songwriter and activist....
  • James Edwin Hawley
    James Edwin Hawley

    James Edwin Hawley was an award winning Canadian Geology and distinguished Professor of Mineralogy at Queen's University.Hawley was raised in Kingston, Ontario, Canada....
  • Steven Heighton
    Steven Heighton

    Steven Heighton is a Canada novelist and poet. His debut novel, The Shadow Boxer, was a Canadian bestseller in 2000.From 1988 to 1994, Heighton was the editor of Quarry , a Canadian literary magazine....
  • Helen Humphreys
    Helen Humphreys

    Helen Humphreys is a Canada poet and novelist who has written several books. She was born in London, England, and now lives in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario....
  • Ken Linseman
    Ken Linseman

    Ken Linseman is a retired Canadian professional ice hockey forward ....
  • Flora MacDonald
  • Sir John A. Macdonald
  • Ryan Malcolm
    Ryan Malcolm

    Ryan Michael Malcolm is a Canadian singer best known as the winner of the first season of Canadian Idol. Ryan grew up in a small town just west of Kingston called Amherstview....
  • John Matheson
    John Matheson

    John Ross Matheson, Order of Canada , Canadian Forces Decoration , Queen's Counsel , Master of Laws , Doctor of Laws is a Canada lawyer, judge, and politician who helped develop both the Flag of Canada and the Order of Canada....
  • Bruce McDonald
    Bruce McDonald

    Bruce McDonald is a Canada film and television director....
  • Matt McQuillan
    Matt McQuillan

    Matt McQuillan is a Canada professional golfer.McQuillan was born in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario. His father Mark is a keen golfer and a good player himself, and he introduced Matt to golf at the Garrison Golf and Curling Club in Kingston....
  • Peter Milliken
    Peter Milliken

    Peter Andrew Stewart Milliken, Member of the Canadian House of Commons is a Canada lawyer and politician. He has been a member of the Canadian House of Commons since 1988, and has served as Speaker of the Canadian House of Commons since 2001....
  • Sir Oliver Mowat
  • Marjan Mozetich
    Marjan Mozetich

    Marjan Mozetich is a Canadian composer. He was born in Italy to Slovenian parents and has lived in Canada since 1952. He is currently an Adjunct Lecturer in Composition at Queen's University, Kingston in Kingston, Ontario and has won several prestigious awards, including the first prize in the CAPAC -Sir Ernest MacMillan Award....
  • Kirk Muller
    Kirk Muller

    Kirk Christopher Muller is a retired professional ice hockey Centre who played in the National Hockey League for 19 seasons from 1984?85 NHL season until 2002?03 NHL season....
  • Robert A. Mundell
  • Harvey Rosen
    Harvey Rosen

    Harvey Rosen is the current mayor of the city of Kingston, Ontario, Canada.His father, Harry, started Kingston's oil company Rosen Fuels.Harvey Rosen is of Poland background....
  • Arthur Dwight Ross
    Arthur Dwight Ross

    Air Commodore Arthur Dwight Ross George Cross, Order of the British Empire, Canadian Forces Decoration was a Royal Canadian Air Force Base Commander of No....
  • Patricia Rozema
    Patricia Rozema

    Patricia Rozema is a Canadian film director and screenwriter. She was born in Kingston, Ontario and raised in Sarnia, Ontario by Dutch-Americans Calvinism parents....
  • Hugh Segal
    Hugh Segal

    Hugh Segal, Order of Canada is a Canada Canadian Senate, political strategist, author, and commentator. Senator Segal has chosen to designate Kingston-Frontenac-Leeds as his region of representation....
  • Polly Shannon
    Polly Shannon

    Polly Shannon is a Canada actress. Shannon was born in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, and raised in Aylmer, Quebec, Quebec. She has a younger brother Micah and a half-sister Kaitlin....
  • Peter Short
    Peter Short

    The Very Rev. Peter Short was the 38th Moderator of the United Church of Canada from 2003 until 2006. He was elected Moderator in 2003 and his term expired at the United Church of Canada's 39th General Council in the summer of 2006....
  • Carolyn Smart
    Carolyn Smart

    Carolyn Smart is an author, mostly of poetry, who lives in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada. She currently teaches Contemporary Canadian Literature and Creative Writing at Queen's University....
  • George F.G. Stanley
  • David Usher
    David Usher

    David Usher is a United Kingdom-born rock singer-songwriter who currently lives in Montreal. Formerly the frontman for the Canada band Moist , he embarked on a solo career in the late 1990s....
  • Simon Whitfield
    Simon Whitfield

    Simon St. Quentin Whitfield is an Olympic Games triathlon champion from Canada. He has dual Canadian and Australian citizenship....
  • Zal Yanovsky
    Zal Yanovsky

    Zalman "Zal" Yanovsky was a Canada rock musician. Born in Toronto, he was the son of political cartoonist Avrom Yanovsky. He played lead guitar and sang for the Lovin' Spoonful, a rock band which he founded with John Sebastian in 1964....


Corrections Canada

Kingston has the largest concentration of federal correctional facilities in Canada. Of the nine institutions located in the Kingston area, seven of them are located within the municipal boundaries of the city.

  • Kingston Penitentiary
    Kingston Penitentiary

    Kingston Penitentiary is a maximum security prison located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario between King Street West and Lake Ontario.Originally constructed in 1833?1834, and officially opened on June 1, 1835 as the "Provincial Penitentiary of the Province of Upper Canada," it is one of the oldest prisons in continuous use in the world....
     (maximum security)
  • Regional Treatment Centre (multi-level security), co-located within Kingston Penitentiary
  • Joyceville Institution (medium security)
  • Pittsburgh Institution (minimum security), co-located with Joyceville
  • Collins Bay Institution (medium security)
  • Frontenac Institution (minimum security), co-located with Collins Bay
  • Isabel McNeil House (minimum security), transitional facility for women inmates


Millhaven Institution
Millhaven Institution

Millhaven Institution is a maximum security prison located in Bath, Ontario, Ontario. Roughly 400 inmates are incarcerated at Millhaven.Opened in 1971, Millhaven was originally built to replace the area's other maximum security prison ....
 (maximum security), and Bath Institution (medium security), are located in the nearby village of Bath.

Until 2000, Canada's only federal correctional facility for women, the Prison For Women
Prison For Women

From 1934 until 2000, the Prison For Women located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario functioned at a maximum security level.The first women arrived on January 24, 1934....
 (nicknamed "P4W") was also located in Kingston. As a result of the report of the Commission of Inquiry into Certain Events at the Prison for Women in Kingston, the facility was closed in 2000. Queen's University purchased the property with the intention of renovating it to house the Queen's Archives, but the interior of the building was awarded a heritage designation and Queen's lost the ability to renovate the interior and is currently considering its options.

Media

Queen's campus radio, CFRC-FM, is one of the oldest stations in Kingston — despite being officially licensed to an American community.

See also

  • Sailing at the Summer Olympics
    Sailing at the Summer Olympics

    Sailing was introduced as an Olympic sport at the 1900 Summer Olympics, in Paris, France, as a men's competition comprising 10 events. Absent in 1904, it has been present at every Summer Olympics since then....


Sister cities

Scottsdale, Arizona
Scottsdale, Arizona

Scottsdale is a city in the eastern part of Maricopa County, Arizona, United States, adjacent to Phoenix, Arizona. As of 2007 the population of the city was 240,410....
 Cienfuegos, Cuba
Cienfuegos

Cienfuegos is a city on the southern coast of Cuba, Capital of the provinces of Cuba of Cienfuegos Province. It is located about 250 km from Havana, and has a population of 150,000....


Related Wikipedia articles

  • Monarchy in Ontario
    Monarchy in Ontario

    The Monarchy in Ontario is the constitutional system of government in which a hereditary monarch is the Sovereignty and head of state of the Canada Provinces and territories of Canada of Ontario, forming the core of the province's Westminster system Parliamentary system democracy....
  • HMCS Kingston (MM 700)
    HMCS Kingston (MM 700)

    HMCS Kingston is a that has served in the Canadian Forces since 1996.Kingston is the lead ship of her class which is the name for the Maritime Coastal Defence Vessel Project....
  • Queen's University
    Queen's University

    Queen's University, generally referred to simply as Queen's, is a coeducational, non-sectarian, research intensive, public university located in Kingston, Ontario, Ontario, Canada....
  • Royal Military College of Canada
    Royal Military College of Canada

    The Royal Military College of Canada , is the military academy of the Canadian Forces, and is a degree-granting university. RMC is the only federal institution in Canada with degree granting powers....


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