Kingston, Ontario

**Kingston, Ontario** is a Canadian city at the eastern end of Lake Ontario. Here the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin.

Kingston is the county seat of Frontenac County. According to the
2021 Canadian Census, there were 132,485 people living in Kingston.

Kingston is nicknamed the _"Limestone City"_ because of the many old and important buildings built from the local limestone.

The city sits besides Fort Henry and the Rideau Canal which was registered in 2007 as a UNESCO World Heritage Site.

Kingston is a very old and historic city. It has been the site of battles between Canada and the United States. It was also the Capital of Canada at one time.

## Media

CFMK 96.3

CFLY 98.3

## Other websites

- Official City of Kingston Website
- Kingston Economic Development Corporation
- The Community Foundation of Kingston & Area
- Kingston Frontenac Public Library
- Volunteer Opportunities in Kingston
- Kingston Transit routes
- The International Hockey Hall of Fame
- Kingston Genealogy, Heritage, & History links
- Kingston Electors  (local government issues)
- Kingston Taxpayer's Association

## Infobox (settlement)

- **name**: Kingston
- **nickname**: "Limestone City"
- **settlement type**: List of cities in Ontario, City (List of municipalities in Ontario#Single-tier municipalities, single-tier)
- **motto**: _Antiquitate Civilitate Humanitate_ (Latin)
<small>("A Civil And Creative Community with a Proud Past")</small>
- **image skyline**: Kingston Ontario Canada - Laslovarga (28).JPG
- **image caption**: Kingston City Hall (Ontario), Kingston City Hall
- **image shield**: Coat of arms of Kingston, Canada.svg
- **pushpin map**: Canada Southern Ontario#Canada
- **pushpin map caption**: Location within southern Ontario##Location within Canada
- **pushpin mapsize**: 220
- **subdivision type**: Country
- **subdivision name**: Canada
- **subdivision type1**: Provinces and territories of Canada, Province
- **subdivision name1**: Ontario
- **leader title**: Mayor
- **leader name**: Bryan Paterson
- **leader title1**: Governing Body
- **leader name1**: Kingston City Council
- **leader title2**: MP (Federal)
- **leader name2**: Mark Gerretsen (Liberal Party of Canada, LPC)
Scott Reid (politician), Scott Reid (Conservative Party of Canada, CPC)
- **leader title3**: MPP (Provincial)
- **leader name3**: Ted Hsu (Ontario Liberal Party, OLP)
John Jordan (Canadian politician), John Jordan(Progressive Conservative Party of Ontario, PCPO)
- **established title**: Established
- **established date**: 1673 (as Fort Cataraqui; later renamed Fort Frontenac)
- **established title2**: Incorporated
- **established date2**: 1838 (as town); 1846 (as city)
- **established title3**: Amalgamated
- **established date3**: 1998 (with Kingston and Pittsburgh Townships)
- **area land km2**: 451.58
- **area metro km2**: 1919.17
- **population as of**: 2021
- **population total**: 132,485
- **population density km2**: 293.4
- **population metro**: 172,546
- **population density metro km2**: 89.9
- **timezone**: Eastern Time Zone, EST
- **utc offset**: – 05:00
- **timezone dst**: EDT
- **utc offset dst**: – 04:00
- **elevation m**: 93
- **elevation ft**: 305
- **postal code type**: Postal code span
- **postal code**: K7K through K7P
- **area code**: Area codes 613, 343, and 753
- **blank name sec2**: GDP (Kingston )
- **blank info sec2**: Canadian dollar, CA$ 9.4 billion (2018)
- **blank1 name sec2**: GDP per capita (Kingston )
- **blank1 info sec2**: Canadian dollar, CA$54,022 (2016)
- **website**: [http://www.cityofkingston.ca/ www.cityofkingston.ca]