53 Facts About Ontario Kingston

Ontario Kingston is located nearby the Thousand Islands tourist region to the east and the Prince Edward County tourist region to the west.

Ontario Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many heritage buildings constructed using local limestone.

Ontario Kingston was named the first capital of the United Province of Canada on February 10,1841.

Ontario Kingston was the county seat of Frontenac County until 1998.

Ontario Kingston is a separate municipality from the County of Frontenac.

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Kingston's location at the Rideau Canal entrance to Lake Ontario made it the primary military and economic centre of Upper Canada after canal construction was completed in 1832.

Ontario Kingston had the largest population of any centre in Upper Canada until the 1840s.

Ontario Kingston became an important port as businesses relating to transshipment, or forwarding, grew.

Since Kingston was at the junction of the St Lawrence River and Lake Ontario, commodities shipped along the lake from the west such as wheat, flour, meat, and potash were unloaded and stored at Kingston to await transfer to vessels that could navigate the risky St Lawrence.

Several more prisons would be established in later years in the greater Ontario Kingston area, including the federal Prison for Women, Millhaven Penitentiary, Collins Bay, Frontenac, and Joyceville Institutions.

Subsequently, Ontario Kingston's growth slowed considerably and its national importance declined.

In 1846, with a population of 6,123, Ontario Kingston was incorporated as a city, with John Counter as the first mayor.

Ontario Kingston became an important rail centre, for both passengers and cargo, due to difficulty travelling by ship through the rapids-and-shoal-filled river.

Ontario Kingston won his first election to Kingston City Council in 1843, and would later represent the city for nearly 50 years at the national level, both before and after Confederation in 1867.

One of his residences in Ontario Kingston, Bellevue House, is a popular National Historic Site of Canada open to the public, and depicting the house as it would have been in the 1840s when he lived there.

Ontario Kingston grew moderately through the 20th century through a series of annexations of lands in adjacent Ontario Kingston Township, including a 1952 annexation of some 5,500 acres which encompassed areas west to the Little Cataraqui Creek, where a number of large residential subdivisions were built in the late 1950s and early '60s.

Ontario Kingston is a regional health care centre, anchored by Ontario Kingston General Hospital and the medical school at Queen's.

Ontario 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, has been a site of military importance since Fort Frontenac was built in 1673.

Major military facilities supported by CFB Ontario Kingston include Fort Frontenac, on the site of the original fort, and the Royal Military College of Canada.

Ontario Kingston is known for its historic properties, as reflected in the city's motto of "where history and innovation thrive".

In 2007, the Rideau Canal, along with the fortifications at Ontario Kingston, was designated a World Heritage Site, one of only 15 such sites in Canada.

At the census metropolitan area level in the 2021 census, the Ontario Kingston CMA had a population of 172,546 living in 73,506 of its 80,955 total private dwellings, a change of 7.

Newer churches in the city like Reunion Ontario Kingston, tend to seek rental options rather than building new physical spaces.

Ontario Kingston's economy relies heavily on public sector institutions and establishments.

The first sections of the highway in the Ontario Kingston area were opened in 1958, although it was not fully completed for another ten years.

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Seasonal ferry service from Cape Vincent, New York, via Wolfe Island, into downtown Ontario Kingston is an alternate route to and from the United States.

Ontario Kingston is a regular stop on train services operating between Toronto and Ottawa and between Toronto and Montreal.

Shuttle Ontario Kingston was reported in 2013 to connect to Watertown and Syracuse.

The downtown area of Ontario Kingston is known as the central business district, and is the gathering place for various events including the Ontario Kingston Buskers Rendezvous, FebFest, the 1000 Islands Poker Run and The Limestone City Blues Festival.

Ontario 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.

Alternative venues for the presentation of exhibition programs in Ontario Kingston include the Union Gallery, Verb Gallery, Open Studio 22, the Ontario Kingston Arts Council gallery, The Artel: Arts Accommodations and Venue, and the Tett Centre for Creativity and Learning.

Writers who are or have been residents of Ontario Kingston include Steven Heighton, Bronwen Wallace, Helen Humphreys, Michael Ondaatje, Diane Schoemperlen, Michael Crummey, Mark Sinnett, Mary Alice Downie, Robertson Davies, Wayne Grady, Merilyn Simonds, Alec Ross, Jamie Swift and Carolyn Smart.

Comedian and actor Dan Aykroyd has a residence just north of Ontario Kingston and is a frequent face in town.

Ontario Kingston was briefly a minor partner in a restaurant called Aykroyd's Ghetto House Cafe on upper Princess Street during the 1990s which prominently featured a Blues Brothers' car projecting out from the second story wall.

Ontario Kingston is the site of two universities, Queen's University and the Royal Military College of Canada, and a community college, St Lawrence College.

Queen's Main Campus is rather self-contained, but is within close walking distance of downtown Ontario Kingston, making it a pedestrian-friendly university for students and faculty alike.

The Catholic high schools in the immediate Ontario Kingston area include Regiopolis Notre-Dame and Holy Cross Catholic High School.

Ontario Kingston has the largest concentration of federal correctional facilities in Canada.

Ontario Kingston is within the Mixedwood Plains Ecozone, and is dominated in the Ontario Kingston area by a mixture of deciduous and coniferous tree species and abundant water resources.

Mild to strong breezes blowing off Lake Ontario make Kingston one of the most consistently windy cities in Canada, especially near the water.

Major features of Ontario Kingston's waterfront include Flora MacDonald Confederation Basin, Portsmouth Olympic Harbour, Collins Bay, Wolfe Island, Garden Island, the Cataraqui River.

Ontario Kingston lays claim to being the birthplace of ice hockey, though this is contested.

Since 1972, Ontario Kingston has hosted more than 40 World and Olympic sailing championships.

Ontario Kingston is listed by a panel of experts among the best yacht racing venues in the US, even though Ontario Kingston is in Canada.

Ontario Kingston is home to the youth sail training ship called the St Lawrence II.

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Ontario Kingston's shipwrecks are well preserved by its cool fresh water, and the recent zebra mussel invasion has caused a dramatic improvement in water clarity that has enhanced the quality of diving in the area.

Ontario Kingston area has eight golf courses, two of which are entirely public.

The Ontario Kingston Golf Club, established in 1884, was a founding member of the Royal Canadian Golf Association in 1895; however, this club ceased operating in the mid-1920s.

Green helped design several courses in eastern Ontario Kingston, including Smiths Falls, Glen Lawrence, Rideau Lakes, Amherstview, Garrison, Evergreen, Belle Park Fairways, Rivendell, and Colonnade.

Matt McQuillan, a professional player on the PGA Tour for the 2011 and 2012 seasons, was born and raised in Ontario Kingston, and developed his game at the Garrison Golf and Curling Club.

The Royal Ontario Kingston Curling Club was founded in 1820, and was granted Royal patronage in 1993.

In 2020, Ontario Kingston hosted the Tim Hortons Brier, the national men's curling championship.

In 2013, Ontario Kingston hosted the Scotties Tournament of Hearts, the national women's curling championship.