Kingston, Ontario

E33909

city single-tier municipality

Kingston, Ontario is a historic Canadian city on the northeastern shore of Lake Ontario, known for its 19th-century limestone architecture, military and political heritage, and as home to Queen’s University.

Aliases (2)

Kingston, Ontario, Canada ×2
Kingston ×1

Statements (59)

Predicate	Object
instanceOf	city → single-tier municipality →
areaCode	343 → 613 →
capitalOfFromTo	Province of Canada, 1841–1844 →
climate	humid continental climate →
coordinateLatitude	44.2312 →
coordinateLongitude	-76.4860 →
country	Canada →
formerName	Cataraqui →
foundedAs	Fort Cataraqui → Fort Frontenac →
foundingDate	1673 →
hasFestival	Kingston Canadian Film Festival → Kingston WritersFest → Limestone City Blues Festival →
hasHeritageDesignation	multiple National Historic Sites of Canada →
hasLandmark	Bellevue House National Historic Site → Fort Frontenac → Fort Henry National Historic Site → Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts → Kingston City Hall → Kingston General Hospital → Kingston Penitentiary (historic) → Kingston Waterfront → Murney Tower → Queen’s University campus → Royal Military College of Canada campus →
hasPort	Port of Kingston →
hostTo	Canadian Forces Base Kingston → Correctional Service of Canada regional institutions → Queen’s University at Kingston → Royal Military College of Canada → St. Lawrence College (Kingston campus) →
incorporatedAsCity	1846 →
incorporatedAsTown	1838 →
isInElectoralDistrict	Kingston and the Islands (federal) → Kingston and the Islands (provincial) →
isOnList	UNESCO World Heritage Site buffer zone (Rideau Canal and Kingston Fortifications) →
isSeatOf	City of Kingston municipal government → Frontenac County (county seat) →
knownFor	19th-century limestone architecture → historic downtown waterfront → military heritage → political heritage →
locatedAtMouthOf	Cataraqui River →
locatedIn	Eastern Ontario → Frontenac County (historical association) → Ontario →
locatedOn	Lake Ontario → St. Lawrence River →
nickname	Limestone City →
partOf	Thousand Islands region (eastern gateway) →
population	approximately 136000 (city proper, early 2020s) →
postalCodePrefix	K7 →
sportsTeam	Kingston Frontenacs (OHL) →
timeZone	Eastern Time Zone →
transportHubFor	Highway 401 corridor →
wasCapitalOf	Province of Canada →

Referenced by (34)

Subject (surface form when different)	Predicate
Beamish-Munro Hall → Botterell Hall → Douglas Library → Faculty of Arts and Science → Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Queen's University at Kingston → Fort Henry → Goodes Hall → Isabel Bader Centre for the Performing Arts → Queen's Centre → Queen's Gaels → Queen's University Library system → Queen's University at Kingston → Royal Military College of Canada → Smith School of Business → Stauffer Library → Stauffer Library ("Kingston, Ontario, Canada") → Tindall Field → West Campus (Queen's University) →	locatedIn
Faculty of Education, Queen's University at Kingston → Faculty of Engineering and Applied Science, Queen's University at Kingston → Faculty of Health Sciences, Queen's University at Kingston →	city
Ontario → Southern Ontario →	containsCity
Sapientia et Doctrina Stabilitas →	associatedWith
West Campus (Queen's University) →	cityServed
Wolfe Island →	connectedByFerryTo
Rideau Canal →	connects
1st Canadian Division →	garrison
Eastern Ontario →	hasCity
Lake Ontario ("Kingston") →	hasCityOnShore
Wolfe Island →	locatedNear
Saint Lawrence River →	majorCityOnRiver
Syl Apps ("Kingston, Ontario, Canada") →	placeOfDeath
1976 Summer Olympics →	sailingVenue