Global CityIntelligence

Canada / North America

Kingston City Intelligence

Kingston is an eastern Ontario city at the head of the St. Lawrence River with a major university and hospital base and a Great Lakes port history, useful for healthcare-framing and cost comparison. Kingston is a north america city of about ~170K metro in Canada. On the composite city-intelligence score, Kingston sits around the indexed median (71/100).

Last updated
2026-05-16
Data year
2025
Population
~170K metro
View of Kingston, Canada

Image credit: Image: atomboy / Wikimedia Commons, CC BY 3.0

Overall score

Use the Kingston profile to compare cost framing, healthcare framing, and transport access alongside Ottawa and other Ontario peers.

Overall71/100
Affordability70/100
Air quality75/100
Energy73/100

Overall city intelligence

Good

71/100

Composite directional score across affordability, air quality, clean energy, and resilience.

Data confidence

Directional

Directional indicators pending integration of verified city-level data.

Verified utility layers

See country hub

Emergency, healthcare, and transport verification status appears on the country hub.

Kingston data table

The table is part of the initial server-rendered HTML and mirrors the key city score cards.

Kingston city intelligence data table
MetricValueContext
Overall score71/100Composite score across major city intelligence modules.
Cost of Living70/100Kingston's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.
Air Quality75/100Kingston's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.
Energy73/100Kingston's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.
Safety71/100Kingston's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.
Internet Speed72/100Kingston's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.
Climate Risk71/100Kingston's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.
Resilience71/100Climate adaptation and infrastructure continuity context.

Safety

Deterministic safety estimates from our index — planning signals derived from country priors and city data, not official crime statistics.

Safety

Overall safety78/100
Low crime80/100
Personal safety79/100
Night safety75/100
Road safety76/100

Kingston is estimated to be a generally safe city (78/100 in our safety index), with solid personal-safety indicators.

Quality of Life

A composite quality-of-life estimate and its component indicators.

Quality of Life

Quality of life83/100
Healthcare85/100
Education86/100
Green space93/100
Cleanliness86/100
Infrastructure90/100
Mobility62/100

Kingston has a very high quality-of-life estimate (83/100), with notable strengths in healthcare, green space, cleanliness and infrastructure.

Family Friendliness

How the city scores for raising a family, with the indicators that drive it.

Family Friendliness

Family friendliness83/100
Education86/100
Green space93/100
Overall safety78/100

Kingston scores very high for family living (83/100), helped by education access, safety, parks and green space and healthcare.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Suitability for remote workers, based on connectivity, mobility, and livability.

Digital Nomad Suitability

Digital nomad suitability75/100
Walkability63/100
Cycling60/100
Infrastructure90/100

Kingston is high for remote workers (75/100), based on connectivity, affordability, safety and overall livability and day-to-day amenities.

Retirement Suitability

Suitability for retirement, weighing healthcare, affordability, climate, and environment.

Retirement Suitability

Retirement suitability80/100
Healthcare85/100
Cleanliness86/100
Outdoor lifestyle61/100

Kingston is very high for retirement (80/100), appealing for healthcare access, affordability, a comfortable climate and a clean environment.

Emergency and public safety in Kingston

Local public safety guidance for Kingston, with the country-level emergency contacts that apply when calling for police, fire, or ambulance.

Verified
Canada emergency contacts
ServiceNumberNotes
Universal emergency91124/7911 reaches police, fire, and emergency medical dispatch in most regions of Canada.

For the universal emergency contacts that apply in Kingston, including police, fire, and ambulance, see the Canada emergency profile.

Public safety sources

Each emergency contact above is attributed to an official emergency service or government publisher. Confirm current numbers directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Methodology and the wider source registry are documented on the scoring methodology and data sources pages.

Healthcare and hospitals in Kingston

Healthcare context for Kingston, with national-level information from Canada where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only and does not provide medical advice.

Verified

For the national healthcare and public-health context that applies in Kingston, see the Canada healthcare profile.

Official hospital registry

Canadian Institute for Health Information

National source of comparable Canadian health-system data and analysis recognised by federal and provincial governments.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Healthcare sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official government, public health, or recognised health-system publisher. Confirm current information directly with these sources.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, scoring methodology, and data sources.

Transport and mobility in Kingston

Local mobility context for Kingston, with national-level context from Canada where city-specific data is not yet verified. This is informational only.

Verified

For national transport authorities and operators that apply in Kingston, see the Canada transport profile.

Transport sources

Each entry above is attributed to an official transport authority, national operator, airport publisher, or government source. Confirm current information directly with these publishers.

Last verified: 2026-05-16

Related sections: emergency and public safety, healthcare and hospitals, cities directory, countries directory, scoring methodology, data sources.

Air quality dataset

Source-attributed air-quality dataset for Kingston. Verified measurements are surfaced when published from accepted official datasets; transparent fallback is shown otherwise.

Air quality dataset for Kingston

Verified data unavailableLast updated 2026-05-16 / data year 2025

Verified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location

Source-attributed values for Kingston will appear here after the platform integrates verified measurements from accepted official publishers. Until then, structured air-quality module context remains available on the dedicated module page.

Kingston air-quality dataset coverage
MetricValueData yearStatus
Air qualityVerified air-quality measurements are not yet published for this location.

Data provenance

Source attribution

  • Global City Intelligence — air-quality dataset

    Verified data unavailable
    Publisher
    Global City Intelligence
    Last verified
    2026-05-16

    The air-quality dataset begins empty by design. Verified city-level measurements appear here only after they are sourced from accepted publishers (WHO, EEA, US EPA, OpenAQ, OECD, or official national/city environmental agencies).

Explore Kingston modules

City pages link to module and ranking pages so crawlers can move through the topic cluster naturally.

Cost of Living in Kingston

Kingston's cost-of-living profile is a directional indicator pending integration of verified city-level data; structured benchmark context applies.

Air Quality in Kingston

Kingston's air-quality profile is a directional indicator framed against WHO and regional benchmarks; verified city-level measurements appear in the dedicated air-quality dataset section once integrated.

Energy in Kingston

Kingston's energy-readiness profile is a directional indicator that combines national policy framing with city-level adaptation context.

Safety in Kingston

Kingston's safety profile is a directional indicator; verified country-level emergency profiles attach via the country hub where available.

Internet Speed in Kingston

Kingston's connectivity profile is a directional indicator combining national digital-readiness context with widely cited speed-test references.

Climate Risk in Kingston

Kingston's climate-risk profile is a directional indicator combining regional hazard categories with national adaptation capacity.

City rankings

Compare this city against other indexed cities in crawlable ranking tables.

Cost of living in Kingston

Cost of living estimates for Kingston — monthly budgets, rent, food, and transport in the local currency, plus an affordability score for comparison. Planning estimates derived from country baselines, not live prices.

Climate in Kingston

Climate profile for Kingston — Humid Continental climate, annual average 11.9°C, comfort score 72/100. Month-by-month temperatures, rainfall, sunshine, and the best months to visit. Deterministic planning estimates, not a forecast.

Economy and jobs in Kingston

Economy and jobs profile for Kingston — tourism economy, economy score 76/100, key industries including tourism, energy, hospitality. Employment, salary, startup, remote-work, and career indicators. Deterministic planning estimates.

Universities and education in Kingston

Education profile for Kingston — regional education center, education score 68/100, 4 representative universities, plus research, student life, and international-student indicators. Deterministic dataset, not institutional rankings.

Visual guide to Kingston

Source-attributed visual context for Kingston using verified Wikimedia imagery from the existing media catalog, alongside structured city intelligence and planning links. Not a tourism guide or attractions ranking.

Weekend trip planning guide for Kingston

Weekend trip planning checklist for Kingston — links into arrival planning, Summer 2026 travel context, visual orientation, budget tools, transport, public safety, and healthcare context. Not an itinerary, events calendar, hotel-price guide, restaurant guide, or tourism ranking.

Nearby weekend places from Kingston

Source-backed nearby place records for local-first weekend planning, with verification status, official source links, Wikidata identity, and visual context.

Estimate a monthly budget for Kingston

Estimate a monthly budget for Kingston using your own housing, food, transport, healthcare, and lifestyle inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official cost-of-living measurement.

Plan a trip budget for Kingston

Plan a trip budget for Kingston using your own accommodation, food, local transport, activities, travel, healthcare buffer, and emergency buffer inputs. Planning estimator only — not an official travel cost estimate.

Nearby cities from Kingston

Where else nearby you could spend a day or a weekend from Kingston. Links are derived from geographic proximity, shared region, shared natural-recreation areas, transport corridors, and country borders — not popularity or tourism rankings.

Belleville, Canada

Same region · about 72 km from Kingston. Explore Belleville's city intelligence profile.

Peterborough, Canada

Same region · about 146 km from Kingston. Explore Peterborough's city intelligence profile.

Ottawa, Canada

Same region · about 146 km from Kingston. Explore Ottawa's city intelligence profile.

Gatineau, Canada

Coastal cluster · about 154 km from Kingston. Explore Gatineau's city intelligence profile.

Cornwall, Canada

Same region · about 164 km from Kingston. Explore Cornwall's city intelligence profile.

Oshawa, Canada

Same region · about 193 km from Kingston. Explore Oshawa's city intelligence profile.

Markham, Canada

Same region · about 225 km from Kingston. Explore Markham's city intelligence profile.

Toronto, Canada

Same region · about 242 km from Kingston. Explore Toronto's city intelligence profile.

Related collections

Regional discovery collections that include Kingston — named natural regions grouping nearby nature, parks, lakes, coasts, and mountains for local-first day and weekend planning.

Themed collections

Theme-first discovery collections that include Kingston — grouped by outdoor interest (mountains, lakes, coasts, forests, national parks) rather than geography.

Interpretation

Use the Kingston profile to compare cost framing, healthcare framing, and transport access alongside Ottawa and other Ontario peers. Its standout dimensions are air quality (75/100) and energy (73/100). The area most worth watching is cost of living (70/100), where the model registers practical gaps. Data year 2025; last updated 2026-05-16. Drawn from 4 institutional references.

Country context is available on the Canada country page. Related rankings include Overall Intelligence, Quality of Life, Remote Work. See where Kingston appears in global rankings or read the scoring methodology.

Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation. Verified datasets are being integrated; official sources should be used for critical decisions.

Sources

4 institutional references inform this view, listed below with reliability notes. Structured indicators on this page are directional and intended for orientation; verified datasets are being integrated and official sources should be used for critical decisions.