Kingston, Ontario

Kingston is roughly half way between Toronto, Ontario and Montreal, Quebec along the three major east-west transportation routes in Central Canada: the Saint Lawrence Seaway, Ontario Highway 401 (the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway, which turns into Quebec Autoroute 20), and Canadian National Railways' Windsor to Québec City Corridor. Kingston also lies at the south end of the Rideau Canal, originally built to connect Lake Ontario with the Ottawa River in order to provide a safe transportation route far from the American border. Kingston's airport, Norman Rogers Airport (CYGK), has regularly-scheduled air service to Toronto.

Business

According to the Kingston Economic Development Corporation, in a 2002 report, the largest employers in Kingston in 1999 were:

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• Canadian Forces Base Kingston 5,200
• Queen's University 4,200
• Kingston General Hospital 2,811
• Limestone District School Board 2,720
• Correctional Services of Canada 2,670
• DuPont Canada Inc. 1,400
• City of Kingston 1,397
• StarTek 1,018
• Hotel Dieu Hospital 1,007
• Providence Continuing Care Centre 1,000
• Ontario Ministry of Transportation 998
• Ontario Ministry of Health
• Royal Military College of Canada 575
• Bell Canada 500
• Empire Financial Group 400
• Novelis (formerly Alcan) (Rolled Products and R&D Centre) 373
• Bombardier Mass Transit 360
• NORCOM / CDT 300 (Ceased operating in 2003)
• Bombardier Transit System 200
• DuPont Canada Inc. R & D Centre 173
• T-Line Service Ltd. 143