Kingston

Population 132,485 (Wikidata)

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Before you go

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Daylight 8 h 53 in Dec, dark by 16:27 · 15 h 30 in Jun
  1. January: 9 h 14 of daylight
  2. February: 10 h 29 of daylight
  3. March: 11 h 53 of daylight
  4. April: 13 h 27 of daylight
  5. May: 14 h 46 of daylight
  6. June: 15 h 30 of daylight
  7. July: 15 h 11 of daylight
  8. August: 14 h 03 of daylight
  9. September: 12 h 33 of daylight
  10. October: 11 h 02 of daylight
  11. November: 9 h 38 of daylight
  12. December: 8 h 53 of daylight
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Getting there

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Best-documented sights

All of them in the guide

Within a kilometre of the centre, ordered by how well documented each is — not by a "best" anyone decided. Each opens on the map in the guide. Photos from Wikimedia Commons, credited there.

Through the year

  1. Reelout Arts Project

    January, June

    Annual LGBT film festival, late January. Kingston also hosts an LGBT Pride parade in mid-June; "out/in kingston" has local gay event listings

    Official site

  2. Kingston Canadian Film Festival

    March

    Ten-day festival in early March. Most events take place at the Screening Room, as the only commercial cinema hall still open in the downtown core

    Official site

  3. Limestone City Blues Festival

    August

    On a weekend in August, parks, streets and local venues host local and national blues talent

3 events here have no dates for this year yet. We can look them up on each event's own site.

Annual events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage (Kingston); descriptions from Wikipedia where it has one, photos from Wikimedia Commons. Dates move year to year — check before you plan around one.

Markets

  • Springer Market Square

    No hours mapped

    220 m from the centre

Markets mapped on OpenStreetMap, with their hours where someone has added them. Check locally before you go.

Eating nearby

All 53 places to eat

Somewhere to run

Getting around

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Places © OpenStreetMap contributors, as of 17 October 2026. Description from Wikipedia (CC BY-SA). Events from Wikidata and Wikivoyage, population from Wikidata.