Housing & Real Estate
Kingston is a comfortable family-oriented place in which to live. It offers a wide range of housing options from old, historic neighbourhoods of limestone and brick to downtown loft living to modern subdivisions with the same shopping amenities found in larger centres. Spacious country and waterfront living is also possible within 10 minutes of the main commercial areas of the city.
Housing prices in most categories compare favourably with the rest of Canada. At the end of 2007, the average selling price of a new single-detached home was $284,672. The cost of a similar home in Montreal was approximately $309,300; in Toronto $500,000; in Victoria $615,000; and, in Halifax $334,000.
The City of Kingston has defined several distinct "neighbourhoods" based on areas of common social, physical and political attributes. For more information on neighbourhood profiles, please visit the City of Kingston Neighbourhoods webpage.
