Resources for Kingston tenants
and other residents
For information on your rights as a tenant go to the Ontario Tenants Most Asked Questions and Answers page.
Kingston apartments for rent, plus houses and condos:
Kingston apartments for rent, by GottaRent
Apartment Corner
Kingston This Week - Classified Ads, Rental housing
Kingston Whig Standard - Kingston Apartments for Rent, Houses too
Craigslist Kingston, for apartments for rent
Kijiji Kingston, apartments and condos for rent
University Student Housing
Queen's University Accomodations Listing Service
Kingston public housing, rent geared to income accomodations, and government benefits for the disadvantaged:
The Social Housing Registry of Kingston and Frontenac
362 Montreal Street, First Floor, Kingston, ON K7K 3H5
Phone (613) 546-2695 Fax (613) 546-2623
Office hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m. – closed 12:00 to 1:00 p.m.
(Urban Access Point) Housing Help Centre
428A Barrie Street,
Kingston, ON K7K 3T9
Phone: (613) 531-3779 Fax: (613) 544-3629
Office Hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.(Rural Access Point) Loughborough Housing Corporation
4377 William Street
Sydenham, ON K0H 2T0
Phone: (613) 376-3686 Fax: (613) 376-6918
Office Hours: Monday to Thursday 9:00 a.m. to 4:00 p.m.(Rural Access Point) North Frontenac Non-Profit Housing Corporation
1093 Garrett Street
Sharbot Lake, ON K0H 2P0
Phone: (613) 279-3322 Fax: (613) 279-2716
Office hours: Monday to Friday 8:30 a.m. - 4:30 p.m.
Kingston Public Housing Information
Kingston Not-for-profit Housing Association
Kingson Homebase, supportive housing
The Social Housing Registry of Kingston Frontenac
Tenants can apply for subsidized housing from:
Kingston Tenant Associations:
- Tenant Associations Organizing guide
- Kingston Association of Tenants, appears to have folded
City of Kingston - Government pages
City of Kingston, 613 - 546-0000
How to contact your City of Kingston Mayor and City Councillors
City of Kingston Bylaws
Kingston apartment heat bylaw. If your heat is not maintained at least at 21.1 degrees Celsius (70 °F) from 6 a.m. to 11 p.m. and 18.8 C (66 °F) from 11 p.m. to 6 a.m. in all habitable rooms, and 18.3C (65 °F) in common areas, from September 15 through June 1 of the following year, first complain to your landlord, then you can call the City of Kingston, either your City Councillor or a bylaw inspector, regarding apartment heat by calling 613 - 546-0000
Kingston garbage and recycling information.
Hazardous household waste disposal
for proper disposal of hazardous waste such as
batteries, fluorescent and compact fluorescent lamps (as they contain mercury,) pharmaceuticals, paints, solvents, pesticides, etc..
Other Kingston Social Services, Agencies and Advocacy Groups (help and advice)
- Be WebAware, for Parents to keep your children safe when on the Internet
- Better Beginnings for Kingston Children, 134 Elliott Ave, Kingston, (613) 542-2835
- Central Frontenac Community Services Corporation, Tenant Assistance Program, Rural Visions Centre, 4419 George St, Sydenham, 613 - 376-6477
- Kingston and District Immigrant Services
- Kingston Community House for Self Reliance, (inexpensive meeting rooms,) 99 York St, Kingston, (613) 542-1136
- Kingston Family YMCA
- Kingston Coalition Against Poverty
- The Senior Centre, 56 Francis Street, (613) 548-7810
- Neighbourhood Sharing Centre, 670 Front Rd, Kingston, 613 - 389-4367
- Social Planning Council of Kingston and Area
- United Way serving Kingston, Frontenac, Lennox & Addington
Legal Services
- Kingston Community Legal Clinic, 345 Bagot Street, Kingston, (613) 541-0777
- Lanark County Legal Clinic 10 Sunset Blvd., Perth, (613) 264-8888
- Legal Aid Ontario - Perth, 2 Wilson St W Perth, (613) 267-3123
- Rural Legal Services, Sharbot Lake, (613) 279-3252
- Legal Aid Office, 507 Princess Street, Kingston, (613) 546-1179
- Legal Aid Office, Perkins Building, 2 Wilson Street West, Perth, (613) 267-3123
- Landlord and Tenant Board, (formerly the Ontario Rental Housing Tribunal,) Client Service Office, Ontario Government Centre, Beechgrove Complex, 51 Heakes Lane, Kingston, 1-888-332-3234
COMMUNITY LEGAL AID CLINICS
Emergencies: Fire, police, plus distress centres
- Distress Centre, Lanark, Leeds, Grenville, 1-800 - 465-4442
- Kids Helpline 1-800-668-6868
- Parent Helpline 1-888-603-9100
- Telephone Aid Line Kingston, 544-1771 (7pm - 3am)
Fire: for emergencies call 911 It should be noted that residents living in the 382 and 387 telephone exchanges
must dial 531-9911 to reach 911 service.
For Fire Prevention inquiries call 548-4001 ext. 5100
Kingston Police Force: for emergencies and crimes in progress call 911
For general and non-urgent inquires call 613 - 549-4660
Ontario Regional Poison Centre 1-800 - 267-1373
Distress Centres:
Kingston Area Foodbanks and emergency shelters
- Gananoque Food Bank, Gananoque Legion, Basement 55 King St E, Gananoque, 382-4434
- Good Food Box, 400 Elliott Ave, Kingston, 530-2239
- Lanark County Food Bank, 5 Allan St, Carleton Place, 257-8546
- Perth and District Food Bank, 40A North St Perth, 267-6428
- St. Vincent de Paul Society of Kingston, 85a Stephen St Kingston, 544-9967
- Dawn House Women's Shelter Inc, Crisis phone number 613 - 545-1379
- Kingston Community Counselling Centre, The Women's Program, Unison Place, 417 Bagot St, Kingston, 613 - 549-7850
- Kingston Home Base Housing, 417 Bagot Street - Kingston, 613 - 542-6672
- Kingston Interval House, women's crisis line, 613 - 546-1777
- Kingston Youth Shelter, 234 Brock St, Kingston, 613 - 544-3400 ext.2246
- Salvation Army, Community and Family Services, 326 Alfred St Kingston, 613 - 548-4411
Kingston Hospitals and Healthcare
Telehealth Ontario 1-866-797-0000 for health advice over the phone
Walk in and Community Health Clinics
KFL&A Public Health
Kingston Frontenac Lennox & Addington Community Care Access Centre1471 John Counter Blvd,
Suite 200, Kingston
North Kingston Community Health Centre, Rockcliffe Plaza, 400 Elliott Ave, Kingston, 613 - 542-2949
Hospitals
Almonte General Hospital, 75 Spring St Almonte,Brockville General Hospital, 75 Charles St Brockville,
Hotel Dieu Hospital, Kingston
Kingston General Hospital
Doctor Search, a service provided by the
College of Physicians and Surgeons of Ontario
Education
Limeston District School Board
Catholic District School Board of Eastern Ontario
Transportation
Other Services
Other Directories and Search Engines
General Reference
Canada 411 Telephone Directory
Canada Post
Postal Code lookup, from Canada Post
Kingston Map, from Mapquest
Kingston Maps, from Yahoo
I am not responsible for the content of these third-party sites listed here nor the services they provide. If you wish your free social or community service to be added here, send an e-mail to Bob Levitt. Links are voluntary and are solely at the discretion of the webmaster when I get time to post them.
