The City of Kingston has defined 45 distinct neighbourhoods based on census data from Statistics Canada. Different from the city's twelve electoral districts, the neighbourhoods as defined by the City all share common socio-demographic characteristics. Neighbourhood Profiles - KEDCO Detailed socio-demographic information on the city can be found in the Kingston Community Profile, 2009: A Socio-Demographic Analysis of Kingston, Ontario Canada. The profile is published by the Social Planning Council of Kingston and District (SPCKD). Kingston Community Profile - SPCKD While some of these neighbourhoods have established their own business improvement area, others are simply a designation given by the City of Kingston in recognition of their distinct attributes and characteristics.

The divisions are arbitrary; they follow census boundaries but often chop existing, recognised neighbourhoods (including the central business district) in two.

Downtown and inner suburbs These points (and a few others, including Polson Park, Rideau Heights and Alcan), if not part of the original city, were annexed to Kingston from Kingston Township or the former village of Portsmouth no later than the 1950s.

SydenhamQueen'sInner HarbourAlwingtonSunnysideWilliamsvilleKingscourtKingston PenitentiaryPortsmouth VillageCalvin ParkHillendale

Kingston - West Most (but not all) of these points were in the former Township of Kingston, annexed on January 1, 1998. The pre-amalgamation boundary is Cataraqui Creek.

Auden Park Bayridge East Bayridge WestCataraqui North Cataraqui Westbrook Collins Bay Penitentiary Fairway Hills Gardiners/Meadowbrook Grenville Park Henderson Lemoine Point Miles Square Polson Park Reddendale Strathcona Park Sutton Mills Waterloo Village Westwoods Woodbine

Kingston - East Most of these points were in the former Pittsburgh Township, annexed on January 1, 1998. The pre-amalgamation boundary is the Cataraqui River.

Barriefield Village Cataraqui River East CFB Kingston Greenwood Joyceville-Brewer's Mills Kingston Mills Ravensview St. Lawrence

Kingston - North Many or most of these points (except for those south of the 401) were in the former Township of Kingston, annexed on January 1, 1998.

Alcan Elginburg-Silvers Corners Glenburnie Markers Acres Rideau Heights Shannon's Corners Sharpton-Glenvale

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