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Here is a brief overview of some of the highlights of Kingston, Ontario:

Kingston, Ontario is a Canadian city located in the Eastern portion of Southern Ontario, at the eastern end of Lake Ontario, where the lake runs into the St. Lawrence River and the Thousand Islands begin.

Kingston is the county seat of Frontenac County. According to the 2006 Canadian census, the population of the city proper was 117,207, while the population of the metropolitan area was 152,358.

Kingston is nicknamed the "Limestone City" because of the many historic buKingston's economy relies heavily on public sector institutions and establishments. The most important sectors are related to health care, education (Queen's University and Royal Military College of Canada), government (including the military and correctional services), tourism and culture, manufacturing, and research and development. One of Kingston's major industrial employers of the 20th century, the Canadian Locomotive Company, is long closed. The former Alcan and DuPont operations employ far fewer people than in the past. A wind farm, the Wolfe Island Wind Project is scheduled to open June 2009. The wind farm starts a new trend by creating green jobs.

Kingston is the site of two universities, Queen's University and the Royal Military College of Canada, and a major community college, St. Lawrence College. According to Statistics Canada, Kingston has the most PhD-holders per capita of any other city in Canada.

Queen's University is one of Canada's oldest universities and offers a variety of degree programs. The university was founded in 1841 under royal charter from Queen Victoria. It currently has an enrollment of more than 13,000 undergraduate and 4,000 graduate students.

RMC, established in 1876, is Canada's only military university (Collège Militaire Royal in Saint-Jean-sur-Richelieu, Quebec being a military CEGEP), providing academic and leadership training to officer cadets and other members of Canada's armed forces. There are currently 1,100 under-graduate students with a further 500 full and part-time graduate students.

St. Lawrence College offers baccalaureate degree programs at its Kingston campus, in behavioural psychology, industrial trades, microelectronics, nursing and business administration (the latter via a partnership with Laurentian University), in addition to certificate, diploma, and advanced diploma programs.

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