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Kingston's central location between Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, as well as its convenient access to markets in Syracuse, New York, make it an ideal hub for business. The city's transportation infrastructure is well-developed, with a VIA Rail stop connecting it to Canada's main railway network.
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Kingston, also known for its highly educated workforce, boasts a strong startup ecosystem supported by its exceptional education institutions. With the highest number of PhD graduates per capita nationally, Kingston is recognized for its intellectual capital. The city is home to three prestigious post-secondary institutions: Queen's University, the Royal Military College of Canada, and St. Lawrence College.
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In terms of innovation and research, Kingston offers a range of commercialization services through institutions like the [Center for Advanced Computing](https://www.queensu.ca/research/centres-institutes/centre-advanced-computing) and the [Human Mobility Research Lab](https://me.queensu.ca/hmrl/). These facilities contribute to the city's thriving R&D scene.
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To foster entrepreneurship and startup growth, Kingston hosts events such as the [Mayor's Innovation Challenge](https://www.cityofkingston.ca/city-hall/projects-construction/mayors-innovation-challenge), encouraging startups to tackle smart city challenges. The city invests in the winning team's idea, promoting the development of its startup ecosystem.
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Private investment is also vital to the ecosystem, with the Southeastern Ontario Angel Network actively supporting local companies with the potential for growth and job creation.
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The public sector plays a significant role in supporting startups through initiatives like [Futurpreneur](https://www.futurpreneur.ca/en/), which provides coaching, financing, and mentoring for young entrepreneurs. The [Starter Company Plus](https://www.investkingston.ca/startercompanyplus/) program offers business training and grants for entrepreneurs aged 18 and over. Additionally, [FedDev](https://www.feddevontario.gc.ca/eic/site/723.nsf/intro) Ontario has invested over US$1B to drive innovation and growth in the region, specifically supporting high-potential firms with innovative products, technologies, and processes.
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[Kingston Economic Development](https://www.investkingston.ca/) plays a pivotal role in building a strong community and supporting the local economy. With a focus on attracting foreign direct investment, business retention and expansion, as well as nurturing startups and entrepreneurs, they leverage Kingston's unique assets to meet the demands of the 21st-century economy.
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Overall, Kingston's startup ecosystem thrives through its educated workforce, strategic location, supportive events, private investment, and various public sector incentives. The city's commitment to fostering innovation and entrepreneurship positions it as an attractive destination for startups and investors alike.
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\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - [Futurpreneur](https://www.futurpreneur.ca/en/) provides pre-launch coaching, business resources, start-up financing and mentoring to help 18-39 year old entrepreneurs start their own business. Character based loans of $15,000 and more are available.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - [The Women Entrepreneurship Strategy and Ecosystem Fund](https://ised-isde.canada.ca/site/wes-ecosystem-fund/en) supports the development and delivery of new programs and services to women entrepreneurs from underrepresented groups in Kingston and the surrounding region.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - [FedDev Ontario](https://www.feddevontario.gc.ca/eic/site/723.nsf/intro) has provided over $1 billion in new funding to continue driving innovation and growth in the region. High-potential firms that are commercializing innovative products, technologies and processes are eligible to apply.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n

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\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Kingston is ranked number one in angel investors network in Canada;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Kingston was recently named one of the best 20 places to invest in Canada by [Site Selection Magazine](https://www.cityofkingston.ca/business/planning-and-development/blog/-/blogs/kingston-named-one-of-the-best-places-to-invest-in-canada);\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Kingston is one of the top Canadian cities for foreign direct investment;\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n

Events:

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - [The Mayor’s Innovation Challenge](https://www.cityofkingston.ca/city-hall/projects-construction/mayors-innovation-challenge) - It is the most significant event of the year that is hosted by Kingston’s city hall. The event’s focus is to encourage startups to solve smart city challenges. The city invests in the winning team’s idea to contribute towards its startup ecosystem, creating a positive environment for entrepreneurship.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - [Kingston Economic Development](https://www.investkingston.ca/) - provides businesses and startups with dynamic and collaborative opportunities by organizing startup workshops on social entrepreneurship, inclusion, digitizing, and marketing. The events offer an impetus for individuals and entrepreneurs to grow, and let a diversity of people want to live, work and do business in the city.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"},\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"topList\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"

High level of tech experts and researchers. More than 326,000 researchers in over 800 scientific organizations.
Huge potential for research and development in AI and Big Data Center of creativity in Europe.
Creative industries and the high tech sector produce a strong synergy effect for the birth of new ideas.
High level of tech-optimism and willingness to try innovations amongst the population.

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\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKingston sits where Lake Ontario meets the St. Lawrence River and the Cataraqui River. Nicknamed the “Limestone City” one of Canada’s oldest cities founded in 1673. More than 14.5 million Canadians 40% of the country’s population live within a three-hour drive from the city. No other CMA in Canada has such a large population base. Proximity to the U.S. with Shipping, Rail and Air Services. High quality of life and reasonable cost of living. Safe, clean and walkable city draws many young families and retirees.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKingston attracts people from Canada and abroad. Below are the reasons that make Kingston a great place to live, work and invest in.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nGiven its strategic location between Toronto, Ottawa, Montreal as well as New York (U.S.) being right across Lake Ontario from Kingston, the City of Kingston has become a gravity center for entrepreneurs looking to maximize their productivity and proximity to the above-mentioned start-ups’ strategic hubs. Being home to Queen’s University, The Royal Military College and Saint Lawrence College, entrepreneurs and other business owners have access to the most talented youth and experienced professionals in the region. It is more affordable than many cities while offering great infrastructure, and support services a great community.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n

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Highlights\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Freshwater sailing capital of the world\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Frontenac Park and amazing trails around Kingston for both bikers and hikers \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Active Arts and Culture scene\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - The Best Place to be a Woman in Canada 2019, Canadian Centre for Policy Alternatives\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Top Place to Live in Canada, Money Sense Magazine\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Most Vibrant Downtown, Journal of American Planning\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n### Quality of Life\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKingston is the largest city outside of Ottawa in Eastern Ontario. Boasting one of the most entrepreneurial workforces in Canada, we are continually encouraged to innovate and grow thanks to the City’s progressive initiatives. The City Council’s focus on sustainability, innovation, and climate change also demands this community growth.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nIn addition to the many economic and developmental opportunities available in Kingston, we also provide a world-class quality of life. Kingston is known as one of the best places to live in Canada. Kingston has a thriving downtown district, with a vibrant art and theatre scene, and a high-class, yet eclectic, restaurant and bar district. According to the Journal of American Planning, Kingston is among the most vibrant downtown centres. Also, according to StatsCan, Kingston boasts the most walkable city in Ontario.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nA city brimming with culture, Kingston has the most museums per capita and plenty of lively summer festivals. Its waterfront bike trail and the Gord Downie Memorial Pier offer residents and visitors plenty of spots to unwind. Kingston also runs a local summer farmer’s market (and a year-round indoor market), with summertime events along bustling Ontario Street.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nTraffic is minimal, which means that getting anywhere in the city usually takes about 15 minutes. Green spaces, like regional conservation areas, Ontario Parks, and National Parks are also a short drive from the city.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n ![enter image description here](https://www.investkingston.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/03/market-square-resized-1198x600.jpg)

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Geography \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKingston is close to major urban cities while offering affordable land and accessibility to international markets and skilled workforces. Centrally located between Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal, Kingston provides access to these large markets. Kingston is right along Highway 401 and is only 50 km from the Thousand Island border crossing with access to I-81.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nThe area within an eight-hour drive of Kingston represents the third-largest GDP concentration in North America, with 25 million people within an 8-hour drive and 130 million people within a day’s drive. Tap into major global markets in New York, Buffalo, Philadelphia, Boston, Pittsburgh, and Albany. Access to large national and international consumer bases positions your company in a competitive market. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n

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Digital infrastructure\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nBroadband and fiber internet throughout the city provides high-speed connectivity. Utilities Kingston is a specialized provider of broadband networking services to organizations and businesses in Kingston. The network spans over 1,000 route kilometers of fiber optic cable and provides coverage connecting hundreds of institutional and commercial buildings throughout the region. Utilities Kingston operates with a vision of the future that involves the use of information and communication technologies in new and innovative ways to empower its residents, institutions and region as a whole.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n### Recreation\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nLiving in Kingston provides one the right balance of vibrant city life and recluse into the lap of nature. In addition to it, the city has more than 1000 lakes, and 1000 islands. Named the freshwater sailing capital of the world, Kingston is renowned for nautical adventures. Kingston is also home to state-of-the-art sports facilities, including over 100 venues. From Aquafit and Public Skating to Hockey and Group Cycling, the city offers plenty of options for an active lifestyle. StatsCan named Kingston the most walkable city in Ontario. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n![enter image description here](https://www.investkingston.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Kingston-On-the-Water-46-scaled-2000x800.jpg)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n

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Infrastructure\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nVIA Rail, Canada’s main rail corporation, stops at Kingston, so commuting to Toronto, Ottawa, and Montreal is easy. This is also a major short line rail line that connects to the CN (Canada’s National Railway Company) and the CP (Canada’s Pacific Railway) so you have access to major continental transport. Kingston Airport offers domestic and cargo services.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKingston is also located on the coast of Lake Ontario along the St. Lawrence Seaway. This makes Kingston a part of Highway H20, which stretches from Duluth, Minnesota all the way to the Atlantic. This stretch of water was privy to $35 billion in economic transport in 2017. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nIn Kingston, your company can access multiple consumer bases in Canada’s largest cities and the American market. Kingston is a lower-cost jurisdiction that offers access to multiple markets.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n![enter image description here](https://www.investkingston.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/Header-RS13339_200629-021750-Tourism-Kingston-0014.jpg)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n

\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n### Culture\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nDeemed the First Capital of Canada, Kingston is one of the most historically rich cities in Ontario with 24 museums, galleries, and national historic sites. The city is home to many restaurants and pubs featuring cuisine from around the globe, as well as a famous outdoor market that has offered local delights for centuries. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"},\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"topText2\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\" \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\",\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"logo\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"93a130c5c81c4523d5e39193f49431e1\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\",\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"aboutTopText\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\":{\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"en\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\":\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\"\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nThe Kingston Economic Development is dedicated to supporting Kingston’s vibrant business community. We are directly involved in supporting start-ups, growth and attraction of businesses that our city maintains a strong economy.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nThe team works with international and domestic investors alongside local businesses to grow commerce and industry in Kingston. We work closely with companies of all sizes, from research and development to small business expansion to foreign direct investment. Kingston Economic Development Corporation has a dedicated Business Development Manager focused on supporting start-ups and entrepreneurs. \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKingston Economic Development offers various programs and resources to support start-ups and entrepreneurs from start-up through transition. 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In addition, the 1000 km of fiber optics cable, proximity to markets and workforce make Kingston an ideal location for investment to founders and companies that are looking to tap into the city’s unique assets and strengths. Recently, Frulact Group and Feihe International Inc. chose Kingston for their Canadian operations. *(Source: FDI Benchmark 2019 compared to 15 Canadian Cities).\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nStrategically located to facilitate entrepreneurs to reach global markets, Kingston is centrally located, less than a three-hour drive to Toronto, Montréal or Ottawa, and less than six hours to New York City or Boston. Kingston ranks 1st in Canadian cities with a population between 0.1 - 0.5 million based on StartupBlink’s Global Startup Ecosystem Index 2022. Concerning the industry ranks Kingston ranks 4th for Health, 6th for Energy & Environment and 7th for Hardware & IoT in Canada. 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Within a small radius around the city thrives a population of around 200,000.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nThe [Kingston Economic Development Corporation](https://www.investkingston.ca/) has made substantial investments to create and establish ties with the United States through the Kingston-Syracuse pathway. Focusing on economic development, the collaboration between Queen’s University, Kingston, universities in Syracuse and New York facilitates regional economic development strategies for startups working in health, innovation and cleantech. This initiative has developed a corridor for Kingston-based startups trying to enter the US market.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKingston boasts of countless startups working in the fields of clean technologies, biotech and life sciences, smart cities, software technologies, food and agriculture. The city’s local business community and research organizations, backed by industry-friendly government initiatives, are paving the way for a robust economy.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nWith its world-class post-graduate institutes, the city readily avails rich human capital to startups. Notable institutes like Queen’s University, St. Lawrence College and Royal Military College enable startups with ready access to faculty and research opportunities. Around 30,000 students graduate from these institutes yearly, providing ready human capital for its startups.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKingston is welcoming startups with facilities like [GreenCentre Canada](https://greencentrecanada.com/) incubating chemical startups at its multi-million dollar lab and helps them in scaling up by making them work closely with top chemical engineers of the world.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nMoreover, the local government is extremely involved with local businesses in Kingston, minimizing the risk for entrepreneurs, offering resources and events and setting up programs to encourage startup formation and improving the startup infrastructure. The story of Kingston’s startup ecosystem is a successful one. This is an ecosystem that knows how to market itself, implement policies for startups and offer well-thought incentives.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Notable startups\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n![enter image description here](https://www.investkingston.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/02/EV-Header.jpg)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKingston houses many startups providing innovative solutions for various national and international issues. Notable among the lists of startups are as follows:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nLi-Cycle – The startup has developed a creative solution for recovering critical constituents from lithium-ion batteries and restoring them to the supply chain. It aims at mitigating waste generation as Lithium-ion rechargeable batteries are increasingly powering our world and meeting the fast-rising demand for critical and scarce battery-grade materials.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nDistributive - The startup has developed the Distributed Computer Protocol (DCP), a distributed High-Performance Computing framework built on web technology. DCP allows hospitals, universities, governments and enterprises to run data processing, predictive analytics and smart applications ﹣ without the cloud.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nTecta-PDS - The startup has developed a fully automated Pathogen Detection system to perform on-site regulatory compliance testing for E. coli and Total Coliform bacteria in the drinking water distribution system. It is the world’s first EPA-approved microbiological water quality testing mechanism.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nElantra - Elentra is a cloud-based teaching aid, scheduling system and assessment tool all-in-one. Elentra was originally developed at Queen’s University and now used all around the world. Elentra empowers academic institutions to train the next generation of health-care professionals to better serve patients and advance medical research.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nOctane - Powering transformative healthcare, the startup provides the most advanced bioreactors, bioprocesses and biomaterials required for regenerative medicine.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Accelerators and Incubators\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKingston offers several accelerators to help startups navigate the local landscape and scale up globally. Following are some of the most prominent accelerators and incubators of the city.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nCompass North - Created in partnership with Queen’s University and hosted by L-Spark, Compass North is a Kingston-based five-month accelerator program for women-led companies.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nDunin-Deshpande Queen’s Innovation Center - The Queen’s University established the innovation center to promote innovation and entrepreneurship among students and budding entrepreneurs from the city. The center provides access to incubators, accelerators and workshops for startups prying for mentorship.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nLaunch Lab - It is a unique program designed by entrepreneurs to support newcomers. It brings entrepreneurs face to face with experienced business owners for one-to-one mentoring and supervision for setting up a successful venture. Having a team of experienced entrepreneurs, the program offers advisory services.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nFedDev Ontario - The federal economic development agency (FedDev) has put in $3 million in Kingston to place it as a destination for testing, developing and commercializing innovative healthcare solutions. Besides this investment, the agency has funded WE-CAN to empower and support aspiring women-identifying entrepreneurs by availing the proper infrastructure.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKPM Accelerate - It is a first of its kind chemical accelerator program for startups. It provides backing to incubated startups and SMEs trying to disrupt the field of chemical processing, advanced materials, chemical energy and material transformation.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nThese are just a few examples, the city has a wide range of programs targeting different startups, such as:\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- RXN Hub\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Innovate Kingston\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Queen’s Tech and Media Association (QTMA)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- LaunchLab Kingston\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Wings MVP Acceletaor at Queens Partnership & Innovation\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Queen’s Startup Runway\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- The Hive\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Indigenous Women's Entrepreneurship Accelerator program\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- QyourVenture\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- enLIGHT\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Build2Scale Health\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Trade Accelerator Program\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Coworking spaces \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n![enter image description here](https://www.investkingston.ca/wp-content/uploads/2022/06/Digital_lowres-1322x500.png)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nSanctuary coworking: Located in a historic Kingston church, Sanctuary Coworking is housed in a beautiful limestone structure. Built in 1864, the workspace preserves its function as a hub for collective learning, shared experiences and community gatherings.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nSeaway coworking: Seaway Coworking space is a flexible office solution that hosts several business accelerator programs for innovation and entrepreneurship in downtown Kingston.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Advanced Research and Tech Commercialization Services\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Green Center Canada \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - KPM Accelerate \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Centre for Advanced Computing\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Ingenuity Labs\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Human Mobility Research Lab\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Kingston Nano-Fabrication Laboratory\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Cancer Research Institute\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Canadian Institute for Military & Veteran Health Research\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - GeoEngineering Centre\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - International Centre for the Advancement of Community Based Rehabilitation\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Translational Institute of Medicine (TIME)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Providence Care Research Institute\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Innovation Acceleration & Technology Commercialization Programs\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Queen’s Partnership and Innovation\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Launch Lab\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - KPM Accelerate\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Health Innovation Kingston (HI YGK)\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - GreenCentre Canada\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Notable Multi-National Businesses & FDI in Kingston\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Dupont\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Invista\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Novelis\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Canada Royal Milk\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Frulact\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n- Lonza\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Access to Funding\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Southeastern Ontario Angel Network (SOAN) \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Ontario Center of Innovation Eastern \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Ontario Development Fund Federal Economic\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Development Agency for Southern Ontario \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - SDTC \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - SONAMI \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - MITACs \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - NGEN \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Start Up Visa Programs\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - SPARK Center \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n - Latam Startups\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Infrastructure\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nThe City of Kingston has a sophisticated network of highways, railways and air transportation that is fully integrated with U.S networks.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Highway\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nDirect access to highway 401 and a short drive to the 1000 Islands Bridge and Interstate 81 which offers direct access to all major cities in the Northeast & Midwest United States.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Rail\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nKingston is an express stop between Montreal and Toronto for VIA Rail. 5th busiest station in Canada\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n \\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

Air\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\nYGK – Kingston Airport located in the west end part of the City of Kingston is open and carrier service flights between Kingston, Toronto and Montreal.\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n$16M expansion of terminal and runway complete\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\\n###

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