Many seniors in the Kingston area are members of the Rideau Trail Association, a non-profit organization that maintains a hiking trail linking Kingston to Canada’s capital city of Ottawa.
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Driving a car is a convenient way to travel in Ontario. Whether you own or lease a car, you must have a valid driver's licence and car insurance, use seatbelts and child restraints, and obey the rules of the road. See also Cars & Driving for more information on this subject.
Kingston is linked to Ottawa, Montreal, Toronto and other communities in Canada by a national rail service. The Kingston train station is located on John Counter Boulevard, about 20 minutes by car or taxi from downtown. The station is accessible by city bus seven days a week, including evenings. Parking for short and long stays is available.
The terminal is equipped with a snack bar, accessible washrooms and Wifi internet. Passengers requiring wheelchairs can book them through the station.
Kingston connects to other cities through an inter-city bus system. Buses depart at regular intervals from the Kingston bus terminal on Counter Street for Ottawa, Toronto, Montreal and many other cities.
City bus service to the Kingston Bus Terminal is available every day of the week, including evenings. The terminal is equipped with a wheelchair-accessible entrance, parking, washrooms and a snack bar.
A shuttle bus runs between the Kingston Bus Terminal and Pearson International Airport in Toronto. The bus leaves Kingston three times a day, seven days a week, except on Christmas Day, when there is no service, and Boxing Day, when only one bus departs from Kingston. Tickets and information about the shuttle are available at the Kingston Bus Terminal.
The city owns and operates the Kingston Norman Rogers Airport (YGK), located about 20 minutes (8 km) by car or taxi from the downtown. Regular passenger flights between Kingston and Pearson International Airport (YYZ) in Toronto arrive and depart from the Kingston Airport every day.
The airport has a wheelchair-accessible entrance, parking and washrooms.
A ferry boat runs between Kingston and the village of Marysville on Wolfe Island, a farming community located directly across from Kingston on Lake Ontario. Wolfe Island is the largest of the Thousand Islands and a popular tourist destination.
The Wolfe Island ferry leaves Kingston's waterfront every half hour, seven days a week. The ferry docks at the island's main community of Marysville from April to December, and at Dawson's Point, about 4.8 kilometres (three miles) east of Marysville, from December to April.
The ferry has a wheelchair-accessible entrance, parking and washrooms. There is no charge to ride the ferry. You can board the ferry from Kingston Terminal at the base of Barrack Street in downtown Kingston.
A number of other ferry services operate in the Kingston area. See For More Information links below.
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