Kingston is the site of two highly-respected universities, Queen's University and the Royal Military College of Canada (RMC), and a major community college, St. Lawrence College.

RMC is Canada's only military university and provides academic and officer training to cadets who will be members of Canada's armed forces.

St. Lawrence College offers Baccalaureate Degree programs at its Kingston campus, in Behavioural Psychology, Microelectronics and Nursing.

Queen's University

Queen's University is one of Canada's oldest universities and offers a variety of degree programs. One of the oldest radio stations in the world, CFRC, broadcasts from the university. The university was founded in 1841 under Royal Charter from Queen Victoria. It currently has an enrollment of more than 15,000 students.

Primary and secondary

The Limestone District School Board serves students in the counties of Frontenac and Lennox and Addington. Along with the Limestone School of Community Education, which provides adult education and training programs, approximately 23,000 students attend 56 elementary and 12 secondary schools.

The Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic District School Board serves students of the Roman Catholic faith. Approximately 15,000 students attend 36 elementary schools and 5 secondary schools in this school district. The francophone community is served by two school boards, the Conseil des écoles publique de l'est de l'Ontario and the Conseil des écoles catholique de langue française du centre-est, each providing one secondary school in the area.
Local secondary schools:

1. Bayridge Secondary School
2. École secondaire catholique Marie-Rivier
3. École secondaire publique Mille-Iles
4. Frontenac Secondary School
5. Holy Cross Catholic Secondary School
6. Kingston Collegiate and Vocational Institute
7. La Salle Secondary School
8. Loyalist Collegiate and Vocational Institute
9. Queen Elizabeth Collegiate and Vocational Institute
10. Regiopolis-Notre Dame Catholic Secondary School

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