Major employers in Kingston
21 employers, 4 of them head offices: 2 worldwide, 1 national and 1 regional. Headcounts are for the site here, with the page that publishes them.
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Employers21
Worldwide HQ2
National HQ1
Regional HQ1
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Employers, largest first
People employed at the site in this city where a source publishes it; head offices without a published count follow.
| Company | Here | Employees here | Worldwide HQ | Jobs |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Queen's UniversityEducation — university | Major site | 9,3522023 | Kingston, Ontario | — |
| Kingston Health Sciences CentreHealth care — teaching hospital | Major site | 5,9532023 | Kingston, Ontario | — |
| Canadian Forces Base KingstonPublic administration — national defencepart of Department of National Defence (Government of Canada) | Major site | 5,8002023 | Ottawa, Ontario | — |
| Limestone District School BoardEducation — public school board | Major site | 3,4002023 | Kingston, Ontario | — |
| Correctional Service Canada — Ontario and Nunavut Regional HeadquartersPublic administration — federal correctionspart of Government of Canada | Regional HQOntario and Nunavut (CSC region) | 2,5002023 | Ottawa, Ontario | — |
| City of KingstonPublic administration — municipal government | Major site | 1,5502023 | Kingston, Ontario | — |
| St. Lawrence CollegeEducation — college | Major site | 8752023 | Kingston, Ontario | — |
| The Empire Life Insurance CompanyFinance — life insurance and investmentspart of E-L Financial Corporation | Worldwide HQglobal (Empire Life head office) | 6742023 | Kingston, Ontario | — |
| Ontario Ministry of Health — Kingston office (Personal Health Information Office)Public administration — provincial healthpart of Government of Ontario | Major site | 5302023 | Toronto, Ontario | — |
| Calian Technologies — KingstonProfessional services — IT, defence, health and learning servicespart of Calian Group | Major site | 3632023 | Ottawa, Ontario | — |
| Tim Hortons Distribution Centre (Kingston)Wholesale — restaurant supply distributionpart of Restaurant Brands International | Major site | 2802023 | Toronto, Ontario | — |
| Novelis — KingstonManufacturing — aluminum rollingpart of Hindalco Industries (Aditya Birla Group) | Major site | 2642023 | Atlanta, Georgia | — |
| Commissionaires — KingstonAdministrative services — security guard servicespart of Canadian Corps of Commissionaires | Major site | 2552023 | Ottawa, Ontario | — |
| Cancoil Thermal CorporationManufacturing — refrigeration and heat-transfer equipment | Worldwide HQglobal (coil, unit-cooler and condensing-unit manufacturer) | 2002023 | Kingston, Ontario | — |
| Assurant — KingstonFinance — insurance and protection productspart of Assurant, Inc. | Major site | 1802023 | Atlanta, Georgia | — |
| Haakon Industries — Kingston factoryManufacturing — custom air-handling units | Major site | 1702023 | Richmond, British Columbia | — |
| Canada Royal MilkManufacturing — infant formula and dairy products | Major site | 1652023 | not established | — |
| DuPont — Kingston Technology CentreResearch and development — materials sciencepart of DuPont de Nemours, Inc. | Major site | 1502023 | Wilmington, Delaware | — |
| Frulact CanadaManufacturing — fruit preparations for the food industrypart of Frulact Group | National HQCanada (Frulact's first Canadian plant, fruit-preparation processing) | 952023 | Maia, Portugal | — |
| Coke Canada Bottling — Kingston distribution centreWholesale — beverage distributionpart of Coke Canada Bottling Limited | Major site | 852023 | Toronto, Ontario | — |
| Kingston PolicePublic administration — police | Major site | — | Kingston, Ontario | — |
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Notes on this record
- Headcounts are Kingston Economic Development Corporation's list, stated as of October 2023; the list covers Kingston sites only.
- Left out because the company's own site could not be opened with our UA: Providence Care (KEDCO 1,700; providencecare.ca 403), INVISTA Canada (KEDCO 700; nylon 6,6 polymer plant owned by INVISTA per KEDCO; invista.com CloudFront 403), MetalCraft Marine (KEDCO 100; metalcraftmarine.com 403), Kingston Process Metallurgy (KEDCO 120; kpm.ca 429), Royal Military College of Canada (rmc-cmr.ca 503).
- Left out: Utilities Kingston — its robots.txt disallows ClaudeBot and anthropic-ai, so its site was not read.
- Left out: J.E. Agnew Food Services (KEDCO 450) — search leads show it operates Tim Hortons restaurants in Kingston; no company website found. Algonquin and Lakeshore Catholic DSB — its homepage gives 1,371 full-time employees board-wide, but its Kingston board office was not confirmed (about page 403).
- Correctional Service Canada's KEDCO figure (2,500) is Kingston-wide CSC staffing; the regional headquarters for Ontario and Nunavut is in Kingston (national HQ Ottawa).
- Kingston's verified head offices: Empire Life (worldwide), Cancoil Thermal (worldwide), Frulact Canada (national), CSC Ontario and Nunavut (regional).
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Sources
Prepared 2026-10-30. Each headcount links to the page it is read from; each company to its own site or its /company page.
- Kingston Economic Development Corporation (Invest Kingston) — Major Employers · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: none stated (footer: © Kingston Economic Development Corporation 2026, All rights reserved; privacy policy only); robots allows all; counts as of October 2023
- Invest Kingston — Innovative Companies Calling Kingston, Ontario Home (2023-03-30) · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: none stated
- Invest Kingston — Frulact Grows in Canada; Coke Canada Bottling to Invest $1.5 M in New Kingston Facility · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: none stated
- Correctional Service Canada — Contact (regional headquarters) · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: Government of Canada terms (not read); facts quoted
- Employers' own sites (Queen's, KHSC, CFB Kingston, LDSB, City, SLC, ontario.ca, Empire Life, Calian, Novelis, Commissionaires, Cancoil, Assurant, Haakon, CRM, DuPont, Frulact, Coke Canada, Kingston Police) · retrieved 2026-10-30Terms: none stated / not read; facts quoted