City of Frontenac
A Heritage of Gracious Living, Shopping, and Dining
The City of Frontenac takes its name from Louis de Buade, Comte de Frontenac et de Palluau (the Count of Frontenac), a French courtier and Governor of New France from 1672 to 1682 and from 1689 until his death in 1698. Louis de Buade established a number of forts on the Great Lakes, including Fort Frontenac in what is now Kingston, Ontario, and engaged in a series of battles against the English and the Iroquois.
Today, Frontenac has 3,482 residents, and approximately 1,300 homes and comprises 1,944 acres (2.8 square miles). With an excellent housing stock, an average household income of $119,508, easy accessibility to major thoroughfares, and a per capita crime rate of less than one-third of the national average, Frontenac remain an extremely desirable community in which to live. We hope you find yourself at home in the City of Frontenac.