There are a variety of parking options around each our hospital sites. While Kingston Health Sciences Centre only operates a small number designated spots around our Hotel Dieu and Kingston General sites, the City of Kingston and Queen’s University offer a number of on-street and parking lot options to choose from.
To learn more about specific options near each hospital site, please choose from the options below:
There will be temporary restriction to vehicle access at the KGH site main entrance on Saturday, Nov. 29, for building signage work. The main entrance doors will remain open, but vehicle traffic will be rerouted.
Please note
Vehicles dropping off or picking up patients, visitors, or staff should use the Armstrong entrance located along Lower University Avenue.
Security guards will be onsite to direct traffic and support patients and families. Signage will also be posted to guide traffic.
Non-urgent patient transfer service vehicles, the Coroner’s office, Police and Funeral home vehicles will still be permitted to access the area. Those vehicles should enter the area via the ‘exit lane’ located closest to Etherington Hall.
The small parking lot outside the KGH site main entrance will also be closed on this date (Nov. 29). Individuals, including those requiring accessible parking, are encouraged to park in the underground garage on Stuart Street and access the hospital via the underground tunnel.
This building signage work is expected to be completed in one day, with normal access resuming on Nov. 30.
Please note that KHSC does offer parking lot spaces outside of our various regional sites including at our dialysis clinics across southeastern Ontario and at our Breast Imaging Kingston site on John Marks Avenue.
General parking assistance or inquiries
KHSC’s Security Control Centre is available 24/7 to answer any parking related inquiries at 613-549-6666 extension 4142. If the Security Control Centre is unable to assist you, your inquiry will be forwarded to the Manager of Parking for follow-up.
Financial assistance may be available if parking costs are a substantial financial burden. Patients/visitors who are at the hospital frequently can speak to staff in their care unit to discuss their specific circumstances and eligibility.
