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Neighbourhood in Kingston
Homes for rent in Central City East
Central City East is a vibrant neighbourhood in Kingston, Ontario. It offers a mix of residential and condo living, making it suitable for many types of residents.
At a glance
6-279 Helen St Helen Street
Kingston (Central City East)
Listed 27 days ago
- 1Bedroom
- 1Bathroom
- 1Parking
- <700Sq.Ft.
MultiplexFor Rent
Unit 341, 652 Princess Street
Kingston (Central City East)
Listed Sep 19, 2026
- 2Bedrooms
- 2Bathrooms
- 1Parking
- 700~799Sq.Ft.
Condo ApartmentFor Rent
493 College Street
Kingston (Central City East)
Listed Aug 7, 2026
- 3Bedrooms
- 1Bathroom
- 0Parking
- 700~1.1KSq.Ft.
MultiplexFor Rent
317 Victoria Street
Kingston (Central City East)
Listed Jul 6, 2026
- 6Bedrooms
- 2Bathrooms
- 0Garage
- 1.5K~2KSq.Ft.
DetachedFor Rent
Day to dayLivability
5.5
Schools near listings
out of 10 · averaged over 108 past and present listings
Fraser Institute ratings within 2 km of each listing, closer schools weighted more
Each score is an average over this area's own listings and is shown only where at least 5 of them carry one. Scores are reported by listing agents, not measured by HOMEH.
What it costsAffordability
Median asking price
$749,900
In Central City East
$749,900
In Kingston
$599,900
In Ontario
$709,000
Median monthly rent
$2,423/mo
In Central City East
$2,423
In Kingston
$2,500
In Ontario
$2,500
≈ 25.8 years
Of rent to match the purchase price
On the marketMarket snapshot
For sale
85
Median $749,900
Houses 59 · Condos 26
For rent
7
Median $2,423
Houses 6 · Condos 1
Recently sold
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Recently leased
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Market data as of 2026-10-27. Sold and leased figures are neighbourhood medians over the last 12 months, published only where at least 5 homes closed — never a single sale.
The honest readPros & cons
What people love
- Strong community feel
- Access to various amenities
- Good for families with children
- Convenient grocery stores nearby
Keep in mind
- Higher prices compared to city median
- Transit options are limited
The feel of the placeLifestyle
Daily life in Central City East is active and community-oriented, with plenty of local shops and parks. It's a great place for families and young professionals.
Within the boundaryWhat's nearby
The boundary
17.4 km²
Every count and every census figure on this page was measured inside this line — not within a circle drawn around a centre point.
17
Parks
15
Playgrounds
8
Grocery stores
65
Restaurants
24
Cafés
4
Gyms
7
Libraries
10
Pharmacies
Counted across all 17.4 km² of Central City East. From OpenStreetMap, as of 2026-10-26.
The schoolsWhich schools, and how they rate
6.4/10
Average rating of the 3 rated schools in this area
4
Elementary
1
Secondary
Rideau Public School
Public · Grades JK–6 · Limestone DSB
7.1/106.0 over 5 yrs808th of 3,045 Ontario elementary schools
450 students · EQAO 2024-2025
Winston Churchill Public School
Public · Grades JK–8 · Limestone DSB
6.4/106.9 over 5 yrs1,300th of 3,045 Ontario elementary schools
235 students · EQAO 2024-2025
Cathedrale Catholic School
Catholic · Grades JK–8 · Algonquin and Lakeshore CDSB
5.6/106.8 over 5 yrs1,868th of 3,045 Ontario elementary schools
300 students · EQAO 2024-2025
Kingston
Public · Limestone DSB
Not rated
Sydenham Public School
Public · Grades JK–8 · Limestone DSB
Not rated
135 students · EQAO 2024-2025
Ontario Ministry of Education school registry; ratings from the Fraser Institute report card. These are the schools that stand inside Central City East, not a catchment — most Ontario boards do not publish attendance boundaries, and we will not draw a line we cannot source. Confirm enrolment with the school board before you buy.
The peopleWho lives here
12,786
Population (2021)
4.4 km²
Area
2,913
People per km²
37.9
Median age
$73,234
Median income
33%
Own their home
1.9
People per household
6,660
Households
Every age
- Children (under 15)7.9%
- Working age (15–64)71.1%
- Seniors (65+)21.1%
What is built here
- Detached houses25.7%
- Semi-detached4%
- Townhouses4%
- Duplexes6.2%
- Low-rise apartments34.2%
- High-rise apartments26.2%
Own or rent
33%Owners
68%Renters
Across 6,660 households
When it was built
Mostly 1960 or earlier
- 1960 or earlier47%
- 1961–198028%
- 1981–19909%
- 1991–20005%
- 2001–20052%
- 2006–20105%
- 2011–20151%
- 2016–20211%
Share of occupied homes, by the era they were built in. Bars are drawn against the busiest era, not against each other, because the eras are not the same length. The eight shares are unlikely to total exactly 100: Statistics Canada rounds each era's count to the nearest 5 before publishing it, so we print what the census reports rather than adjusting a figure to make the column add up.
- 13.4%
- Born outside Canada
- 48.7%
- Hold a degree or higher
- 50.6%
- Employment rate
- 7.3%
- Commute by transit
- 48.5%
- Commute by car
- 1.6
- Children per family
- $63,683
- Median income after tax
- $106,698
- Average household income
- 20%
- Living on a low income
- $1,379/mo
- Renters pay, per month
- $1,510/mo
- Owners pay, per month
- $688,709
- Median home value at census
- 51.3%
- Renters spending 30%+ of income on housing
- 5.9%
- Owners spending 30%+ of income on housing
Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021. Added up from 26 census areas inside the boundary. Medians and rates are a population-weighted average of dissemination-area figures.
Sources: HOMEH listings, Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021, OpenStreetMap
What homes in Central City East actually rent for
34 homes were leased in Central City East over the 12 months to September 2026. Half leased above $2,192 and half below, 13.0% higher than the 12 months before. A typical home found its tenant in 40 days.
- Median rent
- $2,192
- +13.0% year over year
- Days to lease
- 40
- Unchanged
- Leases closed
- 34
- last 12 months
- Rent per square foot
- $2.64/mo
- from 19 sized leases
Three years of rents
The line is the median. The band is the middle half of every lease — how wide it runs tells you how much one home here differs from the next.
What renters actually paid
$2,971/mo
on a $3,000 asking rent — under ask by $29
- Of the asking rent
- 99.0%
- Leased over asking
- 5.9%
From 34 leases that closed here in the last 12 months.
Rent or buy in Central City East
25.9 years
of rent, at the going rate here, adds up to what a home here costs.
Median sold price
$681,511
158 sales
Median rent
$2,192/mo
34 leases
Gross rental yield
3.86%
before costs
Both figures come from deals that actually closed in Central City East over the last 12 months. Gross yield is annual rent divided by price; it does not account for taxes, fees, maintenance, vacancy or financing.
How fast it moves
Median days on market, month by month. Taller means slower.
Terracotta marks the last 12 months.
Every month behind these charts — Central City East, rentals
| Month | Closed | Median | Middle half | Days | % of ask |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Sep 2026 | 1 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Aug 2026 | 6 | $2,098 | $1,924 – $2,424 | 20 | 100.0% |
| Jul 2026 | 7 | $1,898 | $1,600 – $2,111 | 17 | 99.6% |
| Jun 2026 | 5 | $1,940 | $1,600 – $2,500 | 37 | 100.0% |
| May 2026 | 2 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Apr 2026 | 3 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Mar 2026 | 3 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Feb 2026 | 1 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Jan 2026 | 3 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Nov 2025 | 1 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Oct 2025 | 2 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Sep 2025 | 1 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Aug 2025 | 2 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Jul 2025 | 8 | $1,850 | $1,838 – $1,863 | 12 | 100.0% |
| Jun 2025 | 8 | $1,923 | $1,725 – $2,363 | 52 | 100.0% |
| May 2025 | 2 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Apr 2025 | 3 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Mar 2025 | 2 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Feb 2025 | 2 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Jan 2025 | 1 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Dec 2024 | 3 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Oct 2024 | 1 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Sep 2024 | 6 | $1,950 | $1,800 – $1,988 | 109 | 100.0% |
| Aug 2024 | 3 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Jul 2024 | 1 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Jun 2024 | 3 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| May 2024 | 2 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Mar 2024 | 1 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Jan 2024 | 2 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
| Nov 2023 | 2 | Not enough leases this month to report a median | |||
24 of these months closed fewer than 5 leases. A middle value taken over that few is not a market figure — with one lease it is simply that lease — so the count is shown and the median is not. The leases themselves still count toward the 12-month figures above.
What people ask about Central City East
How much does a home cost in Central City East?
Homes in Central City East sold for a median of $681,511 over the 12 months to September 2026, across 158 closed sales — half sold for more and half for less. That is 7.1% lower than the 12 months before it.
How long does it take to sell a home in Central City East?
A home in Central City East took a median of 39 days on the market over the 12 months to September 2026. Homes there closed at 96.3% of the asking price on average, with 11.4% selling over asking.
How much is rent in Central City East?
The median lease in Central City East closed at $2,192 a month over the 12 months to September 2026, across 34 leases.
Is it cheaper to rent or buy in Central City East?
A home in Central City East costs about 25.9 years of the rent on one — the median price of $681,511 against a median rent of $2,192 a month, a gross yield of 3.86%. The shorter that number, the closer buying is to renting before financing costs.
What kind of homes sell in Central City East?
Over the 12 months to September 2026 the mix in Central City East was detached (43.7% of sales, median $719,042) and condo apartment (3.8% of sales, median $347,250).
Compiled by HOMEH from leases reported closed in Central City East on the Toronto Regional Real Estate Board MLS® System, through September 2026. Medians are taken over closed prices, not asking prices. Per-square-foot figures use the midpoint of the banded floor-area range MLS® carries, so they describe the group and not any one home. Not an appraisal or an opinion of value.
A condo here is 2.1× cheaper than detached houses
Half the condo apartments that changed hands in Central City East over the 12 months to September 2026 sold above $347,250. The neighbourhood's median across every kind of home was $681,511 — one number, two markets.
Median closed prices over the 12 months to September 2026, from 158 sales in Central City East. Medians describe the group, never one home.
- Median condo sold price
- $347K
- 6 closed sales
- Days to sell
- 67
- median, condo apartments
- Share of all sales
- 4%
- of everything that closed here