We are a cohousing group based in Kingston Ontario.  

We are in the development stage and still accepting new members.  We welcome more “burning souls” to join our core group and “interested observers” who want to be kept in the loop of our progress.

Many hands make light work!  If you’d like to join us in creating a thriving community, we’d love to work with you.  And then you’ll forever have the prize of knowing you helped to create it.

Project Vision

Location: We are advancing discussions that we hope will lead to leasing a portion of the Providence Village site at 1200 Princess Street in central Kingston.

Mix of Dwellings: Combination of townhouses and apartments (studios to 3 bedrooms).

Diversity: Mix of young families, couples and singles across all ages.

Sustainability: Reduce carbon footprint by designing an eco-friendly building.
Ownership: Cooperative ownership, based on leased land from Providence Village. Housing Charges to be determined.

KCH Mission Statement:

To create an environmentally sustainable, multigenerational, inclusive, intentional, cohousing community, in the Kingston area. 

Vision Statement:

Kingston Cohousing will build 20-30 private dwellings, with shared outdoor and indoor space including gardens, dining and meeting rooms, workshops, etc. Cohousing seeks both to support community connection and limit the footprint of the private dwellings. We will use the principles of sociocracy as our governance model. We will explore potential partnerships as we move toward occupancy in the Kingston area by 2028.

Values Statement:

Inclusivity: different ages, abilities, orientations, ethnicities, financial capacities, openness and sense of belonging

Neighbourliness: trust, acceptance, empathy, respect, interconnection, joy & play, creativity, sharing resources

Participation: integrity, responsibility, cooperation, communication, sharing time and skills; using a skillful conflict resolution process

Physical well-being: ecologically sustainable, accessible, healthy natural spaces.

Land Acknowledgment:

Providence Village is located on the unceded ancestral lands of the Anishinaabe, Haudenosaunee, and Huron-Wendat Peoples—a place that has long been home to diverse First Nations, Inuit, and Métis Peoples. With humility and respect, we express our gratitude to Indigenous Peoples for their stewardship of these lands since time immemorial and we honour their deep connection to the land. We are grateful for the land’s nourishment and gifts and recognize our shared responsibility to protect and sustain the land for all our relations, now and for generations to come.