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# Studies, Plans and Reports
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In 2017 Frontenac County procured the services of MDB Insight and Terra Consulting to assist in a review of Accommodation and Tourism assets across the Frontenac Region and to develop a strategy to increase options of places to stay for visitors and tourists.
* Exhibit A, Accommodation Review and Strategy for Growth
The 2017 Age-Friendly Community Action Plan sets out an age-friendly vision and goals and reviews the County's age-friendly practices and opportunities for improvement, all of which were identified through a broad community engagement process.
* Frontenac County Age-Friendly Community Action Plan
The Asset Management Plan serves as a strategic, tactical, and financial document, ensuring the management of the municipal infrastructure follows sound asset management practices and principles, while optimizing available resources and establishing desired levels of service.
* Asset Management Plan 2025
* Asset Management Plan 2024
* Asset Management Plan 2022 Core Assets - K&P Trail Bridges and Culverts
* Strategic Asset Management Policy 2019
At the June 2019 Council meeting, the Council for the Corporation of the County of Frontenac approved the Communal Services Study. Communal services are systems that provide water and wastewater treatment to clusters of residences or businesses. The main purpose of the study was to demonstrate that the perceived obstacles - engineering, financial, risk management, planning - are just that, and to equip Frontenac with the tools necessary to enable redevelopment and new development on the basis of communal servicing. Communal servicing has the potential to support more compact, land efficient development than is possible with private servicing, at a lower cost than is possible with centralized municipal services, and enable revitalization of the Frontenac's communities.
For more information, please see the links below:
* Frontenac Municipal Services
* The Advantages of Communal Water and Wastewater Services
* Communal Services Study 2019
* Communal Services Information Brochure, June 2019
* Communal Services Governance Model Final Report, March 2021
Frontenac County's Destination Development Plan was approved at Council in April 2022.
The 5-year plan established four key priorities for tourism in Frontenac County. The plan was developed in alignment with the Charter for Economic Development. Extensive engagement with the community took place over a year to develop the plan.
For more information, please see the links below:
* Destination Development Plan
Frontenac County's 2025 Economic Development Annual Report highlights the County's work to support local businesses, tourism, agriculture and food, healthcare recruitment, housing-enabling infrastructure, and community economic development across the region. Guided by the Charter for Economic Development, the report summarizes key projects and results from 2025, including regional tourism partnerships, business visits and networking, the Frontenac County Business Awards, Open Farms, healthcare recruitment efforts, and the continued work of Frontenac Municipal Services to support rural housing development.
Download the 2025 Economic Development Annual Report.
Blackline Consulting was contracted in 2020 to conduct a third party review of Economic Development Services provided by the County, in order to evaluate the activities of highest value and to determine the role of the County Economic Development Unit in service delivery alongside partners.
Based on their observations, the consultant provided four key recommendations based on their observations.
1. Recommendation 1: Confirm a clear statement of economic development objectives.
Being clear and honest about WHY the County should take part in economic development can provide strong guidance when setting priorities. The consultant observed a broad commitment towards economic development but had difficulty in determining the goals and desired outcomes from undertaking these activities.
2. Recommendation 2: Have the County focus on activities that support investment attraction to the region.
The County's redefined role would focus on coordination, attraction, communities and readying for tourism. The change in focus suggested, is aimed at having the County focus on elements of economic development that should be considered more regional.
3. Recommendation 3: Facilitate Regional Coordination.
Critical to the role the consultant proposes is close collaboration between County, member municipalities and the CFDC. As a starting point for formalizing the collaboration, the consultant suggests establishing an economic development working group. The purpose of the working group would be to bring together the various stakeholders to help ensure alignment on priorities and to share relevant data and information.
4. Recommendation 4: The County should elevate marketing the trail system.
Economic Development staff are tasked with maintenance and infrastructure development responsibilities for the K&P Trail. This consumes significant resources which could be reallocated to capitalize on the trail and its potential for the region or other economic development activities. The consultant recommends a reallocation of resources with municipal partners to achieve this end.
Download the full report or download the full report in an accessible MS Word format.
* County of Frontenac Emergency Planning and Management page
* 2025 County of Frontenac Emergency Management Committee Year End Report
* 2024 County of Frontenac Emergency Management Annual Review and Report
* Frontenac County Emergency Response Plan
2019 County of Frontenac Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan
* Energy Conservation and Demand Management Plan
* Frontenac County Environmental Impact Study (EIS) Guidelines, April 2026
The Frontenac County Official Plan was approved by Ministry of Municipal Affairs and Housing on January 11, 2016.
* Frontenac Economic Development Charter(2024)
The City of Kingston is the service manager for matters related to housing and homelessness in Frontenac County and Kingston.
* Housing studies and reports
Frontenac County's 2025 K&P Trail Annual Report highlights the trail's continued role as a recreation, tourism, and economic development asset across the County. The report summarizes 2025 trail use data, trail user survey results, local spending impacts, partnership work with ATV and snowmobile clubs, and progress on projects such as the Antoine Creek Bridge replacement, Google Street View updates, the trail sign program, and the Eastern Ontario Rail Trail Loop.
The full report is available for download.
The Natural Heritage Study is a comprehensive evaluation of natural heritage features such as wetlands, forest cover, and wildlife habitat at a regional scale across the County, and includes the mapping of a connected system of these features. The mapping is accompanied with policy recommendations that can be used by planners to protect significant natural features from development. This comprehensive regional review of natural heritage mapping and policies set a foundation for the natural heritage policies of the first draft of the County Official Plan.
* County of Frontenac Natural Heritage Study Final Report
At the February 2020 County Council meeting, Council received and endorsed the Population, Housing and Employment Projections Study. The purpose of this study was to revise the County's long-term growth forecasts based on recent demographic and economic trends using the 2016 Census (where available and appropriate) and other relevant data sources. The study, projecting out to 2046, will assist with long-range planning for a variety of departments and organizations.
* Population, Housing and Employment Projections Study, January 2020
The last iteration of the Population, Housing and Employment Projections Study was completed in 2014 and projected to 2036.
The purpose of the Private Roads (Lanes) Study 2016 was to undertake a County-wide assessment of the existing private lanes system in the County of Frontenac; to recommend a planning framework that can be used to best manage these lanes; to promote lane improvements, and to provide planning policies for township Official Plans to act as a guide for future development on private lanes.
* 2016 Frontenac Private Lanes Study
* 2016 Appendix A Private Roads Study
* Frontenac County Council Strategic Plan 2023-2026