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Kensington, Prince Edward Island
Kensington,
a town, is located in Prince County in the
western portion of Prince Edward Island, NE. of Summerside. Its precise location
is 46'26"N, 63'39"W.
This page is a comprehensive index of all of the information on our website related to
Kensington. You can also search for
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Our community photographs collection includes selected photos of schools, churches,
parks, and other public buildings, areas and events. We are constantly adding
to our collection, and welcome your suggestions.
MORE COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 12 community photographs of Kensington in our Photo Gallery.
You can send us your own photos for inclusion here.
Our Festivals and Events listings include
musical, community, agricultural and other events across the Island. To see events information for
Kensington, select an event and click GO.
Our Business Directory, a comprehensive
database of Prince Edward Island businesses and organizations, lists
215 businesses in Kensington.
InfoPEI is a useful compendium of facts, addresses, pointers to
businesses, governments and organizations and other reference information. To see InfoPEI
information on Kensington, select a category and click GO.
Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual.
To see information on facilities in Kensington, select a category and click GO.
Maps
You can use our interactive maps to
display maps of Kensington and area. Click on any of the links below:
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Driving Distances and Times
To find driving distances and times from other locations, consult the
distance chart for
Kensington.
Postal Information
The postal code for Kensington is C0B 1M0 and the following are rural route addresses for
the community: KENSINGTON.
For additional information, including postal codes for urban areas, consult
Canada Post.
Electoral District Information
Kensington falls in the following Provincial Electoral
Districts: District No. 20. For more information, consult Elections PEI.
The following residential and commercial real estate and vacant land is
currently listed in the Prince Edward Island MLS system,
operated independently by the PEI Real Estate Association. Select any
property and click More Information to see the listing from the
MLS website, provided by the realtor. For more real estate information,
see our interactive real estate map for
Kensington.
Please note that while the Government of Prince Edward Island and the
PEI Real Estate Association have used their best efforts to ensure the accuracy and reliability of
this information, it is provided as a general reference only. The Government of Prince Edward Island
and the PEI Real Estate Association assume no responsibility for the accuracy or reliability of the
information generated.
Kensington falls inside the Statistics Canada
census subdivision of Lot 19. We have detailed statistical information available
for the Lot 19 census subdivision for the following categories:
Education,
Ethnicity,
Family,
Income,
Labour Force,
Population, and
Shelter.
Information courtesy Statistics Canada.
The Town was incorporated in 1914 and
has a population of 1385.
You can learn more about Kensington, including census, education,
cultural and employment information by reading the Kensington Community Profile, prepared jointly by by the Federation of PEI Municipalities
and Human Resource Development Canada. To read this profile, you'll need the Acrobat
Reader, which is available for free download.
Information courtesy Human Resources and Skills Development Canada.
The official history of the geographic name Kensington (which can
be somewhat technical, we admit):
Kensington (Town) was incorporated in 1914.Confirmed in Place Names of PEI, 1925 and 2 August 1944 on 11L/5. The names list for the 1944 confirmation had Village by mistake, instead of Town. Name chosen at a community meeting in the early 1870s. Proposed by settlers of English extraction. -PN of PEI, 1925.
Information courtesy Geomatics Canada.