PlaceFinderHOME / 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 information on other communities.
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:
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. | ||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||||
