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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.

The Town was incorporated in 1914 and has a population of 1485.

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.

	Kensington Intermediate Senior High School Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 357 - 29K 640 x 457 - 42K 800 x 572 - 65K 1024 x 732 - 107K 1669 x 1193 - 269K		Kensington Towers and Water Gardens Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 499 x 373 - 48K 640 x 478 - 67K 800 x 598 - 100K 1024 x 766 - 156K 1613 x 1206 - 330K
	Veterans Memorial Museum Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 437 x 375 - 39K 560 x 480 - 54K 700 x 600 - 83K 897 x 768 - 133K 1402 x 1201 - 300K		Community Centre Credit: (C) 1999 Province of PEI 500 x 343 - 41K 640 x 440 - 58K 800 x 550 - 91K 1024 x 704 - 146K 1842 x 1267 - 428K

MORE COMMUNITY PHOTOGRAPHS... there are 15 community photographs of Kensington in our Photo Gallery. You can send us your own photos for inclusion here.

Our Business Directory, a comprehensive database of Prince Edward Island businesses and organizations, lists 224 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.

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 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.