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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 N 46°26', W 63°39'.
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| Municipal Government Information |
The Town was incorporated in 1914 and has a population of 1496.
| Telephone: | (902) 836-3781 |
| Facsimile: | (902) 836-3741 |
| Address: | PO Box 418, Kensington, PE, C0B 1M0 |
| Meetings: | Second Monday of month, 7:00 p.m. 55 Victoria Street, Kensington This information is subject to change. Please contact the municipality to confirm the meeting time and location. |
| Office Hours: | Monday to Friday 9:00 a.m. - 5:00 p.m. |
| Email: | townmanager@townofkensington.com |
| Website: | http://www.townofkensington.com |
| Community Photographs |
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 Family Medical Centre, office of Dr. Peter MacKean, et al. Credit: 2001 Brian Simpson 500 x 333 - 39K 1024 x 683 - 329K |  | Sunset Credit: 2009 Stella Hagen 500 x 375 - 19K 1024 x 768 - 68K |
 | Hay harvest Credit: 2009 Stella Hagen 500 x 375 - 45K 1024 x 768 - 178K |  | Getting ready for spring planting Credit: 2009 Stella Hagen 500 x 375 - 44K 1024 x 768 - 147K |
| Business Directory |
Our Business Directory, a comprehensive database of Prince Edward Island businesses and organizations, lists 145 businesses in Kensington.
| InfoPEI Listings |
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.
| Visitors Guide Listings |
Our Visitors Guide is a complete vacation planning manual.
| The Geography of Kensington |
Maps
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display maps of Kensington and area.
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Driving Distances and Times
To find driving distances and times from other locations, consult the distance chart for Kensington.
| Real Estate for Sale |
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.
| Statistical Information |
The PEI Community Accounts has information about Kensington. Community Accounts provides a comprensive source of community, regional, and provincial data on social, environmental and economic topics
Information courtesy of Community Accounts
Kensington falls inside the Statistics Canada
census subdivision of Lot 19. They 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.
| History of the Name |
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 .
