In Kensington, 35% of homes go back before 1961
Against 18% in the typical town, Kensington has 2 times the share. 25 places on the heritage registers lie within 10 km of Kensington, the nearest Alberta Aviation Museum, 3.2 km away. The closest top-tier heritage is in Glenora, 5.9 km from here.
The places within 10 km of Kensington lean to the decades after Confederation
The historic places within 10 km of Kensington, not in it, by the first construction date on each record.
Within 10 km, 14 records give a date. First by date comes “Canadian Pacific Railway Station, Edmonton, Alberta” in Ritchie, from 1907.
25 designated places lie within 10 km of Kensington
They are spread over 11 towns, including Downtown, Strathcona and Queen Alexandra. Nearest comes Alberta Aviation Museum, 3.2 km off, in Sherbrooke. The one top designation nearby is Government House, at 5.8 km.
The 12 nearest, within 10 km
| Alberta Aviation MuseumMunicipal historic resource · 1942 · 3.2 km away, in Sherbrooke |
| St. Josaphat CathedralMunicipal historic resource · 1946 · 5.1 km away, in McCauley |
| Robertson-Wesley United ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1971 · 5.6 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
| Government HouseNational Historic Site · 1911–1912 · 5.8 km away, in Glenora |
| McLeod BuildingMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 6.3 km away, in Downtown |
| First Presbyterian ChurchMunicipal historic resource · 1912 · 6.3 km away, in Downtown |
| Victoria ArmouryProvincial historic resource · 6.4 km away, in Downtown |
| Grierson CentreRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1912–1914 · 6.5 km away, in Boyle Street |
| Hotel MacdonaldMunicipal historic resource · 1915 · 6.5 km away, in Downtown |
| McKay Avenue SchoolMunicipal historic resource · 6.6 km away, in Downtown |
| Hudson's Bay Company StablesMunicipal historic resource · 1914 · 6.9 km away, in Downtown |
| High Level BridgeMunicipal historic resource · 7.1 km away, in Wîhkwêntôwin |
Only 1.4% of Kensington’s homes were built from 2016 to 2021 (4.1% is typical)
Few of Kensington’s homes date from 1981 to 2000: 14%, the norm 23%. Kensington built little from 2001 to 2015: 2.7% of its homes, where most towns have 15%. More of Kensington’s homes were built from 1961 to 1980 than in any other period: 46%.
2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.
Kensington and its neighbours
| Town | People | Places | Highest | Oldest |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 3,697 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Calder | 4,221 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Carlisle | 4,609 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Wellington | 3,314 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Hudson | 3,634 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Athlone | 3,242 | 0 | 0 | — |
| Lauderdale | 2,954 | 0 | 0 | — |
Kensington in brief
Before 1961: 35% of Kensington’s homes, against 18% in the typical town. The rest is about typical: like most towns its size, it has no historic place.
What this data can and can’t tell you
- The tiers. Three tiers: the top for National Historic Sites, classified federal buildings and Québec’s classements, a second for the other federal designations, a third for provincial and municipal listings.
- Protection. National historic designation honours a place but binds only federal owners; a private building’s protection depends on its province or municipality.
- Provincial and municipal lists. The local and provincial lists outside Québec aren’t published openly, so this page counts what Wikidata records and pages only the places an encyclopedia describes.
- The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
- The federal register. Every federal designation is in Parks Canada’s directory, and the Canadian Register of Historic Places gives most of them a bilingual statement of significance.
- People and events. Parks Canada’s open file gives its national historic persons no place. A town’s page names one only when the person was born there (matched by name and both life years) or one of its own historic places carries the name and its record speaks of them; national historic events stay off.
Questions about Kensington’s history
How many historic places does Kensington have on the registers?
Kensington has none of its own yet. Alberta Aviation Museum, in Sherbrooke, is the nearest, 3.2 km away.
How old are the homes in Kensington?
35% of its homes were built before 1961, against 18% in the typical Canadian town.
Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada (Parks Canada).
Sources: Parks Canada, Directory of Federal Heritage Designations · Canadian Register of Historic Places (federal extract) · Wikidata (CC0) for map points, other names and articles · Statistics Canada, 2021 Census (homes by period of construction). Under the Statistics Canada Open Licence.
Adapted from Statistics Canada (Census of Population 2021, population estimates 2025, 2021 census boundaries) under the Statistics Canada Open Licence; this does not constitute an endorsement by Statistics Canada. Neighbourhood names in some cities © OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL).