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Green Gables House
Attractions in Kensington

Haunted Mansion tops the list of what to see in Kensington

Every one of its 3 places to visit is inside Kensington’s municipal boundary. They include a theme park, an art gallery and a museum. Beyond the town, Green Gables House sits 21 km away.

Photo: Green Gables House, JAKclapclap47 (CC BY-SA 2.5)
In Kensington
3
inside the municipal boundary
Within 5 km
0
of the town’s edge
Museums & galleries
2
in or near town
Best known

Kensington’s best known

Theme parkTheme parkHaunted Mansionin townArt galleryArt galleryKensington Art Gallery & Artisans Marketplacein townMuseumMuseumKensington Veterans Memorial Military Museumin town

Each has a page of its own: what it is, who runs it, the weather month by month and what else is near it.

The map

Where to find them

The map ends at Kensington Art Gallery & Artisans Marketplace, 600 m out.

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The dashed line is Kensington’s municipal boundary; orange marks its middle (where most people live). Numbers match the list below. © OpenStreetMap contributors · Statistics Canada 2021 outline

By kind

What kind of places

Museums & galleries 1 art gallery · 1 museum2 in town
Zoos, theme parks & days out 1 theme park1 in town

Green: inside Kensington. Grey: within 5 km of its edge.

Every place

Place after place

The 3 inside Kensington come first, best known first; then the places within 5 km, close and well known first. Provincial and city parks are on the Outdoors page instead.

Historic places in Kensington → · Parks, footpaths and green space in Kensington →

Big names nearby

Beyond Kensington

Museum · Parks CanadaGreen Gables House21 km northeast
National parkNational park · Parks CanadaPituamkek National Park Reserve29 km northwest
MuseumFarmers' Bank of Rustico28 km northeast

Places well known beyond Kensington (Wikipedia articles in several languages, published visitor counts, or a Parks Canada property), close and famous first. Distances are straight lines from the middle of the town.

Good to know in Kensington

Is there a Parks Canada property near Kensington?

None within 5 km; the nearest, run by Parks Canada, is the one named above, 21 km northeast.

What are the best-known days out near Kensington?

For a day out within 40 km: Pituamkek National Park Reserve (29 km), Farmers' Bank of Rustico (28 km).

How is this list made?

Museums and galleries, national historic sites and forts, lighthouses, gardens, national parks, waterfalls, ski hills, zoos and theme parks: OpenStreetMap, Wikidata, ODCAF and the heritage registers each add some, merged into one list. A historic building is kept only with a sign of visitors (opening hours, a fee, a website, a heritage operator, a Wikipedia article), never hotels, restaurants or tour firms. The town’s 2021 outline, plus 5 km around it, decides what is listed here.

Places to visit: Canada publishes no open tourism list, so this one is assembled from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL), Wikidata (CC0), Statistics Canada’s ODCAF museums and galleries (2020, Open Government Licence – Canada), the federal and Québec heritage registers and CPCAD’s national parks, and it reflects what mappers and editors have recorded. Forts, houses, lighthouses and churches count only with a sign that visitors are welcome. Places sit in each town’s 2021 census outline; visitor counts are Wikidata’s latest, with their year.

Photos: each place’s Wikidata image, from Wikimedia Commons under the licence below (our copy, resized).

Photo credits (2)

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).