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Kensington Railway Station (Prince Edward Island)Kensington Railway Station (Prince Edward Island) · Photo: Fralambert · CC BY-SA 4.0
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History of Kensington · Canada’s heritage registers

Kensington’s 1 historic place is a top designation

Kensington’s one place is Kensington Railway Station (Prince Edward Island), a national historic site begun in 1904. Behind these stand 3 more local or provincial listings that only Wikidata records.

1highest designation1904oldest building
Historic places
1
Highest designations
1
National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings
Oldest building
1904
the first construction date on its record
Homes built before 1961
28%
typical town: 18%
How it began

Kensington’s milestones, starting in 1824

The municipality of Kensington has the date 1824 on Wikidata; the record doesn’t say whether it marks a founding or an incorporation. By 1905 the place had a station: Kensington railway station.

How it began: Wikidata (CC0).

The map

Where Kensington’s history is

Every place on the registers inside the town, by its designation.

Kensington Railway Station (Prince Edward Island) · National Historic Site · 1904–1905
Highest designations

Dots open their places’ pages; hover first to read the name.

The 1, by tier
1 Highest designations

Federal designations come from Parks Canada’s directory; a province’s or a council’s own listing shows here only when Wikidata holds it and an encyclopedia covers it.

Points from Wikidata (Parks Canada’s files carry none) and from Québec’s register, as mapped there.

Highest designations

One place in Kensington with the highest designation

National Historic Sites and Classified Federal Heritage Buildings, Canada’s highest federal recognition. Each one opens its own page.

Around the town

Nearest to Kensington: St. Mary's Roman Catholic Church, 5.4 km away

For the highest designations, the nearest of 3 is Former Summerside Post Office, 13 km away. Count to 25 km and there are 11. Green Gables House, 20 km off, is the oldest: 1831.

The 11 nearest, within 25 km

St. Mary's Roman Catholic ChurchDesignated heritage place · 5.4 km away, in Malpeque Bay
Summerside stationRegistered historic place · 12 km away, in Summerside
Former Summerside Post OfficeNational Historic Site · 1883–1888 · 13 km away, in Summerside
Back Range Light TowerRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1876–1877 · 14 km away, in New London
Indian Head LighthouseDesignated heritage place · 1881 · 15 km away, in Kinkora
Cape Tryon LightRegistered Heritage Place · 1905 · 15 km away, in New London
Seacow Head LightDesignated heritage place · 1864 · 19 km away, in Kinkora
Simpson Farm, Main HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1921–1922 · 20 km away, in New Glasgow
Green Gables HouseRecognized Federal Heritage Building · 1831–1871 · 20 km away, in New Glasgow
L.M. Montgomery's CavendishNational Historic Site · 21 km away, in New Glasgow
Tryon United ChurchNational Historic Site · 1881–1882 · 23 km away, in Crapaud, Part 1
Homes by age

Old houses stand out in Kensington: 28% predate 1961, where most towns have 18%

New building is strong in Kensington: 7.5% of homes date from 2016–21, where most towns have 4.1%. 27% of Kensington’s homes were built from 2001 to 2015, more than the typical town’s 15%. Homes built from 1981 to 2000 make up just 15% of Kensington’s, against 23% in the typical town.

28%
Before 1961
23%
1961–80
15%
1981–2000
27%
2001–15
7.5%
2016–21
KensingtonTypical town

2021 Census, private dwellings by period of construction (Statistics Canada); the typical town is the middle Canadian town of 2,500 or more.

Neighbours

Kensington and its neighbours

TownPeoplePlacesHighestOldest
Kensington2,016111904
Kensington, Part 13,35700—
Malpeque Bay1,35110—
New London1,443201876
Kinkora1,416101864
Summerside19,006311881
Miscouche1,11300—
In brief

Kensington in brief

Of the homes standing in Kensington, 28% went up before 1961, against 18% in the typical town. The count is 1 historic place, one with the highest designation, with Kensington Railway Station (Prince Edward Island) first. The rest is about typical: its designation dates from 1976.

How to read these numbers

What this data can and can’t tell you

  • The federal register. Parks Canada’s Directory of Federal Heritage Designations lists every National Historic Site, federal heritage building, heritage railway station and lighthouse; the Canadian Register of Historic Places adds their statements in English and French.
  • Protection. A National Historic Site designation recognises significance; it doesn’t by itself protect a building the federal government doesn’t own. Legal protection comes from provincial and municipal designations, whose own registers aren’t open data outside Québec.
  • Map points. Where a federal place sits on the map is Wikidata’s placing; the directory itself has no coordinates.
  • The grade. History is described, not graded, for every Canadian town.
  • Provincial and municipal lists. Only Wikidata gives open access to listings on provincial and municipal registers outside Québec; without an article such a place is counted but not paged.
  • 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.
  • People and events. The open directory puts its national historic persons nowhere, so a town shows one only on firm ground: a birth there, matched by name and life years, or a historic place there named for the person whose record says so. Events are left out.

Questions about Kensington’s history

Which places in Kensington have the highest designation?

Just one: Kensington Railway Station (Prince Edward Island).

What is the oldest building in Kensington?

Kensington Railway Station (Prince Edward Island) — its record dates it to 1904 (National Historic Site).

How old are the homes in Kensington?

Before 1961: 28% of its homes; the typical town has 18%.

Why might a heritage building in Kensington be missing here?

Its province’s and council’s own lists can’t be reused here; 3 further listings in Kensington show up only as Wikidata numbers.

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).