Photo: Cold, Indrid · CC BY-SA 2.0Home values in Kensington run 31% lower than the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Owners put the median home at $200,000 at the 2021 census; for Prince Edward Island’s towns the median is $288,000. Owners gave those values at the May 2021 census; they are estimates, and older than today’s prices. What homes sold for in Kensington isn’t public: no sale figures are released on Prince Edward Island.
What Kensington’s homes are worth, two ways
Every figure here is compared within the province, against Prince Edward Island’s towns, since each province assesses on its own terms.
median, owners’ estimate
- Average
- $224K
- Owners
- 480
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $288K
- The typical Canadian town
- $406K
all residential
- Prince Edward Island’s towns
- $159K
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada); Canadian Housing Statistics Program, tables 46-10-0099 and 46-10-0093; Québec rôle d’évaluation foncière 2026 (MAMH).
Houses in Kensington carry assessments 19% under the middle of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Assessors listed 575 residential properties in Kensington for 2024, 76% of them detached houses.
Median assessment by type, 2024 the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Canadian Housing Statistics Program, table 46-10-0093 (2024): residential properties on the assessment roll, vacant land left out. The ticks are the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns with their own figure; assessments compare within a province only.
Major repairs needed: 10% of the homes in Kensington, where Prince Edward Island’s towns have 7%
Kensington had 865 occupied homes at the 2021 census, 55% of them single-detached houses. Half or more were standing by 1980.
Homes by period of construction the tick is the median of Prince Edward Island’s towns
Homes by kind
| Kensington | Prince Edward Island | Canada | |
|---|---|---|---|
| Condominiums | 6% | 1% | 8% |
| Needing major repairs | 10% | 7% | 6% |
| Too small for the household | 1% | 3% | 3% |
| Households in core housing need | 9% | 5% | 7% |
Census 2021 (Statistics Canada): occupied private dwellings; core housing need as Statistics Canada defines it. Ticks and columns are medians of the towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more.
Kensington is cheaper than most of Prince Edward Island’s towns: 31% under their $288,000 median
12 of Prince Edward Island’s towns (2,500 people or more), by median value at the 2021 census, dearest first.
Census 2021, owners’ estimates; towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500 or more, no city as a whole, no reserve.
Kensington’s neighbours by home value
The places around Kensington at the 2021 census: median and average value, and how many own.
| Town | Median home value | Average | Owners | km |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | $200K | $224K | 56% | |
| Kensington, Part 1 | $276K | $299K | 86% | 0.8 |
| Malpeque Bay | $250K | $287K | 90% | 7.6 |
| New London | $320K | $362K | 91% | 7.8 |
| Kinkora | $224K | $260K | 94% | 9.7 |
| Summerside | $250K | $262K | 53% | 12 |
| Miscouche | $260K | $268K | 77% | 17.1 |
Census 2021 values; km.
Questions about property prices in Kensington
How many households in Kensington are in core housing need?
9% of Kensington’s households, above the 5% of Prince Edward Island’s towns, live in a home that is unaffordable, crowded or in poor repair, with no acceptable one nearby they could afford.
Is Kensington expensive for Prince Edward Island?
On census values, Kensington sits among the cheaper of Prince Edward Island’s towns (median $288,000).
Sources: Statistics Canada, Census of Population 2021 · Statistics Canada, Canadian Housing Statistics Program. 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).