First pick
Kensington Railyards
Park or garden
1.2 ha0.5 km of path
5 minto walk all 0.5 km of path
Centralin the middle of Kensington
Confederation Trail
Directionsto a point inside
Photo: Cold, Indrid · CC BY-SA 2.01.5%protected within 10 km
Outdoors in Kensington · parks, protected land & trails
Prince Edward Island National Park lies 13 km beyond Kensington’s edge
Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22) (285,278 ha) is the biggest, 8.3 km from town. OpenStreetMap shows 5 walking routes nearby, including the Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira and Confederation Trail (all spurs). 8 areas within 10 km are protected for nature.
Protected land
1.5%
of the land within 10 km
Typical Canadian town: 2.3%
Protected areas
8
within 10 km, 1 public
Typical Canadian town: 14
Nearest national park
13 km
Prince Edward Island National Park
Nearest provincial park
55 km
Amherst Shore Provincial Park
Walking routes
5
named, within 2 km (OpenStreetMap)
Character
What Kensington has going for it outdoors
Each figure against Canadian towns of 2,500+; tap a tile for the detail.
A national park nearbyPrince Edward Island National Park, 13 km awayWalking routes5 named routes within 2 kmOn a national routeThe Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira passes within 2 km
Kensington’s best card is Prince Edward Island National Park within easy reach, with its choice of walking routes close behind.
Against other towns
Kensington against other Canadian towns
Each figure against the 2,611 Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+ (not city hubs or reserves), with the town marked and the typical one’s line. No letter: the outdoors is described for Canadian towns, not graded.
Protected within 10 km1.5%Share of the land and water within 10 km of the town’s edge in a protected or conserved area
Protected in town1.3%Share of the town’s own area in a protected or conserved area
Public protected areas1Areas within 10 km held by a government or an Indigenous nation
Walking routes5Named OpenStreetMap walking and hiking routes with 300 m+ within 2 km
CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC, 2026), OpenStreetMap (November 2026). Distances from the town’s outline.
Towns its size
Among 40 towns its size, Kensington ranks 20th for protected land within 10 km
The 40 Canadian towns nearest in population (2,016 to 2,587 residents), by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected. Hover for each one’s figures; click for its page.
Protected within 10 km
Kensington1.5%
Towns its size1.5%
Towns in Prince Edward Island4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
Public protected areas
Kensington1
Towns its size3
Towns in Prince Edward Island7
Typical Canadian town4
Walking routes
Kensington5
Towns its size0
Towns in Prince Edward Island11
Typical Canadian town0
For public protected areas, Kensington lags towns its size: 28 of 39 are ahead.
Every town in the comparison
| Town | Protected within 10 km | In town | Areas | Routes | Beaches | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| 1 | Anmore BC | 22% | 47% | 16 | 5 | 98 |
| 2 | Saint-Alexandre-de-Kamouraska QC | 19% | 0% | 28 | 0 | 0 |
| 3 | Gracefield QC | 19% | 19% | 34 | 0 | 6 |
| 4 | East Preston NS | 16% | 6.3% | 20 | 1 | 5 |
| 5 | Clearwater BC | 7.7% | 4.1% | 4 | 0 | 3 |
| 6 | Roberval QC | 6.1% | 1.2% | 22 | 0 | 0 |
| 7 | Saint-Louis-de-Gonzague QC | 5.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 8 | North Frontenac ON | 5.7% | 5.2% | 13 | 6 | 4 |
| 9 | Cap-Chat QC | 5.3% | 0.4% | 13 | 0 | 10 |
| 10 | Killaloe, Hagarty and Richards ON | 4.4% | 1.5% | 9 | 0 | 4 |
| 11 | Saint-Polycarpe QC | 4.2% | 0% | 11 | 0 | 2 |
| 12 | Macassa ON | 4.1% | 0% | 18 | 1 | 0 |
| 13 | Saint-Damien QC | 4% | 3.2% | 22 | 1 | 9 |
| 14 | Unity SK | 3.4% | 0% | 3 | 0 | 0 |
| 15 | Sherwood ON | 3.4% | 0% | 19 | 2 | 0 |
| 16 | McNab SK | 2.6% | 0% | 4 | 0 | 1 |
| 17 | Mandeville QC | 2.5% | 1.8% | 19 | 4 | 7 |
| 18 | Esterhazy SK | 1.8% | 0% | 5 | 0 | 0 |
| 19 | City Commercial Core ON | 1.8% | 0% | 20 | 0 | 0 |
| 20 | Kensington PE | 1.5% | 1.3% | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| 21 | Caswell Hill SK | 1.4% | 0% | 16 | 0 | 3 |
| 22 | Fossambault-sur-le-Lac QC | 1.3% | 7.8% | 15 | 0 | 14 |
| 23 | Pembina MB | 1.1% | 1.8% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 24 | Burrows-Keewatin MB | 1% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 25 | Elmwood AB | 0.8% | 0% | 3 | 2 | 0 |
| 26 | Hatley QC | 0.7% | 0% | 9 | 0 | 5 |
| 27 | Munroe West MB | 0.4% | 0% | 10 | 0 | 0 |
| 28 | Brooke-Alvinston ON | 0.3% | 0.2% | 6 | 0 | 0 |
| 29 | Rosedale AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 1 | 1 |
| 30 | Minchau AB | 0.3% | 0% | 2 | 0 | 3 |
| 31 | Lunenburg NS | 0.1% | 0% | 19 | 0 | 5 |
| 32 | Salisbury NB | 0.1% | 2.1% | 4 | 0 | 0 |
| 33 | Dufferin MB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 0 |
| 34 | Ekota AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 4 |
| 35 | Satoo AB | 0.1% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 2 |
| 36 | Saint-Éphrem-de-Beauce QC | 0% | 0% | 1 | 0 | 1 |
| 37 | Magrath AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 38 | Nanton AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 39 | Rimbey AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
| 40 | Sexsmith AB | 0% | 0% | 0 | 0 | 0 |
The map
Parks, woods and paths around Kensington
Green space, woods, protected areas and footpaths in and around the town; tap a number for its park or wood.
Green: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, playing fields and woods. Hatched: CPCAD protected areas.© OpenStreetMap contributors (ODbL); CPCAD (OGL-Canada)
Places to walk
A named park or wood to walk in near Kensington
The biggest is Kensington Railyards, 1.2 ha. Biggest first, numbered as on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap parks, gardens, commons and woods with a name, in the town or within 400 m, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Sizes are the mapped outline’s.
Close to home
In Kensington, a park is close to every home
Residents of each 2021 dissemination area, at a point inside it, within 400 m (about a 5-minute walk) of a park or playing field mapped on OpenStreetMap.
Within 400 m (100%)Further (0%)
Kensington100%
Towns in Prince Edward Island0.2%
Typical Canadian town83%
Few do better: the typical Canadian town is at 83%.
Protected areas
Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land near Kensington
Every protected and conserved area in CPCAD within 10 km of the town’s edge: parks, reserves, wildlife areas and conservation land.
Inside Kensington1.3%
Within 10 km1.5%
Towns in Prince Edward Island4%
Typical Canadian town2.3%
1 of the 8 are on public land. 7 more areas within 10 km are private land, held by landowners or conservation groups: counted here, not named.
Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22)Nature reserve · 285,278 ha · 8.3 km from the edge of town
Source: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada. Contains information licensed under the Open Government Licence – Canada.
National & provincial parks
Parks around Kensington
National parks (Parks Canada) and provincial or territorial parks by direction and distance from the town’s edge: every one within 10 km, and the nearest of each within 100 km.
National parkProvincial park
National park
Prince Edward Island National Park
13 km north-east27 km²since 1937
Provincial park
Amherst Shore Provincial Park
55 km south2.6 km²since 2000
Source: CPCAD 2.9.0 (ECCC): areas and outlines, distances outline to outline; directions from the town’s centre point.
Footpaths and woods
Kensington and its edge hold 12 km of footpath
OpenStreetMap footpaths, paths, bridleways and steps, and tracks open on foot, in the town and 1 km around it; woods as mapped (landuse=forest, natural=wood).
Footpaths
12 km
in and around the town (15.8 km²)
Woodland
14%
about 2.2 km² of mapped woods
Footpaths · km per km²
KensingtonTowns in Prince Edward IslandTypical Canadian town
Footpaths0.8
012 km per km²
Share of the land · mapped woods and forest
KensingtonTowns in Prince Edward IslandTypical Canadian town
Woodland14%
0%50%100%
Woods cover more of it than in 59% of Canadian towns. 61% of Canadian towns have more footpath per km².
Source: OpenStreetMap, © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Mapping varies by place: a dense figure can mean keen local mappers as much as many paths.
Walking routes
Kensington is on the Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira
Named walking and hiking routes on OpenStreetMap with at least 300 m within 2 km of the town, longest first; national routes lead.
NationalLocal
The Island Walk671.6 km
Confederation Trail (all spurs)341.9 km
Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira276.7 km
Central PEI Coastal Walk188.1 km
John A. Hogg - Kensington Public Forest2.6 km
7.5 km of the Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira runs within 2 km of town; mapped end to end, it is 277 km. For a longer outing, the Central PEI Coastal Walk runs 188.1 km.
Source: OpenStreetMap (route relations hiking, foot and walking), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL. Trans Canada Trail sections as OSM maps them.
When to get out
The best months for walking in Kensington: June to August
Daylight at the town’s latitude and ECCC’s 1991–2020 normals (New Glasgow, 22 km away). Good months: long days, highs of 15–30 °C, light rain.
| Jan | Feb | Mar | Apr | May | Jun | Jul | Aug | Sep | Oct | Nov | Dec | |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Daylight (h) | 9.0 | 10.3 | 11.8 | 13.5 | 15.0 | 15.8 | 15.5 | 14.2 | 12.5 | 10.8 | 9.3 | 8.6 |
| High (°C) | -3 | -3 | 1 | 7 | 14 | 20 | 24 | 24 | 19 | 13 | 7 | 1 |
| Rain & snow (mm) | 111 | 91 | 94 | 86 | 90 | 98 | 75 | 88 | 117 | 135 | 130 | 138 |
Highs peak near 24 °C in July and fall to -3 °C in January. July is the driest month at 75 mm; December the wettest at 138 mm. Snow totals about 292 cm a year. The climate in Kensington →
Things to do
Near Kensington: 2 outdoor spots on the map
Viewpoints, peaks, waterfalls, picnic sites, nature reserves, playgrounds, dog parks, campsites and boat launches mapped within 2 km of the town.
Every named place, with directions
Picnic sites 1
Plus 1 picnic site without a name on the map.
Playgrounds 1
Plus 1 playground without a name on the map.
Source: OpenStreetMap (tourism, natural, waterway and leisure tags), © OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL.
Next door
Next to Kensington
The nearest places, coloured by the share of the land within 10 km that is protected; tap one for its outdoors page.
Kensington, Part 1Malpeque BayNew LondonKinkoraSummersideMiscoucheKensington
Under 1%1–5%5–15%15–40%40%+
| Town | Protected within 10 km | Areas | Routes | Beaches |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Kensington | 1.5% | 8 | 5 | 0 |
| Kensington, Part 1 0.8 km | 11% | 21 | 11 | 6 |
| Malpeque Bay 7.6 km | 1.3% | 14 | 2 | 19 |
| New London 7.8 km | 1.8% | 16 | 4 | 6 |
| Kinkora 9.7 km | 19% | 15 | 8 | 9 |
| Summerside 12 km | 25% | 15 | 10 | 7 |
| Miscouche 17 km | 28% | 12 | 5 | 2 |
Around Kensington, Part 1, Kinkora and Summerside the protected share is at least double. Kensington, Part 1 has the most mapped walking routes nearby: 11.
How to read these numbers
What this data can and can’t tell you
- Private land. CPCAD includes conservation land held privately; the page counts it and leaves the names out.
- National and provincial parks. Distances run from the town’s edge to the park’s, so 0 km means they touch.
- Walking routes. Only named route relations count; a park’s own path network may not show unless it is mapped as a route.
- Protected land. CPCAD maps each protected area; the page counts how much of the 10 km around the town they cover, lakes and sea included.
Questions about the outdoors in Kensington
When is the best time for walking in Kensington?
June to August: long days, mild highs and little rain.
Is there a provincial park near Kensington?
The closest is Amherst Shore Provincial Park, at 55 km.
What is the nearest national park to Kensington?
The nearest is Prince Edward Island National Park, 13 km away.
What is the largest protected area near Kensington?
Scallop Buffer Zone (SFA 22), a nature reserve of 285,278 ha.
Where can you walk near Kensington?
The Confederation Trail - Tignish to Elmira, Confederation Trail (all spurs) and The Island Walk, among the routes mapped within 2 km.
Is there protected land near Kensington?
Protected areas cover 1.5% of the land within 10 km.
Sources
Where Kensington’s outdoors figures come from
Protected areas: Canadian Protected and Conserved Areas Database (CPCAD) 2.9.0, Environment and Climate Change Canada, 2026: every area within 10 km and the nearest national and provincial parks, measured outline to outline.
Walking routes and beaches: OpenStreetMap, November 2026: named hiking, foot and walking route relations within 2 km and beaches within 5 km.
Towns: Statistics Canada 2021 Census boundaries and populations; the comparison is the Canadian towns and neighbourhoods of 2,500+, not city hubs or reserves.
When to go: Environment and Climate Change Canada, Canadian Climate Normals 1991–2020, from the nearest station that publishes them.
Green space, paths, woods, things to do: OpenStreetMap (Geofabrik’s Canada extract), November 2026: parks, gardens, playing fields, woods, footpaths, the coastline and things to do in and around each town.
Residents: Statistics Canada 2021 Census dissemination areas (population, boundaries), each at a point inside it.
Walking routes and beaches © OpenStreetMap contributors, available under the Open Database Licence (ODbL).
Not on this page: trailheads and trail grades, and beach water quality. No open Canadian dataset gives these for every town yet.
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).