Kensington, T-V, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)

Name: Kensington, T-V (1921)
Address: Prince Edward Island, CA

Kensington, T-V was a town in Prince Edward Island, recorded in the 1921 Census of Canada with a population of 556. The community is grounded to Wikidata Q2126898. The administrative centroid was at approximately 46.436°N, 63.628°W.

Population

In 1921, Kensington, T-V had a population of 556: 245 male and 311 female residents.

Boundary continuity (non-identical overlaps)

Spatial polygon overlaps with adjacent census years where the boundary shifted enough that the SAME_AS chain didn't merge them. These show where the territory came from and went to even when it isn't tracked as the same persistent place.

Earlier boundary forms

In an earlier year, this CSD was contained in Township 19, 1911 (3.3% share).

Neighbouring Census Subdivisions in 1921

In the 1921 census, Kensington, T-V shared boundaries with:

Township 19

Full census record, 1921

The 1921 census recorded 22 measurements for this Census Subdivision across 3 categories.

Population & families (1921). This community's record includes 556 total population, 311 females in the population, 298 females born in Canada, 245 males in the population, 235 males born in Canada, 9 females born outside the British Empire, 7 males born outside the British Empire, 4 females born in the British Empire (excluding Canada), 3 males born in the British Empire (excluding Canada). (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T16.)

Ethnic origin (1921). This community's record includes 244 persons of British origin (Scotch / Scottish), 184 persons of British origin (English), 109 persons of British origin (Irish), 11 persons of French origin, 7 persons of Dutch origin. 1 persons recorded under the 1921 official census category "Hebrew" (origin/ethnicity); now described as Jewish origin. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T27.)

Religion (1921). This community's record includes 237 Presbyterians, 124 Methodists, 110 Roman Catholics, 66 Anglicans (Church of England), 16 Baptists, 2 Christians (general / no denomination specified), 1 Jews. (Source: 1921 Census of Canada, V1T38.)

Identifiers

TCP UID: PE002026 — year-scoped identifier from the Canadian Census Subdivision boundary file
Persistent place ID: PLACE_PE002026 — computed from spatial-overlap chains across census years
Wikidata: Q2126898
Wikipedia (EN): https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington,_Prince_Edward_Island
Wikipédia (FR): https://fr.wikipedia.org/wiki/Kensington_(%C3%8Ele-du-Prince-%C3%89douard)

Sources

Census tabulations from the 1921 Census of Canada, transcribed and georeferenced by the Canadian Peoples / TCP project, hosted at the HGIS Lab, University of Saskatchewan. Persistent place identity computed from spatial-overlap chains across all available census years (1851–1921). Identity grounding to Wikidata performed via the HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph project's MCP-assisted disambiguation pipeline. See the About / Methodology page for the full data pipeline.

Cite this page

Clifford, J. (2026). "Kensington, T-V, Prince Edward Island (1921 census)" in HGIS Canada Knowledge Graph. Retrieved from https://jimclifford.ca/hgiscanada/places/pe/kensington-t-v-pe002026-1921/.