Explore Kensington, Quebec, Canada, with this interactive street and satellite map. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above the map to switch views. You can “grab” the map and drag it to re-centre it, or use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out to street-level detail.
This page also offers TOPO MAPS — the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours — plus shaded relief, a labelled UTM grid overlay, a distance and bearing tool, and a GPS grid-reference readout. See How to Use This Map below. You will find live weather, local and world news further down the page.
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This interactive map shows the street layout and satellite imagery for Kensington, Quebec. Use the Map and Satellite buttons above to switch between street map and aerial imagery views. Use the + and − buttons to zoom in or out, or scroll your mouse wheel while holding the Control key to zoom. On a touchscreen, use a two-finger pinch gesture to zoom in and out.
Click ⛶ Fullscreen to expand the map to fill your screen for a larger view. To return to the normal page view, press the Escape key on your keyboard, click the ✕ Exit Fullscreen button that appears above the map, or on a mobile device tap the back button (Android) or the close icon (iOS).
Drag the map to pan to any area of Quebec or beyond. Switch to Satellite view to see high-resolution aerial photography of Kensington and surrounding areas, including streets, buildings, parks and waterways.
TOPO MAPS — NEW. Click the green 🔍 Search Maps button below the map to open a second map with a Base map row offering three choices. OSM is the standard OpenStreetMap street map. Topo shows the Canada Base Map from Natural Resources Canada with Toporama contours layered over it — the CanVec topographic data behind the printed NTS sheets, and the mapping used for hiking, hunting, canoe routes and back-country travel. Relief shows shaded relief and hypsometric tints. The search box finds any Canadian town, county or landmark by name, so you are not limited to Kensington.
Reading the map like a paper NTS sheet. Click Grid to overlay the UTM grid, labelled along the edges exactly as a printed topographic sheet is — at normal zoom the squares are one kilometre across, so you can read a six-figure grid reference by eye and judge distance directly off the map. Click Measure, then tap two points, to get the distance between them together with the grid bearing in degrees and mils, the true bearing, and the magnetic bearing to set on a compass — which matters in Canada, where declination runs from about 20 degrees west in Newfoundland to 20 degrees east in the Yukon.
Click 📍 My position to take a single GPS reading from your device. It marks where you are and reports your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference as well as plain latitude and longitude — the grid reference being what Canadian search and rescue work from — with a Copy position button so you can paste it straight into a text message. It takes one reading and stops, rather than tracking continuously, to conserve your battery. Note that map tiles need cell coverage, but a GPS reading does not — your coordinates stay correct even where the map itself cannot load.
Map search is available for a limited number of queries per session to manage costs. Be specific — search precisely for best results.
| Place | Kensington |
| Type | Named Locality |
| Province / Territory | Quebec (QC) |
| Location | Godmanchester; Le Haut-Saint-Laurent |
| Country | Canada |
| Latitude | 45.015477 |
| Longitude | -74.303933 |
| Postal Code (FSA) | J0S |
| Area Code | 263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873 |
| Importance | Village / hamlet |
| CGN ID | EGVIE |
Kensington is a locality in Godmanchester; Le Haut-Saint-Laurent, Quebec, Canada. It is classified as a village / hamlet. Kensington is located at 45.0155°N, 74.3039°W.
Kensington occupies a quiet, unassuming stretch of land in Godmanchester, where the horizon broadens under a sky that seems to hold the weight of the seasons. It lies 29.9 km south-south-west of Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC (from Salaberry-de-Valleyfield, QC: bearing 207°T), and is situated 15.5 km east of Dundee. The landscape here is characterized by flat, industrious fields that catch the amber light of late afternoon, casting long shadows across the soil near the Côte Saumier. While the Rivière Châteauguay flows about 10 km away and Lac Moonlight lies about 12 km away, the immediate surroundings of Kensington favor the stillness of open pasture and the steady, persistent growth of crops. The air carries a crisp, earthen scent, and the wind moves with an uninterrupted purpose across the fields, defining the character of a place that keeps its own counsel. The history of Kensington reflects the practical perseverance of those who first cleared this ground, turning the heavy earth into a productive foundation for a local economy rooted in agriculture. Life in Kensington moves according to the demands of the harvest and the changing light, with the traditions of the region preserved in the steady maintenance of fences and the quiet activity of farmsteads. There is a distinct gravity to the work here, a sense that the people of Kensington understand the land’s capacity to sustain them through the long, demanding winters. Little distinguishes the day-to-day existence of the residents from the cycles of the natural world, save for the occasional hum of machinery that marks the passage of a productive afternoon.
Kensington s’étire avec une humilité tranquille sur les terres basses de Godmanchester, là où la lumière du crépuscule semble suspendre le mouvement des hautes herbes dans une immobilité presque minérale. Le sol, façonné par les labours successifs et une tradition agricole tenace, garde la mémoire des familles venues défricher ces plaines, transformant l’horizon en une succession de parcelles fertiles et de chemins de terre battue. À dix kilomètres de là, la Rivière Châteauguay poursuit sa course lente, imprégnant l’air d’une humidité qui rafraîchit les soirées, tandis que le Lac Moonlight, situé à une douzaine de kilomètres, offre un miroir immobile au ciel changeant du Haut-Saint-Laurent. Kensington cultive une existence rythmée par la rudesse des hivers et la générosité des récoltes, loin des grandes clameurs urbaines. Près de la Côte Saumier, les silhouettes des granges et des silos se découpent contre une voûte céleste immense, rappelant que la vie ici dépend intimement du climat et de la patience. La géographie singulière de ce secteur impose une forme de solitude apaisante, où chaque habitant reconnaît le silence des champs comme une langue familière, liant les gestes quotidiens à la permanence silencieuse des eaux et de la terre.
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Explore Kensington, Quebec, Canada, with an embedded street and satellite map — switch between views using the small square in the bottom left-hand corner of the map. Coordinates: 45.015477, -74.303933. Live weather conditions and 7-day forecasts — including hourly outlooks — are provided through Open-Meteo, while real-time local and world news feeds help keep the page current. Editorial summaries provide additional local information and context.
Detailed location data for Kensington includes the postal code (J0S), telephone area code (263, 354, 367, 418, 438, 450, 514, 579, 581, 819, 873). These are among the most commonly searched location details for any Canadian city or town.
Search Maps opens a second, independent map. It searches OpenStreetMap for any Canadian town, county or landmark by name; offers the Canada Base Map with Toporama contours and shaded relief as base layers; overlays a labelled UTM grid so the map can be read like a printed NTS sheet; measures distance and grid, true and magnetic bearings between any two points; and takes a single GPS fix reporting your position as a UTM/MGRS grid reference and as latitude and longitude. Map tiles require cell coverage, but a GPS position does not, so the coordinates remain correct even where the map cannot load.
Location data for Kensington is sourced from the Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada, and verified by coordinates rather than name matching alone. GPS coordinates, province, administrative location and place type are shown in the information panel above.
| Page generated | September 2026 |
| Location data | Canadian Geographical Names Database (CGN), Natural Resources Canada |
| Map layers | Google Maps; © OpenStreetMap contributors; Canada Base Map, Toporama and CBME © Natural Resources Canada (Open Government Licence — Canada); magnetic declination from NOAA NCEI (World Magnetic Model) |