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Location intelligence, grounded in real routes

A free map of the everyday places within reach of anywhere in Canada.

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Free for everyone, no account needed.

Green is 5 minutes or less, then light green, yellow, orange and red at 30 minutes. Grey is over 30.

  • On foot
  • By bike
  • By transit

Built in Canada for

  • HouseholdsBuying · Renting · Moving
  • Real estateRealtors · Developers · Landlords
  • BusinessSite selection · Retail · Franchises
  • MunicipalitiesPlanning · Transit · Public health
  • TourismHotels · Tourism boards · Visitors
  • ResearchersUrban planning · Health · Equity

Multi-modal, route-aware location intelligence, from sea to sea to sea

  • Deeply researched dataDestinations from OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, with health care and schools checked against Statistics Canada’s open databases.
  • Real routes, routedEvery minute follows real streets and paths, with hills and transit waits counted. No circles, no straight lines.
  • Unique hybrid renderingCensus blocks where they are small, 130-metre hexagons where they are not, so rural areas are as sharp as downtown.
  • Pick ’n’ mix amenitiesCombine any of 29 everyday places on one map and see where all of them are close.
  • Unparalleled mode choiceWalk to one place, cycle to another, take transit to a third, at any hour of the week.
  • Pixel-perfect exportsPrint-ready city sheets and share cards, drawn from the same data and styles as the map.
  • Share any viewEvery view is a link: the places, modes, colours and spot you chose open exactly as you left them.

Measured along real streets

à portée’s routing follows the streets and paths used in real travel across Canada, and takes hills and waits for transit into account, instead of drawing circles that only approximate travel time. How the times are computed

A census block in Strathcona, Hamilton, outlined in blue. A black route leads from its representative point along the streets to B & T Food, 7 minutes away.
From every census blockStatistics Canada’s smallest census area, usually a single street block in a city.
A large block on the edge of Binbrook, Hamilton, drawn as hexagons from green near the plaza to red at the far corner, with the small blocks along Binbrook Road kept.
And a finer grid wherever people liveA rural block can cover several square kilometres, so the map also routes hexagons about 130 metres across.
Blocks in Strathcona, Hamilton, coloured for the longest of three walks: to a grocery store, a playground and a hospital.
The longest of your tripsA block is green only when every place you picked is close: here a grocery store, a playground and a hospital.

29 everyday places

From food and health care to schools, parks and community services, with park sizes and school levels. Mix and match the ones you need. Learn more

  • Grocery
  • Pharmacy
  • Bakery
  • Restaurant
  • Café
  • Bars/pubs
  • School
  • Library
  • Park
  • Playground
  • Childcare
  • Community centre
  • Hospital
  • Clinic
  • Nursing home
  • Bookstore
  • Hardware store
  • Bike shop
  • College or university
  • Convenience store
  • Post office
  • Bank
  • Dentist
  • Laundromat
  • Dog park
  • Place of worship
  • Pool
  • Ice rink
  • Sports field or court

1,000 communities

Each has its own page: how far everyday places are on foot, by bike and, where there is service, by transit, block by block. All communities

Put it to work

  • The amenity rows: grocery by transit, pharmacy by bike and library by bike, beside the map of central Toronto.The amenity rows: grocery by transit, pharmacy by bike and library by bike, beside the map of central Toronto.A travel mode per amenityGrocery by transit, pharmacy and library by bike, each with its own time limit.
  • The grocery row open on its transit periods and wait, with Sunday midday and worst case chosen.The grocery row open on its transit periods and wait, with Sunday midday and worst case chosen.Transit at any hourWeekday peak and night, Saturday and Sunday midday, typical or worst-case wait.
  • A swipe between walking and cycling times to the nearest grocery store in Scarborough, beside the Compare with card.A swipe between walking and cycling times to the nearest grocery store in Scarborough, beside the Compare with card.Compare anythingTwo places, two travel modes, two sets of amenities or two map views: swiped, side by side or as a difference.
  • A starter pack’s amenities and limits in the sidebar, over Leslieville in Toronto.A starter pack’s amenities and limits in the sidebar, over Leslieville in Toronto.Starter packs and presetsOpen the map on a way of living, like family or car-free, or save your own mix of places, modes and limits.
  • The Ratio view comparing cafés and libraries in downtown Vancouver, with its legend.The Ratio view comparing cafés and libraries in downtown Vancouver, with its legend.Ratio, to find the desertsCompare two kinds of place and see which is closer, and by how much, block by block.
  • The Can-ALE active-living index across the island of Montréal.The Can-ALE active-living index across the island of Montréal.Research-grade indicatorsThe Can-ALE active-living index and Statistics Canada’s SAM measures, beside the travel times.
  • A pinned spot in Mile End, Montréal, with its card of everyday trips on foot.A pinned spot in Mile End, Montréal, with its card of everyday trips on foot.Any spot at a glancePin a place for a card of its trips to everything you picked.
  • Vancouver in the viridis palette with tilted terrain.Vancouver in the viridis palette with tilted terrain.Make it yoursPalettes, basemaps, terrain and satellite, with every view a link you can share.

Free, plus and pro

The map is free, with every amenity across Canada and no account. à portée plus is free too: sign in with an email address to set a travel mode and a time limit for each amenity. à portée pro adds more views and print-ready City sheets.

free

Free

No account. Open it and search for a place.

What you get

  • Every amenity, Canada-wide
  • One travel mode for all amenities: on foot, by bike or by transit
  • Transit at weekday peak
  • The Minutes view in light colours, with the standard map style
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plus

Free

Free with an email address. No password, no credit card or commitments.

Everything in the free map, and

  • A travel mode and a time limit for each amenity, bike + transit included
  • Transit at any hour: weekday peak and night, Saturday and Sunday midday, with a typical or worst-case wait
  • Comparisons: two modes swiped, side by side or as a difference; map views, amenities and places
  • The Can-ALE and StatCan SAM views beside Minutes
  • Saved views and presets
  • A dark map, with dark panels to match, for evenings
  • Your own map style: palettes, basemaps, terrain and satellite
  • Export the map as an image, with its legend
Sign up free

pro

CAD $20 a month

More views and print-ready sheets. Cancel any time.

Everything in plus, and

  • Four more map views: No car, Ratio, Landscape and Skyline
  • City sheets: a print-ready picture of a municipality, one panel per type
  • Lots more to come
Get à portée pro

Organisations, paid or public-sector work and larger use need a licence or agreement: services@aportee.ca. That covers bulk and historical data, custom analysis and use in a product.

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Questions

Do I need an account?
No. The map is free without one. à portée plus is free with an email address: we send a sign-in link, with no password, no credit card and no commitments.
What if I want more?
à portée pro adds four more map views and print-ready City sheets for CAD $20 a month, and it keeps the free map running for everyone. Cancel any time.
Can I use it at work?
Personal use is free. Organisations, paid or public-sector work and larger use need a licence or agreement: services@aportee.ca.
What data are you using?
Destinations come from OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, cross-checked by our own validation algorithms, with hospitals, clinics, nursing homes and schools checked against Statistics Canada’s open databases. Travel times are routed on the street network with Natural Resources Canada’s elevation model and every transit feed we can find. Methodology
Something on the map is wrong.
Tell us on the map: click the place and choose the flag, or open the Help menu, and say what looks wrong. If the place comes from OpenStreetMap, a fix there also reaches the map in a later monthly update.

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We think understanding equity and access across Canada is important: à portée is a free resource for everyone.

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