Getting around Annapolis, Subd. A: walking and cycling times

à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Annapolis, Subd. A to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.

residents in 2021

5,980

within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store

6%

of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot

783rd

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

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Travel times across Annapolis, Subd. A

Each block is coloured by the trip from it to the nearest place of the kind you pick, on foot or by bike. Move the map, or open it in à portée for any address and all 29 kinds of place.

On footBy bike

GroceryPharmacySchoolParkLibraryCafé

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Getting around Annapolis, Subd. A

The share of Annapolis, Subd. A residents within a trip of each place, and the typical trip, by each way of getting there the free map offers.

Within10 min15 min20 min30 min

Place	On foot	By bike
Grocery store	6%over an hour	16%typical 48 min
Pharmacy	0%over an hour	0%over an hour
Park	22%typical 57 min	37%typical 28 min
Elementary school	14%over an hour	20%over an hour

Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.

Annapolis, Subd. A in numbers

6% of Annapolis, Subd. A residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 26% across Nova Scotia and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place	10 min	15 min	20 min	30 min	Typical walk
Grocery store	4%	6%	10%	13%	over an hour
Pharmacy	0%	0%	0%	2%	over an hour
Park	16%	22%	31%	38%	57 min
Elementary school	9%	14%	16%	21%	over an hour

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Nova Scotia and Canada

Place	Annapolis, Subd. A	Nova Scotia	Canada	Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store	6%	26%	45%	783rd of 1,00035th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Pharmacy	0%	27%	51%	893rd of 1,00045th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Park	22%	62%	82%	801st of 1,00028th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Elementary school	14%	30%	55%	688th of 1,00017th of 49 in Nova Scotia

Grocery storePharmacyParkElementary school

Share of Annapolis, Subd. A residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store

Annapolis, Subd. A Nova Scotia

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Annapolis, Subd. A in population, and the share of their residents within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store. Communities are 2021 census subdivisions (cities, towns, counties and other municipalities), compared within their municipal boundaries.

Community	Residents	Grocery within 15 min
Amqui	5,999	40%
Annapolis, Subd. A	5,980	6%
Bay Roberts	5,974	24%
Saint-Césaire	5,972	53%
Melfort	5,955	45%

More places across the Annapolis County census division

The Annapolis County census division has 21,252 residents, 28% of them in Annapolis, Subd. A. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

• Convenience store12%
• Café16%
• Bakery13%
• Library15%
• Playground11%
• Childcare4%
• Community centre15%
• Clinic6%

Other communities in the Annapolis County area

Beside each community is the share of its residents who can reach a grocery store within a 15-minute walk.

• Annapolis, Subd. C0%
• Annapolis, Subd. B21%

Shares of 2021 residents of populated census blocks, on foot along the street network. How the walking times are computed

Travel times are our best estimates from open data published October 8, 2026 and can contain errors. Walking and cycling times are rounded down, so “within 15 minutes” means under 16. Check before an important decision, and tell us if something looks wrong.

Questions

Is Annapolis, Subd. A walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Annapolis, Subd. A, 6% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 26% across Nova Scotia and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Annapolis, Subd. A ranks 783rd of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Annapolis, Subd. A by bike?

By bike, 16% of Annapolis, Subd. A residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 0% a pharmacy, 37% a park and 20% an elementary school. On foot, 6% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 48 min by bike and over an hour on foot. Cycling times follow the street network, hills included; they don’t say whether a street is safe or comfortable to ride.

Is Annapolis, Subd. A a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 6% of residents reach a grocery store, 0% a pharmacy, 22% a park and 14% an elementary school. These figures count each place separately; open the map to see how many residents have all four within 15 minutes, for the places you choose.

How does Annapolis, Subd. A compare with communities of a similar size?

In Annapolis, Subd. A, 6% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 40% in Amqui, 24% in Bay Roberts, 53% in Saint-Césaire and 45% in Melfort.

Where does this data come from?

Walking and cycling times follow the street network, hills included, from each populated 2021 census block to the nearest place of each kind. Places come from OpenStreetMap and Overture Maps, with health care and schools checked against Statistics Canada’s open databases. Shares are weighted by 2021 population. Data published 8 October 2026. How the times are computed

Accuracy and corrections

The times here are our best estimates, routed along streets and paths from open data published October 8, 2026. They can contain errors: a place can be missing or in the wrong spot, and a road or path can be out of date. They leave out weather, your own pace, safety and opening hours. Walking and cycling times are rounded down, so “within 15 minutes” means under 16.

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Annapolis, Subd. A in brief

Province

Nova Scotia

Census division

Annapolis County

Census subdivision code

1205004

Residents in 2021

5,980

Data published

8 October 2026

Provinces: Natural Earth.

Elsewhere

• 2021 Census Profile, Statistics Canada(opens another site)

Sources: places from OpenStreetMap (© OpenStreetMap contributors, ODbL) and the Overture Maps Foundation; census blocks, 2021 populations and municipal boundaries adapted from Statistics Canada under the Open Government Licence – Canada; elevation from Natural Resources Canada; province outlines from Natural Earth; links from Wikidata (CC0), Wikipedia and Wikivoyage (CC BY-SA). Figures derived from OpenStreetMap are under the ODbL. Data sources and licences

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