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Getting around Aylmer: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
7,699
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
50%
typical walk to a grocery store
15 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
127th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Aylmer

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.

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Getting around Aylmer

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

PlaceOn footBy bike
Grocery store50%typical 15 min99%typical 7 min
Pharmacy70%typical 11 min>99%typical 5 min
Park86%typical 8 min100%typical 3 min
Elementary school88%typical 9 min98%typical 4 min

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

Aylmer in numbers

50% of Aylmer residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store29%50%65%94%15 min
Pharmacy45%70%88%>99%11 min
Park70%86%98%100%8 min
Elementary school61%88%97%>99%9 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada

PlaceAylmerOntarioCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store50%48%45%127th of 1,00021st of 269 in Ontario
Pharmacy70%60%51%31st of 1,0007th of 269 in Ontario
Park86%87%82%303rd of 1,00062nd of 269 in Ontario
Elementary school88%60%55%7th of 1,0002nd of 269 in Ontario
Share of Aylmer residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min50%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min50%

Aylmer Ontario

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Aylmer 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.

CommunityResidentsGrocery within 15 min
Huron-Kinloss7,7230%
Aylmer7,69950%
Clare7,67812%
Lac la Biche County7,67316%
Muskoka Lakes7,6526%

More places across the Elgin County census division

The Elgin County census division has 94,752 residents, 8% of them in Aylmer. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store41%
  • Café36%
  • Bakery18%
  • Library22%
  • Playground37%
  • Childcare21%
  • Community centre17%
  • Clinic33%

Other communities in the Elgin County area

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

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 Aylmer walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Aylmer, 50% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Aylmer ranks 127th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Aylmer by bike?

By bike, 99% of Aylmer residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, over 99% a pharmacy, 100% a park and 98% an elementary school. On foot, 50% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 7 min by bike and 15 min on foot. Cycling times follow the street network, hills included; they don’t say whether a street is safe or comfortable to ride.

Is Aylmer a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 50% of residents reach a grocery store, 70% a pharmacy, 86% a park and 88% 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 Aylmer compare with communities of a similar size?

In Aylmer, 50% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 0% in Huron-Kinloss, 12% in Clare, 16% in Lac la Biche County and 6% in Muskoka Lakes.

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

Aylmer in brief

Province
Ontario
Census division
Elgin County
Census subdivision code
3534011
Residents in 2021
7,699
Data published
8 October 2026
Provinces: Natural Earth.

Elsewhere

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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