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Getting around Barrington: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
6,523
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
12%
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
706th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Barrington

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 Barrington

The share of Barrington 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 store12%over an hour14%over an hour
Pharmacy10%over an hour11%over an hour
Park13%over an hour18%typical 55 min
Elementary school7%over an hour9%over an hour

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

Barrington in numbers

12% of Barrington 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

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store10%12%14%15%over an hour
Pharmacy9%10%11%12%over an hour
Park8%13%15%21%over an hour
Elementary school3%7%8%11%over an hour

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

PlaceBarringtonNova ScotiaCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store12%26%45%706th of 1,00027th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Pharmacy10%27%51%741st of 1,00026th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Park13%62%82%874th of 1,00037th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Elementary school7%30%55%790th of 1,00030th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Share of Barrington residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min12%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min12%

Barrington Nova Scotia

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Barrington 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
Stephenville6,54055%
East Kootenay C6,5364%
Barrington6,52312%
Port-Cartier6,51649%
Cramahe6,50918%

More places across the Shelburne County census division

The Shelburne County census division has 13,704 residents, 48% of them in Barrington. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store14%
  • Café10%
  • Bakery6%
  • Library9%
  • Playground2%
  • Childcare0%
  • Community centre15%
  • Clinic2%

Other communities in the Shelburne 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 Barrington walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Barrington, 12% 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, Barrington ranks 706th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Barrington by bike?

By bike, 14% of Barrington residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 11% a pharmacy, 18% a park and 9% an elementary school. On foot, 12% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes over an hour 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 Barrington a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 12% of residents reach a grocery store, 10% a pharmacy, 13% a park and 7% 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 Barrington compare with communities of a similar size?

In Barrington, 12% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 55% in Stephenville, 4% in East Kootenay C, 49% in Port-Cartier and 18% in Cramahe.

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

Barrington in brief

Province
Nova Scotia
Census division
Shelburne County
Census subdivision code
1201001
Residents in 2021
6,523
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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