Getting around Blind River: walking, cycling and transit times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot, by bike and by transit from every populated block in Blind River to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 3,422
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 31%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 23 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 408th
11% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.
Travel times across Blind River
Each block is coloured by the trip from it to the nearest place of the kind you pick, on foot, by bike or by transit. Move the map, or open it in à portée for any address and all 29 kinds of place.
Transit times are for a weekday at peak hours. A free plus account adds a mode and a time limit for each place, and transit at night on weekdays and at midday on Saturday and Sunday.
Getting around Blind River
The share of Blind River residents within a trip of each place, and the typical trip, by each way of getting there the free map offers.
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 18%typical 23 min | 58%typical 9 min | 18%typical 23 min |
| Pharmacy | 13%typical 26 min | 51%typical 10 min | 13%typical 26 min |
| Park | 23%typical 19 min | 60%typical 7 min | 23%typical 19 min |
| Elementary school | 21%typical 23 min | 59%typical 9 min | 21%typical 23 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 31%typical 23 min | 65%typical 9 min | 31%typical 23 min |
| Pharmacy | 25%typical 26 min | 65%typical 10 min | 25%typical 26 min |
| Park | 41%typical 19 min | 67%typical 7 min | 41%typical 19 min |
| Elementary school | 33%typical 23 min | 66%typical 9 min | 33%typical 23 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 47%typical 23 min | 66%typical 9 min | 47%typical 23 min |
| Pharmacy | 41%typical 26 min | 66%typical 10 min | 41%typical 26 min |
| Park | 56%typical 19 min | 69%typical 7 min | 56%typical 19 min |
| Elementary school | 47%typical 23 min | 66%typical 9 min | 47%typical 23 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 62%typical 23 min | 69%typical 9 min | 62%typical 23 min |
| Pharmacy | 55%typical 26 min | 66%typical 10 min | 55%typical 26 min |
| Park | 67%typical 19 min | 72%typical 7 min | 67%typical 19 min |
| Elementary school | 55%typical 23 min | 69%typical 9 min | 55%typical 23 min |
Transit timetables cover the areas where 72% of Blind River residents live. For the others, a transit trip is the walk.
Cycling and transit follow the street network, hills included. A transit trip includes the walk to and from the stops, at the median departure of a weekday morning peak, and is never slower than walking the whole way. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Blind River in numbers
31% of Blind River 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
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 18% | 31% | 47% | 62% | 23 min |
| Pharmacy | 13% | 25% | 41% | 55% | 26 min |
| Park | 23% | 41% | 56% | 67% | 19 min |
| Elementary school | 21% | 33% | 47% | 55% | 23 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | Blind River | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 31% | 48% | 45% | 408th of 1,00097th of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 25% | 60% | 51% | 548th of 1,000156th of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 41% | 87% | 82% | 669th of 1,000178th of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 33% | 60% | 55% | 440th of 1,000117th of 269 in Ontario |
11% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.
Blind River Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Blind River 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Maurice | 3,432 | 24% |
| Blind River | 3,422 | 31% |
| East Hawkesbury | 3,418 | 0% |
| St. Theresa Point | 3,417 | 51% |
| Two Hills County No. 21 | 3,412 | 0% |
More places across the Algoma District census division
The Algoma District census division has 113,777 residents, 3% of them in Blind River. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store39%
- Café39%
- Bakery18%
- Library11%
- Playground36%
- Childcare9%
- Community centre21%
- Clinic16%
Other communities in the Algoma District 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 Blind River walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Blind River, 31% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Blind River ranks 408th of 1,000 communities. 11% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.
Can you get around Blind River by bike?
By bike, 65% of Blind River residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 65% a pharmacy, 67% a park and 66% an elementary school. On foot, 31% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 9 min by bike and 23 min on foot. Cycling times follow the street network, hills included; they don’t say whether a street is safe or comfortable to ride.
Does transit help you reach everyday places in Blind River?
By transit at the weekday morning peak, 31% of Blind River residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 31% on foot and 65% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 23 min by transit and 23 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk. Transit timetables cover the areas where 72% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.
Is Blind River a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 31% of residents reach a grocery store, 25% a pharmacy, 41% a park and 33% 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 Blind River compare with communities of a similar size?
In Blind River, 31% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 24% in Saint-Maurice, 0% in East Hawkesbury, 51% in St. Theresa Point and 0% in Two Hills County No. 21.
Where does this data come from?
Walking, cycling and transit times follow the street network, hills included, from each populated 2021 census block to the nearest place of each kind. Transit uses the operators’ published timetables at the weekday morning peak. 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
Blind River in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Algoma District
- Census subdivision code
- 3557038
- Residents in 2021
- 3,422
- Data published
- 8 October 2026
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; transit times from the operators’ published timetables; 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