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Getting around Bonnechere Valley: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
3,898
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
27%
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
482nd

40% 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.

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Bonnechere Valley

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 Bonnechere Valley

The share of Bonnechere Valley 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 store27%over an hour35%typical 60 min
Pharmacy25%over an hour35%typical 44 min
Park41%over an hour42%typical 46 min
Elementary school20%over an hour38%typical 51 min

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

Bonnechere Valley in numbers

27% of Bonnechere Valley 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 store18%27%33%39%over an hour
Pharmacy19%25%34%41%over an hour
Park35%41%42%45%over an hour
Elementary school13%20%29%40%over an hour

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada

PlaceBonnechere ValleyOntarioCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store27%48%45%482nd of 1,000117th of 269 in Ontario
Pharmacy25%60%51%548th of 1,000156th of 269 in Ontario
Park41%87%82%671st of 1,000179th of 269 in Ontario
Elementary school20%60%55%615th of 1,000169th of 269 in Ontario

40% 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.

Share of Bonnechere Valley residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min27%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min27%

Bonnechere Valley Ontario

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Bonnechere Valley 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
Simonds3,9130%
Port Hardy3,90233%
Bonnechere Valley3,89827%
Central Kootenay E3,8970%
Danville3,8880%

More places across the Renfrew County census division

The Renfrew County census division has 106,365 residents, 4% of them in Bonnechere Valley. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store35%
  • Café33%
  • Bakery22%
  • Library15%
  • Playground35%
  • Childcare18%
  • Community centre15%
  • Clinic13%

Other communities in the Renfrew 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 Bonnechere Valley walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Bonnechere Valley, 27% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Bonnechere Valley ranks 482nd of 1,000 communities. 40% 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 Bonnechere Valley by bike?

By bike, 35% of Bonnechere Valley residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 35% a pharmacy, 42% a park and 38% an elementary school. On foot, 27% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 60 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 Bonnechere Valley a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 27% of residents reach a grocery store, 25% a pharmacy, 41% a park and 20% 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 Bonnechere Valley compare with communities of a similar size?

In Bonnechere Valley, 27% 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 Simonds, 33% in Port Hardy, 0% in Central Kootenay E and 0% in Danville.

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

Bonnechere Valley in brief

Province
Ontario
Census division
Renfrew County
Census subdivision code
3547035
Residents in 2021
3,898
Data published
8 October 2026
Provinces: Natural Earth.

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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