Getting around Brighton: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Brighton to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 12,108
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 20%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 48 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 605th
Travel times across Brighton
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.
A free plus account adds a mode and a time limit for each place.
Getting around Brighton
The share of Brighton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 11%typical 48 min | 22%typical 28 min |
| Pharmacy | 17%typical 43 min | 27%typical 25 min |
| Park | 47%typical 12 min | 62%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 13%typical 28 min | 24%typical 18 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 20%typical 48 min | 30%typical 28 min |
| Pharmacy | 22%typical 43 min | 33%typical 25 min |
| Park | 55%typical 12 min | 67%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 21%typical 28 min | 41%typical 18 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 23%typical 48 min | 37%typical 28 min |
| Pharmacy | 28%typical 43 min | 40%typical 25 min |
| Park | 62%typical 12 min | 73%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 34%typical 28 min | 63%typical 18 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 30%typical 48 min | 61%typical 28 min |
| Pharmacy | 36%typical 43 min | 65%typical 25 min |
| Park | 66%typical 12 min | 81%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 54%typical 28 min | 72%typical 18 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Brighton in numbers
20% of Brighton 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 | 11% | 20% | 23% | 30% | 48 min |
| Pharmacy | 17% | 22% | 28% | 36% | 43 min |
| Park | 47% | 55% | 62% | 66% | 12 min |
| Elementary school | 13% | 21% | 34% | 54% | 28 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | Brighton | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 20% | 48% | 45% | 605th of 1,000164th of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 22% | 60% | 51% | 597th of 1,000179th of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 55% | 87% | 82% | 557th of 1,000132nd of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 21% | 60% | 55% | 602nd of 1,000166th of 269 in Ontario |
Brighton Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Brighton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine | 12,190 | 29% |
| Bathurst | 12,157 | 28% |
| Brighton | 12,108 | 20% |
| Summerland | 12,042 | 35% |
| Terrace | 12,017 | 35% |
More places across the Northumberland County census division
The Northumberland County census division has 89,365 residents, 14% of them in Brighton. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store33%
- Café34%
- Bakery19%
- Library17%
- Playground41%
- Childcare24%
- Community centre15%
- Clinic15%
Other communities in the Northumberland 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 Brighton walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Brighton, 20% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Brighton ranks 605th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Brighton by bike?
By bike, 30% of Brighton residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 33% a pharmacy, 67% a park and 41% an elementary school. On foot, 20% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 28 min by bike and 48 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 Brighton a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 20% of residents reach a grocery store, 22% a pharmacy, 55% a park and 21% 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 Brighton compare with communities of a similar size?
In Brighton, 20% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 29% in Les Îles-de-la-Madeleine, 28% in Bathurst, 35% in Summerland and 35% in Terrace.
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
Brighton in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Northumberland County
- Census subdivision code
- 3514004
- Residents in 2021
- 12,108
- 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; 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