Getting around Carignan: walking, cycling and transit times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot, by bike and by transit from every populated block in Carignan to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 11,740
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 10%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 40 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 735th
Travel times across Carignan
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 Carignan
The share of Carignan 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 | 7%typical 40 min | 24%typical 14 min | 7%typical 37 min |
| Pharmacy | 6%typical 43 min | 22%typical 18 min | 6%typical 40 min |
| Park | 57%typical 10 min | 85%typical 3 min | 57%typical 10 min |
| Elementary school | 13%typical 36 min | 35%typical 12 min | 13%typical 36 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 10%typical 40 min | 53%typical 14 min | 10%typical 37 min |
| Pharmacy | 11%typical 43 min | 34%typical 18 min | 11%typical 40 min |
| Park | 72%typical 10 min | 91%typical 3 min | 72%typical 10 min |
| Elementary school | 21%typical 36 min | 58%typical 12 min | 21%typical 36 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 16%typical 40 min | 65%typical 14 min | 16%typical 37 min |
| Pharmacy | 16%typical 43 min | 58%typical 18 min | 16%typical 40 min |
| Park | 84%typical 10 min | 97%typical 3 min | 84%typical 10 min |
| Elementary school | 25%typical 36 min | 74%typical 12 min | 25%typical 36 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 26%typical 40 min | 85%typical 14 min | 30%typical 37 min |
| Pharmacy | 26%typical 43 min | 82%typical 18 min | 30%typical 40 min |
| Park | 91%typical 10 min | 100%typical 3 min | 91%typical 10 min |
| Elementary school | 37%typical 36 min | 91%typical 12 min | 39%typical 36 min |
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.
Carignan in numbers
10% of Carignan residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 7% | 10% | 16% | 26% | 40 min |
| Pharmacy | 6% | 11% | 16% | 26% | 43 min |
| Park | 57% | 72% | 84% | 91% | 10 min |
| Elementary school | 13% | 21% | 25% | 37% | 36 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Quebec and Canada
| Place | Carignan | Quebec | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 10% | 49% | 45% | 735th of 1,000226th of 259 in Quebec |
| Pharmacy | 11% | 49% | 51% | 727th of 1,000224th of 259 in Quebec |
| Park | 72% | 83% | 82% | 427th of 1,000125th of 259 in Quebec |
| Elementary school | 21% | 53% | 55% | 601st of 1,000193rd of 259 in Quebec |
Carignan Quebec
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Carignan 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lloydminster (Part), Saskatchewan | 11,843 | 25% |
| Carignan | 11,740 | 10% |
| St. Andrews | 11,723 | 5% |
| Rawdon | 11,719 | 12% |
| L'Île-Perrot | 11,638 | 57% |
More places across the La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM census division
The La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM census division has 131,803 residents, 9% of them in Carignan. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store46%
- Café35%
- Bakery17%
- Library11%
- Playground74%
- Childcare52%
- Community centre18%
- Clinic25%
Other communities in the La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM 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 Carignan walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Carignan, 10% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Carignan ranks 735th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Carignan by bike?
By bike, 53% of Carignan residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 34% a pharmacy, 91% a park and 58% an elementary school. On foot, 10% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 14 min by bike and 40 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 Carignan?
By transit at the weekday morning peak, 10% of Carignan residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 10% on foot and 53% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 37 min by transit and 40 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk.
Is Carignan a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 10% of residents reach a grocery store, 11% a pharmacy, 72% 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 Carignan compare with communities of a similar size?
In Carignan, 10% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 25% in Lloydminster (Part), Saskatchewan, 5% in St. Andrews, 12% in Rawdon and 57% in L'Île-Perrot.
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
Carignan in brief
- Province
- Quebec
- Census division
- La Vallée-du-Richelieu RCM
- Census subdivision code
- 2457010
- Residents in 2021
- 11,740
- 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