Getting around Carleton Place: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Carleton Place to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 12,517
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 32%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 19 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 392nd
Travel times across Carleton Place
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 Carleton Place
The share of Carleton Place 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 | 13%typical 19 min | 66%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 52%typical 10 min | >99%typical 4 min |
| Park | 95%typical 4 min | 98%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 24%typical 14 min | 95%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 32%typical 19 min | 91%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 72%typical 10 min | 100%typical 4 min |
| Park | 97%typical 4 min | 100%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 59%typical 14 min | 100%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 54%typical 19 min | 100%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 84%typical 10 min | 100%typical 4 min |
| Park | 98%typical 4 min | 100%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 86%typical 14 min | 100%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 80%typical 19 min | 100%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 98%typical 10 min | 100%typical 4 min |
| Park | 99%typical 4 min | 100%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 97%typical 14 min | 100%typical 6 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Carleton Place in numbers
32% of Carleton Place 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 | 13% | 32% | 54% | 80% | 19 min |
| Pharmacy | 52% | 72% | 84% | 98% | 10 min |
| Park | 95% | 97% | 98% | 99% | 4 min |
| Elementary school | 24% | 59% | 86% | 97% | 14 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | Carleton Place | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 32% | 48% | 45% | 392nd of 1,00091st of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 72% | 60% | 51% | 25th of 1,0006th of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 97% | 87% | 82% | 136th of 1,00023rd of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 59% | 60% | 55% | 149th of 1,00038th of 269 in Ontario |
Carleton Place Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Carleton Place 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Perth East | 12,595 | 20% |
| Wetaskiwin | 12,594 | 49% |
| Brock | 12,567 | 24% |
| Carleton Place | 12,517 | 32% |
| Colchester, Subd. C | 12,476 | 2% |
More places across the Lanark County census division
The Lanark County census division has 75,760 residents, 17% of them in Carleton Place. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store39%
- Café33%
- Bakery27%
- Library17%
- Playground35%
- Childcare31%
- Community centre18%
- Clinic21%
Other communities in the Lanark 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 Carleton Place walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Carleton Place, 32% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Carleton Place ranks 392nd of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Carleton Place by bike?
By bike, 91% of Carleton Place residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 100% a pharmacy, 100% a park and 100% an elementary school. On foot, 32% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 7 min by bike and 19 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 Carleton Place a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 32% of residents reach a grocery store, 72% a pharmacy, 97% a park and 59% 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 Carleton Place compare with communities of a similar size?
In Carleton Place, 32% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 20% in Perth East, 49% in Wetaskiwin, 24% in Brock and 2% in Colchester, Subd. C.
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
Carleton Place in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Lanark County
- Census subdivision code
- 3509028
- Residents in 2021
- 12,517
- 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