Getting around Carstairs: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Carstairs to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 4,898
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 45%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 17 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 179th
Travel times across Carstairs
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 Carstairs
The share of Carstairs 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 | 27%typical 17 min | 95%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 23%typical 18 min | 92%typical 6 min |
| Park | 95%typical 3 min | >99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 28%typical 15 min | 83%typical 5 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 45%typical 17 min | 97%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 43%typical 18 min | 97%typical 6 min |
| Park | 98%typical 3 min | >99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 53%typical 15 min | 96%typical 5 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 62%typical 17 min | 98%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 59%typical 18 min | 98%typical 6 min |
| Park | 99%typical 3 min | >99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 68%typical 15 min | 98%typical 5 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 96%typical 17 min | >99%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 92%typical 18 min | >99%typical 6 min |
| Park | >99%typical 3 min | 100%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 93%typical 15 min | >99%typical 5 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Carstairs in numbers
45% of Carstairs residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 27% | 45% | 62% | 96% | 17 min |
| Pharmacy | 23% | 43% | 59% | 92% | 18 min |
| Park | 95% | 98% | 99% | >99% | 3 min |
| Elementary school | 28% | 53% | 68% | 93% | 15 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Alberta and Canada
| Place | Carstairs | Alberta | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 45% | 40% | 45% | 179th of 1,00021st of 118 in Alberta |
| Pharmacy | 43% | 51% | 51% | 251st of 1,00039th of 118 in Alberta |
| Park | 98% | 85% | 82% | 93rd of 1,00025th of 118 in Alberta |
| Elementary school | 53% | 53% | 55% | 209th of 1,00033rd of 118 in Alberta |
Carstairs Alberta
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Carstairs 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Westlock | 4,921 | 51% |
| Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover | 4,920 | 29% |
| Waterloo, Quebec | 4,920 | 51% |
| Carstairs | 4,898 | 45% |
| Central Frontenac | 4,892 | 8% |
More places across the Calgary area
The Calgary area has 1,590,639 residents, 0% of them in Carstairs. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store57%
- Café49%
- Bakery33%
- Library10%
- Playground92%
- Childcare67%
- Community centre34%
- Clinic47%
Other communities in the Calgary area
Beside each community is the share of its residents who can reach a grocery store within a 15-minute walk.
- Calgary49%
- Airdrie29%
- Rocky View County2%
- Cochrane10%
- Okotoks37%
- Foothills County0%
- Chestermere27%
- High River27%
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 Carstairs walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Carstairs, 45% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Carstairs ranks 179th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Carstairs by bike?
By bike, 97% of Carstairs residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 97% a pharmacy, over 99% a park and 96% an elementary school. On foot, 45% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 6 min by bike and 17 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 Carstairs a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 45% of residents reach a grocery store, 43% a pharmacy, 98% a park and 53% 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 Carstairs compare with communities of a similar size?
In Carstairs, 45% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 51% in Westlock, 29% in Saint-Cyrille-de-Wendover, 51% in Waterloo, Quebec and 8% in Central Frontenac.
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
Carstairs in brief
- Province
- Alberta
- Census subdivision code
- 4806029
- Residents in 2021
- 4,898
- 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