Getting around Chester: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Chester to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 10,693
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 11%
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 726th
Travel times across Chester
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 Chester
The share of Chester 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 | 7%over an hour | 16%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 8%over an hour | 9%over an hour |
| Park | 22%typical 34 min | 35%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 5%over an hour | 16%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 11%over an hour | 21%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 10%over an hour | 18%over an hour |
| Park | 30%typical 34 min | 41%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 12%over an hour | 21%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 16%over an hour | 22%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 14%over an hour | 20%over an hour |
| Park | 37%typical 34 min | 51%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 18%over an hour | 23%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 20%over an hour | 27%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 20%over an hour | 25%over an hour |
| Park | 47%typical 34 min | 61%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 24%over an hour | 32%over an hour |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Chester in numbers
11% of Chester residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 26% across Nova Scotia 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% | 11% | 16% | 20% | over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 8% | 10% | 14% | 20% | over an hour |
| Park | 22% | 30% | 37% | 47% | 34 min |
| Elementary school | 5% | 12% | 18% | 24% | over an hour |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Nova Scotia and Canada
| Place | Chester | Nova Scotia | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 11% | 26% | 45% | 726th of 1,00030th of 49 in Nova Scotia |
| Pharmacy | 10% | 27% | 51% | 748th of 1,00027th of 49 in Nova Scotia |
| Park | 30% | 62% | 82% | 759th of 1,00021st of 49 in Nova Scotia |
| Elementary school | 12% | 30% | 55% | 717th of 1,00025th of 49 in Nova Scotia |
Chester Nova Scotia
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Chester 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lac Ste. Anne County | 10,832 | 0% |
| Moncton (parish) | 10,704 | 4% |
| Chester | 10,693 | 11% |
| Saint-Hippolyte | 10,669 | 16% |
| North Dumfries | 10,619 | 24% |
More places across the Lunenburg County census division
The Lunenburg County census division has 48,599 residents, 22% of them in Chester. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store17%
- Café22%
- Bakery14%
- Library8%
- Playground11%
- Childcare4%
- Community centre9%
- Clinic12%
Other communities in the Lunenburg County area
Beside each community is the share of its residents who can reach a grocery store within a 15-minute walk.
- Lunenburg3%
- Bridgewater51%
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 Chester walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Chester, 11% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 26% across Nova Scotia and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Chester ranks 726th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Chester by bike?
By bike, 21% of Chester residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 18% a pharmacy, 41% a park and 21% an elementary school. On foot, 11% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes over an hour 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 Chester a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 11% of residents reach a grocery store, 10% a pharmacy, 30% a park and 12% 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 Chester compare with communities of a similar size?
In Chester, 11% 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 Lac Ste. Anne County, 4% in Moncton (parish), 16% in Saint-Hippolyte and 24% in North Dumfries.
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
Chester in brief
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Census division
- Lunenburg County
- Census subdivision code
- 1206009
- Residents in 2021
- 10,693
- 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