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Getting around Cochrane, Ontario

à portée’s map shows the trip on foot, by bike and by transit from every populated block in Cochrane, Ontario to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.

residents in 2021
5,390
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
26%
typical walk to a grocery store
27 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
492nd

12% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Cochrane, Ontario

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 Cochrane, Ontario

The share of Cochrane, Ontario residents within a trip of each place, and the typical trip, by each way of getting there the free map offers.

PlaceOn footBy bikeBy transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store26%typical 27 min77%typical 9 min26%typical 27 min
Pharmacy26%typical 25 min77%typical 8 min26%typical 25 min
Park69%typical 10 min81%typical 3 min69%typical 10 min
Elementary school53%typical 15 min82%typical 5 min53%typical 15 min

Transit timetables cover the areas where 87% of Cochrane, Ontario residents live. For the others, a transit trip is the walk.

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.

Cochrane, Ontario in numbers

26% of Cochrane, Ontario 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

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store22%26%32%60%27 min
Pharmacy22%26%39%65%25 min
Park51%69%73%80%10 min
Elementary school33%53%66%81%15 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada

PlaceCochrane, OntarioOntarioCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store26%48%45%492nd of 1,000119th of 269 in Ontario
Pharmacy26%60%51%533rd of 1,000150th of 269 in Ontario
Park69%87%82%453rd of 1,000104th of 269 in Ontario
Elementary school53%60%55%211th of 1,00056th of 269 in Ontario

12% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.

Share of Cochrane, Ontario residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min26%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min26%

Cochrane, Ontario Ontario

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Cochrane, Ontario 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.

CommunityResidentsGrocery within 15 min
Cochrane, Ontario5,39026%
Norway House 175,39011%
Gananoque5,38351%
Peace River B5,3790%
Smithers5,37858%

More places across the Cochrane District census division

The Cochrane District census division has 77,963 residents, 7% of them in Cochrane, Ontario. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store52%
  • Café35%
  • Bakery20%
  • Library20%
  • Playground57%
  • Childcare6%
  • Community centre33%
  • Clinic28%

Other communities in the Cochrane District 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 Cochrane, Ontario walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Cochrane, Ontario, 26% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Cochrane, Ontario ranks 492nd of 1,000 communities. 12% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.

Can you get around Cochrane, Ontario by bike?

By bike, 77% of Cochrane, Ontario residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 77% a pharmacy, 81% a park and 82% an elementary school. On foot, 26% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 9 min by bike and 27 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 Cochrane, Ontario?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 26% of Cochrane, Ontario residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 26% on foot and 77% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 27 min by transit and 27 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk. Transit timetables cover the areas where 87% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.

Is Cochrane, Ontario a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 26% of residents reach a grocery store, 26% a pharmacy, 69% 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 Cochrane, Ontario compare with communities of a similar size?

In Cochrane, Ontario, 26% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 11% in Norway House 17, 51% in Gananoque, 0% in Peace River B and 58% in Smithers.

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

Cochrane, Ontario in brief

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

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