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Getting around Colchester, Subd. C

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

residents in 2021
12,476
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
2%
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
865th

14% 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 Colchester, Subd. C

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 Colchester, Subd. C

The share of Colchester, Subd. C 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 store2%over an hour15%over an hour2%over an hour
Pharmacy5%over an hour15%typical 50 min5%over an hour
Park21%over an hour32%typical 32 min21%over an hour
Elementary school12%over an hour25%typical 28 min12%over an hour

Transit timetables cover the areas where 32% of Colchester, Subd. C 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.

Colchester, Subd. C in numbers

2% of Colchester, Subd. C 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

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store1%2%2%8%over an hour
Pharmacy3%5%6%10%over an hour
Park12%21%27%34%over an hour
Elementary school7%12%21%31%over an hour

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Nova Scotia and Canada

PlaceColchester, Subd. CNova ScotiaCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store2%26%45%865th of 1,00041st of 49 in Nova Scotia
Pharmacy5%27%51%812th of 1,00037th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Park21%62%82%808th of 1,00031st of 49 in Nova Scotia
Elementary school12%30%55%715th of 1,00024th of 49 in Nova Scotia

14% 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 Colchester, Subd. C residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min2%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min2%

Colchester, Subd. C Nova Scotia

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Colchester, Subd. C 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
Brock12,56724%
Carleton Place12,51732%
Colchester, Subd. C12,4762%
Wellington North12,43145%
Warman12,41960%

More places across the Colchester County census division

The Colchester County census division has 51,476 residents, 24% of them in Colchester, Subd. C. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store22%
  • Café25%
  • Bakery14%
  • Library10%
  • Playground23%
  • Childcare24%
  • Community centre21%
  • Clinic12%

Other communities in the Colchester 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 Colchester, Subd. C walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Colchester, Subd. C, 2% 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, Colchester, Subd. C ranks 865th of 1,000 communities. 14% 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 Colchester, Subd. C by bike?

By bike, 15% of Colchester, Subd. C residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 15% a pharmacy, 32% a park and 25% an elementary school. On foot, 2% 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.

Does transit help you reach everyday places in Colchester, Subd. C?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 2% of Colchester, Subd. C residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 2% on foot and 15% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes over an hour by transit and over an hour on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk. Transit timetables cover the areas where 32% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.

Is Colchester, Subd. C a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 2% of residents reach a grocery store, 5% a pharmacy, 21% 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 Colchester, Subd. C compare with communities of a similar size?

In Colchester, Subd. C, 2% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 24% in Brock, 32% in Carleton Place, 45% in Wellington North and 60% in Warman.

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

Colchester, Subd. C in brief

Province
Nova Scotia
Census division
Colchester County
Census subdivision code
1210001
Residents in 2021
12,476
Data published
8 October 2026
Provinces: Natural Earth.

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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