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Getting around Coldstream: walking, cycling and transit times

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

residents in 2021
11,171
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
0%
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
926th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Coldstream

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 Coldstream

The share of Coldstream 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 store0%over an hour0%typical 38 min0%over an hour
Pharmacy0%over an hour0%typical 37 min0%over an hour
Park59%typical 12 min89%typical 5 min59%typical 12 min
Elementary school19%typical 35 min46%typical 16 min19%typical 35 min

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.

Coldstream in numbers

0% of Coldstream residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across British Columbia and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store0%0%0%0%over an hour
Pharmacy0%0%0%0%over an hour
Park40%59%71%84%12 min
Elementary school10%19%29%45%35 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside British Columbia and Canada

PlaceColdstreamBritish ColumbiaCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store0%48%45%926th of 1,000138th of 155 in British Columbia
Pharmacy0%48%51%893rd of 1,000125th of 155 in British Columbia
Park59%86%82%524th of 1,00098th of 155 in British Columbia
Elementary school19%58%55%628th of 1,00094th of 155 in British Columbia
Share of Coldstream residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min0%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min0%

Coldstream British Columbia

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Coldstream 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
Wetaskiwin County No. 1011,2122%
Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts11,21136%
Sainte-Julienne11,1737%
Coldstream11,1710%
Norwich11,15125%

More places across the North Okanagan Regional District census division

The North Okanagan Regional District census division has 91,610 residents, 12% of them in Coldstream. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store26%
  • Café29%
  • Bakery16%
  • Library8%
  • Playground44%
  • Childcare25%
  • Community centre15%
  • Clinic16%

Other communities in the North Okanagan Regional 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 Coldstream walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Coldstream, 0% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across British Columbia and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Coldstream ranks 926th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Coldstream by bike?

By bike, 0% of Coldstream residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 0% a pharmacy, 89% a park and 46% an elementary school. On foot, 0% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 38 min 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 Coldstream?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 0% of Coldstream residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 0% on foot and 0% 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.

Is Coldstream a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 0% of residents reach a grocery store, 0% a pharmacy, 59% a park and 19% 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 Coldstream compare with communities of a similar size?

In Coldstream, 0% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 2% in Wetaskiwin County No. 10, 36% in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts, 7% in Sainte-Julienne and 25% in Norwich.

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

Coldstream in brief

Province
British Columbia
Census division
North Okanagan Regional District
Census subdivision code
5937010
Residents in 2021
11,171
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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