Getting around Collingwood: walking, cycling and transit times

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

residents in 2021: 24,811
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store: 32%
typical walk to a grocery store: 22 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot: 389th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Collingwood

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 Collingwood

The share of Collingwood 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	By transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store	19%typical 22 min	65%typical 8 min	19%typical 22 min
Pharmacy	22%typical 22 min	65%typical 8 min	22%typical 22 min
Park	63%typical 8 min	87%typical 3 min	63%typical 8 min
Elementary school	25%typical 16 min	70%typical 7 min	25%typical 16 min

Place	On foot	By bike	By transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store	32%typical 22 min	89%typical 8 min	32%typical 22 min
Pharmacy	35%typical 22 min	88%typical 8 min	35%typical 22 min
Park	80%typical 8 min	93%typical 3 min	80%typical 8 min
Elementary school	49%typical 16 min	79%typical 7 min	49%typical 16 min

Place	On foot	By bike	By transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store	46%typical 22 min	93%typical 8 min	46%typical 22 min
Pharmacy	46%typical 22 min	95%typical 8 min	46%typical 22 min
Park	85%typical 8 min	97%typical 3 min	85%typical 8 min
Elementary school	62%typical 16 min	87%typical 7 min	62%typical 16 min

Place	On foot	By bike	By transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store	72%typical 22 min	97%typical 8 min	72%typical 22 min
Pharmacy	70%typical 22 min	97%typical 8 min	70%typical 22 min
Park	91%typical 8 min	98%typical 3 min	91%typical 8 min
Elementary school	73%typical 16 min	96%typical 7 min	73%typical 16 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.

Collingwood in numbers

32% of Collingwood 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

Place	10 min	15 min	20 min	30 min	Typical walk
Grocery store	19%	32%	46%	72%	22 min
Pharmacy	22%	35%	46%	70%	22 min
Park	63%	80%	85%	91%	8 min
Elementary school	25%	49%	62%	73%	16 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada

Place	Collingwood	Ontario	Canada	Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store	32%	48%	45%	389th of 1,00090th of 269 in Ontario
Pharmacy	35%	60%	51%	375th of 1,000105th of 269 in Ontario
Park	80%	87%	82%	356th of 1,00077th of 269 in Ontario
Elementary school	49%	60%	55%	258th of 1,00068th of 269 in Ontario

Share of Collingwood residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store

Collingwood Ontario

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Collingwood 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
Lunenburg	25,545	3%
Wasaga Beach	24,862	17%
Collingwood	24,811	32%
Sept-Îles	24,569	32%
Beloeil	24,104	43%

More places across the Simcoe County census division

The Simcoe County census division has 533,169 residents, 5% of them in Collingwood. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

Convenience store40%
Café36%
Bakery24%
Library11%
Playground60%
Childcare31%
Community centre13%
Clinic19%

Other communities in the Simcoe 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 Collingwood walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Collingwood, 32% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Collingwood ranks 389th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Collingwood by bike?

By bike, 89% of Collingwood residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 88% a pharmacy, 93% a park and 79% an elementary school. On foot, 32% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 8 min by bike and 22 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 Collingwood?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 32% of Collingwood residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 32% on foot and 89% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 22 min by transit and 22 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk.

Is Collingwood a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 32% of residents reach a grocery store, 35% a pharmacy, 80% a park and 49% 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 Collingwood compare with communities of a similar size?

In Collingwood, 32% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 3% in Lunenburg, 17% in Wasaga Beach, 32% in Sept-Îles and 43% in Beloeil.

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

Collingwood in brief

Province: Ontario
Census division: Simcoe County
Census subdivision code: 3543031
Residents in 2021: 24,811
Data published: 8 October 2026

Provinces: Natural Earth.

Elsewhere

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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