Getting around Compton: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Compton to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 3,270
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 22%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 54 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 559th
23% 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.
Travel times across Compton
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.
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Getting around Compton
The share of Compton 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 | 15%typical 54 min | 26%typical 36 min |
| Pharmacy | 11%typical 60 min | 23%typical 44 min |
| Park | 21%typical 53 min | 33%typical 25 min |
| Elementary school | 10%typical 58 min | 21%typical 40 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 22%typical 54 min | 31%typical 36 min |
| Pharmacy | 21%typical 60 min | 27%typical 44 min |
| Park | 32%typical 53 min | 37%typical 25 min |
| Elementary school | 16%typical 58 min | 30%typical 40 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 32%typical 54 min | 39%typical 36 min |
| Pharmacy | 25%typical 60 min | 31%typical 44 min |
| Park | 38%typical 53 min | 43%typical 25 min |
| Elementary school | 23%typical 58 min | 36%typical 40 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 40%typical 54 min | 48%typical 36 min |
| Pharmacy | 31%typical 60 min | 42%typical 44 min |
| Park | 41%typical 53 min | 52%typical 25 min |
| Elementary school | 38%typical 58 min | 43%typical 40 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Compton in numbers
22% of Compton residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 15% | 22% | 32% | 40% | 54 min |
| Pharmacy | 11% | 21% | 25% | 31% | 60 min |
| Park | 21% | 32% | 38% | 41% | 53 min |
| Elementary school | 10% | 16% | 23% | 38% | 58 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Quebec and Canada
| Place | Compton | Quebec | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 22% | 49% | 45% | 559th of 1,000177th of 259 in Quebec |
| Pharmacy | 21% | 49% | 51% | 617th of 1,000185th of 259 in Quebec |
| Park | 32% | 83% | 82% | 743rd of 1,000228th of 259 in Quebec |
| Elementary school | 16% | 53% | 55% | 666th of 1,000210th of 259 in Quebec |
23% 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.
Compton Quebec
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Compton 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Côme--Linière | 3,278 | 19% |
| Buckland No. 491 | 3,277 | 0% |
| North Okanagan B | 3,274 | 22% |
| WestLake-Gladstone | 3,273 | 28% |
| Compton | 3,270 | 22% |
More places across the Coaticook RCM census division
The Coaticook RCM census division has 18,906 residents, 17% of them in Compton. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store35%
- Café25%
- Bakery24%
- Library18%
- Playground38%
- Childcare19%
- Community centre22%
- Clinic8%
Other communities in the Coaticook RCM area
Beside each community is the share of its residents who can reach a grocery store within a 15-minute walk.
- Coaticook47%
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 Compton walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Compton, 22% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Compton ranks 559th of 1,000 communities. 23% 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 Compton by bike?
By bike, 31% of Compton residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 27% a pharmacy, 37% a park and 30% an elementary school. On foot, 22% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 36 min by bike and 54 min on foot. Cycling times follow the street network, hills included; they don’t say whether a street is safe or comfortable to ride.
Is Compton a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 22% of residents reach a grocery store, 21% a pharmacy, 32% a park and 16% 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 Compton compare with communities of a similar size?
In Compton, 22% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 19% in Saint-Côme--Linière, 0% in Buckland No. 491, 22% in North Okanagan B and 28% in WestLake-Gladstone.
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
Compton in brief
- Province
- Quebec
- Census division
- Coaticook RCM
- Census subdivision code
- 2444071
- Residents in 2021
- 3,270
- 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