Getting around Corner Brook: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Corner Brook to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 19,333
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 28%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 26 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 470th
Travel times across Corner Brook
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 Corner Brook
The share of Corner Brook 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 | 13%typical 26 min | 51%typical 10 min |
| Pharmacy | 13%typical 21 min | 59%typical 8 min |
| Park | 32%typical 16 min | 74%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 10%typical 28 min | 51%typical 10 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 28%typical 26 min | 67%typical 10 min |
| Pharmacy | 31%typical 21 min | 74%typical 8 min |
| Park | 49%typical 16 min | 93%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 21%typical 28 min | 73%typical 10 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 41%typical 26 min | 76%typical 10 min |
| Pharmacy | 49%typical 21 min | 84%typical 8 min |
| Park | 68%typical 16 min | 99%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 36%typical 28 min | 86%typical 10 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 56%typical 26 min | 89%typical 10 min |
| Pharmacy | 68%typical 21 min | 91%typical 8 min |
| Park | 88%typical 16 min | >99%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 56%typical 28 min | 98%typical 10 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Corner Brook in numbers
28% of Corner Brook residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 25% across Newfoundland and Labrador and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 13% | 28% | 41% | 56% | 26 min |
| Pharmacy | 13% | 31% | 49% | 68% | 21 min |
| Park | 32% | 49% | 68% | 88% | 16 min |
| Elementary school | 10% | 21% | 36% | 56% | 28 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada
| Place | Corner Brook | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 28% | 25% | 45% | 470th of 1,00011th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pharmacy | 31% | 26% | 51% | 471st of 1,00011th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Park | 49% | 44% | 82% | 601st of 1,00010th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Elementary school | 21% | 19% | 55% | 603rd of 1,00011th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
Corner Brook Newfoundland and Labrador
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Corner Brook 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Salmon Arm | 19,432 | 39% |
| Kirkland | 19,413 | 35% |
| Corner Brook | 19,333 | 28% |
| Dorval | 19,302 | 44% |
| Beaconsfield | 19,277 | 21% |
More places across the Corner Brook area
The Corner Brook area has 40,396 residents, 48% of them in Corner Brook. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store41%
- Café22%
- Bakery12%
- Library10%
- Playground27%
- Childcare4%
- Community centre20%
- Clinic12%
Other communities in the Corner Brook 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 Corner Brook walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Corner Brook, 28% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 25% across Newfoundland and Labrador and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Corner Brook ranks 470th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Corner Brook by bike?
By bike, 67% of Corner Brook residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 74% a pharmacy, 93% a park and 73% an elementary school. On foot, 28% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 10 min by bike and 26 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 Corner Brook a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 28% of residents reach a grocery store, 31% a pharmacy, 49% a park and 21% 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 Corner Brook compare with communities of a similar size?
In Corner Brook, 28% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 39% in Salmon Arm, 35% in Kirkland, 44% in Dorval and 21% in Beaconsfield.
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
Corner Brook in brief
- Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Census subdivision code
- 1005018
- Residents in 2021
- 19,333
- 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