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Getting around Cornwall, Prince Edward Island

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

residents in 2021
6,574
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
27%
typical walk to a grocery store
26 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
479th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Cornwall, Prince Edward Island

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 Cornwall, Prince Edward Island

The share of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island 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 store27%typical 26 min69%typical 10 min27%typical 26 min
Pharmacy35%typical 23 min63%typical 9 min35%typical 22 min
Park84%typical 6 min95%typical 2 min84%typical 6 min
Elementary school25%typical 28 min61%typical 10 min25%typical 28 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.

Cornwall, Prince Edward Island in numbers

27% of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 22% across Prince Edward Island and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store20%27%41%54%26 min
Pharmacy21%35%45%55%23 min
Park71%84%93%95%6 min
Elementary school21%25%34%53%28 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Prince Edward Island and Canada

PlaceCornwall, Prince Edward IslandPrince Edward IslandCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store27%22%45%479th of 1,0003rd of 7 in Prince Edward Island
Pharmacy35%25%51%386th of 1,0002nd of 7 in Prince Edward Island
Park84%50%82%326th of 1,0003rd of 7 in Prince Edward Island
Elementary school25%20%55%548th of 1,0003rd of 7 in Prince Edward Island
Share of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min27%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min27%

Cornwall, Prince Edward Island Prince Edward Island

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Cornwall, Prince Edward Island 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
Wainwright6,60638%
Cornwall, Prince Edward Island6,57427%
Gimli6,56931%
Saint-Paul6,5660%
Devon6,54531%

More places across the Queens County census division

The Queens County census division has 89,770 residents, 7% of them in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store30%
  • Café32%
  • Bakery19%
  • Library9%
  • Playground36%
  • Childcare20%
  • Community centre19%
  • Clinic14%

Other communities in the Queens 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 Cornwall, Prince Edward Island walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, 27% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 22% across Prince Edward Island and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Cornwall, Prince Edward Island ranks 479th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Cornwall, Prince Edward Island by bike?

By bike, 69% of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 63% a pharmacy, 95% a park and 61% an elementary school. On foot, 27% 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.

Does transit help you reach everyday places in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 27% of Cornwall, Prince Edward Island residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 27% on foot and 69% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 26 min by transit and 26 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk.

Is Cornwall, Prince Edward Island a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 27% of residents reach a grocery store, 35% a pharmacy, 84% a park and 25% 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 Cornwall, Prince Edward Island compare with communities of a similar size?

In Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, 27% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 38% in Wainwright, 31% in Gimli, 0% in Saint-Paul and 31% in Devon.

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

Cornwall, Prince Edward Island in brief

Province
Prince Edward Island
Census division
Queens County
Census subdivision code
1102085
Residents in 2021
6,574
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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