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Getting around Cranbrook: walking, cycling and transit times

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

residents in 2021
20,499
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
38%
typical walk to a grocery store
18 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
292nd

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Cranbrook

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 Cranbrook

The share of Cranbrook 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 store38%typical 18 min99%typical 7 min38%typical 18 min
Pharmacy41%typical 19 min97%typical 7 min41%typical 19 min
Park87%typical 6 min99%typical 2 min87%typical 6 min
Elementary school63%typical 13 min96%typical 4 min63%typical 13 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.

Cranbrook in numbers

38% of Cranbrook 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 store22%38%57%81%18 min
Pharmacy25%41%53%77%19 min
Park72%87%94%99%6 min
Elementary school38%63%83%92%13 min

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

PlaceCranbrookBritish ColumbiaCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store38%48%45%292nd of 1,00051st of 155 in British Columbia
Pharmacy41%48%51%282nd of 1,00039th of 155 in British Columbia
Park87%86%82%287th of 1,00048th of 155 in British Columbia
Elementary school63%58%55%114th of 1,00024th of 155 in British Columbia
Share of Cranbrook residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min38%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min38%

Cranbrook British Columbia

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Cranbrook 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
Baie-Comeau20,68717%
Riverview20,58429%
Cobourg20,51943%
Cranbrook20,49938%
Yellowknife20,34034%

More places across the East Kootenay Regional District census division

The East Kootenay Regional District census division has 65,896 residents, 31% of them in Cranbrook. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store31%
  • Café30%
  • Bakery14%
  • Library17%
  • Playground27%
  • Childcare20%
  • Community centre18%
  • Clinic21%

Other communities in the East Kootenay 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 Cranbrook walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Cranbrook, 38% 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, Cranbrook ranks 292nd of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Cranbrook by bike?

By bike, 99% of Cranbrook residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 97% a pharmacy, 99% a park and 96% an elementary school. On foot, 38% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 7 min by bike and 18 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 Cranbrook?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 38% of Cranbrook residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 38% on foot and 99% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 18 min by transit and 18 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk.

Is Cranbrook a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 38% of residents reach a grocery store, 41% a pharmacy, 87% a park and 63% 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 Cranbrook compare with communities of a similar size?

In Cranbrook, 38% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 17% in Baie-Comeau, 29% in Riverview, 43% in Cobourg and 34% in Yellowknife.

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

Cranbrook in brief

Province
British Columbia
Census division
East Kootenay Regional District
Census subdivision code
5901022
Residents in 2021
20,499
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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