Getting around Crowsnest Pass: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Crowsnest Pass to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 5,695
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 17%
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 639th
Travel times across Crowsnest Pass
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.
A free plus account adds a mode and a time limit for each place.
Getting around Crowsnest Pass
The share of Crowsnest Pass 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 | 10%over an hour | 28%typical 30 min |
| Pharmacy | 20%typical 30 min | 43%typical 12 min |
| Park | 25%typical 20 min | 65%typical 8 min |
| Elementary school | 8%typical 31 min | 49%typical 12 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 17%over an hour | 31%typical 30 min |
| Pharmacy | 35%typical 30 min | 53%typical 12 min |
| Park | 38%typical 20 min | 71%typical 8 min |
| Elementary school | 19%typical 31 min | 52%typical 12 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 22%over an hour | 32%typical 30 min |
| Pharmacy | 39%typical 30 min | 57%typical 12 min |
| Park | 52%typical 20 min | 79%typical 8 min |
| Elementary school | 32%typical 31 min | 54%typical 12 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 30%over an hour | 53%typical 30 min |
| Pharmacy | 52%typical 30 min | 63%typical 12 min |
| Park | 67%typical 20 min | 94%typical 8 min |
| Elementary school | 50%typical 31 min | 64%typical 12 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Crowsnest Pass in numbers
17% of Crowsnest Pass residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 10% | 17% | 22% | 30% | over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 20% | 35% | 39% | 52% | 30 min |
| Park | 25% | 38% | 52% | 67% | 20 min |
| Elementary school | 8% | 19% | 32% | 50% | 31 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Alberta and Canada
| Place | Crowsnest Pass | Alberta | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 17% | 40% | 45% | 639th of 1,00065th of 118 in Alberta |
| Pharmacy | 35% | 51% | 51% | 377th of 1,00055th of 118 in Alberta |
| Park | 38% | 85% | 82% | 693rd of 1,00067th of 118 in Alberta |
| Elementary school | 19% | 53% | 55% | 620th of 1,00066th of 118 in Alberta |
Crowsnest Pass Alberta
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Crowsnest Pass 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Crowsnest Pass | 5,695 | 17% |
| Stettler | 5,695 | 29% |
| Cumberland, Subd. C | 5,694 | 0% |
| Vegreville | 5,689 | 36% |
| Neepawa | 5,685 | 84% |
More places across the Canmore area
The Canmore area has 37,735 residents, 15% of them in Crowsnest Pass. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store43%
- Café70%
- Bakery44%
- Library23%
- Playground78%
- Childcare20%
- Community centre34%
- Clinic29%
Other communities in the Canmore 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 Crowsnest Pass walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Crowsnest Pass, 17% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Crowsnest Pass ranks 639th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Crowsnest Pass by bike?
By bike, 31% of Crowsnest Pass residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 53% a pharmacy, 71% a park and 52% an elementary school. On foot, 17% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 30 min by bike and over an hour on foot. Cycling times follow the street network, hills included; they don’t say whether a street is safe or comfortable to ride.
Is Crowsnest Pass a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 17% of residents reach a grocery store, 35% a pharmacy, 38% a park and 19% 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 Crowsnest Pass compare with communities of a similar size?
In Crowsnest Pass, 17% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 29% in Stettler, 0% in Cumberland, Subd. C, 36% in Vegreville and 84% in Neepawa.
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
Crowsnest Pass in brief
- Province
- Alberta
- Census subdivision code
- 4815007
- Residents in 2021
- 5,695
- 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