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Getting around Cypress County: walking, cycling and transit times

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

residents in 2021
7,524
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
0%
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
917th

45% 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.

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Cypress County

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 Cypress County

The share of Cypress County 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 store0%over an hour1%over an hour0%over an hour
Pharmacy0%over an hour1%over an hour0%over an hour
Park24%over an hour38%over an hour24%over an hour
Elementary school0%over an hour1%over an hour0%over an hour

Transit timetables cover the areas where 26% of Cypress County residents live. For the others, a transit trip is the walk.

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.

Cypress County in numbers

0% of Cypress County 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

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store0%0%0%0%over an hour
Pharmacy0%0%1%1%over an hour
Park19%24%27%31%over an hour
Elementary school0%0%0%1%over an hour

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Alberta and Canada

PlaceCypress CountyAlbertaCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store0%40%45%917th of 1,000102nd of 118 in Alberta
Pharmacy0%51%51%893rd of 1,00098th of 118 in Alberta
Park24%85%82%790th of 1,00070th of 118 in Alberta
Elementary school0%53%55%938th of 1,000101st of 118 in Alberta

45% 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.

Share of Cypress County residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min0%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min0%

Cypress County Alberta

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Cypress County 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
Bluewater7,54026%
Shediac7,53545%
Cypress County7,5240%
Lincoln, New Brunswick7,5190%
Edwardsburgh/Cardinal7,5050%

More places across the Medicine Hat area

The Medicine Hat area has 82,513 residents, 9% of them in Cypress County. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store39%
  • Café35%
  • Bakery19%
  • Library11%
  • Playground78%
  • Childcare43%
  • Community centre8%
  • Clinic24%

Other communities in the Medicine Hat 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 Cypress County walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Cypress County, 0% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Cypress County ranks 917th of 1,000 communities. 45% 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 Cypress County by bike?

By bike, 1% of Cypress County residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 1% a pharmacy, 38% a park and 1% an elementary school. On foot, 0% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes over an hour 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.

Does transit help you reach everyday places in Cypress County?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 0% of Cypress County residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 0% on foot and 1% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes over an hour by transit and over an hour on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk. Transit timetables cover the areas where 26% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.

Is Cypress County a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 0% of residents reach a grocery store, 0% a pharmacy, 24% a park and 0% 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 Cypress County compare with communities of a similar size?

In Cypress County, 0% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 26% in Bluewater, 45% in Shediac, 0% in Lincoln, New Brunswick and 0% in Edwardsburgh/Cardinal.

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

Cypress County in brief

Province
Alberta
Census subdivision code
4801003
Residents in 2021
7,524
Data published
8 October 2026
Provinces: Natural Earth.

Elsewhere

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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