Getting around Deer Lake: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Deer Lake to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 4,864
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 53%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 15 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 102nd
Travel times across Deer Lake
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 Deer Lake
The share of Deer Lake 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 | 32%typical 15 min | 57%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 22%typical 23 min | 35%typical 13 min |
| Park | 47%typical 11 min | 82%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 9%typical 28 min | 30%typical 14 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 53%typical 15 min | 61%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 31%typical 23 min | 53%typical 13 min |
| Park | 77%typical 11 min | 90%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 17%typical 28 min | 55%typical 14 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 63%typical 15 min | 77%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 47%typical 23 min | 60%typical 13 min |
| Park | 85%typical 11 min | 93%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 35%typical 28 min | 60%typical 14 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 75%typical 15 min | 84%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 71%typical 23 min | 82%typical 13 min |
| Park | 92%typical 11 min | 96%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 54%typical 28 min | 73%typical 14 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Deer Lake in numbers
53% of Deer Lake 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 | 32% | 53% | 63% | 75% | 15 min |
| Pharmacy | 22% | 31% | 47% | 71% | 23 min |
| Park | 47% | 77% | 85% | 92% | 11 min |
| Elementary school | 9% | 17% | 35% | 54% | 28 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada
| Place | Deer Lake | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 53% | 25% | 45% | 102nd of 1,0003rd of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pharmacy | 31% | 26% | 51% | 454th of 1,00010th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Park | 77% | 44% | 82% | 384th of 1,0003rd of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Elementary school | 17% | 19% | 55% | 659th of 1,00013th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
Deer Lake Newfoundland and Labrador
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Deer Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness, Subd. B | 4,865 | 32% |
| Deer Lake | 4,864 | 53% |
| Cardston County | 4,856 | 0% |
| Southwold | 4,851 | 6% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 4,838 | 10% |
More places across the Corner Brook area
The Corner Brook area has 40,396 residents, 12% of them in Deer Lake. 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.
- Corner Brook28%
- Pasadena45%
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 Deer Lake walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Deer Lake, 53% 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, Deer Lake ranks 102nd of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Deer Lake by bike?
By bike, 61% of Deer Lake residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 53% a pharmacy, 90% a park and 55% an elementary school. On foot, 53% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 8 min by bike and 15 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 Deer Lake a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 53% of residents reach a grocery store, 31% a pharmacy, 77% a park and 17% 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 Deer Lake compare with communities of a similar size?
In Deer Lake, 53% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 32% in Inverness, Subd. B, 0% in Cardston County, 6% in Southwold and 10% in Saint-Jean-de-Matha.
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
Deer Lake in brief
- Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Census subdivision code
- 1005004
- Residents in 2021
- 4,864
- 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