Getting around East Hants: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in East Hants to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 22,892
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 15%
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 666th
11% 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.
Travel times across East Hants
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 East Hants
The share of East Hants 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 | 8%over an hour | 18%typical 49 min |
| Pharmacy | 8%over an hour | 11%over an hour |
| Park | 14%typical 45 min | 25%typical 28 min |
| Elementary school | 3%over an hour | 9%typical 47 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 15%over an hour | 25%typical 49 min |
| Pharmacy | 11%over an hour | 16%over an hour |
| Park | 22%typical 45 min | 33%typical 28 min |
| Elementary school | 6%over an hour | 15%typical 47 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 23%over an hour | 29%typical 49 min |
| Pharmacy | 15%over an hour | 23%over an hour |
| Park | 29%typical 45 min | 45%typical 28 min |
| Elementary school | 12%over an hour | 24%typical 47 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 34%over an hour | 38%typical 49 min |
| Pharmacy | 21%over an hour | 29%over an hour |
| Park | 36%typical 45 min | 53%typical 28 min |
| Elementary school | 28%over an hour | 37%typical 47 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
East Hants in numbers
15% of East Hants residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 26% across Nova Scotia and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 8% | 15% | 23% | 34% | over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 8% | 11% | 15% | 21% | over an hour |
| Park | 14% | 22% | 29% | 36% | 45 min |
| Elementary school | 3% | 6% | 12% | 28% | over an hour |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Nova Scotia and Canada
| Place | East Hants | Nova Scotia | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 15% | 26% | 45% | 666th of 1,00023rd of 49 in Nova Scotia |
| Pharmacy | 11% | 27% | 51% | 729th of 1,00025th of 49 in Nova Scotia |
| Park | 22% | 62% | 82% | 804th of 1,00029th of 49 in Nova Scotia |
| Elementary school | 6% | 30% | 55% | 822nd of 1,00034th of 49 in Nova Scotia |
11% 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.
East Hants Nova Scotia
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to East Hants 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Oro-Medonte | 23,017 | 4% |
| Candiac | 22,997 | 22% |
| Essa | 22,970 | 10% |
| Paradise | 22,957 | 25% |
| East Hants | 22,892 | 15% |
More places across the Hants County census division
The Hants County census division has 45,140 residents, 51% of them in East Hants. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store16%
- Café17%
- Bakery12%
- Library8%
- Playground7%
- Childcare13%
- Community centre15%
- Clinic8%
Other communities in the Hants 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 East Hants walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In East Hants, 15% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 26% across Nova Scotia and 45% across Canada. On this measure, East Hants ranks 666th of 1,000 communities. 11% 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 East Hants by bike?
By bike, 25% of East Hants residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 16% a pharmacy, 33% a park and 15% an elementary school. On foot, 15% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 49 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 East Hants a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 15% of residents reach a grocery store, 11% a pharmacy, 22% a park and 6% 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 East Hants compare with communities of a similar size?
In East Hants, 15% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 4% in Oro-Medonte, 22% in Candiac, 10% in Essa and 25% in Paradise.
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
East Hants in brief
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Census division
- Hants County
- Census subdivision code
- 1208008
- Residents in 2021
- 22,892
- 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