Getting around Gibbons: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Gibbons to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 3,218
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 41%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 17 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 254th
Travel times across Gibbons
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 Gibbons
The share of Gibbons 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 | 34%typical 17 min | 98%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 24%typical 20 min | 84%typical 7 min |
| Park | 84%typical 4 min | 86%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 26%typical 17 min | 85%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 41%typical 17 min | 99%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 32%typical 20 min | 86%typical 7 min |
| Park | 85%typical 4 min | 86%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 49%typical 17 min | 86%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 66%typical 17 min | 99%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 52%typical 20 min | 86%typical 7 min |
| Park | 86%typical 4 min | 86%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 75%typical 17 min | 86%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 88%typical 17 min | 100%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 74%typical 20 min | 86%typical 7 min |
| Park | 86%typical 4 min | 86%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 86%typical 17 min | 86%typical 6 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Gibbons in numbers
41% of Gibbons 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 | 34% | 41% | 66% | 88% | 17 min |
| Pharmacy | 24% | 32% | 52% | 74% | 20 min |
| Park | 84% | 85% | 86% | 86% | 4 min |
| Elementary school | 26% | 49% | 75% | 86% | 17 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Alberta and Canada
| Place | Gibbons | Alberta | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 41% | 40% | 45% | 254th of 1,00028th of 118 in Alberta |
| Pharmacy | 32% | 51% | 51% | 448th of 1,00062nd of 118 in Alberta |
| Park | 85% | 85% | 82% | 307th of 1,00059th of 118 in Alberta |
| Elementary school | 49% | 53% | 55% | 263rd of 1,00041st of 118 in Alberta |
Gibbons Alberta
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Gibbons 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Kootenay Boundary D | 3,226 | 3% |
| Dalhousie | 3,223 | 48% |
| Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier | 3,223 | 4% |
| Gibbons | 3,218 | 41% |
| Port Hawkesbury | 3,210 | 67% |
More places across the Edmonton area
The Edmonton area has 1,462,041 residents, 0% of them in Gibbons. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store59%
- Café52%
- Bakery33%
- Library13%
- Playground82%
- Childcare61%
- Community centre35%
- Clinic44%
Other communities in the Edmonton area
Beside each community is the share of its residents who can reach a grocery store within a 15-minute walk.
- Edmonton54%
- Strathcona County23%
- St. Albert28%
- Spruce Grove34%
- Leduc32%
- Parkland County0%
- Fort Saskatchewan39%
- Beaumont32%
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 Gibbons walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Gibbons, 41% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Gibbons ranks 254th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Gibbons by bike?
By bike, 99% of Gibbons residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 86% a pharmacy, 86% a park and 86% an elementary school. On foot, 41% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 5 min by bike and 17 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 Gibbons a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 41% of residents reach a grocery store, 32% a pharmacy, 85% a park and 49% 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 Gibbons compare with communities of a similar size?
In Gibbons, 41% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 3% in Kootenay Boundary D, 48% in Dalhousie, 4% in Saint-Gabriel-de-Valcartier and 67% in Port Hawkesbury.
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
Gibbons in brief
- Province
- Alberta
- Census subdivision code
- 4811064
- Residents in 2021
- 3,218
- 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