Getting around Gimli: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Gimli to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 6,569
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 31%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 60 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 407th
16% 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 Gimli
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 Gimli
The share of Gimli 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 | 21%typical 60 min | 42%typical 34 min |
| Pharmacy | 18%over an hour | 37%typical 34 min |
| Park | 40%typical 21 min | 49%typical 11 min |
| Elementary school | 16%typical 59 min | 37%typical 38 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 31%typical 60 min | 45%typical 34 min |
| Pharmacy | 27%over an hour | 41%typical 34 min |
| Park | 48%typical 21 min | 55%typical 11 min |
| Elementary school | 25%typical 59 min | 42%typical 38 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 38%typical 60 min | 47%typical 34 min |
| Pharmacy | 32%over an hour | 47%typical 34 min |
| Park | 48%typical 21 min | 58%typical 11 min |
| Elementary school | 31%typical 59 min | 46%typical 38 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 46%typical 60 min | 49%typical 34 min |
| Pharmacy | 40%over an hour | 49%typical 34 min |
| Park | 53%typical 21 min | 67%typical 11 min |
| Elementary school | 40%typical 59 min | 48%typical 38 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Gimli in numbers
31% of Gimli residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 46% across Manitoba and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 21% | 31% | 38% | 46% | 60 min |
| Pharmacy | 18% | 27% | 32% | 40% | over an hour |
| Park | 40% | 48% | 48% | 53% | 21 min |
| Elementary school | 16% | 25% | 31% | 40% | 59 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Manitoba and Canada
| Place | Gimli | Manitoba | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 31% | 46% | 45% | 407th of 1,00018th of 47 in Manitoba |
| Pharmacy | 27% | 47% | 51% | 527th of 1,00021st of 47 in Manitoba |
| Park | 48% | 76% | 82% | 614th of 1,00021st of 47 in Manitoba |
| Elementary school | 25% | 50% | 55% | 542nd of 1,00023rd of 47 in Manitoba |
16% 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.
Gimli Manitoba
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Gimli 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Cornwall, Prince Edward Island | 6,574 | 27% |
| Gimli | 6,569 | 31% |
| Saint-Paul | 6,566 | 0% |
| Devon | 6,545 | 31% |
| Stephenville | 6,540 | 55% |
More places across the Gimli area
The Gimli area has 26,636 residents, 25% of them in Gimli. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store20%
- Café17%
- Bakery9%
- Library14%
- Playground13%
- Childcare13%
- Community centre17%
- Clinic12%
Other communities in the Gimli 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 Gimli walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Gimli, 31% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 46% across Manitoba and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Gimli ranks 407th of 1,000 communities. 16% 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 Gimli by bike?
By bike, 45% of Gimli residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 41% a pharmacy, 55% a park and 42% an elementary school. On foot, 31% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 34 min by bike and 60 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 Gimli a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 31% of residents reach a grocery store, 27% a pharmacy, 48% a park and 25% 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 Gimli compare with communities of a similar size?
In Gimli, 31% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 27% in Cornwall, Prince Edward Island, 0% in Saint-Paul, 31% in Devon and 55% in Stephenville.
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
Gimli in brief
- Province
- Manitoba
- Census subdivision code
- 4618031
- Residents in 2021
- 6,569
- 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