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Getting around Goderich: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
7,881
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
71%
typical walk to a grocery store
12 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
24th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Goderich

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 Goderich

The share of Goderich residents within a trip of each place, and the typical trip, by each way of getting there the free map offers.

PlaceOn footBy bike
Grocery store71%typical 12 min100%typical 5 min
Pharmacy60%typical 12 min100%typical 5 min
Park>99%typical 5 min100%typical 2 min
Elementary school84%typical 10 min100%typical 4 min

Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.

Goderich in numbers

71% of Goderich residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store43%71%84%98%12 min
Pharmacy42%60%74%91%12 min
Park94%>99%>99%100%5 min
Elementary school55%84%97%>99%10 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada

PlaceGoderichOntarioCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store71%48%45%24th of 1,0002nd of 269 in Ontario
Pharmacy60%60%51%84th of 1,00032nd of 269 in Ontario
Park>99%87%82%35th of 1,0002nd of 269 in Ontario
Elementary school84%60%55%15th of 1,0004th of 269 in Ontario
Share of Goderich residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min71%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min71%

Goderich Ontario

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Goderich 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
Drumheller7,90937%
Three Rivers7,88317%
Goderich7,88171%
Argyle7,8706%
Rigaud7,85427%

More places across the Huron County census division

The Huron County census division has 61,366 residents, 13% of them in Goderich. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store34%
  • Café35%
  • Bakery19%
  • Library27%
  • Playground26%
  • Childcare7%
  • Community centre24%
  • Clinic20%

Other communities in the Huron 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 Goderich walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Goderich, 71% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Goderich ranks 24th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Goderich by bike?

By bike, 100% of Goderich residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 100% a pharmacy, 100% a park and 100% an elementary school. On foot, 71% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 5 min by bike and 12 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 Goderich a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 71% of residents reach a grocery store, 60% a pharmacy, over 99% a park and 84% 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 Goderich compare with communities of a similar size?

In Goderich, 71% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 37% in Drumheller, 17% in Three Rivers, 6% in Argyle and 27% in Rigaud.

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

Goderich in brief

Province
Ontario
Census division
Huron County
Census subdivision code
3540028
Residents in 2021
7,881
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; 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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