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Getting around Grand Bay-Westfield

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

residents in 2021
4,967
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
4%
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
814th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Grand Bay-Westfield

Each block is coloured by the trip from it to the nearest place of the kind you pick, on foot, by bike or by transit. Move the map, or open it in à portée for any address and all 29 kinds of place.

Transit times are for a weekday at peak hours. A free plus account adds a mode and a time limit for each place, and transit at night on weekdays and at midday on Saturday and Sunday.

Getting around Grand Bay-Westfield

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

PlaceOn footBy bikeBy transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store4%over an hour15%typical 29 min4%typical 55 min
Pharmacy16%typical 46 min41%typical 18 min16%typical 46 min
Park46%typical 17 min84%typical 7 min46%typical 17 min
Elementary school25%typical 23 min77%typical 10 min25%typical 23 min

Transit timetables cover the areas where 87% of Grand Bay-Westfield residents live. For the others, a transit trip is the walk.

Cycling and transit follow the street network, hills included. A transit trip includes the walk to and from the stops, at the median departure of a weekday morning peak, and is never slower than walking the whole way. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.

Grand Bay-Westfield in numbers

4% of Grand Bay-Westfield residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 21% across New Brunswick and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store1%4%9%17%over an hour
Pharmacy10%16%19%28%46 min
Park29%46%63%81%17 min
Elementary school9%25%41%69%23 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside New Brunswick and Canada

PlaceGrand Bay-WestfieldNew BrunswickCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store4%21%45%814th of 1,00027th of 48 in New Brunswick
Pharmacy16%21%51%670th of 1,00022nd of 48 in New Brunswick
Park46%46%82%627th of 1,00021st of 48 in New Brunswick
Elementary school25%24%55%545th of 1,00015th of 48 in New Brunswick
Share of Grand Bay-Westfield residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min4%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min4%

Grand Bay-Westfield New Brunswick

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Grand Bay-Westfield 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
Big Lakes County4,98611%
Chisasibi4,98537%
Grand Bay-Westfield4,9674%
Cowichan Valley A4,94924%
East Ferris4,9469%

More places across the Kings census division

The Kings census division has 71,184 residents, 7% of them in Grand Bay-Westfield. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store19%
  • Café17%
  • Bakery11%
  • Library6%
  • Playground28%
  • Childcare15%
  • Community centre14%
  • Clinic8%

Other communities in the Kings 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 Grand Bay-Westfield walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Grand Bay-Westfield, 4% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 21% across New Brunswick and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Grand Bay-Westfield ranks 814th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Grand Bay-Westfield by bike?

By bike, 15% of Grand Bay-Westfield residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 41% a pharmacy, 84% a park and 77% an elementary school. On foot, 4% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 29 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.

Does transit help you reach everyday places in Grand Bay-Westfield?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 4% of Grand Bay-Westfield residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 4% on foot and 15% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 55 min by transit and over an hour on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk. Transit timetables cover the areas where 87% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.

Is Grand Bay-Westfield a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 4% of residents reach a grocery store, 16% a pharmacy, 46% 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 Grand Bay-Westfield compare with communities of a similar size?

In Grand Bay-Westfield, 4% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 11% in Big Lakes County, 37% in Chisasibi, 24% in Cowichan Valley A and 9% in East Ferris.

Where does this data come from?

Walking, cycling and transit times follow the street network, hills included, from each populated 2021 census block to the nearest place of each kind. Transit uses the operators’ published timetables at the weekday morning peak. 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

Grand Bay-Westfield in brief

Province
New Brunswick
Census division
Kings
Census subdivision code
1305015
Residents in 2021
4,967
Data published
8 October 2026
Provinces: Natural Earth.

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; transit times from the operators’ published timetables; 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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