Getting around High River: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in High River to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 14,324
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 27%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 21 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 479th
Travel times across High River
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.
A free plus account adds a mode and a time limit for each place.
Getting around High River
The share of High River 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 | 10%typical 21 min | 67%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 37%typical 14 min | 91%typical 5 min |
| Park | 87%typical 4 min | >99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 13%typical 26 min | 57%typical 9 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 27%typical 21 min | 78%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 56%typical 14 min | >99%typical 5 min |
| Park | 95%typical 4 min | >99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 27%typical 26 min | 74%typical 9 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 49%typical 21 min | 96%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 70%typical 14 min | >99%typical 5 min |
| Park | >99%typical 4 min | 100%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 38%typical 26 min | 86%typical 9 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 73%typical 21 min | 100%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 85%typical 14 min | 100%typical 5 min |
| Park | >99%typical 4 min | 100%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 61%typical 26 min | 100%typical 9 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
High River in numbers
27% of High River 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 | 10% | 27% | 49% | 73% | 21 min |
| Pharmacy | 37% | 56% | 70% | 85% | 14 min |
| Park | 87% | 95% | >99% | >99% | 4 min |
| Elementary school | 13% | 27% | 38% | 61% | 26 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Alberta and Canada
| Place | High River | Alberta | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 27% | 40% | 45% | 479th of 1,00056th of 118 in Alberta |
| Pharmacy | 56% | 51% | 51% | 123rd of 1,00020th of 118 in Alberta |
| Park | 95% | 85% | 82% | 190th of 1,00044th of 118 in Alberta |
| Elementary school | 27% | 53% | 55% | 526th of 1,00061st of 118 in Alberta |
High River Alberta
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to High River 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lavaltrie | 14,425 | 32% |
| Leduc County | 14,416 | 3% |
| Pembroke | 14,364 | 54% |
| Strathmore | 14,339 | 26% |
| High River | 14,324 | 27% |
More places across the Calgary area
The Calgary area has 1,590,639 residents, 1% of them in High River. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store57%
- Café49%
- Bakery33%
- Library10%
- Playground92%
- Childcare67%
- Community centre34%
- Clinic47%
Other communities in the Calgary 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 High River walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In High River, 27% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada. On this measure, High River ranks 479th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around High River by bike?
By bike, 78% of High River residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, over 99% a pharmacy, over 99% a park and 74% an elementary school. On foot, 27% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 7 min by bike and 21 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 High River a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 27% of residents reach a grocery store, 56% a pharmacy, 95% a park and 27% 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 High River compare with communities of a similar size?
In High River, 27% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 32% in Lavaltrie, 3% in Leduc County, 54% in Pembroke and 26% in Strathmore.
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
High River in brief
- Province
- Alberta
- Census subdivision code
- 4806006
- Residents in 2021
- 14,324
- 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