Getting around Humboldt: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Humboldt to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 6,033
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 70%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 12 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 27th
Travel times across Humboldt
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 Humboldt
The share of Humboldt 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 | 43%typical 12 min | 94%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 41%typical 12 min | 90%typical 5 min |
| Park | 95%typical 5 min | 99%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 55%typical 10 min | 94%typical 4 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 70%typical 12 min | 99%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 71%typical 12 min | 99%typical 5 min |
| Park | 99%typical 5 min | >99%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 78%typical 10 min | 99%typical 4 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 85%typical 12 min | >99%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 82%typical 12 min | >99%typical 5 min |
| Park | 99%typical 5 min | >99%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 89%typical 10 min | >99%typical 4 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 99%typical 12 min | 100%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 95%typical 12 min | 100%typical 5 min |
| Park | >99%typical 5 min | 100%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 97%typical 10 min | 100%typical 4 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Humboldt in numbers
70% of Humboldt residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 37% across Saskatchewan and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 43% | 70% | 85% | 99% | 12 min |
| Pharmacy | 41% | 71% | 82% | 95% | 12 min |
| Park | 95% | 99% | 99% | >99% | 5 min |
| Elementary school | 55% | 78% | 89% | 97% | 10 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Saskatchewan and Canada
| Place | Humboldt | Saskatchewan | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 70% | 37% | 45% | 27th of 1,0002nd of 24 in Saskatchewan |
| Pharmacy | 71% | 42% | 51% | 29th of 1,0002nd of 24 in Saskatchewan |
| Park | 99% | 75% | 82% | 89th of 1,0008th of 24 in Saskatchewan |
| Elementary school | 78% | 54% | 55% | 31st of 1,0005th of 24 in Saskatchewan |
Humboldt Saskatchewan
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Humboldt 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tweed | 6,067 | 23% |
| Algoma, Unorganized, North Part | 6,050 | 4% |
| Oliver Paipoonge | 6,035 | 4% |
| Humboldt | 6,033 | 70% |
| Petrolia | 6,013 | 46% |
More places across the Prince Albert area
The Prince Albert area has 88,988 residents, 7% of them in Humboldt. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store39%
- Café25%
- Bakery11%
- Library17%
- Playground25%
- Childcare29%
- Community centre22%
- Clinic20%
Other communities in the Prince Albert 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 Humboldt walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Humboldt, 70% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 37% across Saskatchewan and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Humboldt ranks 27th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Humboldt by bike?
By bike, 99% of Humboldt residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 99% a pharmacy, over 99% a park and 99% an elementary school. On foot, 70% 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 Humboldt a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 70% of residents reach a grocery store, 71% a pharmacy, 99% a park and 78% 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 Humboldt compare with communities of a similar size?
In Humboldt, 70% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 23% in Tweed, 4% in Algoma, Unorganized, North Part, 4% in Oliver Paipoonge and 46% in Petrolia.
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
Humboldt in brief
- Province
- Saskatchewan
- Census subdivision code
- 4715008
- Residents in 2021
- 6,033
- 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