Getting around Kawartha Lakes: walking, cycling and transit times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot, by bike and by transit from every populated block in Kawartha Lakes to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 79,247
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 22%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 43 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 570th
17% 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 Kawartha Lakes
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 Kawartha Lakes
The share of Kawartha Lakes 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 | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 14%typical 43 min | 32%typical 25 min | 14%typical 41 min |
| Pharmacy | 16%typical 55 min | 34%typical 36 min | 16%typical 55 min |
| Park | 40%typical 20 min | 50%typical 11 min | 40%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 15%over an hour | 33%typical 40 min | 15%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 22%typical 43 min | 44%typical 25 min | 22%typical 41 min |
| Pharmacy | 24%typical 55 min | 43%typical 36 min | 24%typical 55 min |
| Park | 46%typical 20 min | 56%typical 11 min | 46%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 27%over an hour | 39%typical 40 min | 27%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 29%typical 43 min | 47%typical 25 min | 29%typical 41 min |
| Pharmacy | 31%typical 55 min | 45%typical 36 min | 31%typical 55 min |
| Park | 50%typical 20 min | 58%typical 11 min | 50%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 32%over an hour | 42%typical 40 min | 32%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 40%typical 43 min | 52%typical 25 min | 42%typical 41 min |
| Pharmacy | 40%typical 55 min | 49%typical 36 min | 42%typical 55 min |
| Park | 55%typical 20 min | 64%typical 11 min | 55%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 39%over an hour | 47%typical 40 min | 40%over an hour |
Transit timetables cover the areas where 37% of Kawartha Lakes 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.
Kawartha Lakes in numbers
22% of Kawartha Lakes 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
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 14% | 22% | 29% | 40% | 43 min |
| Pharmacy | 16% | 24% | 31% | 40% | 55 min |
| Park | 40% | 46% | 50% | 55% | 20 min |
| Elementary school | 15% | 27% | 32% | 39% | over an hour |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | Kawartha Lakes | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 22% | 48% | 45% | 570th of 1,000150th of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 24% | 60% | 51% | 564th of 1,000164th of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 46% | 87% | 82% | 624th of 1,000160th of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 27% | 60% | 55% | 526th of 1,000147th of 269 in Ontario |
17% 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.
Kawartha Lakes Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Kawartha Lakes 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Jérôme | 80,213 | 36% |
| Moncton | 79,470 | 48% |
| Drummondville | 79,258 | 46% |
| Kawartha Lakes | 79,247 | 22% |
| New Westminster | 78,916 | 76% |
More places across Kawartha Lakes
Kawartha Lakes is a census division of its own, with 79,247 residents. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store30%
- Café24%
- Bakery15%
- Library15%
- Playground33%
- Childcare16%
- Community centre8%
- Clinic20%
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 Kawartha Lakes walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Kawartha Lakes, 22% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Kawartha Lakes ranks 570th of 1,000 communities. 17% 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 Kawartha Lakes by bike?
By bike, 44% of Kawartha Lakes residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 43% a pharmacy, 56% a park and 39% an elementary school. On foot, 22% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 25 min by bike and 43 min 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 Kawartha Lakes?
By transit at the weekday morning peak, 22% of Kawartha Lakes residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 22% on foot and 44% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 41 min by transit and 43 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk. Transit timetables cover the areas where 37% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.
Is Kawartha Lakes a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 22% of residents reach a grocery store, 24% a pharmacy, 46% 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 Kawartha Lakes compare with communities of a similar size?
In Kawartha Lakes, 22% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 36% in Saint-Jérôme, 48% in Moncton, 46% in Drummondville and 76% in New Westminster.
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
Kawartha Lakes in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Kawartha Lakes
- Census subdivision code
- 3516010
- Residents in 2021
- 79,247
- 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; 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