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Getting around L'Islet: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
3,803
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
23%
typical walk to a grocery store
52 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
540th

13% 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.

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across L'Islet

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 L'Islet

The share of L'Islet 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 store23%typical 52 min26%typical 40 min
Pharmacy25%typical 42 min33%typical 30 min
Park17%over an hour21%typical 45 min
Elementary school31%typical 43 min40%typical 28 min

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

L'Islet in numbers

23% of L'Islet residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store14%23%25%26%52 min
Pharmacy12%25%27%28%42 min
Park17%17%19%24%over an hour
Elementary school27%31%34%43%43 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Quebec and Canada

PlaceL'IsletQuebecCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store23%49%45%540th of 1,000170th of 259 in Quebec
Pharmacy25%49%51%552nd of 1,000165th of 259 in Quebec
Park17%83%82%837th of 1,000252nd of 259 in Quebec
Elementary school31%53%55%475th of 1,000145th of 259 in Quebec

13% 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.

Share of L'Islet residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min23%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min23%

L'Islet Quebec

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to L'Islet 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
Lantzville3,8170%
Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges3,80635%
Claresholm3,80438%
L'Islet3,80323%
Woodlands3,7971%

More places across the L'Islet RCM census division

The L'Islet RCM census division has 17,598 residents, 22% of them in L'Islet. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store11%
  • Café23%
  • Bakery11%
  • Library16%
  • Playground22%
  • Childcare3%
  • Community centre23%
  • Clinic12%

Other communities in the L'Islet RCM 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 L'Islet walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In L'Islet, 23% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada. On this measure, L'Islet ranks 540th of 1,000 communities. 13% 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 L'Islet by bike?

By bike, 26% of L'Islet residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 33% a pharmacy, 21% a park and 40% an elementary school. On foot, 23% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 40 min by bike and 52 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 L'Islet a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 23% of residents reach a grocery store, 25% a pharmacy, 17% a park and 31% 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 L'Islet compare with communities of a similar size?

In L'Islet, 23% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 0% in Lantzville, 35% in Saint-Ferréol-les-Neiges, 38% in Claresholm and 1% in Woodlands.

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

L'Islet in brief

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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