Getting around La Malbaie: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in La Malbaie to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 8,235
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 23%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 45 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 542nd
11% 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 La Malbaie
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 La Malbaie
The share of La Malbaie 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 | 17%typical 45 min | 33%typical 23 min |
| Pharmacy | 5%typical 59 min | 28%typical 28 min |
| Park | 35%typical 19 min | 62%typical 8 min |
| Elementary school | 1%over an hour | 26%typical 26 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 23%typical 45 min | 44%typical 23 min |
| Pharmacy | 14%typical 59 min | 40%typical 28 min |
| Park | 45%typical 19 min | 67%typical 8 min |
| Elementary school | 4%over an hour | 37%typical 26 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 29%typical 45 min | 50%typical 23 min |
| Pharmacy | 20%typical 59 min | 46%typical 28 min |
| Park | 55%typical 19 min | 74%typical 8 min |
| Elementary school | 11%over an hour | 47%typical 26 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 39%typical 45 min | 57%typical 23 min |
| Pharmacy | 29%typical 59 min | 52%typical 28 min |
| Park | 66%typical 19 min | 82%typical 8 min |
| Elementary school | 20%over an hour | 54%typical 26 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
La Malbaie in numbers
23% of La Malbaie 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
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 17% | 23% | 29% | 39% | 45 min |
| Pharmacy | 5% | 14% | 20% | 29% | 59 min |
| Park | 35% | 45% | 55% | 66% | 19 min |
| Elementary school | 1% | 4% | 11% | 20% | over an hour |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Quebec and Canada
| Place | La Malbaie | Quebec | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 23% | 49% | 45% | 542nd of 1,000171st of 259 in Quebec |
| Pharmacy | 14% | 49% | 51% | 700th of 1,000217th of 259 in Quebec |
| Park | 45% | 83% | 82% | 635th of 1,000195th of 259 in Quebec |
| Elementary school | 4% | 53% | 55% | 857th of 1,000241st of 259 in Quebec |
11% 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.
La Malbaie Quebec
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to La Malbaie 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Revelstoke | 8,275 | 41% |
| Kitimat | 8,236 | 16% |
| La Malbaie | 8,235 | 23% |
| Boischatel | 8,231 | 15% |
| Nanaimo F | 8,216 | 8% |
More places across the Charlevoix-Est RCM census division
The Charlevoix-Est RCM census division has 15,409 residents, 53% of them in La Malbaie. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store27%
- Café16%
- Bakery10%
- Library27%
- Playground35%
- Childcare10%
- Community centre12%
- Clinic10%
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 La Malbaie walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In La Malbaie, 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, La Malbaie ranks 542nd of 1,000 communities. 11% 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 La Malbaie by bike?
By bike, 44% of La Malbaie residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 40% a pharmacy, 67% a park and 37% an elementary school. On foot, 23% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 23 min by bike and 45 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 La Malbaie a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 23% of residents reach a grocery store, 14% a pharmacy, 45% a park and 4% 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 La Malbaie compare with communities of a similar size?
In La Malbaie, 23% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 41% in Revelstoke, 16% in Kitimat, 15% in Boischatel and 8% in Nanaimo F.
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
La Malbaie in brief
- Province
- Quebec
- Census division
- Charlevoix-Est RCM
- Census subdivision code
- 2415013
- Residents in 2021
- 8,235
- 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