Getting around Lac-Etchemin: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Lac-Etchemin to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 4,028
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 11%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 41 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 723rd
Travel times across Lac-Etchemin
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 Lac-Etchemin
The share of Lac-Etchemin 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 | 7%typical 41 min | 10%typical 24 min |
| Pharmacy | 19%typical 20 min | 53%typical 10 min |
| Park | 45%typical 11 min | 74%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 18%typical 30 min | 38%typical 16 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 11%typical 41 min | 13%typical 24 min |
| Pharmacy | 39%typical 20 min | 63%typical 10 min |
| Park | 65%typical 11 min | 81%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 29%typical 30 min | 49%typical 16 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 15%typical 41 min | 31%typical 24 min |
| Pharmacy | 50%typical 20 min | 73%typical 10 min |
| Park | 73%typical 11 min | 86%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 38%typical 30 min | 58%typical 16 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 30%typical 41 min | 67%typical 24 min |
| Pharmacy | 62%typical 20 min | 78%typical 10 min |
| Park | 79%typical 11 min | 91%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 50%typical 30 min | 73%typical 16 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Lac-Etchemin in numbers
11% of Lac-Etchemin 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 | 7% | 11% | 15% | 30% | 41 min |
| Pharmacy | 19% | 39% | 50% | 62% | 20 min |
| Park | 45% | 65% | 73% | 79% | 11 min |
| Elementary school | 18% | 29% | 38% | 50% | 30 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Quebec and Canada
| Place | Lac-Etchemin | Quebec | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 11% | 49% | 45% | 723rd of 1,000224th of 259 in Quebec |
| Pharmacy | 39% | 49% | 51% | 323rd of 1,00093rd of 259 in Quebec |
| Park | 65% | 83% | 82% | 477th of 1,000146th of 259 in Quebec |
| Elementary school | 29% | 53% | 55% | 499th of 1,000154th of 259 in Quebec |
Lac-Etchemin Quebec
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Lac-Etchemin 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-Anselme | 4,047 | 55% |
| Howick | 4,045 | 0% |
| Lac-Etchemin | 4,028 | 11% |
| Napierville | 4,020 | 40% |
| Okanagan-Similkameen D | 4,016 | 30% |
More places across the Les Etchemins RCM census division
The Les Etchemins RCM census division has 16,927 residents, 24% of them in Lac-Etchemin. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store20%
- Café4%
- Bakery1%
- Library25%
- Playground22%
- Childcare0%
- Community centre6%
- Clinic19%
Other communities in the Les Etchemins 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 Lac-Etchemin walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Lac-Etchemin, 11% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Lac-Etchemin ranks 723rd of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Lac-Etchemin by bike?
By bike, 13% of Lac-Etchemin residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 63% a pharmacy, 81% a park and 49% an elementary school. On foot, 11% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 24 min by bike and 41 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 Lac-Etchemin a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 11% of residents reach a grocery store, 39% a pharmacy, 65% a park and 29% 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 Lac-Etchemin compare with communities of a similar size?
In Lac-Etchemin, 11% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 55% in Saint-Anselme, 0% in Howick, 40% in Napierville and 30% in Okanagan-Similkameen D.
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
Lac-Etchemin in brief
- Province
- Quebec
- Census division
- Les Etchemins RCM
- Census subdivision code
- 2428053
- Residents in 2021
- 4,028
- 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