Getting around Lake of Bays: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Lake of Bays to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 3,759
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 3%
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 841st
38% 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 Lake of Bays
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 Lake of Bays
The share of Lake of Bays 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 | 2%over an hour | 4%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 2%over an hour | 4%over an hour |
| Park | 8%over an hour | 13%over an hour |
| Elementary school | 0%over an hour | 1%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 3%over an hour | 4%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 3%over an hour | 5%over an hour |
| Park | 11%over an hour | 15%over an hour |
| Elementary school | 1%over an hour | 2%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 3%over an hour | 5%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 4%over an hour | 6%over an hour |
| Park | 13%over an hour | 18%over an hour |
| Elementary school | 1%over an hour | 2%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 5%over an hour | 8%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 5%over an hour | 8%over an hour |
| Park | 17%over an hour | 23%over an hour |
| Elementary school | 3%over an hour | 4%over an hour |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Lake of Bays in numbers
3% of Lake of Bays 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 | 2% | 3% | 3% | 5% | over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 2% | 3% | 4% | 5% | over an hour |
| Park | 8% | 11% | 13% | 17% | over an hour |
| Elementary school | 0% | 1% | 1% | 3% | over an hour |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | Lake of Bays | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 3% | 48% | 45% | 841st of 1,000240th of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 3% | 60% | 51% | 824th of 1,000242nd of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 11% | 87% | 82% | 893rd of 1,000258th of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 1% | 60% | 55% | 911th of 1,000253rd of 269 in Ontario |
38% 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.
Lake of Bays Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Lake of Bays 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Baie-D'Urfé | 3,764 | 30% |
| Richmond, Subd. A | 3,763 | 18% |
| Colchester, Subd. A | 3,762 | 1% |
| Lake of Bays | 3,759 | 3% |
| Maniwaki | 3,757 | 71% |
More places across the Muskoka District Municipality census division
The Muskoka District Municipality census division has 66,674 residents, 6% of them in Lake of Bays. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store21%
- Café24%
- Bakery16%
- Library9%
- Playground17%
- Childcare4%
- Community centre9%
- Clinic12%
Other communities in the Muskoka District Municipality 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 Lake of Bays walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Lake of Bays, 3% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Lake of Bays ranks 841st of 1,000 communities. 38% 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 Lake of Bays by bike?
By bike, 4% of Lake of Bays residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 5% a pharmacy, 15% a park and 2% an elementary school. On foot, 3% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes over an hour by bike and over an hour on foot. Cycling times follow the street network, hills included; they don’t say whether a street is safe or comfortable to ride.
Is Lake of Bays a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 3% of residents reach a grocery store, 3% a pharmacy, 11% a park and 1% 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 Lake of Bays compare with communities of a similar size?
In Lake of Bays, 3% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 30% in Baie-D'Urfé, 18% in Richmond, Subd. A, 1% in Colchester, Subd. A and 71% in Maniwaki.
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
Lake of Bays in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Muskoka District Municipality
- Census subdivision code
- 3544027
- Residents in 2021
- 3,759
- 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