Getting around Lakeshore: walking, cycling and transit times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot, by bike and by transit from every populated block in Lakeshore to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 40,410
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 8%
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 766th
Travel times across Lakeshore
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 Lakeshore
The share of Lakeshore 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 | 5%over an hour | 20%typical 31 min | 5%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 9%typical 35 min | 36%typical 15 min | 9%typical 35 min |
| Park | 42%typical 12 min | 71%typical 5 min | 42%typical 12 min |
| Elementary school | 13%typical 24 min | 49%typical 11 min | 13%typical 24 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 8%over an hour | 27%typical 31 min | 8%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 17%typical 35 min | 52%typical 15 min | 17%typical 35 min |
| Park | 59%typical 12 min | 79%typical 5 min | 59%typical 12 min |
| Elementary school | 25%typical 24 min | 61%typical 11 min | 25%typical 24 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 15%over an hour | 34%typical 31 min | 15%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 28%typical 35 min | 67%typical 15 min | 28%typical 35 min |
| Park | 68%typical 12 min | 83%typical 5 min | 68%typical 12 min |
| Elementary school | 40%typical 24 min | 68%typical 11 min | 40%typical 24 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 24%over an hour | 49%typical 31 min | 24%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 45%typical 35 min | 77%typical 15 min | 45%typical 35 min |
| Park | 79%typical 12 min | 90%typical 5 min | 79%typical 12 min |
| Elementary school | 61%typical 24 min | 77%typical 11 min | 61%typical 24 min |
Transit timetables cover the areas where 13% of Lakeshore 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.
Lakeshore in numbers
8% of Lakeshore 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 | 5% | 8% | 15% | 24% | over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 9% | 17% | 28% | 45% | 35 min |
| Park | 42% | 59% | 68% | 79% | 12 min |
| Elementary school | 13% | 25% | 40% | 61% | 24 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | Lakeshore | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 8% | 48% | 45% | 766th of 1,000219th of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 17% | 60% | 51% | 665th of 1,000201st of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 59% | 87% | 82% | 524th of 1,000123rd of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 25% | 60% | 55% | 541st of 1,000154th of 269 in Ontario |
Lakeshore Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Lakeshore 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Mission | 41,519 | 2% |
| Timmins | 41,145 | 38% |
| Rocky View County | 41,028 | 2% |
| Lakeshore | 40,410 | 8% |
| Brant | 39,474 | 16% |
More places across the Essex County census division
The Essex County census division has 422,860 residents, 10% of them in Lakeshore. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store51%
- Café45%
- Bakery34%
- Library18%
- Playground73%
- Childcare25%
- Community centre18%
- Clinic32%
Other communities in the Essex County area
Beside each community is the share of its residents who can reach a grocery store within a 15-minute walk.
- Windsor46%
- LaSalle18%
- Leamington42%
- Amherstburg23%
- Tecumseh20%
- Kingsville19%
- Essex32%
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 Lakeshore walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Lakeshore, 8% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Lakeshore ranks 766th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Lakeshore by bike?
By bike, 27% of Lakeshore residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 52% a pharmacy, 79% a park and 61% an elementary school. On foot, 8% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 31 min 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.
Does transit help you reach everyday places in Lakeshore?
By transit at the weekday morning peak, 8% of Lakeshore residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 8% on foot and 27% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes over an hour by transit and over an hour on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk. Transit timetables cover the areas where 13% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.
Is Lakeshore a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 8% of residents reach a grocery store, 17% a pharmacy, 59% a park and 25% 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 Lakeshore compare with communities of a similar size?
In Lakeshore, 8% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 2% in Mission, 38% in Timmins, 2% in Rocky View County and 16% in Brant.
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
Lakeshore in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Essex County
- Census subdivision code
- 3537064
- Residents in 2021
- 40,410
- 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