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Getting around Mistissini: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
3,731
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
46%
typical walk to a grocery store
16 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
175th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Mistissini

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 Mistissini

The share of Mistissini 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 store46%typical 16 min>99%typical 6 min
Pharmacy0%over an hour0%over an hour
Park0%over an hour0%over an hour
Elementary school56%typical 15 min>99%typical 5 min

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

Mistissini in numbers

46% of Mistissini 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 store23%46%77%98%16 min
Pharmacy0%0%0%0%over an hour
Park0%0%0%0%over an hour
Elementary school24%56%71%97%15 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Quebec and Canada

PlaceMistissiniQuebecCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store46%49%45%175th of 1,00057th of 259 in Quebec
Pharmacy0%49%51%893rd of 1,000251st of 259 in Quebec
Park0%83%82%998th of 1,000259th of 259 in Quebec
Elementary school56%53%55%183rd of 1,00042nd of 259 in Quebec
Share of Mistissini residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min46%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min46%

Mistissini Quebec

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Mistissini 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
Maniwaki3,75771%
Lamont County3,7540%
Mistissini3,73146%
Cardston3,72427%
Haut-Madawaska3,72021%

More places across the Nord-du-Québec census division

The Nord-du-Québec census division has 45,740 residents, 8% of them in Mistissini. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store37%
  • Café30%
  • Bakery0%
  • Library17%
  • Playground22%
  • Childcare34%
  • Community centre35%
  • Clinic38%

Other communities in the Nord-du-Québec 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 Mistissini walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Mistissini, 46% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Mistissini ranks 175th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Mistissini by bike?

By bike, over 99% of Mistissini residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 0% a pharmacy, 0% a park and over 99% an elementary school. On foot, 46% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 6 min by bike and 16 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 Mistissini a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 46% of residents reach a grocery store, 0% a pharmacy, 0% a park and 56% 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 Mistissini compare with communities of a similar size?

In Mistissini, 46% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 71% in Maniwaki, 0% in Lamont County, 27% in Cardston and 21% in Haut-Madawaska.

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

Mistissini in brief

Province
Quebec
Census division
Nord-du-Québec
Census subdivision code
2499804
Residents in 2021
3,731
Data published
8 October 2026
Provinces: Natural Earth.

Elsewhere

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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