Getting around Morden: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Morden to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 9,929
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 33%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 20 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 378th
Travel times across Morden
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.
A free plus account adds a mode and a time limit for each place.
Getting around Morden
The share of Morden 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 | 14%typical 20 min | 84%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 24%typical 17 min | 86%typical 7 min |
| Park | 62%typical 8 min | 99%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 30%typical 16 min | 90%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 33%typical 20 min | 99%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 39%typical 17 min | 99%typical 7 min |
| Park | 83%typical 8 min | 99%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 49%typical 16 min | 96%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 52%typical 20 min | >99%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 57%typical 17 min | >99%typical 7 min |
| Park | 94%typical 8 min | >99%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 64%typical 16 min | 97%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 87%typical 20 min | 100%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 91%typical 17 min | 100%typical 7 min |
| Park | 99%typical 8 min | 100%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 89%typical 16 min | >99%typical 6 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Morden in numbers
33% of Morden residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 46% across Manitoba and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 14% | 33% | 52% | 87% | 20 min |
| Pharmacy | 24% | 39% | 57% | 91% | 17 min |
| Park | 62% | 83% | 94% | 99% | 8 min |
| Elementary school | 30% | 49% | 64% | 89% | 16 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Manitoba and Canada
| Place | Morden | Manitoba | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 33% | 46% | 45% | 378th of 1,00017th of 47 in Manitoba |
| Pharmacy | 39% | 47% | 51% | 316th of 1,00014th of 47 in Manitoba |
| Park | 83% | 76% | 82% | 331st of 1,00013th of 47 in Manitoba |
| Elementary school | 49% | 50% | 55% | 263rd of 1,00015th of 47 in Manitoba |
Morden Manitoba
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Morden 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Ponoka County | 9,998 | 0% |
| Alfred and Plantagenet | 9,949 | 24% |
| Morden | 9,929 | 33% |
| Whitecourt | 9,927 | 49% |
| Quesnel | 9,889 | 35% |
More places across the Winkler area
The Winkler area has 57,363 residents, 17% of them in Morden. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store31%
- Café26%
- Bakery22%
- Library20%
- Playground47%
- Childcare18%
- Community centre23%
- Clinic19%
Other communities in the Winkler 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 Morden walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Morden, 33% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 46% across Manitoba and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Morden ranks 378th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Morden by bike?
By bike, 99% of Morden residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 99% a pharmacy, 99% a park and 96% an elementary school. On foot, 33% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 7 min by bike and 20 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 Morden a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 33% of residents reach a grocery store, 39% a pharmacy, 83% a park and 49% 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 Morden compare with communities of a similar size?
In Morden, 33% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 0% in Ponoka County, 24% in Alfred and Plantagenet, 49% in Whitecourt and 35% in Quesnel.
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
Morden in brief
- Province
- Manitoba
- Census subdivision code
- 4603053
- Residents in 2021
- 9,929
- 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