Getting around New Richmond: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in New Richmond to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 3,683
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 45%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 22 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 183rd
Travel times across New Richmond
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 New Richmond
The share of New Richmond 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 | 37%typical 22 min | 53%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 17%typical 33 min | 50%typical 11 min |
| Park | 39%typical 14 min | 69%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 11%typical 35 min | 43%typical 12 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 45%typical 22 min | 63%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 26%typical 33 min | 56%typical 11 min |
| Park | 55%typical 14 min | 71%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 22%typical 35 min | 60%typical 12 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 50%typical 22 min | 72%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 30%typical 33 min | 63%typical 11 min |
| Park | 63%typical 14 min | 75%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 32%typical 35 min | 70%typical 12 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 52%typical 22 min | 82%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 50%typical 33 min | 75%typical 11 min |
| Park | 70%typical 14 min | 82%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 38%typical 35 min | 77%typical 12 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
New Richmond in numbers
45% of New Richmond 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 | 37% | 45% | 50% | 52% | 22 min |
| Pharmacy | 17% | 26% | 30% | 50% | 33 min |
| Park | 39% | 55% | 63% | 70% | 14 min |
| Elementary school | 11% | 22% | 32% | 38% | 35 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Quebec and Canada
| Place | New Richmond | Quebec | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 45% | 49% | 45% | 183rd of 1,00061st of 259 in Quebec |
| Pharmacy | 26% | 49% | 51% | 534th of 1,000161st of 259 in Quebec |
| Park | 55% | 83% | 82% | 557th of 1,000175th of 259 in Quebec |
| Elementary school | 22% | 53% | 55% | 590th of 1,000189th of 259 in Quebec |
New Richmond Quebec
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to New Richmond 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Haut-Madawaska | 3,720 | 21% |
| White City | 3,702 | 0% |
| Flagstaff County | 3,694 | 1% |
| New Richmond | 3,683 | 45% |
| Saint-Tite | 3,672 | 51% |
More places across the Bonaventure RCM census division
The Bonaventure RCM census division has 17,557 residents, 21% of them in New Richmond. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store26%
- Café15%
- Bakery17%
- Library13%
- Playground15%
- Childcare5%
- Community centre16%
- Clinic6%
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 New Richmond walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In New Richmond, 45% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada. On this measure, New Richmond ranks 183rd of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around New Richmond by bike?
By bike, 63% of New Richmond residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 56% a pharmacy, 71% a park and 60% an elementary school. On foot, 45% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 8 min by bike and 22 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 New Richmond a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 45% of residents reach a grocery store, 26% a pharmacy, 55% a park and 22% 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 New Richmond compare with communities of a similar size?
In New Richmond, 45% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 21% in Haut-Madawaska, 0% in White City, 1% in Flagstaff County and 51% in Saint-Tite.
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
New Richmond in brief
- Province
- Quebec
- Census division
- Bonaventure RCM
- Census subdivision code
- 2405070
- Residents in 2021
- 3,683
- 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