Getting around North Perth: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in North Perth to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 15,538
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 43%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 20 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 220th
Travel times across North Perth
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 North Perth
The share of North Perth 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 | 25%typical 20 min | 58%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 25%typical 18 min | 60%typical 7 min |
| Park | 51%typical 10 min | 72%typical 4 min |
| Elementary school | 26%typical 20 min | 62%typical 7 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 43%typical 20 min | 64%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 44%typical 18 min | 69%typical 7 min |
| Park | 64%typical 10 min | 73%typical 4 min |
| Elementary school | 41%typical 20 min | 64%typical 7 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 52%typical 20 min | 64%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 54%typical 18 min | 71%typical 7 min |
| Park | 71%typical 10 min | 75%typical 4 min |
| Elementary school | 54%typical 20 min | 65%typical 7 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 64%typical 20 min | 66%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 68%typical 18 min | 74%typical 7 min |
| Park | 73%typical 10 min | 80%typical 4 min |
| Elementary school | 67%typical 20 min | 73%typical 7 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
North Perth in numbers
43% of North Perth 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 | 25% | 43% | 52% | 64% | 20 min |
| Pharmacy | 25% | 44% | 54% | 68% | 18 min |
| Park | 51% | 64% | 71% | 73% | 10 min |
| Elementary school | 26% | 41% | 54% | 67% | 20 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | North Perth | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 43% | 48% | 45% | 220th of 1,00043rd of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 44% | 60% | 51% | 239th of 1,00072nd of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 64% | 87% | 82% | 483rd of 1,000114th of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 41% | 60% | 55% | 362nd of 1,00093rd of 269 in Ontario |
North Perth Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to North Perth 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lake Country | 15,817 | 19% |
| Cold Lake | 15,661 | 15% |
| North Perth | 15,538 | 43% |
| West Lincoln | 15,454 | 15% |
| Saint-Charles-Borromée | 15,285 | 38% |
More places across the Perth County census division
The Perth County census division has 81,565 residents, 19% of them in North Perth. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store46%
- Café39%
- Bakery35%
- Library17%
- Playground60%
- Childcare26%
- Community centre14%
- Clinic23%
Other communities in the Perth County area
Beside each community is the share of its residents who can reach a grocery store within a 15-minute walk.
- Stratford36%
- Perth East20%
- West Perth25%
- St. Marys39%
- Perth South7%
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 North Perth walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In North Perth, 43% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, North Perth ranks 220th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around North Perth by bike?
By bike, 64% of North Perth residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 69% a pharmacy, 73% a park and 64% an elementary school. On foot, 43% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 8 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 North Perth a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 43% of residents reach a grocery store, 44% a pharmacy, 64% a park and 41% 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 North Perth compare with communities of a similar size?
In North Perth, 43% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 19% in Lake Country, 15% in Cold Lake, 15% in West Lincoln and 38% in Saint-Charles-Borromée.
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
North Perth in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Perth County
- Census subdivision code
- 3531040
- Residents in 2021
- 15,538
- 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