Getting around Northern Rockies: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Northern Rockies to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 3,947
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 28%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 23 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 467th
22% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.
Travel times across Northern Rockies
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 Northern Rockies
The share of Northern Rockies 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 | 12%typical 23 min | 71%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 5%typical 24 min | 68%typical 9 min |
| Park | 24%typical 17 min | 74%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 45%typical 12 min | 72%typical 5 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 28%typical 23 min | 72%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 22%typical 24 min | 72%typical 9 min |
| Park | 46%typical 17 min | 76%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 57%typical 12 min | 72%typical 5 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 40%typical 23 min | 72%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 34%typical 24 min | 72%typical 9 min |
| Park | 69%typical 17 min | 76%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 70%typical 12 min | 72%typical 5 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 68%typical 23 min | 72%typical 8 min |
| Pharmacy | 64%typical 24 min | 72%typical 9 min |
| Park | 75%typical 17 min | 77%typical 6 min |
| Elementary school | 72%typical 12 min | 72%typical 5 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Northern Rockies in numbers
28% of Northern Rockies residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across British Columbia and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 12% | 28% | 40% | 68% | 23 min |
| Pharmacy | 5% | 22% | 34% | 64% | 24 min |
| Park | 24% | 46% | 69% | 75% | 17 min |
| Elementary school | 45% | 57% | 70% | 72% | 12 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside British Columbia and Canada
| Place | Northern Rockies | British Columbia | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 28% | 48% | 45% | 467th of 1,00074th of 155 in British Columbia |
| Pharmacy | 22% | 48% | 51% | 597th of 1,00081st of 155 in British Columbia |
| Park | 46% | 86% | 82% | 630th of 1,000110th of 155 in British Columbia |
| Elementary school | 57% | 58% | 55% | 173rd of 1,00032nd of 155 in British Columbia |
22% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.
Northern Rockies British Columbia
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Northern Rockies 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Callander | 3,964 | 18% |
| Casselman | 3,960 | 64% |
| Vermilion | 3,948 | 41% |
| Northern Rockies | 3,947 | 28% |
| Kitimat-Stikine E | 3,932 | 0% |
More places across the Northern Rockies Regional District census division
The Northern Rockies Regional District census division has 4,478 residents, 88% of them in Northern Rockies. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store37%
- Café26%
- Bakery0%
- Library4%
- Playground9%
- Childcare0%
- Community centre0%
- Clinic27%
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 Northern Rockies walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Northern Rockies, 28% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across British Columbia and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Northern Rockies ranks 467th of 1,000 communities. 22% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.
Can you get around Northern Rockies by bike?
By bike, 72% of Northern Rockies residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 72% a pharmacy, 76% a park and 72% an elementary school. On foot, 28% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 8 min by bike and 23 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 Northern Rockies a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 28% of residents reach a grocery store, 22% a pharmacy, 46% a park and 57% 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 Northern Rockies compare with communities of a similar size?
In Northern Rockies, 28% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 18% in Callander, 64% in Casselman, 41% in Vermilion and 0% in Kitimat-Stikine E.
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
Northern Rockies in brief
- Province
- British Columbia
- Census division
- Northern Rockies Regional District
- Census subdivision code
- 5959007
- Residents in 2021
- 3,947
- 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