Getting around Owen Sound: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Owen Sound to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 21,612
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 41%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 19 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 242nd
Travel times across Owen Sound
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 Owen Sound
The share of Owen Sound 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 | 26%typical 19 min | 75%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 35%typical 15 min | 77%typical 6 min |
| Park | 91%typical 5 min | >99%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 16%typical 19 min | 81%typical 7 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 41%typical 19 min | 90%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 53%typical 15 min | 93%typical 6 min |
| Park | 99%typical 5 min | 100%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 34%typical 19 min | 94%typical 7 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 58%typical 19 min | 97%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 67%typical 15 min | >99%typical 6 min |
| Park | >99%typical 5 min | 100%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 60%typical 19 min | 99%typical 7 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 77%typical 19 min | 100%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 82%typical 15 min | 100%typical 6 min |
| Park | >99%typical 5 min | 100%typical 2 min |
| Elementary school | 86%typical 19 min | 100%typical 7 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Owen Sound in numbers
41% of Owen Sound 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 | 26% | 41% | 58% | 77% | 19 min |
| Pharmacy | 35% | 53% | 67% | 82% | 15 min |
| Park | 91% | 99% | >99% | >99% | 5 min |
| Elementary school | 16% | 34% | 60% | 86% | 19 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | Owen Sound | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 41% | 48% | 45% | 242nd of 1,00053rd of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 53% | 60% | 51% | 154th of 1,00051st of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 99% | 87% | 82% | 64th of 1,0007th of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 34% | 60% | 55% | 436th of 1,000115th of 269 in Ontario |
Owen Sound Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Owen Sound 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Springwater | 21,701 | 12% |
| Owen Sound | 21,612 | 41% |
| Scugog | 21,581 | 16% |
| Uxbridge | 21,556 | 4% |
| Fort St. John | 21,465 | 40% |
More places across the Grey County census division
The Grey County census division has 100,905 residents, 21% of them in Owen Sound. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store33%
- Café31%
- Bakery16%
- Library16%
- Playground30%
- Childcare21%
- Community centre18%
- Clinic17%
Other communities in the Grey County 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 Owen Sound walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Owen Sound, 41% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Owen Sound ranks 242nd of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Owen Sound by bike?
By bike, 90% of Owen Sound residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 93% a pharmacy, 100% a park and 94% an elementary school. On foot, 41% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 7 min by bike and 19 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 Owen Sound a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 41% of residents reach a grocery store, 53% a pharmacy, 99% a park and 34% 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 Owen Sound compare with communities of a similar size?
In Owen Sound, 41% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 12% in Springwater, 16% in Scugog, 4% in Uxbridge and 40% in Fort St. John.
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
Owen Sound in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Grey County
- Census subdivision code
- 3542059
- Residents in 2021
- 21,612
- 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