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Getting around Paradise: walking, cycling and transit times

à portée’s map shows the trip on foot, by bike and by transit from every populated block in Paradise to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.

residents in 2021
22,957
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
25%
typical walk to a grocery store
24 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
518th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Paradise

Each block is coloured by the trip from it to the nearest place of the kind you pick, on foot, by bike or by transit. Move the map, or open it in à portée for any address and all 29 kinds of place.

Transit times are for a weekday at peak hours. A free plus account adds a mode and a time limit for each place, and transit at night on weekdays and at midday on Saturday and Sunday.

Getting around Paradise

The share of Paradise residents within a trip of each place, and the typical trip, by each way of getting there the free map offers.

PlaceOn footBy bikeBy transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store25%typical 24 min73%typical 12 min25%typical 23 min
Pharmacy22%typical 27 min54%typical 12 min22%typical 27 min
Park61%typical 13 min89%typical 5 min61%typical 13 min
Elementary school23%typical 23 min63%typical 13 min23%typical 22 min

Cycling and transit follow the street network, hills included. A transit trip includes the walk to and from the stops, at the median departure of a weekday morning peak, and is never slower than walking the whole way. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.

Paradise in numbers

25% of Paradise residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 25% across Newfoundland and Labrador and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store9%25%39%75%24 min
Pharmacy11%22%35%54%27 min
Park36%61%78%98%13 min
Elementary school10%23%41%72%23 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada

PlaceParadiseNewfoundland and LabradorCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store25%25%45%518th of 1,00012th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador
Pharmacy22%26%51%588th of 1,00015th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador
Park61%44%82%506th of 1,0007th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador
Elementary school23%19%55%566th of 1,0009th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador
Share of Paradise residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min25%
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Paradise Newfoundland and Labrador

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Paradise 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.

CommunityResidentsGrocery within 15 min
Oro-Medonte23,0174%
Candiac22,99722%
Essa22,97010%
Paradise22,95725%
East Hants22,89215%

More places across the St. John's area

The St. John's area has 271,878 residents, 8% of them in Paradise. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store48%
  • Café30%
  • Bakery18%
  • Library9%
  • Playground45%
  • Childcare25%
  • Community centre15%
  • Clinic24%

Other communities in the St. John's 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 Paradise walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Paradise, 25% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 25% across Newfoundland and Labrador and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Paradise ranks 518th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Paradise by bike?

By bike, 73% of Paradise residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 54% a pharmacy, 89% a park and 63% an elementary school. On foot, 25% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 12 min by bike and 24 min on foot. Cycling times follow the street network, hills included; they don’t say whether a street is safe or comfortable to ride.

Does transit help you reach everyday places in Paradise?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 25% of Paradise residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 25% on foot and 73% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 23 min by transit and 24 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk.

Is Paradise a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 25% of residents reach a grocery store, 22% a pharmacy, 61% a park and 23% 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 Paradise compare with communities of a similar size?

In Paradise, 25% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 4% in Oro-Medonte, 22% in Candiac, 10% in Essa and 15% in East Hants.

Where does this data come from?

Walking, cycling and transit times follow the street network, hills included, from each populated 2021 census block to the nearest place of each kind. Transit uses the operators’ published timetables at the weekday morning peak. 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

Paradise in brief

Province
Newfoundland and Labrador
Census subdivision code
1001517
Residents in 2021
22,957
Data published
8 October 2026
Provinces: Natural Earth.

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; transit times from the operators’ published timetables; 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

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