Getting around Pemberton: walking, cycling and transit times

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

residents in 2021: 3,407
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store: 47%
typical walk to a grocery store: 16 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot: 156th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Pemberton

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 Pemberton

The share of Pemberton 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	By transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store	37%typical 16 min	75%typical 7 min	37%typical 16 min
Pharmacy	34%typical 16 min	75%typical 7 min	34%typical 16 min
Park	91%typical 2 min	97%typical 1 min	91%typical 2 min
Elementary school	35%typical 13 min	86%typical 5 min	35%typical 13 min

Place	On foot	By bike	By transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store	47%typical 16 min	88%typical 7 min	47%typical 16 min
Pharmacy	49%typical 16 min	88%typical 7 min	49%typical 16 min
Park	93%typical 2 min	98%typical 1 min	93%typical 2 min
Elementary school	60%typical 13 min	88%typical 5 min	60%typical 13 min

Place	On foot	By bike	By transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store	67%typical 16 min	88%typical 7 min	67%typical 16 min
Pharmacy	66%typical 16 min	88%typical 7 min	67%typical 16 min
Park	95%typical 2 min	99%typical 1 min	95%typical 2 min
Elementary school	86%typical 13 min	88%typical 5 min	86%typical 13 min

Place	On foot	By bike	By transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store	88%typical 16 min	88%typical 7 min	88%typical 16 min
Pharmacy	88%typical 16 min	88%typical 7 min	88%typical 16 min
Park	98%typical 2 min	100%typical 1 min	98%typical 2 min
Elementary school	88%typical 13 min	88%typical 5 min	88%typical 13 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.

Pemberton in numbers

47% of Pemberton 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	37%	47%	67%	88%	16 min
Pharmacy	34%	49%	66%	88%	16 min
Park	91%	93%	95%	98%	2 min
Elementary school	35%	60%	86%	88%	13 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside British Columbia and Canada

Place	Pemberton	British Columbia	Canada	Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store	47%	48%	45%	156th of 1,00030th of 155 in British Columbia
Pharmacy	49%	48%	51%	188th of 1,00022nd of 155 in British Columbia
Park	93%	86%	82%	205th of 1,00033rd of 155 in British Columbia
Elementary school	60%	58%	55%	135th of 1,00027th of 155 in British Columbia

Share of Pemberton residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store

Pemberton British Columbia

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Pemberton 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
Blind River	3,422	31%
East Hawkesbury	3,418	0%
St. Theresa Point	3,417	51%
Two Hills County No. 21	3,412	0%
Pemberton	3,407	47%

More places across the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District census division

The Squamish-Lillooet Regional District census division has 50,496 residents, 7% of them in Pemberton. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

Convenience store40%
Café55%
Bakery25%
Library13%
Playground62%
Childcare39%
Community centre15%
Clinic22%

Other communities in the Squamish-Lillooet Regional District area

Beside each community is the share of its residents who can reach a grocery store within a 15-minute walk.

Squamish32%
Whistler36%

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 Pemberton walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Pemberton, 47% 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, Pemberton ranks 156th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Pemberton by bike?

By bike, 88% of Pemberton residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 88% a pharmacy, 98% a park and 88% an elementary school. On foot, 47% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 7 min by bike and 16 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 Pemberton?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 47% of Pemberton residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 47% on foot and 88% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 16 min by transit and 16 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk.

Is Pemberton a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 47% of residents reach a grocery store, 49% a pharmacy, 93% a park and 60% 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 Pemberton compare with communities of a similar size?

In Pemberton, 47% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 31% in Blind River, 0% in East Hawkesbury, 51% in St. Theresa Point and 0% in Two Hills County No. 21.

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

Pemberton in brief

Province: British Columbia
Census division: Squamish-Lillooet Regional District
Census subdivision code: 5931012
Residents in 2021: 3,407
Data published: 8 October 2026

Provinces: Natural Earth.

Elsewhere

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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