Getting around Pincher Creek: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Pincher Creek to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 3,622
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 74%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 11 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 18th
Travel times across Pincher Creek
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 Pincher Creek
The share of Pincher Creek 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 | 44%typical 11 min | 99%typical 4 min |
| Pharmacy | 31%typical 14 min | 99%typical 5 min |
| Park | 95%typical 4 min | 100%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 12%typical 26 min | 71%typical 9 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 74%typical 11 min | >99%typical 4 min |
| Pharmacy | 62%typical 14 min | >99%typical 5 min |
| Park | 99%typical 4 min | 100%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 20%typical 26 min | 99%typical 9 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 92%typical 11 min | 100%typical 4 min |
| Pharmacy | 87%typical 14 min | 100%typical 5 min |
| Park | >99%typical 4 min | 100%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 30%typical 26 min | >99%typical 9 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | >99%typical 11 min | 100%typical 4 min |
| Pharmacy | >99%typical 14 min | 100%typical 5 min |
| Park | 100%typical 4 min | 100%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 63%typical 26 min | 100%typical 9 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Pincher Creek in numbers
74% of Pincher Creek residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 44% | 74% | 92% | >99% | 11 min |
| Pharmacy | 31% | 62% | 87% | >99% | 14 min |
| Park | 95% | 99% | >99% | 100% | 4 min |
| Elementary school | 12% | 20% | 30% | 63% | 26 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Alberta and Canada
| Place | Pincher Creek | Alberta | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 74% | 40% | 45% | 18th of 1,0002nd of 118 in Alberta |
| Pharmacy | 62% | 51% | 51% | 66th of 1,0009th of 118 in Alberta |
| Park | 99% | 85% | 82% | 69th of 1,00016th of 118 in Alberta |
| Elementary school | 20% | 53% | 55% | 610th of 1,00065th of 118 in Alberta |
Pincher Creek Alberta
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Pincher Creek 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Warwick, Ontario | 3,641 | 36% |
| Pincher Creek | 3,622 | 74% |
| Alnwick | 3,615 | 0% |
| Fraser-Fort George C | 3,603 | 0% |
| Crossfield | 3,599 | 39% |
More places across the Willow Creek No. 26 area
The Willow Creek No. 26 area has 40,768 residents, 9% of them in Pincher Creek. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store32%
- Café18%
- Bakery9%
- Library24%
- Playground37%
- Childcare9%
- Community centre27%
- Clinic26%
Other communities in the Willow Creek No. 26 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 Pincher Creek walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Pincher Creek, 74% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Pincher Creek ranks 18th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Pincher Creek by bike?
By bike, over 99% of Pincher Creek residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, over 99% a pharmacy, 100% a park and 99% an elementary school. On foot, 74% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 4 min by bike and 11 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 Pincher Creek a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 74% of residents reach a grocery store, 62% a pharmacy, 99% a park and 20% 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 Pincher Creek compare with communities of a similar size?
In Pincher Creek, 74% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 36% in Warwick, Ontario, 0% in Alnwick, 0% in Fraser-Fort George C and 39% in Crossfield.
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
Pincher Creek in brief
- Province
- Alberta
- Census subdivision code
- 4803014
- Residents in 2021
- 3,622
- 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