Getting around Port Hawkesbury: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Port Hawkesbury to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 3,210
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 67%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 12 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 33rd
Travel times across Port Hawkesbury
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.
A free plus account adds a mode and a time limit for each place.
Getting around Port Hawkesbury
The share of Port Hawkesbury 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 | 38%typical 12 min | 91%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 20%typical 14 min | 93%typical 5 min |
| Park | 57%typical 10 min | 82%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 2%typical 48 min | 20%typical 20 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 67%typical 12 min | 96%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 59%typical 14 min | 96%typical 5 min |
| Park | 79%typical 10 min | 99%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 5%typical 48 min | 28%typical 20 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 83%typical 12 min | 98%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 79%typical 14 min | 98%typical 5 min |
| Park | 82%typical 10 min | >99%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 16%typical 48 min | 58%typical 20 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 96%typical 12 min | 99%typical 5 min |
| Pharmacy | 90%typical 14 min | 99%typical 5 min |
| Park | 87%typical 10 min | 100%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 19%typical 48 min | 99%typical 20 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Port Hawkesbury in numbers
67% of Port Hawkesbury residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 26% across Nova Scotia and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 38% | 67% | 83% | 96% | 12 min |
| Pharmacy | 20% | 59% | 79% | 90% | 14 min |
| Park | 57% | 79% | 82% | 87% | 10 min |
| Elementary school | 2% | 5% | 16% | 19% | 48 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Nova Scotia and Canada
| Place | Port Hawkesbury | Nova Scotia | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 67% | 26% | 45% | 33rd of 1,0001st of 49 in Nova Scotia |
| Pharmacy | 59% | 27% | 51% | 95th of 1,0002nd of 49 in Nova Scotia |
| Park | 79% | 62% | 82% | 363rd of 1,0009th of 49 in Nova Scotia |
| Elementary school | 5% | 30% | 55% | 838th of 1,00037th of 49 in Nova Scotia |
Port Hawkesbury Nova Scotia
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Port Hawkesbury 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Gibbons | 3,218 | 41% |
| Port Hawkesbury | 3,210 | 67% |
| Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part | 3,210 | 0% |
| Kingston, New Brunswick | 3,202 | 0% |
| Cumberland, Subd. A | 3,201 | 35% |
More places across the Inverness County census division
The Inverness County census division has 17,346 residents, 19% of them in Port Hawkesbury. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store24%
- Café27%
- Bakery12%
- Library3%
- Playground9%
- Childcare0%
- Community centre25%
- Clinic0%
Other communities in the Inverness 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 Port Hawkesbury walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Port Hawkesbury, 67% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 26% across Nova Scotia and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Port Hawkesbury ranks 33rd of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Port Hawkesbury by bike?
By bike, 96% of Port Hawkesbury residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 96% a pharmacy, 99% a park and 28% an elementary school. On foot, 67% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 5 min by bike and 12 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 Port Hawkesbury a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 67% of residents reach a grocery store, 59% a pharmacy, 79% a park and 5% 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 Port Hawkesbury compare with communities of a similar size?
In Port Hawkesbury, 67% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 41% in Gibbons, 0% in Timiskaming, Unorganized, West Part, 0% in Kingston, New Brunswick and 35% in Cumberland, Subd. A.
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
Port Hawkesbury in brief
- Province
- Nova Scotia
- Census division
- Inverness County
- Census subdivision code
- 1215002
- Residents in 2021
- 3,210
- 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