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Getting around Portage la Prairie

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

residents in 2021
13,270
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
61%
typical walk to a grocery store
13 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
50th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Portage la Prairie

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 Portage la Prairie

The share of Portage la Prairie 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 store61%typical 13 min99%typical 5 min61%typical 13 min
Pharmacy37%typical 20 min95%typical 7 min37%typical 20 min
Park97%typical 4 min99%typical 1 min97%typical 4 min
Elementary school58%typical 14 min99%typical 5 min58%typical 14 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.

Portage la Prairie in numbers

61% of Portage la Prairie residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 46% across Manitoba and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store41%61%79%94%13 min
Pharmacy29%37%54%79%20 min
Park90%97%99%99%4 min
Elementary school37%58%77%97%14 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Manitoba and Canada

PlacePortage la PrairieManitobaCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store61%46%45%50th of 1,0005th of 47 in Manitoba
Pharmacy37%47%51%356th of 1,00016th of 47 in Manitoba
Park97%76%82%136th of 1,0004th of 47 in Manitoba
Elementary school58%50%55%156th of 1,00013th of 47 in Manitoba
Share of Portage la Prairie residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min61%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min61%

Portage la Prairie Manitoba

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Portage la Prairie 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
The Nation13,35011%
South Glengarry13,3307%
Val-des-Monts13,3289%
Saint-Amable13,32224%
Portage la Prairie13,27061%

More places across the Portage la Prairie area

The Portage la Prairie area has 24,339 residents, 55% of them in Portage la Prairie. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store40%
  • Café20%
  • Bakery1%
  • Library11%
  • Playground31%
  • Childcare22%
  • Community centre25%
  • Clinic17%

Other communities in the Portage la Prairie 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 Portage la Prairie walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Portage la Prairie, 61% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 46% across Manitoba and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Portage la Prairie ranks 50th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Portage la Prairie by bike?

By bike, 99% of Portage la Prairie residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 95% a pharmacy, 99% a park and 99% an elementary school. On foot, 61% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 5 min by bike and 13 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 Portage la Prairie?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 61% of Portage la Prairie residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 61% on foot and 99% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 13 min by transit and 13 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk.

Is Portage la Prairie a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 61% of residents reach a grocery store, 37% a pharmacy, 97% a park and 58% 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 Portage la Prairie compare with communities of a similar size?

In Portage la Prairie, 61% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 11% in The Nation, 7% in South Glengarry, 9% in Val-des-Monts and 24% in Saint-Amable.

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

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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