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Getting around Richmond, Subd. A: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
3,763
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
18%
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
622nd

14% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Richmond, Subd. A

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 Richmond, Subd. A

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

PlaceOn footBy bike
Grocery store18%over an hour35%typical 37 min
Pharmacy9%over an hour18%over an hour
Park25%typical 29 min51%typical 15 min
Elementary school6%over an hour13%over an hour

Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.

Richmond, Subd. A in numbers

18% of Richmond, Subd. A 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

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store10%18%26%36%over an hour
Pharmacy6%9%12%15%over an hour
Park14%25%38%52%29 min
Elementary school3%6%9%14%over an hour

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Nova Scotia and Canada

PlaceRichmond, Subd. ANova ScotiaCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store18%26%45%622nd of 1,00021st of 49 in Nova Scotia
Pharmacy9%27%51%758th of 1,00028th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Park25%62%82%787th of 1,00026th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Elementary school6%30%55%805th of 1,00032nd of 49 in Nova Scotia

14% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.

Share of Richmond, Subd. A residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min18%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min18%

Richmond, Subd. A Nova Scotia

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Richmond, Subd. A 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
Baie-D'Urfé3,76430%
Richmond, Subd. A3,76318%
Colchester, Subd. A3,7621%
Lake of Bays3,7593%
Maniwaki3,75771%

More places across the Richmond County census division

The Richmond County census division has 8,914 residents, 42% of them in Richmond, Subd. A. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store15%
  • Café9%
  • Bakery4%
  • Library2%
  • Playground2%
  • Childcare0%
  • Community centre11%
  • Clinic3%

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 Richmond, Subd. A walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Richmond, Subd. A, 18% 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, Richmond, Subd. A ranks 622nd of 1,000 communities. 14% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.

Can you get around Richmond, Subd. A by bike?

By bike, 35% of Richmond, Subd. A residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 18% a pharmacy, 51% a park and 13% an elementary school. On foot, 18% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 37 min by bike and over an hour on foot. Cycling times follow the street network, hills included; they don’t say whether a street is safe or comfortable to ride.

Is Richmond, Subd. A a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 18% of residents reach a grocery store, 9% a pharmacy, 25% a park and 6% 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 Richmond, Subd. A compare with communities of a similar size?

In Richmond, Subd. A, 18% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 30% in Baie-D'Urfé, 1% in Colchester, Subd. A, 3% in Lake of Bays and 71% in Maniwaki.

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

Richmond, Subd. A in brief

Province
Nova Scotia
Census division
Richmond County
Census subdivision code
1216006
Residents in 2021
3,763
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; 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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