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Getting around Shefford: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
7,253
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
0%
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
909th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Shefford

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 Shefford

The share of Shefford 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 store0%over an hour7%typical 32 min
Pharmacy0%over an hour5%typical 39 min
Park25%typical 26 min68%typical 11 min
Elementary school1%over an hour23%typical 32 min

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

Shefford in numbers

0% of Shefford residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store0%0%1%5%over an hour
Pharmacy0%0%0%3%over an hour
Park17%25%36%58%26 min
Elementary school0%1%3%11%over an hour

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Quebec and Canada

PlaceSheffordQuebecCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store0%49%45%909th of 1,000245th of 259 in Quebec
Pharmacy0%49%51%893rd of 1,000251st of 259 in Quebec
Park25%83%82%783rd of 1,000239th of 259 in Quebec
Elementary school1%53%55%904th of 1,000244th of 259 in Quebec
Share of Shefford residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min0%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min0%

Shefford Quebec

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Shefford 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
Shefford7,2530%
Brownsburg-Chatham7,2470%
Digby7,2429%
Chibougamau7,23346%
Whitewater Region7,22520%

More places across the La Haute-Yamaska RCM census division

The La Haute-Yamaska RCM census division has 92,796 residents, 8% of them in Shefford. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store57%
  • Café29%
  • Bakery23%
  • Library7%
  • Playground44%
  • Childcare33%
  • Community centre14%
  • Clinic24%

Other communities in the La Haute-Yamaska RCM 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 Shefford walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Shefford, 0% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Shefford ranks 909th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Shefford by bike?

By bike, 7% of Shefford residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 5% a pharmacy, 68% a park and 23% an elementary school. On foot, 0% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 32 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 Shefford a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 0% of residents reach a grocery store, 0% a pharmacy, 25% a park and 1% 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 Shefford compare with communities of a similar size?

In Shefford, 0% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 0% in Brownsburg-Chatham, 9% in Digby, 46% in Chibougamau and 20% in Whitewater Region.

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

Shefford in brief

Province
Quebec
Census division
La Haute-Yamaska RCM
Census subdivision code
2447035
Residents in 2021
7,253
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; 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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