Getting around Shippagan: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Shippagan to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 4,781
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 0%
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 926th
27% 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.
Travel times across Shippagan
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 Shippagan
The share of Shippagan 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 | 0%over an hour | 0%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 1%over an hour | 1%over an hour |
| Park | 7%over an hour | 11%typical 56 min |
| Elementary school | 0%over an hour | 1%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 0%over an hour | 3%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 1%over an hour | 3%over an hour |
| Park | 8%over an hour | 14%typical 56 min |
| Elementary school | 0%over an hour | 5%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 0%over an hour | 10%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 2%over an hour | 7%over an hour |
| Park | 10%over an hour | 17%typical 56 min |
| Elementary school | 0%over an hour | 12%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 2%over an hour | 16%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 4%over an hour | 17%over an hour |
| Park | 14%over an hour | 26%typical 56 min |
| Elementary school | 3%over an hour | 18%over an hour |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Shippagan in numbers
0% of Shippagan residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 21% across New Brunswick and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 0% | 0% | 0% | 2% | over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 1% | 1% | 2% | 4% | over an hour |
| Park | 7% | 8% | 10% | 14% | over an hour |
| Elementary school | 0% | 0% | 0% | 3% | over an hour |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside New Brunswick and Canada
| Place | Shippagan | New Brunswick | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 0% | 21% | 45% | 926th of 1,00035th of 48 in New Brunswick |
| Pharmacy | 1% | 21% | 51% | 848th of 1,00031st of 48 in New Brunswick |
| Park | 8% | 46% | 82% | 911th of 1,00034th of 48 in New Brunswick |
| Elementary school | 0% | 24% | 55% | 938th of 1,00040th of 48 in New Brunswick |
27% 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.
Shippagan New Brunswick
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Shippagan 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Hearst | 4,794 | 21% |
| Peace River D | 4,793 | 0% |
| Cariboo F | 4,792 | 2% |
| Shippagan | 4,781 | 0% |
| Cariboo L | 4,769 | 0% |
More places across the Gloucester census division
The Gloucester census division has 78,256 residents, 6% of them in Shippagan. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store20%
- Café14%
- Bakery8%
- Library9%
- Playground10%
- Childcare9%
- Community centre12%
- Clinic9%
Other communities in the Gloucester 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 Shippagan walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Shippagan, 0% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 21% across New Brunswick and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Shippagan ranks 926th of 1,000 communities. 27% 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 Shippagan by bike?
By bike, 3% of Shippagan residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 3% a pharmacy, 14% a park and 5% an elementary school. On foot, 0% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes over an hour 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 Shippagan a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 0% of residents reach a grocery store, 1% a pharmacy, 8% a park and 0% 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 Shippagan compare with communities of a similar size?
In Shippagan, 0% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 21% in Hearst, 0% in Peace River D, 2% in Cariboo F and 0% in Cariboo L.
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
Shippagan in brief
- Province
- New Brunswick
- Census division
- Gloucester
- Census subdivision code
- 1315029
- Residents in 2021
- 4,781
- 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