Getting around South Bruce: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in South Bruce to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 5,880
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 23%
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 544th
23% 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 South Bruce
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 South Bruce
The share of South Bruce 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 | 17%over an hour | 26%typical 39 min |
| Pharmacy | 15%over an hour | 22%typical 43 min |
| Park | 26%typical 28 min | 38%typical 17 min |
| Elementary school | 22%typical 35 min | 35%typical 20 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 23%over an hour | 35%typical 39 min |
| Pharmacy | 21%over an hour | 33%typical 43 min |
| Park | 35%typical 28 min | 47%typical 17 min |
| Elementary school | 30%typical 35 min | 43%typical 20 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 27%over an hour | 41%typical 39 min |
| Pharmacy | 26%over an hour | 40%typical 43 min |
| Park | 46%typical 28 min | 51%typical 17 min |
| Elementary school | 40%typical 35 min | 50%typical 20 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 38%over an hour | 45%typical 39 min |
| Pharmacy | 37%over an hour | 45%typical 43 min |
| Park | 51%typical 28 min | 59%typical 17 min |
| Elementary school | 49%typical 35 min | 53%typical 20 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
South Bruce in numbers
23% of South Bruce residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 17% | 23% | 27% | 38% | over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 15% | 21% | 26% | 37% | over an hour |
| Park | 26% | 35% | 46% | 51% | 28 min |
| Elementary school | 22% | 30% | 40% | 49% | 35 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | South Bruce | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 23% | 48% | 45% | 544th of 1,000141st of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 21% | 60% | 51% | 617th of 1,000186th of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 35% | 87% | 82% | 717th of 1,000198th of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 30% | 60% | 55% | 484th of 1,000133rd of 269 in Ontario |
23% 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.
South Bruce Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to South Bruce 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Southwest Middlesex | 5,893 | 30% |
| Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh | 5,884 | 2% |
| South Bruce | 5,880 | 23% |
| Barrhead County No. 11 | 5,877 | 3% |
| Beaver County | 5,868 | 0% |
More places across the Bruce County census division
The Bruce County census division has 73,396 residents, 8% of them in South Bruce. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store31%
- Café30%
- Bakery16%
- Library26%
- Playground39%
- Childcare18%
- Community centre18%
- Clinic16%
Other communities in the Bruce 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 South Bruce walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In South Bruce, 23% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, South Bruce ranks 544th of 1,000 communities. 23% 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 South Bruce by bike?
By bike, 35% of South Bruce residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 33% a pharmacy, 47% a park and 43% an elementary school. On foot, 23% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 39 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 South Bruce a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 23% of residents reach a grocery store, 21% a pharmacy, 35% a park and 30% 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 South Bruce compare with communities of a similar size?
In South Bruce, 23% 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 Southwest Middlesex, 2% in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, 3% in Barrhead County No. 11 and 0% in Beaver County.
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
South Bruce in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Bruce County
- Census subdivision code
- 3541004
- Residents in 2021
- 5,880
- 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