Getting around Southwest Middlesex
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot, by bike and by transit from every populated block in Southwest Middlesex to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 5,893
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 30%
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 436th
17% 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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Travel times across Southwest Middlesex
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 Southwest Middlesex
The share of Southwest Middlesex 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 | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 21%over an hour | 37%typical 59 min | 21%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 20%over an hour | 34%typical 52 min | 20%over an hour |
| Park | 42%typical 22 min | 51%typical 10 min | 42%typical 22 min |
| Elementary school | 17%over an hour | 39%typical 38 min | 17%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 30%over an hour | 38%typical 59 min | 30%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 29%over an hour | 38%typical 52 min | 29%over an hour |
| Park | 47%typical 22 min | 53%typical 10 min | 47%typical 22 min |
| Elementary school | 30%over an hour | 39%typical 38 min | 30%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 37%over an hour | 39%typical 59 min | 37%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 37%over an hour | 39%typical 52 min | 37%over an hour |
| Park | 49%typical 22 min | 56%typical 10 min | 49%typical 22 min |
| Elementary school | 38%over an hour | 42%typical 38 min | 38%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 39%over an hour | 41%typical 59 min | 39%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 38%over an hour | 42%typical 52 min | 38%over an hour |
| Park | 54%typical 22 min | 61%typical 10 min | 54%typical 22 min |
| Elementary school | 40%over an hour | 46%typical 38 min | 40%over an hour |
Transit timetables cover the areas where 48% of Southwest Middlesex residents live. For the others, a transit trip is the walk.
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.
Southwest Middlesex in numbers
30% of Southwest Middlesex 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 | 21% | 30% | 37% | 39% | over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 20% | 29% | 37% | 38% | over an hour |
| Park | 42% | 47% | 49% | 54% | 22 min |
| Elementary school | 17% | 30% | 38% | 40% | over an hour |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | Southwest Middlesex | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 30% | 48% | 45% | 436th of 1,000103rd of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 29% | 60% | 51% | 493rd of 1,000137th of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 47% | 87% | 82% | 615th of 1,000157th of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 30% | 60% | 55% | 481st of 1,000131st of 269 in Ontario |
17% 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.
Southwest Middlesex Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Southwest Middlesex 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 Middlesex County census division
The Middlesex County census division has 500,563 residents, 1% of them in Southwest Middlesex. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store53%
- Café48%
- Bakery29%
- Library17%
- Playground73%
- Childcare34%
- Community centre22%
- Clinic34%
Other communities in the Middlesex 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 Southwest Middlesex walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Southwest Middlesex, 30% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Southwest Middlesex ranks 436th of 1,000 communities. 17% 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 Southwest Middlesex by bike?
By bike, 38% of Southwest Middlesex residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 38% a pharmacy, 53% a park and 39% an elementary school. On foot, 30% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 59 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.
Does transit help you reach everyday places in Southwest Middlesex?
By transit at the weekday morning peak, 30% of Southwest Middlesex residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 30% on foot and 38% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes over an hour by transit and over an hour on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk. Transit timetables cover the areas where 48% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.
Is Southwest Middlesex a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 30% of residents reach a grocery store, 29% a pharmacy, 47% 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 Southwest Middlesex compare with communities of a similar size?
In Southwest Middlesex, 30% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 2% in Ashfield-Colborne-Wawanosh, 23% in South Bruce, 3% in Barrhead County No. 11 and 0% in Beaver County.
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
Southwest Middlesex in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Middlesex County
- Census subdivision code
- 3539005
- Residents in 2021
- 5,893
- 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; 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