Getting around Southwold: walking, cycling and transit times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot, by bike and by transit from every populated block in Southwold to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 4,851
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 6%
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 782nd
11% 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 Southwold
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 Southwold
The share of Southwold 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 | 4%over an hour | 5%typical 47 min | 4%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 4%over an hour | 4%typical 50 min | 4%over an hour |
| Park | 30%typical 40 min | 34%typical 24 min | 30%typical 40 min |
| Elementary school | 5%over an hour | 5%over an hour | 5%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 6%over an hour | 9%typical 47 min | 6%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 5%over an hour | 6%typical 50 min | 5%over an hour |
| Park | 34%typical 40 min | 41%typical 24 min | 34%typical 40 min |
| Elementary school | 8%over an hour | 9%over an hour | 8%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 8%over an hour | 17%typical 47 min | 8%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 7%over an hour | 11%typical 50 min | 7%over an hour |
| Park | 39%typical 40 min | 47%typical 24 min | 39%typical 40 min |
| Elementary school | 9%over an hour | 14%over an hour | 9%over an hour |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 13%over an hour | 35%typical 47 min | 13%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 9%over an hour | 25%typical 50 min | 9%over an hour |
| Park | 47%typical 40 min | 57%typical 24 min | 47%typical 40 min |
| Elementary school | 11%over an hour | 26%over an hour | 11%over an hour |
Transit timetables cover the areas where 36% of Southwold 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.
Southwold in numbers
6% of Southwold 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 | 4% | 6% | 8% | 13% | over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 4% | 5% | 7% | 9% | over an hour |
| Park | 30% | 34% | 39% | 47% | 40 min |
| Elementary school | 5% | 8% | 9% | 11% | over an hour |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | Southwold | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 6% | 48% | 45% | 782nd of 1,000226th of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 5% | 60% | 51% | 809th of 1,000237th of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 34% | 87% | 82% | 727th of 1,000201st of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 8% | 60% | 55% | 774th of 1,000220th of 269 in Ontario |
11% 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.
Southwold Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Southwold 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Inverness, Subd. B | 4,865 | 32% |
| Deer Lake | 4,864 | 53% |
| Cardston County | 4,856 | 0% |
| Southwold | 4,851 | 6% |
| Saint-Jean-de-Matha | 4,838 | 10% |
More places across the Elgin County census division
The Elgin County census division has 94,752 residents, 5% of them in Southwold. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store41%
- Café36%
- Bakery18%
- Library22%
- Playground37%
- Childcare21%
- Community centre17%
- Clinic33%
Other communities in the Elgin County area
Beside each community is the share of its residents who can reach a grocery store within a 15-minute walk.
- St. Thomas38%
- Central Elgin18%
- Malahide1%
- Aylmer50%
- Bayham19%
- West Elgin40%
- Dutton/Dunwich42%
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 Southwold walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Southwold, 6% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Southwold ranks 782nd of 1,000 communities. 11% 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 Southwold by bike?
By bike, 9% of Southwold residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 6% a pharmacy, 41% a park and 9% an elementary school. On foot, 6% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 47 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 Southwold?
By transit at the weekday morning peak, 6% of Southwold residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 6% on foot and 9% 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 36% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.
Is Southwold a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 6% of residents reach a grocery store, 5% a pharmacy, 34% a park and 8% 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 Southwold compare with communities of a similar size?
In Southwold, 6% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 32% in Inverness, Subd. B, 53% in Deer Lake, 0% in Cardston County and 10% in Saint-Jean-de-Matha.
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
Southwold in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Elgin County
- Census subdivision code
- 3534024
- Residents in 2021
- 4,851
- 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