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Getting around Sussex: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
4,440
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
70%
typical walk to a grocery store
12 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
25th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Sussex

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 Sussex

The share of Sussex 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 store70%typical 12 min97%typical 6 min
Pharmacy71%typical 12 min91%typical 6 min
Park90%typical 6 min97%typical 2 min
Elementary school51%typical 15 min96%typical 6 min

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

Sussex in numbers

70% of Sussex 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

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store37%70%82%87%12 min
Pharmacy43%71%81%88%12 min
Park77%90%97%100%6 min
Elementary school24%51%75%92%15 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside New Brunswick and Canada

PlaceSussexNew BrunswickCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store70%21%45%25th of 1,0001st of 48 in New Brunswick
Pharmacy71%21%51%28th of 1,0001st of 48 in New Brunswick
Park90%46%82%245th of 1,0002nd of 48 in New Brunswick
Elementary school51%24%55%242nd of 1,0005th of 48 in New Brunswick
Share of Sussex residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min70%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min70%

Sussex New Brunswick

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Sussex 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
Edenwold No. 1584,4663%
Cumberland4,4470%
Sussex4,44070%
Château-Richer4,42513%
Iroquois Falls4,41855%

More places across the Kings census division

The Kings census division has 71,184 residents, 6% of them in Sussex. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store19%
  • Café17%
  • Bakery11%
  • Library6%
  • Playground28%
  • Childcare15%
  • Community centre14%
  • Clinic8%

Other communities in the Kings 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 Sussex walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Sussex, 70% 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, Sussex ranks 25th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Sussex by bike?

By bike, 97% of Sussex residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 91% a pharmacy, 97% a park and 96% an elementary school. On foot, 70% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 6 min by bike and 12 min on foot. Cycling times follow the street network, hills included; they don’t say whether a street is safe or comfortable to ride.

Is Sussex a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 70% of residents reach a grocery store, 71% a pharmacy, 90% a park and 51% 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 Sussex compare with communities of a similar size?

In Sussex, 70% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 3% in Edenwold No. 158, 0% in Cumberland, 13% in Château-Richer and 55% in Iroquois Falls.

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

Sussex in brief

Province
New Brunswick
Census division
Kings
Census subdivision code
1305022
Residents in 2021
4,440
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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