Getting around Swan River: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Swan River to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 4,049
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 56%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 13 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 74th
Travel times across Swan River
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 Swan River
The share of Swan River 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 | 40%typical 13 min | 90%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 38%typical 13 min | 87%typical 6 min |
| Park | 48%typical 11 min | 88%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 55%typical 9 min | 98%typical 3 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 56%typical 13 min | 99%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 59%typical 13 min | 99%typical 6 min |
| Park | 69%typical 11 min | 99%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 68%typical 9 min | 99%typical 3 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 73%typical 13 min | 100%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 72%typical 13 min | >99%typical 6 min |
| Park | 87%typical 11 min | >99%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 84%typical 9 min | >99%typical 3 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 95%typical 13 min | 100%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 97%typical 13 min | 100%typical 6 min |
| Park | 96%typical 11 min | 100%typical 5 min |
| Elementary school | 99%typical 9 min | 100%typical 3 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Swan River in numbers
56% of Swan River residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 46% across Manitoba and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 40% | 56% | 73% | 95% | 13 min |
| Pharmacy | 38% | 59% | 72% | 97% | 13 min |
| Park | 48% | 69% | 87% | 96% | 11 min |
| Elementary school | 55% | 68% | 84% | 99% | 9 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Manitoba and Canada
| Place | Swan River | Manitoba | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 56% | 46% | 45% | 74th of 1,0007th of 47 in Manitoba |
| Pharmacy | 59% | 47% | 51% | 89th of 1,0005th of 47 in Manitoba |
| Park | 69% | 76% | 82% | 459th of 1,00019th of 47 in Manitoba |
| Elementary school | 68% | 50% | 55% | 79th of 1,0009th of 47 in Manitoba |
Swan River Manitoba
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Swan River 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Bancroft | 4,065 | 29% |
| Swan River | 4,049 | 56% |
| Saint-Anselme | 4,047 | 55% |
| Howick | 4,045 | 0% |
| Lac-Etchemin | 4,028 | 11% |
More places across the Swan River area
The Swan River area has 9,634 residents, 42% of them in Swan River. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store30%
- Café29%
- Bakery0%
- Library28%
- Playground15%
- Childcare20%
- Community centre11%
- Clinic20%
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 Swan River walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Swan River, 56% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 46% across Manitoba and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Swan River ranks 74th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Swan River by bike?
By bike, 99% of Swan River residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 99% a pharmacy, 99% a park and 99% an elementary school. On foot, 56% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 6 min by bike and 13 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 Swan River a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 56% of residents reach a grocery store, 59% a pharmacy, 69% a park and 68% 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 Swan River compare with communities of a similar size?
In Swan River, 56% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 29% in Bancroft, 55% in Saint-Anselme, 0% in Howick and 11% in Lac-Etchemin.
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
Swan River in brief
- Province
- Manitoba
- Census subdivision code
- 4620048
- Residents in 2021
- 4,049
- 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