Getting around Swift Current: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Swift Current to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 16,750
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 42%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 18 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 231st
Travel times across Swift Current
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 Swift Current
The share of Swift Current 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 | 23%typical 18 min | 85%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 14%typical 26 min | 52%typical 10 min |
| Park | 93%typical 3 min | 99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 33%typical 15 min | 90%typical 5 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 42%typical 18 min | 99%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 27%typical 26 min | 82%typical 10 min |
| Park | 96%typical 3 min | >99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 53%typical 15 min | 99%typical 5 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 63%typical 18 min | >99%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 37%typical 26 min | 97%typical 10 min |
| Park | 98%typical 3 min | >99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 65%typical 15 min | >99%typical 5 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 92%typical 18 min | >99%typical 7 min |
| Pharmacy | 60%typical 26 min | >99%typical 10 min |
| Park | 99%typical 3 min | >99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 90%typical 15 min | >99%typical 5 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Swift Current in numbers
42% of Swift Current residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 37% across Saskatchewan and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 23% | 42% | 63% | 92% | 18 min |
| Pharmacy | 14% | 27% | 37% | 60% | 26 min |
| Park | 93% | 96% | 98% | 99% | 3 min |
| Elementary school | 33% | 53% | 65% | 90% | 15 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Saskatchewan and Canada
| Place | Swift Current | Saskatchewan | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 42% | 37% | 45% | 231st of 1,00013th of 24 in Saskatchewan |
| Pharmacy | 27% | 42% | 51% | 521st of 1,00017th of 24 in Saskatchewan |
| Park | 96% | 75% | 82% | 161st of 1,00011th of 24 in Saskatchewan |
| Elementary school | 53% | 54% | 55% | 215th of 1,00017th of 24 in Saskatchewan |
Swift Current Saskatchewan
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Swift Current 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Saint-Basile-le-Grand | 17,053 | 21% |
| L'Ancienne-Lorette | 16,970 | 30% |
| Greater Napanee | 16,879 | 18% |
| Swift Current | 16,750 | 42% |
| Edmundston | 16,437 | 19% |
More places across the Swift Current area
The Swift Current area has 30,840 residents, 54% of them in Swift Current. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store40%
- Café23%
- Bakery13%
- Library26%
- Playground55%
- Childcare18%
- Community centre26%
- Clinic21%
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 Swift Current walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Swift Current, 42% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 37% across Saskatchewan and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Swift Current ranks 231st of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Swift Current by bike?
By bike, 99% of Swift Current residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 82% a pharmacy, over 99% a park and 99% an elementary school. On foot, 42% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 7 min by bike and 18 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 Swift Current a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 42% of residents reach a grocery store, 27% a pharmacy, 96% a park and 53% 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 Swift Current compare with communities of a similar size?
In Swift Current, 42% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 21% in Saint-Basile-le-Grand, 30% in L'Ancienne-Lorette, 18% in Greater Napanee and 19% in Edmundston.
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
Swift Current in brief
- Province
- Saskatchewan
- Census subdivision code
- 4708004
- Residents in 2021
- 16,750
- 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