Getting around Sylvan Lake: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Sylvan Lake to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 15,995
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 20%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 32 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 597th
Travel times across Sylvan Lake
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 Sylvan Lake
The share of Sylvan Lake 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 | 9%typical 32 min | 47%typical 11 min |
| Pharmacy | 36%typical 12 min | 98%typical 4 min |
| Park | 98%typical 3 min | 99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 39%typical 12 min | 92%typical 4 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 20%typical 32 min | 66%typical 11 min |
| Pharmacy | 64%typical 12 min | >99%typical 4 min |
| Park | 99%typical 3 min | >99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 64%typical 12 min | 99%typical 4 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 31%typical 32 min | 90%typical 11 min |
| Pharmacy | 84%typical 12 min | >99%typical 4 min |
| Park | 99%typical 3 min | >99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 79%typical 12 min | >99%typical 4 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 47%typical 32 min | >99%typical 11 min |
| Pharmacy | 98%typical 12 min | >99%typical 4 min |
| Park | >99%typical 3 min | >99%typical 1 min |
| Elementary school | 94%typical 12 min | >99%typical 4 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Sylvan Lake in numbers
20% of Sylvan Lake residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 9% | 20% | 31% | 47% | 32 min |
| Pharmacy | 36% | 64% | 84% | 98% | 12 min |
| Park | 98% | 99% | 99% | >99% | 3 min |
| Elementary school | 39% | 64% | 79% | 94% | 12 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Alberta and Canada
| Place | Sylvan Lake | Alberta | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 20% | 40% | 45% | 597th of 1,00064th of 118 in Alberta |
| Pharmacy | 64% | 51% | 51% | 54th of 1,0006th of 118 in Alberta |
| Park | 99% | 85% | 82% | 59th of 1,00013th of 118 in Alberta |
| Elementary school | 64% | 53% | 55% | 110th of 1,00017th of 118 in Alberta |
Sylvan Lake Alberta
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Sylvan Lake 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Tracadie | 16,043 | 13% |
| Summerside | 16,001 | 37% |
| Sylvan Lake | 15,995 | 20% |
| Canmore | 15,990 | 36% |
| Saugeen Shores | 15,908 | 45% |
More places across the Red Deer area
The Red Deer area has 213,470 residents, 7% of them in Sylvan Lake. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store49%
- Café33%
- Bakery21%
- Library17%
- Playground74%
- Childcare29%
- Community centre24%
- Clinic20%
Other communities in the Red Deer area
Beside each community is the share of its residents who can reach a grocery store within a 15-minute walk.
- Red Deer37%
- Red Deer County8%
- Lacombe23%
- Blackfalds35%
- Lacombe County1%
- Ponoka County0%
- Innisfail21%
- Ponoka48%
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 Sylvan Lake walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Sylvan Lake, 20% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Sylvan Lake ranks 597th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Sylvan Lake by bike?
By bike, 66% of Sylvan Lake residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, over 99% a pharmacy, over 99% a park and 99% an elementary school. On foot, 20% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 11 min by bike and 32 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 Sylvan Lake a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 20% of residents reach a grocery store, 64% a pharmacy, 99% a park and 64% 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 Sylvan Lake compare with communities of a similar size?
In Sylvan Lake, 20% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 13% in Tracadie, 37% in Summerside, 36% in Canmore and 45% in Saugeen Shores.
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
Sylvan Lake in brief
- Province
- Alberta
- Census subdivision code
- 4808012
- Residents in 2021
- 15,995
- 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