Getting around Thames Centre: walking, cycling and transit times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot, by bike and by transit from every populated block in Thames Centre to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 13,980
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 11%
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 723rd
Travel times across Thames Centre
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 Thames Centre
The share of Thames Centre 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 | 19%typical 50 min | 4%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 13%typical 38 min | 27%typical 23 min | 13%typical 38 min |
| Park | 38%typical 20 min | 51%typical 10 min | 38%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 15%typical 32 min | 35%typical 16 min | 15%typical 32 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 11%over an hour | 28%typical 50 min | 11%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 20%typical 38 min | 37%typical 23 min | 20%typical 38 min |
| Park | 44%typical 20 min | 61%typical 10 min | 44%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 24%typical 32 min | 50%typical 16 min | 24%typical 32 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 17%over an hour | 33%typical 50 min | 17%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 28%typical 38 min | 45%typical 23 min | 28%typical 38 min |
| Park | 51%typical 20 min | 66%typical 10 min | 51%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 31%typical 32 min | 53%typical 16 min | 31%typical 32 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 28%over an hour | 45%typical 50 min | 28%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 44%typical 38 min | 59%typical 23 min | 44%typical 38 min |
| Park | 60%typical 20 min | 72%typical 10 min | 60%typical 20 min |
| Elementary school | 49%typical 32 min | 60%typical 16 min | 49%typical 32 min |
Transit timetables cover the areas where 15% of Thames Centre 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.
Thames Centre in numbers
11% of Thames Centre 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% | 11% | 17% | 28% | over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 13% | 20% | 28% | 44% | 38 min |
| Park | 38% | 44% | 51% | 60% | 20 min |
| Elementary school | 15% | 24% | 31% | 49% | 32 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | Thames Centre | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 11% | 48% | 45% | 723rd of 1,000205th of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 20% | 60% | 51% | 636th of 1,000193rd of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 44% | 87% | 82% | 647th of 1,000169th of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 24% | 60% | 55% | 561st of 1,000157th of 269 in Ontario |
Thames Centre Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Thames Centre 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Sainte-Adèle | 14,010 | 25% |
| Matane | 13,987 | 23% |
| Whistler | 13,982 | 36% |
| Thames Centre | 13,980 | 11% |
| Powell River | 13,943 | 42% |
More places across the Middlesex County census division
The Middlesex County census division has 500,563 residents, 3% of them in Thames Centre. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store53%
- Café48%
- Bakery29%
- Library17%
- Playground73%
- Childcare34%
- Community centre22%
- Clinic34%
Other communities in the Middlesex County 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 Thames Centre walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Thames Centre, 11% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Thames Centre ranks 723rd of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Thames Centre by bike?
By bike, 28% of Thames Centre residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 37% a pharmacy, 61% a park and 50% an elementary school. On foot, 11% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 50 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 Thames Centre?
By transit at the weekday morning peak, 11% of Thames Centre residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 11% on foot and 28% 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 15% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.
Is Thames Centre a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 11% of residents reach a grocery store, 20% a pharmacy, 44% a park and 24% 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 Thames Centre compare with communities of a similar size?
In Thames Centre, 11% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 25% in Sainte-Adèle, 23% in Matane, 36% in Whistler and 42% in Powell River.
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
Thames Centre in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Middlesex County
- Census subdivision code
- 3539027
- Residents in 2021
- 13,980
- 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