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Getting around The Blue Mountains: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
9,390
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
14%
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
677th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across The Blue Mountains

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 The Blue Mountains

The share of The Blue Mountains 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 store14%over an hour33%typical 34 min
Pharmacy12%over an hour27%typical 34 min
Park37%typical 24 min73%typical 9 min
Elementary school9%over an hour15%typical 43 min

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

The Blue Mountains in numbers

14% of The Blue Mountains 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

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store8%14%22%31%over an hour
Pharmacy6%12%18%25%over an hour
Park27%37%42%63%24 min
Elementary school3%9%14%23%over an hour

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada

PlaceThe Blue MountainsOntarioCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store14%48%45%677th of 1,000194th of 269 in Ontario
Pharmacy12%60%51%716th of 1,000219th of 269 in Ontario
Park37%87%82%699th of 1,000191st of 269 in Ontario
Elementary school9%60%55%760th of 1,000216th of 269 in Ontario
Share of The Blue Mountains residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min14%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min14%

The Blue Mountains Ontario

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to The Blue Mountains 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
New Glasgow9,47149%
Laurentian Valley9,45020%
Mono9,4212%
Amherst9,40444%
The Blue Mountains9,39014%

More places across the Grey County census division

The Grey County census division has 100,905 residents, 9% of them in The Blue Mountains. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store33%
  • Café31%
  • Bakery16%
  • Library16%
  • Playground30%
  • Childcare21%
  • Community centre18%
  • Clinic17%

Other communities in the Grey 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 The Blue Mountains walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In The Blue Mountains, 14% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, The Blue Mountains ranks 677th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around The Blue Mountains by bike?

By bike, 33% of The Blue Mountains residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 27% a pharmacy, 73% a park and 15% an elementary school. On foot, 14% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 34 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.

Is The Blue Mountains a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 14% of residents reach a grocery store, 12% a pharmacy, 37% a park and 9% 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 The Blue Mountains compare with communities of a similar size?

In The Blue Mountains, 14% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 49% in New Glasgow, 20% in Laurentian Valley, 2% in Mono and 44% in Amherst.

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

The Blue Mountains in brief

Province
Ontario
Census division
Grey County
Census subdivision code
3542045
Residents in 2021
9,390
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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