Getting around The Nation: walking, cycling and transit times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot, by bike and by transit from every populated block in The Nation to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 13,350
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 11%
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 717th
19% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.
Travel times across The Nation
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 The Nation
The share of The Nation 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 | 6%over an hour | 22%typical 41 min | 6%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 8%over an hour | 17%typical 39 min | 8%over an hour |
| Park | 27%typical 25 min | 48%typical 12 min | 27%typical 25 min |
| Elementary school | 11%typical 50 min | 34%typical 24 min | 11%typical 50 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 11%over an hour | 33%typical 41 min | 11%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 12%over an hour | 27%typical 39 min | 12%over an hour |
| Park | 37%typical 25 min | 53%typical 12 min | 37%typical 25 min |
| Elementary school | 19%typical 50 min | 42%typical 24 min | 19%typical 50 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 20%over an hour | 37%typical 41 min | 20%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 16%over an hour | 37%typical 39 min | 16%over an hour |
| Park | 45%typical 25 min | 57%typical 12 min | 45%typical 25 min |
| Elementary school | 26%typical 50 min | 47%typical 24 min | 26%typical 50 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 28%over an hour | 44%typical 41 min | 28%over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 24%over an hour | 45%typical 39 min | 24%over an hour |
| Park | 53%typical 25 min | 64%typical 12 min | 53%typical 25 min |
| Elementary school | 39%typical 50 min | 53%typical 24 min | 39%typical 50 min |
Transit timetables cover the areas where 12% of The Nation 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.
The Nation in numbers
11% of The Nation 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 | 6% | 11% | 20% | 28% | over an hour |
| Pharmacy | 8% | 12% | 16% | 24% | over an hour |
| Park | 27% | 37% | 45% | 53% | 25 min |
| Elementary school | 11% | 19% | 26% | 39% | 50 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | The Nation | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 11% | 48% | 45% | 717th of 1,000202nd of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 12% | 60% | 51% | 716th of 1,000219th of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 37% | 87% | 82% | 702nd of 1,000192nd of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 19% | 60% | 55% | 635th of 1,000176th of 269 in Ontario |
19% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.
The Nation Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to The Nation 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Lacombe | 13,396 | 23% |
| The Nation | 13,350 | 11% |
| South Glengarry | 13,330 | 7% |
| Val-des-Monts | 13,328 | 9% |
| Saint-Amable | 13,322 | 24% |
More places across the Prescott and Russell census division
The Prescott and Russell census division has 95,639 residents, 14% of them in The Nation. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store33%
- Café30%
- Bakery14%
- Library20%
- Playground50%
- Childcare26%
- Community centre17%
- Clinic14%
Other communities in the Prescott and Russell 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 Nation walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In The Nation, 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, The Nation ranks 717th of 1,000 communities. 19% of residents live in blocks with no everyday place of any kind within an hour’s walk, often in rural areas: the shares and the rank count them as out of reach.
Can you get around The Nation by bike?
By bike, 33% of The Nation residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 27% a pharmacy, 53% a park and 42% an elementary school. On foot, 11% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 41 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 The Nation?
By transit at the weekday morning peak, 11% of The Nation residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 11% on foot and 33% 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 12% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.
Is The Nation a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 11% of residents reach a grocery store, 12% a pharmacy, 37% a park and 19% 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 Nation compare with communities of a similar size?
In The Nation, 11% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 23% in Lacombe, 7% in South Glengarry, 9% in Val-des-Monts and 24% in Saint-Amable.
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
The Nation in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Prescott and Russell
- Census subdivision code
- 3502025
- Residents in 2021
- 13,350
- 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