Getting around Thetford Mines: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Thetford Mines to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 26,072
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 44%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 17 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 202nd
Travel times across Thetford Mines
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 Thetford Mines
The share of Thetford Mines 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 | 26%typical 17 min | 73%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 21%typical 20 min | 66%typical 7 min |
| Park | 64%typical 8 min | 85%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 26%typical 17 min | 70%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 44%typical 17 min | 79%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 32%typical 20 min | 77%typical 7 min |
| Park | 79%typical 8 min | 90%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 44%typical 17 min | 79%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 64%typical 17 min | 82%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 52%typical 20 min | 80%typical 7 min |
| Park | 84%typical 8 min | 93%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 61%typical 17 min | 83%typical 6 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 75%typical 17 min | 85%typical 6 min |
| Pharmacy | 69%typical 20 min | 86%typical 7 min |
| Park | 91%typical 8 min | 97%typical 3 min |
| Elementary school | 74%typical 17 min | 88%typical 6 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Thetford Mines in numbers
44% of Thetford Mines residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 26% | 44% | 64% | 75% | 17 min |
| Pharmacy | 21% | 32% | 52% | 69% | 20 min |
| Park | 64% | 79% | 84% | 91% | 8 min |
| Elementary school | 26% | 44% | 61% | 74% | 17 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Quebec and Canada
| Place | Thetford Mines | Quebec | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 44% | 49% | 45% | 202nd of 1,00065th of 259 in Quebec |
| Pharmacy | 32% | 49% | 51% | 428th of 1,000127th of 259 in Quebec |
| Park | 79% | 83% | 82% | 368th of 1,000108th of 259 in Quebec |
| Elementary school | 44% | 53% | 55% | 325th of 1,00086th of 259 in Quebec |
Thetford Mines Quebec
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Thetford Mines 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 |
|---|---|---|
| La Prairie | 26,406 | 47% |
| Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville | 26,273 | 20% |
| Thetford Mines | 26,072 | 44% |
| Lincoln | 25,719 | 29% |
| Prince Edward County | 25,704 | 22% |
More places across the Les Appalaches RCM census division
The Les Appalaches RCM census division has 43,412 residents, 60% of them in Thetford Mines. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store41%
- Café26%
- Bakery21%
- Library11%
- Playground42%
- Childcare20%
- Community centre19%
- Clinic30%
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 Thetford Mines walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Thetford Mines, 44% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Thetford Mines ranks 202nd of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Thetford Mines by bike?
By bike, 79% of Thetford Mines residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 77% a pharmacy, 90% a park and 79% an elementary school. On foot, 44% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 6 min by bike and 17 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 Thetford Mines a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 44% of residents reach a grocery store, 32% a pharmacy, 79% a park and 44% 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 Thetford Mines compare with communities of a similar size?
In Thetford Mines, 44% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 47% in La Prairie, 20% in Saint-Bruno-de-Montarville, 29% in Lincoln and 22% in Prince Edward County.
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
Thetford Mines in brief
- Province
- Quebec
- Census division
- Les Appalaches RCM
- Census subdivision code
- 2431084
- Residents in 2021
- 26,072
- 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