Getting around Torbay: walking, cycling and transit times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot, by bike and by transit from every populated block in Torbay to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 7,852
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 5%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 57 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 806th
Travel times across Torbay
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 Torbay
The share of Torbay 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 | 3%typical 57 min | 4%typical 27 min | 3%typical 56 min |
| Pharmacy | 4%typical 37 min | 8%typical 25 min | 4%typical 37 min |
| Park | 18%typical 23 min | 37%typical 14 min | 18%typical 23 min |
| Elementary school | 6%typical 45 min | 10%typical 26 min | 6%typical 44 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 5%typical 57 min | 8%typical 27 min | 5%typical 56 min |
| Pharmacy | 10%typical 37 min | 24%typical 25 min | 10%typical 37 min |
| Park | 31%typical 23 min | 58%typical 14 min | 31%typical 23 min |
| Elementary school | 9%typical 45 min | 20%typical 26 min | 9%typical 44 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 7%typical 57 min | 20%typical 27 min | 7%typical 56 min |
| Pharmacy | 16%typical 37 min | 38%typical 25 min | 17%typical 37 min |
| Park | 45%typical 23 min | 82%typical 14 min | 45%typical 23 min |
| Elementary school | 14%typical 45 min | 33%typical 26 min | 15%typical 44 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike | By transit, weekday morning peak |
|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 13%typical 57 min | 61%typical 27 min | 13%typical 56 min |
| Pharmacy | 34%typical 37 min | 66%typical 25 min | 35%typical 37 min |
| Park | 68%typical 23 min | 97%typical 14 min | 70%typical 23 min |
| Elementary school | 26%typical 45 min | 62%typical 26 min | 27%typical 44 min |
Transit timetables cover the areas where 75% of Torbay 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.
Torbay in numbers
5% of Torbay residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 25% across Newfoundland and Labrador and 45% across Canada.
Residents within a walk of each place
| Place | 10 min | 15 min | 20 min | 30 min | Typical walk |
|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 3% | 5% | 7% | 13% | 57 min |
| Pharmacy | 4% | 10% | 16% | 34% | 37 min |
| Park | 18% | 31% | 45% | 68% | 23 min |
| Elementary school | 6% | 9% | 14% | 26% | 45 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Newfoundland and Labrador and Canada
| Place | Torbay | Newfoundland and Labrador | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 5% | 25% | 45% | 806th of 1,00019th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Pharmacy | 10% | 26% | 51% | 753rd of 1,00020th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Park | 31% | 44% | 82% | 754th of 1,00017th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
| Elementary school | 9% | 19% | 55% | 769th of 1,00017th of 21 in Newfoundland and Labrador |
Torbay Newfoundland and Labrador
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Torbay 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Argyle | 7,870 | 6% |
| Rigaud | 7,854 | 27% |
| Torbay | 7,852 | 5% |
| East Zorra-Tavistock | 7,841 | 37% |
| Stone Mills | 7,826 | 10% |
More places across the St. John's area
The St. John's area has 271,878 residents, 3% of them in Torbay. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store48%
- Café30%
- Bakery18%
- Library9%
- Playground45%
- Childcare25%
- Community centre15%
- Clinic24%
Other communities in the St. John's 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 Torbay walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Torbay, 5% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 25% across Newfoundland and Labrador and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Torbay ranks 806th of 1,000 communities.
Can you get around Torbay by bike?
By bike, 8% of Torbay residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 24% a pharmacy, 58% a park and 20% an elementary school. On foot, 5% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 27 min by bike and 57 min 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 Torbay?
By transit at the weekday morning peak, 5% of Torbay residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 5% on foot and 8% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 56 min by transit and 57 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk. Transit timetables cover the areas where 75% of residents live; for the rest, the time shown is the walk.
Is Torbay a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 5% of residents reach a grocery store, 10% a pharmacy, 31% 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 Torbay compare with communities of a similar size?
In Torbay, 5% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 6% in Argyle, 27% in Rigaud, 37% in East Zorra-Tavistock and 10% in Stone Mills.
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
Torbay in brief
- Province
- Newfoundland and Labrador
- Census subdivision code
- 1001509
- Residents in 2021
- 7,852
- 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