Getting around Trent Hills: walking and cycling times
à portée’s map shows the trip on foot and by bike from every populated block in Trent Hills to the nearest grocery store, pharmacy, school, park and other everyday places. It is free, with no account.
- residents in 2021
- 13,861
- within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
- 29%
- typical walk to a grocery store
- 53 min
- of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
- 443rd
22% 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 Trent Hills
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 Trent Hills
The share of Trent Hills 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 | 21%typical 53 min | 37%typical 24 min |
| Pharmacy | 22%typical 54 min | 35%typical 25 min |
| Park | 38%typical 22 min | 51%typical 9 min |
| Elementary school | 17%typical 58 min | 30%typical 27 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 29%typical 53 min | 42%typical 24 min |
| Pharmacy | 31%typical 54 min | 41%typical 25 min |
| Park | 46%typical 22 min | 55%typical 9 min |
| Elementary school | 27%typical 58 min | 38%typical 27 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 35%typical 53 min | 47%typical 24 min |
| Pharmacy | 36%typical 54 min | 46%typical 25 min |
| Park | 49%typical 22 min | 58%typical 9 min |
| Elementary school | 34%typical 58 min | 44%typical 27 min |
| Place | On foot | By bike |
|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 42%typical 53 min | 53%typical 24 min |
| Pharmacy | 43%typical 54 min | 52%typical 25 min |
| Park | 54%typical 22 min | 66%typical 9 min |
| Elementary school | 41%typical 58 min | 51%typical 27 min |
Cycling follows the street network, hills included. Within 15 minutes means under 16: times are rounded down to the whole minute.
Trent Hills in numbers
29% of Trent Hills 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 | 21% | 29% | 35% | 42% | 53 min |
| Pharmacy | 22% | 31% | 36% | 43% | 54 min |
| Park | 38% | 46% | 49% | 54% | 22 min |
| Elementary school | 17% | 27% | 34% | 41% | 58 min |
Within a 15-minute walk, beside Ontario and Canada
| Place | Trent Hills | Ontario | Canada | Rank among the 1,000 communities with a page |
|---|---|---|---|---|
| Grocery store | 29% | 48% | 45% | 443rd of 1,000107th of 269 in Ontario |
| Pharmacy | 31% | 60% | 51% | 462nd of 1,000128th of 269 in Ontario |
| Park | 46% | 87% | 82% | 624th of 1,000160th of 269 in Ontario |
| Elementary school | 27% | 60% | 55% | 528th of 1,000148th of 269 in Ontario |
22% 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.
Trent Hills Ontario
Communities of a similar size
The communities closest to Trent Hills 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 |
|---|---|---|
| Powell River | 13,943 | 42% |
| Guelph/Eramosa | 13,904 | 6% |
| Trent Hills | 13,861 | 29% |
| Grand Falls-Windsor | 13,853 | 22% |
| North Battleford | 13,836 | 59% |
More places across the Northumberland County census division
The Northumberland County census division has 89,365 residents, 16% of them in Trent Hills. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:
- Convenience store33%
- Café34%
- Bakery19%
- Library17%
- Playground41%
- Childcare24%
- Community centre15%
- Clinic15%
Other communities in the Northumberland 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 Trent Hills walkable?
One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Trent Hills, 29% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 48% across Ontario and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Trent Hills ranks 443rd of 1,000 communities. 22% 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 Trent Hills by bike?
By bike, 42% of Trent Hills residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 41% a pharmacy, 55% a park and 38% an elementary school. On foot, 29% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 24 min by bike and 53 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 Trent Hills a 15-minute city?
It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 29% of residents reach a grocery store, 31% a pharmacy, 46% a park and 27% 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 Trent Hills compare with communities of a similar size?
In Trent Hills, 29% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 42% in Powell River, 6% in Guelph/Eramosa, 22% in Grand Falls-Windsor and 59% in North Battleford.
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
Trent Hills in brief
- Province
- Ontario
- Census division
- Northumberland County
- Census subdivision code
- 3514045
- Residents in 2021
- 13,861
- 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