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Getting around Val-d'Or: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
32,752
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
34%
typical walk to a grocery store
21 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
355th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Val-d'Or

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 Val-d'Or

The share of Val-d'Or 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 store34%typical 21 min61%typical 8 min
Pharmacy32%typical 21 min61%typical 7 min
Park75%typical 8 min80%typical 3 min
Elementary school43%typical 18 min68%typical 7 min

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

Val-d'Or in numbers

34% of Val-d'Or 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

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store18%34%48%61%21 min
Pharmacy16%32%47%61%21 min
Park64%75%77%80%8 min
Elementary school26%43%54%68%18 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Quebec and Canada

PlaceVal-d'OrQuebecCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store34%49%45%355th of 1,000113th of 259 in Quebec
Pharmacy32%49%51%448th of 1,000134th of 259 in Quebec
Park75%83%82%405th of 1,000120th of 259 in Quebec
Elementary school43%53%55%331st of 1,00088th of 259 in Quebec
Share of Val-d'Or residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min34%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min34%

Val-d'Or Quebec

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Val-d'Or 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
Stratford33,23236%
Saint-Georges32,93540%
Fort Erie32,90119%
Val-d'Or32,75234%
LaSalle32,72118%

More places across the La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM census division

The La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM census division has 43,347 residents, 76% of them in Val-d'Or. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store54%
  • Café32%
  • Bakery16%
  • Library15%
  • Playground53%
  • Childcare21%
  • Community centre15%
  • Clinic28%

Other communities in the La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM 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 Val-d'Or walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Val-d'Or, 34% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 49% across Quebec and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Val-d'Or ranks 355th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Val-d'Or by bike?

By bike, 61% of Val-d'Or residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 61% a pharmacy, 80% a park and 68% an elementary school. On foot, 34% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 8 min by bike and 21 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 Val-d'Or a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 34% of residents reach a grocery store, 32% a pharmacy, 75% a park and 43% 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 Val-d'Or compare with communities of a similar size?

In Val-d'Or, 34% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 36% in Stratford, 40% in Saint-Georges, 19% in Fort Erie and 18% in LaSalle.

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

Val-d'Or in brief

Province
Quebec
Census division
La Vallée-de-l'Or RCM
Census subdivision code
2489008
Residents in 2021
32,752
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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