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Getting around Val-David: walking, cycling and transit times

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

residents in 2021
5,558
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
22%
typical walk to a grocery store
29 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
569th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Val-David

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 Val-David

The share of Val-David residents within a trip of each place, and the typical trip, by each way of getting there the free map offers.

PlaceOn footBy bikeBy transit, weekday morning peak
Grocery store22%typical 29 min62%typical 12 min22%typical 29 min
Pharmacy15%typical 34 min55%typical 13 min15%typical 34 min
Park31%typical 22 min78%typical 8 min31%typical 22 min
Elementary school18%typical 33 min57%typical 13 min18%typical 33 min

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.

Val-David in numbers

22% of Val-David 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 store13%22%32%52%29 min
Pharmacy7%15%21%41%34 min
Park21%31%46%69%22 min
Elementary school11%18%27%47%33 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Quebec and Canada

PlaceVal-DavidQuebecCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store22%49%45%569th of 1,000181st of 259 in Quebec
Pharmacy15%49%51%682nd of 1,000212th of 259 in Quebec
Park31%83%82%756th of 1,000231st of 259 in Quebec
Elementary school18%53%55%645th of 1,000202nd of 259 in Quebec
Share of Val-David residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min22%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min22%

Val-David Quebec

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Val-David 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
Creston5,58359%
Redcliff5,58124%
Val-David5,55822%
Osoyoos5,55643%
Woodstock, New Brunswick5,55336%

More places across the Les Laurentides RCM census division

The Les Laurentides RCM census division has 50,777 residents, 11% of them in Val-David. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store31%
  • Café29%
  • Bakery18%
  • Library17%
  • Playground27%
  • Childcare17%
  • Community centre9%
  • Clinic19%

Other communities in the Les Laurentides 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-David walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Val-David, 22% 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-David ranks 569th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Val-David by bike?

By bike, 62% of Val-David residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 55% a pharmacy, 78% a park and 57% an elementary school. On foot, 22% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 12 min by bike and 29 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 Val-David?

By transit at the weekday morning peak, 22% of Val-David residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, against 22% on foot and 62% by bike. These times include the walk to and from the stops and the wait. The typical trip takes 29 min by transit and 29 min on foot. Where transit would be slower than walking, the time shown is the walk.

Is Val-David a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 22% of residents reach a grocery store, 15% a pharmacy, 31% a park and 18% 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-David compare with communities of a similar size?

In Val-David, 22% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 59% in Creston, 24% in Redcliff, 43% in Osoyoos and 36% in Woodstock, New Brunswick.

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

Val-David in brief

Province
Quebec
Census division
Les Laurentides RCM
Census subdivision code
2478010
Residents in 2021
5,558
Data published
8 October 2026
Provinces: Natural Earth.

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

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