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Getting around Vermilion: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
3,948
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
41%
typical walk to a grocery store
19 min
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
250th

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across Vermilion

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 Vermilion

The share of Vermilion 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 store41%typical 19 min100%typical 7 min
Pharmacy50%typical 16 min100%typical 5 min
Park94%typical 4 min100%typical 1 min
Elementary school42%typical 17 min100%typical 5 min

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

Vermilion in numbers

41% of Vermilion residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store28%41%57%83%19 min
Pharmacy33%50%77%>99%16 min
Park90%94%>99%100%4 min
Elementary school24%42%69%88%17 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Alberta and Canada

PlaceVermilionAlbertaCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store41%40%45%250th of 1,00026th of 118 in Alberta
Pharmacy50%51%51%182nd of 1,00030th of 118 in Alberta
Park94%85%82%195th of 1,00046th of 118 in Alberta
Elementary school42%53%55%354th of 1,00051st of 118 in Alberta
Share of Vermilion residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min41%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min41%

Vermilion Alberta

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to Vermilion 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
Callander3,96418%
Casselman3,96064%
Vermilion3,94841%
Northern Rockies3,94728%
Kitimat-Stikine E3,9320%

More places across the Lloydminster (Part) area

The Lloydminster (Part) area has 95,455 residents, 4% of them in Vermilion. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store35%
  • Café36%
  • Bakery18%
  • Library19%
  • Playground57%
  • Childcare22%
  • Community centre15%
  • Clinic20%

Other communities in the Lloydminster (Part) 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 Vermilion walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In Vermilion, 41% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 40% across Alberta and 45% across Canada. On this measure, Vermilion ranks 250th of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around Vermilion by bike?

By bike, 100% of Vermilion residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 100% a pharmacy, 100% a park and 100% an elementary school. On foot, 41% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 7 min by bike and 19 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 Vermilion a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 41% of residents reach a grocery store, 50% a pharmacy, 94% a park and 42% 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 Vermilion compare with communities of a similar size?

In Vermilion, 41% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 18% in Callander, 64% in Casselman, 28% in Northern Rockies and 0% in Kitimat-Stikine E.

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

Vermilion in brief

Province
Alberta
Census subdivision code
4810042
Residents in 2021
3,948
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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