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Getting around West Hants: walking and cycling times

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

residents in 2021
19,509
within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store
8%
of 1,000 communities for groceries on foot
762nd

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Municipal boundaries: Statistics Canada.

Travel times across West Hants

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 West Hants

The share of West Hants 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 store8%over an hour25%typical 46 min
Pharmacy14%over an hour25%typical 47 min
Park26%typical 47 min41%typical 25 min
Elementary school14%typical 41 min39%typical 23 min

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

West Hants in numbers

8% of West Hants residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 26% across Nova Scotia and 45% across Canada.

Residents within a walk of each place

Place10 min15 min20 min30 minTypical walk
Grocery store6%8%14%23%over an hour
Pharmacy10%14%18%24%over an hour
Park19%26%31%40%47 min
Elementary school6%14%23%40%41 min

Within a 15-minute walk, beside Nova Scotia and Canada

PlaceWest HantsNova ScotiaCanadaRank among the 1,000 communities with a page
Grocery store8%26%45%762nd of 1,00034th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Pharmacy14%27%51%691st of 1,00022nd of 49 in Nova Scotia
Park26%62%82%780th of 1,00024th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Elementary school14%30%55%693rd of 1,00019th of 49 in Nova Scotia
Share of West Hants residents within each minute’s walk of the nearest grocery store
0%25%50%75%100%0 min5 min10 min15 min20 min25 min30 min8%
0%25%50%75%100%0 min15 min30 min8%

West Hants Nova Scotia

Communities of a similar size

The communities closest to West Hants 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
Westmount19,65882%
Russell19,59829%
West Hants19,5098%
Salmon Arm19,43239%
Kirkland19,41335%

More places across the Hants County census division

The Hants County census division has 45,140 residents, 43% of them in West Hants. The share of them within a 15-minute walk of more kinds of place:

  • Convenience store16%
  • Café17%
  • Bakery12%
  • Library8%
  • Playground7%
  • Childcare13%
  • Community centre15%
  • Clinic8%

Other communities in the Hants 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 West Hants walkable?

One measure is the share of residents within a 15-minute walk of everyday places. In West Hants, 8% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store, compared with 26% across Nova Scotia and 45% across Canada. On this measure, West Hants ranks 762nd of 1,000 communities.

Can you get around West Hants by bike?

By bike, 25% of West Hants residents reach a grocery store within 15 minutes, 25% a pharmacy, 41% a park and 39% an elementary school. On foot, 8% are within 15 minutes of a grocery store. The typical trip to a grocery store takes 46 min by bike and over an hour on foot. Cycling times follow the street network, hills included; they don’t say whether a street is safe or comfortable to ride.

Is West Hants a 15-minute city?

It depends on which everyday places you count. Within a 15-minute walk, 8% of residents reach a grocery store, 14% a pharmacy, 26% a park and 14% 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 West Hants compare with communities of a similar size?

In West Hants, 8% of residents live within a 15-minute walk of a grocery store; in the communities closest to it in population, the share is 82% in Westmount, 29% in Russell, 39% in Salmon Arm and 35% in Kirkland.

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

West Hants in brief

Province
Nova Scotia
Census division
Hants County
Census subdivision code
1208003
Residents in 2021
19,509
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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