How walkable is Montgomery?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Montgomery has a walkability score of 67 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Calgary, which scores 69 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
519 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Montgomery. The nearest grocery is Save-On-Foods, about 21 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks and schools. It is weakest for groceries, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
- Coles22 min
- Safeway23 min
- Club House Family Restaurant and Lounge4 min
- KFC4 min
- Allan's Flowers4 min
- The Good Samaritan Thrift Store5 min
- Fringe Coffee6 min
- Tim Hortons7 min
- CIBC4 min
- BMO Bank of Montreal5 min
- Shouldice Park6 min
- Unnamed park9 min
- Montgomery Community Preschool6 min
- X School Canada13 min
- Paper Root Studios24 min
- Cineplex VIP Cinemas University District22 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Montgomery at 51.0748, -114.1625. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 55 street intersections per km², and blocks average 125 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Montgomery
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 950 m around the centre of Montgomery. Rings mark 500 m and 950 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Calgary
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Bowness | 2.7 km | 55 |
| Beltline | 7.4 km | 95 |
| Inglewood | 10.5 km | 71 |
| Forest Lawn | 14 km | 77 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Calgary page.
Questions about walking in Montgomery
Is Montgomery walkable?
Partly. Montgomery in Calgary has a walkability score of 67 out of 100 across the 950 m around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Montgomery more walkable than the rest of Calgary?
Montgomery is about as walkable as Calgary as a whole: it scores 67, against 69 for the 5 km around Calgary's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Calgary neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Calgary?
Of the 5 Calgary neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Beltline (95), Forest Lawn (77) and Inglewood (71).
How is the walkability score of Montgomery calculated?
The score counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and deducts up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long. For Montgomery it is the average of 50 points spread evenly across the 950 m around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps and OpenStreetMap.
Scores follow a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.