How walkable is Laval, Quebec?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Laval, Quebec has a walkability score of 60 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 10th most walkable of the 14 cities ranked in Canada.
What's within walking distance of the centre
730 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Laval, Quebec. The nearest grocery is about 8 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for shopping, banks and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Avril Supermarché Santé, 21 min
- Johanne Verdon, 25 min
Restaurants & bars
- Chez Lionel, 6 min
- Le Quartz Lounge, 6 min
Shopping
- Deca Lighting, 6 min
- C&M Textiles, 6 min
Coffee
- Cafe Romy, 12 min
- Teavana - Closed, 14 min
Banks
- Banque Laurentienne, 9 min
- HSBC Bank Canada, 11 min
Parks
- Parc Chopin, 13 min
- Parc de la Seigneurie, 19 min
Schools
- Laval Catholic High School, 12 min
- Laval Junior Academy, 15 min
Books & libraries
- BD Cosmos, 22 min
- Librairie Martin, 27 min
Culture & entertainment
- Musée de la santé Armand-Frappier, 3 min
- Bfly, 5 min
Further than usual
- The nearest restaurant is 6 minutes from the centre on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
- The nearest shop is 5 minutes from the centre on foot, against 1 minute for the median city ranked.
- The nearest school is 12 minutes from the centre on foot, against 4 minutes for the median city ranked.
Measured from the centre at 45.5677, -73.7436, the point near Laval, Quebec's middle with the most places in walking range. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 33 street intersections per km², and blocks average 160 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 6%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
How far walkability reaches
Laval, Quebec's score of 60 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 69 within 1 km of the centre, 59 from 1 to 3 km out and 59 from 3 to 5 km out. 10 of the 91 points within 5 km fall on water or on land without streets, such as hillsides, forest or farmland, and are left out, so the score describes only the built-up part. 41% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot.
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point, 1 km from its neighbours, across the 5 km around central Laval, Quebec. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 77 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 69 | 50% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 59 | 41% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 59 | 39% |
Neighbourhoods of Laval, Quebec by walkability
Each neighbourhood is scored across the area around its centre, so the score describes that part of Laval, Quebec rather than the city as a whole.
| # | Neighbourhood | Score |
|---|---|---|
| 1 | Pont-Viau | 72 |
| 2 | Laval-des-Rapides | 69 |
| 3 | Vimont | 59 |
| 4 | Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 46 |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Montreal, Canada | 11 km | 82 |
| Ottawa, Canada | 158 km | 70 |
| Quebec City, Canada | 236 km | 69 |
| Boston, United States | 415 km | 89 |
| Toronto, Canada | 497 km | 82 |
Questions about walking in Laval, Quebec
Is Laval, Quebec a walkable city?
Partly. Laval, Quebec has a walkability score of 60 out of 100 across the 5 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. Its centre scores 77. The score covers about 80 km² around the busiest point rather than the whole city, and suburbs further out are usually less walkable, so check a specific address on the map. It ranks 10th of 14 cities in Canada and joint 459th of 690 worldwide on How Walkable.
What is the most walkable city in Canada?
Vancouver is the most walkable of the 14 cities ranked in Canada, with a score of 83. Laval, Quebec ranks 10th with 60.
How does Laval, Quebec compare with nearby cities?
Laval, Quebec is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 60, against Montreal (82, 11 km away), Ottawa (70, 158 km away) and Quebec City (69, 236 km away).
Which part of Laval, Quebec is most walkable?
Laval is most walkable beyond 2.5 km to the south, where walkability averages 83, more than the 69 within 1 km of its centre. The centre itself, the point with the most places in walking range, scores 77. It falls most to the north-west (44).
What is the most walkable neighbourhood in Laval, Quebec?
Of the 4 Laval, Quebec neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Pont-Viau (72), Laval-des-Rapides (69) and Vimont (59). The least walkable is Saint-Vincent-de-Paul, with 46.
Why is Laval, Quebec's score different from its Walk Score?
Walk Score's city scores average every neighbourhood within the city limits, weighted by where people live, so they count outer suburbs that the 5 km around Laval, Quebec's centre leaves out, and they are usually lower. Address by address the two agree closely: across 46 addresses in the United States and Canada, How Walkable's scores were 5.9 points from Walk Score's on average, as the accuracy study at howwalkable.com/accuracy shows.
How is Laval, Quebec's walkability score calculated?
For Laval, Quebec it is the average of 81 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 33 of them score 70 or more. Each point counts groceries, restaurants, shops, cafés, banks, parks, schools, libraries and cultural venues within a 30 minute walk, gives nearer places more weight, and loses up to 20% where streets are sparse or blocks are long, using open map data from Overture Maps (release 2026-09-23.1) and OpenStreetMap. It measures what is within a walk, not what the walk is like: pavements, traffic, safety, hills and heat are not part of the score.
This page is generated from open map data with a published walkability method, explained in the methodology. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. City position and population from GeoNames.
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