--- title: "Laval-des-Rapides, Laval walkability score: 69/100" description: "Laval-des-Rapides in Laval scores 69/100 for walkability (Somewhat Walkable): what's within a walk and how it compares with Laval." url: https://howwalkable.com/cities/canada/laval/laval-des-rapides updated: 2026-10-22 license: https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/ --- 1. [Cities](https://howwalkable.com/cities) 2. [Canada](https://howwalkable.com/cities/canada) 3. [Laval](https://howwalkable.com/cities/canada/laval) 4. Laval-des-Rapides # How walkable is Laval-des-Rapides, Laval? By [Oscar Higson-Spence](https://howwalkable.com/about#author). Updated 22 October 2026 Laval-des-Rapides has a walkability score of 69 out of 100 across the 1.8 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 2nd most walkable of the 4 neighbourhoods ranked in Laval, which scores 60 as a whole. 69 out of 100: Somewhat Walkable Some errands can be accomplished on foot. * #2 of 4 in Laval * 60 Laval overall * 74 at the centre [Open on the map](https://howwalkable.com/?lat=45.55642&lon=-73.70056&q=Laval-des-Rapides%2C%20Laval) ## What's within walking distance 373 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Laval-des-Rapides. The nearest grocery is about 3 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, shopping, banks and parks. It is weakest for culture & entertainment. ### Groceries 3.0 of 3 points * IGA extra, 3 min * Intermarche Palumbo, 20 min * Marché Mexican girls, 21 min ### Restaurants & bars 2.2 of 3 points * Dallas Bar, 3 min * Restaurant Le Cartier, 4 min * Subway, 5 min ### Shopping 2.0 of 2 points * Ordinateur en Gros Laval, 1 min * La Boutique Sharks, 1 min * Pattes et Griffes, 4 min ### Coffee 0.8 of 2 points * Tim Hortons, 15 min * Siembra Cafe and Smoothies Bar, 16 min * Cafe Bistro IL Momento, 20 min ### Banks 1.0 of 1 point * RBC Royal Bank ATM, 2 min * Scotiabank, 15 min * Caisses Desjardins, 21 min ### Parks 1.0 of 1 point * Parc Bernard-Landry, 4 min * Parc des Lucioles, 6 min * Parc du Crochet, 6 min ### Schools 0.6 of 1 point * Léon-Guilbault, 12 min * Marcel Vaillancourt Elementary School, 13 min * École secondaire Mont-de-La Salle, 17 min ### Books & libraries 0.5 of 1 point * Bibliothèque Émile-Nelligan, 14 min * Librairie Andre, 20 min * Le Coin Du Savoir, 21 min ### Culture & entertainment 0.1 of 1 point * Maison des arts de Laval, 23 min * Diffusart Laval, 23 min * Annexe3, 27 min Measured from the mapped centre of Laval-des-Rapides, Laval at 45.5564, -73.7006. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route. ## Street layout Within 800 m of the centre there are about 62 street intersections per km², and blocks average 117 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests. ## Walkability across Laval-des-Rapides, Laval ![Walkability scores across the 1.8 km around the centre of Laval-des-Rapides. 60% of points score 70 or more; the lowest, 22, is 2 km to the south-east.](https://howwalkable.com/maps/canada/laval/laval-des-rapides.svg?v=c341ec5b27a1) Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.8 km around the centre of Laval-des-Rapides, Laval. Rings mark 900 m and 1.8 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets. ## Nearby neighbourhoods in Laval | Neighbourhood | Distance | Score | | ------------------------------------------------------------------- | -------- | ----- | | [Pont-Viau](https://howwalkable.com/cities/canada/laval/pont-viau) | 2.3 km | 72 | | [Vimont](https://howwalkable.com/cities/canada/laval/vimont) | 5.8 km | 59 | | [Saint-Vincent-de-Paul](https://howwalkable.com/cities/canada/laval/saint-vincent-de-paul) | 7.3 km | 46 | See every neighbourhood ranked on the [Laval page](https://howwalkable.com/cities/canada/laval#neighbourhoods). ## Questions about walking in Laval-des-Rapides, Laval ### Is Laval-des-Rapides walkable? Partly. Laval-des-Rapides in Laval has a walkability score of 69 out of 100 across the 1.8 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. ### Is Laval-des-Rapides more walkable than the rest of Laval? Laval-des-Rapides is more walkable than Laval as a whole: it scores 69, against 60 for the 5 km around Laval's centre. It is the 2nd most walkable of the 4 neighbourhoods ranked in Laval on How Walkable. ### What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Laval? Of the 4 Laval neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Pont-Viau (72), Laval-des-Rapides (69) and Vimont (59). ### How is the walkability score of Laval-des-Rapides 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 Laval-des-Rapides it is the average of 55 points spread evenly across the 1.8 km around its mapped centre, leaving out water and land without streets, using open map data from Overture Maps 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](https://howwalkable.com/methodology). Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata. Ask about walking anywhere in ChatGPT with the [How Walkable app](https://chatgpt.com/plugins/plugin_asdk_app_6accc634bcf8819189c1bcaf0e227f0f), for example "How walkable is Laval-des-Rapides, Laval?" Scores, rankings and text by How Walkable (https://howwalkable.com), licensed under CC BY 4.0 (https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by/4.0/); credit How Walkable and link to this page when reusing them.