How walkable is Vimont, Laval?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Vimont has a walkability score of 59 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 3rd most walkable of the 4 neighbourhoods ranked in Laval, which scores 60 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
321 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Vimont. The nearest grocery is about 6 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, banks, parks and schools. It is weakest for books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Marche Des Antilles, 9 min
- Maxi Laval Laurentides, 10 min
Restaurants & bars
- Thaïzone, 4 min
- St-Hubert Express, 5 min
Shopping
- Arthro-Med, 4 min
- RONA Vimont, 5 min
Coffee
- Tim Hortons, 9 min
- Groupe Auxilium, 12 min
Banks
- RBC Banque Royale, 5 min
- RBC Royal Bank, 5 min
Parks
- Halte de Livourne, 7 min
- Parc de Bucarest, 9 min
Schools
- CDC Vimont, 11 min
- ALEDIA-Association Lavalloise pour la Déficience Intellectuelle et le TSA, 12 min
Books & libraries
Culture & entertainment
- Orchestre Showmen, 30 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Vimont, Laval at 45.6052, -73.7266. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 79 street intersections per km², and blocks average 120 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Vimont, Laval
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 2 km around the centre of Vimont, Laval. Rings mark 1 km and 2 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Laval
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Pont-Viau | 5.2 km | 72 |
| Saint-Vincent-de-Paul | 5.5 km | 46 |
| Laval-des-Rapides | 5.8 km | 69 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Laval page.
Questions about walking in Vimont, Laval
Is Vimont walkable?
Partly. Vimont in Laval has a walkability score of 59 out of 100 across the 2 km around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is Vimont more walkable than the rest of Laval?
Vimont is about as walkable as Laval as a whole: it scores 59, against 60 for the 5 km around Laval's centre. It is the 3rd 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 Vimont 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 Vimont it is the average of 53 points spread evenly across the 2 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. Places from Overture Maps release 2026-09-23.1. Neighbourhood position from Overture Maps, name from Wikidata.
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