How walkable is London, Ontario?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
London, Ontario has a walkability score of 54 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 13th most walkable of the 14 cities ranked in Canada.
What's within walking distance of the centre
991 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central London, Ontario. The nearest grocery is about 10 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools, books & libraries and culture & entertainment.
Groceries
- Veg-Way Produce, 16 min
- Latino Market, 16 min
Restaurants & bars
- Go Gonzalez BBQ, 3 min
- Boxcar Donuts, 3 min
Shopping
- POI Business Interiors, 4 min
- Higgins Fine Opticians, 4 min
Coffee
- Willie's Cafe, 4 min
- Cafe One Fresh Food Eateries, 5 min
Banks
- National Bank, 5 min
- RBC Royal Bank, 5 min
Parks
- Campbell Memorial Park, 10 min
- Harris Park, 11 min
Schools
- The Sycamore School, 9 min
- London District Catholic School Board, 9 min
Books & libraries
- Brown & Dickson (ABAC, ILAB), 4 min
- Attic Books, 6 min
Culture & entertainment
- Grand Theatre, 4 min
- Summerstock London, 5 min
Measured from the centre at 42.9873, -81.2484, the point near London, Ontario'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 66 street intersections per km², and blocks average 104 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 1%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
How far walkability reaches
London, Ontario's score of 54 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 86 within 1 km of the centre, 61 from 1 to 3 km out and 46 from 3 to 5 km out. 28% of the sampled area scores 70 or more, where most errands can be done on foot. Walkability falls off steeply away from the centre, so check a specific address on the map.
- 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 London, Ontario. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 93 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 86 | 86% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 61 | 39% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 46 | 14% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Hamilton, Ontario, Canada | 116 km | 64 |
| Mississauga, Canada | 144 km | 55 |
| Detroit, United States | 165 km | 66 |
| Toronto, Canada | 169 km | 82 |
| Vaughan, Canada | 169 km | 47 |
Questions about walking in London, Ontario
Is London, Ontario a walkable city?
Partly. London, Ontario has a walkability score of 54 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 93. 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 13th of 14 cities in Canada and joint 543rd 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. London, Ontario ranks 13th with 54.
How does London, Ontario compare with nearby cities?
London, Ontario is less walkable than its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 54, against Hamilton, Ontario (64, 116 km away), Mississauga (55, 144 km away) and Detroit (66, 165 km away).
Which part of London, Ontario is most walkable?
London's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 93. Walkability averages 86 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the east (averaging 63) and falls most to the south-west (40).
Why is London, Ontario'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 London, Ontario'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 London, Ontario's walkability score calculated?
For London, Ontario it is the average of 85 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 24 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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