How walkable is Côte-des-Neiges?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Côte-des-Neiges has a walkability score of 85 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Montréal, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
580 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Côte-des-Neiges. The nearest grocery is Épicerie Fine Marché du Village, about 3 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Trottier Fruits & Legumes6 min
- Metro Côte-des-Neiges10 min
- Saint-Houblon Côte-des-Neiges3 min
- Chez Sindibad Restaurant3 min
- Circle K3 min
- Quincaillerie3 min
- Tim Hortons3 min
- Le Caravane Café4 min
- Full Service Banking Centre3 min
- RBC Royal Bank5 min
- Unnamed park11 min
- Place du 6-décembre-198911 min
- BrebeufHx5 min
- École Notre dame des neiges5 min
- Bibliothèque de Côte des Neiges6 min
- Renaud-Bray Côte-des-Neiges7 min
- Les Voix de la montagne16 min
- Petits Chanteurs du Mont-Royal16 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Côte-des-Neiges at 45.4988, -73.6240. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 58 street intersections per km², and blocks average 113 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 Côte-des-Neiges
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1 km around the centre of Côte-des-Neiges. Rings mark 500 m and 1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Montréal
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Outremont | 2.6 km | 86 |
| Old Montreal | 5.2 km | 97 |
| Gay Village | 5.8 km | 94 |
| Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 8.4 km | 81 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Montréal page.
Questions about walking in Côte-des-Neiges
Is Côte-des-Neiges walkable?
Yes. Côte-des-Neiges in Montréal has a walkability score of 85 out of 100 across the 1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Côte-des-Neiges more walkable than the rest of Montréal?
Côte-des-Neiges is more walkable than Montréal as a whole: it scores 85, against 82 for the 5 km around Montréal's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Montréal neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Montréal?
Of the 5 Montréal neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Old Montreal (97), Gay Village (94) and Outremont (86).
How is the walkability score of Côte-des-Neiges 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 Côte-des-Neiges it is the average of 59 points spread evenly across the 1 km 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.