How walkable is Outremont?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Outremont has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot. It is the 3rd most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Montréal, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
1,471 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Outremont. The nearest grocery is Maxi Outremont, about 4 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
- Les 5 saisons4 min
- Bentzy's Food Depot8 min
- Amango Cacao4 min
- Boulangerie Premiere Moisson4 min
- International Fabrics4 min
- Yannick Fromagerie4 min
- Café Souvenir4 min
- Un Amour des Thés4 min
- CIBC Branch (Cash at ATM only)6 min
- Desjardins6 min
- Parc Saint-Viateur2 min
- Parc FX Garneau5 min
- Sainte-Anne College9 min
- Stanislas College12 min
- Librairie du Square7 min
- Montreal Comic Book Club9 min
- Cultura bureau d'Etudes Inc9 min
- Théâtre Rialto10 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Outremont at 45.5186, -73.6069. 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 131 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 2%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across Outremont
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 1.1 km around the centre of Outremont. Rings mark 550 m and 1.1 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Montréal
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Côte-des-Neiges | 2.6 km | 85 |
| Gay Village | 4 km | 94 |
| Old Montreal | 4.2 km | 97 |
| Hochelaga-Maisonneuve | 6 km | 81 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Montréal page.
Questions about walking in Outremont
Is Outremont walkable?
Yes. Outremont in Montréal has a walkability score of 86 out of 100 across the 1.1 km around its centre, which makes it very walkable: most errands can be done on foot.
Is Outremont more walkable than the rest of Montréal?
Outremont is more walkable than Montréal as a whole: it scores 86, against 82 for the 5 km around Montréal's centre. It ranks 3rd 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 Outremont 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 Outremont it is the average of 59 points spread evenly across the 1.1 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.