How walkable is LeBreton Flats?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
LeBreton Flats has a walkability score of 62 out of 100 across the 500 m around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot. It is the 4th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Ottawa, which scores 70 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
803 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of LeBreton Flats. The nearest grocery is Food Basics - Ottawa, about 18 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for parks and culture & entertainment. It is weakest for groceries, coffee and banks.
- Manphong Supermarket18 min
- Saigon Meats & Vegetables18 min
- OCCO Kitchen and Bar15 min
- Tulip Restaurant16 min
- Quickie14 min
- Impark15 min
- Corner Peach18 min
- Bubblicity Tea Shop19 min
- Scotiabank20 min
- Banque Scotia21 min
- Unnamed park1 min
- Pindigen Park2 min
- Urban Aboriginal Alternate High School15 min
- Centennial Public School18 min
- Library and Archives Canada15 min
- Bibliothèque du CUD - DUC Library16 min
- Barney Danson Theatre3 min
- Bluesfest Volunteer Island7 min
Measured from the mapped centre of LeBreton Flats at 45.4164, -75.7155. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 41 street intersections per km², and blocks average 118 m long. Sparser streets or longer blocks reduce the score by 3%, since they make walks longer than the straight-line distance suggests.
Walkability across LeBreton Flats
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 500 m around the centre of LeBreton Flats. Rings mark 250 m and 500 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Ottawa
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Centretown | 1.7 km | 98 |
| New Edinburgh | 3.5 km | 63 |
| Vanier | 4.7 km | 86 |
| Rockcliffe | 4.8 km | 36 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Ottawa page.
Questions about walking in LeBreton Flats
Is LeBreton Flats walkable?
Partly. LeBreton Flats in Ottawa has a walkability score of 62 out of 100 across the 500 m around its centre, which makes it somewhat walkable: some errands can be done on foot.
Is LeBreton Flats more walkable than the rest of Ottawa?
LeBreton Flats is less walkable than Ottawa as a whole: it scores 62, against 70 for the 5 km around Ottawa's centre. It ranks 4th of the 5 Ottawa neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Ottawa?
Of the 5 Ottawa neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Centretown (98), Vanier (86) and New Edinburgh (63).
How is the walkability score of LeBreton Flats 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 LeBreton Flats it is the average of 48 points spread evenly across the 500 m 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.