How walkable is Distillery District?
By Oscar Higson-SpenceUpdated
Distillery District has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car. It is the 5th most walkable of 5 neighbourhoods ranked in Toronto, which scores 82 as a whole.
What's within walking distance
2,570 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of the centre of Distillery District. The nearest grocery is Aisle 24, about 2 minutes away on foot. It earns full or nearly full points for groceries, restaurants & bars, shopping, coffee, banks, parks, schools and culture & entertainment.
- Bassett and Walker International Inc6 min
- Foodland8 min
- The Distillery Historic District, Toronto, Ontario1 min
- Sweetie Pie1 min
- Gentil Uomo1 min
- Spectacle1 min
- Arena Coffee Bar1 min
- The Sweet Escape Patisserie1 min
- Perreira Wealth Advisory of Raymond James Ltd.6 min
- TD Advice Centre6 min
- Unnamed park6 min
- Little Trinity Church Park6 min
- Market Lane Public School7 min
- Liberty Prep School11 min
- D & E Lake12 min
- Acadia Art and Rare Books15 min
- Nightwood Theatre1 min
- Queen of Puddings Music Theatre2 min
Measured from the mapped centre of Distillery District at 43.6503, -79.3592. Walking times assume 80 m per minute along an estimated street route.
Street layout
Within 800 m of the centre there are about 78 street intersections per km², and blocks average 104 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
Walkability across Distillery District
- 90+
- 70–89
- 50–69
- 25–49
- 0–24
Each hexagon is the score at a point across the 400 m around the centre of Distillery District. Rings mark 200 m and 400 m from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
Nearby neighbourhoods in Toronto
| Neighbourhood | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Financial District | 1.7 km | 100 |
| Downtown Toronto | 1.9 km | 97 |
| Yorkville | 3.4 km | 95 |
| The Annex | 4.3 km | 95 |
See every neighbourhood ranked on the Toronto page.
Questions about walking in Distillery District
Is Distillery District walkable?
Yes. Distillery District in Toronto has a walkability score of 95 out of 100 across the 400 m around its centre, which makes it a Walker's Paradise, where daily errands do not require a car.
Is Distillery District more walkable than the rest of Toronto?
Distillery District is more walkable than Toronto as a whole: it scores 95, against 82 for the 5 km around Toronto's centre. It ranks 5th of the 5 Toronto neighbourhoods on How Walkable.
What are the most walkable neighbourhoods in Toronto?
Of the 5 Toronto neighbourhoods on How Walkable, the most walkable are Financial District (100), Downtown Toronto (97) and The Annex (95).
How is the walkability score of Distillery District 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 Distillery District it is the average of 61 points spread evenly across the 400 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.