How walkable is Winnipeg?
By Oscar Higson-Spence. Updated
Winnipeg has a walkability score of 69 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 joint 5th most walkable of the 14 cities ranked in Canada, with 2 others.
What's within walking distance of the centre
1,462 shops, restaurants, parks and other everyday places are mapped within a 30 minute walk of central Winnipeg. The nearest grocery is about 2 minutes away on foot. Every category earns full or nearly full points.
Groceries
- Coles, 6 min
- Teeyah's Candy, Soda and Ice Cream, 10 min
Restaurants & bars
- TacoTime Portage Place Mall, 1 min
- Kokeb Restaurant, 1 min
Shopping
- Rogers, 1 min
- Quarks Shoes & Urban Trail, 1 min
Coffee
- Greenish, 1 min
- Tim Hortons, 2 min
Banks
- BMO Bank of Montreal, 3 min
- Assiniboine Credit Union, 4 min
Parks
- Central Park, 4 min
- Japanese Gardens, 6 min
Schools
- Knox Day Nursery, 7 min
- University of Winnipeg Collegiate, 8 min
Books & libraries
- Bison Books, 3 min
- Winnipeg Public Library, 6 min
Culture & entertainment
- Plug In Institute of Contemporary Art, 6 min
- Manitoba Crafts Museum & Library, 6 min
Measured from the centre at 49.8922, -97.1470, the point near Winnipeg'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 110 street intersections per km², and blocks average 92 m long. That is a well-connected street grid, so the score is not reduced.
How far walkability reaches
Winnipeg's score of 69 is the average across the 5 km around its centre, the point with the most everyday places within a walk. Walkability averages 95 within 1 km of the centre, 74 from 1 to 3 km out and 62 from 3 to 5 km out. 52% 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 Winnipeg. Rings mark 1, 3 and 5 km from the centre. Gaps are water or land without streets.
| Area | Score | Scoring 70+ |
|---|---|---|
| Centre | 100 | 100% |
| Within 1 km | 95 | 100% |
| 1 to 3 km out | 74 | 61% |
| 3 to 5 km out | 62 | 41% |
Nearby cities
| City | Distance | Score |
|---|---|---|
| Minneapolis, United States | 619 km | 72 |
| Saint Paul, Minnesota, United States | 629 km | 63 |
Questions about walking in Winnipeg
Is Winnipeg a walkable city?
Partly. Winnipeg has a walkability score of 69 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 100. 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 joint 5th of 14 cities in Canada and joint 310th 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. Winnipeg ranks joint 5th with 69.
How does Winnipeg compare with nearby cities?
Winnipeg sits between its nearest ranked neighbours: it scores 69, against Minneapolis (72, 619 km away) and Saint Paul, Minnesota (63, 629 km away).
Which part of Winnipeg is most walkable?
Winnipeg's most walkable area is its centre, the point near the middle of the city with the most places in walking range, which scores 100. Walkability averages 95 within 1 km of it. Beyond 2.5 km, it holds up best to the west (averaging 74) and falls most to the east (47).
Why is Winnipeg'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 Winnipeg'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 Winnipeg's walkability score calculated?
For Winnipeg it is the average of 84 points spaced 1 km apart within 5 km of its busiest point, leaving out water and land without streets; 44 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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