List of Ontario provincial highways - Definition and Overview

This is a list of provincial highways in Ontario, Canada. Many of the highways were once owned by the provincial government, but were later sold by the governing Ontario Progressive Conservative Party to the counties and municipalities through which the highways pass.

Highway classes

Ontario has three distinct levels of highways: the King's Highways, secondary highways, and tertiary highways.

The primary routes are designated as King's Highways; 400-series highways are a special class of King's Highway. King's Highways are currently numbered 3 to 148. The Ministry of Transportation never designated a Highway 1; before 1998, the lowest numbered highway was Highway 2. The 400-series highways include Highways 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 406, 407, 409, 410, 416, 417, 420, 427, and the Queen Elizabeth Way, which is actually secretly designated as Highway 451. Some highway numbers are suffixed with a letter. The letter will be one of "A" ("Alternate route"), "B" ("Business route"), or "S" ("Scenic route"). King's Highway markers consist of a shield design topped with a crown. In the latest design, the highway number and the word "ONTARIO" appear on the shield.

Secondary highways exist in northern and Central/Eastern Ontario to connect towns and remote areas to King's Highways. These highways are currently numbered from 502 to 673. Secondary highway markers are trapezoid-shaped. On the face of the marker appear, in order from top to bottom, the Ontario coat of arms, the number of the highway, and the word "ONTARIO".

Tertiary highways connect those regions in northern Ontario not served by secondary highways. These highways are currently numbered 801 to 811. Tertiary highways are marked by a simple rectangular marker with rounded corners bearing the number of the highway and the word "ONTARIO".

In addition to these three classes of highways, the Ministry of Transportation maintains several other roads which are of strategic importance to the Ministry, but which are not important enough to be given any special marking. These roads are secretly designated with 7000-series numbers.

King's Highways

• Ontario provincial highway 2 - Tyendinaga Indian Reserve at Ontario provincial highway 49 and Hastings County Highway 2 to Marysville, Ontario at Ontario provincial highway 49 and Hastings County Highway 2
• Ontario provincial highway 3 - Windsor at the Ambassador Bridge over the Detroit River at the USA-Canada border to Junction Ontario Provincial Highway 77 and Essex County Highway 33 north of Leamington; and Junction Ontario Provincial Highway 4 and Elgin County Highway 4, and Elgin County Highway 3 at Talbotville Royal northwest of St. Thomas to Junction Cement Rd. and Niagara Regional Highway 3 west of Port Colborne; and Junction Ontario Provincial Highway 140 and Niagara Regional Highway 3 at Port Colborne to Junction Rose Hill Rd. and Niagara Regional Highway 3 west of Fort Erie
• Ontario provincial highway 4 - St. Thomas to Clinton
• Ontario provincial highway 5 - Peters Corners to Clappison's Corners
• Ontario provincial highway 6 - Port Dover to Espanola, connects to the Trans-Canada Highway via ferry, from Tobermory to South Baymouth.
• Ontario provincial highway 7 - Highway 4 at Lucan to Heart Lake Road in Brampton; from York Regional Road 67 in Markham to Highway 7A near Peterborough; and from Highway 115 in Peterborough to Highway 417 in Kanata
• Ontario provincial highway 7A - Manchester (suburban Toronto) to Peterborough.
• Ontario provincial highway 8 - Peters Corners to Cambridge, and Kitchener to Goderich.
• Ontario provincial highway 9 - Kincardine to Harriston and from Orangeville to Davis Drive Interchange, near Pottageville.
• Ontario provincial highway 10 - Brampton to Owen Sound.
• Ontario provincial highway 11 - Yonge Street, NE of Barrie to Rainy River, it's the Trans-Canada Highway from North Bay west.
• Ontario provincial highway 12 - Brooklin to Midland.
• Ontario provincial highway 15 - Kingston to Carleton Place
• Ontario provincial highway 16 - Highway 416 to Johnstown where it connects to a bridge to Ogdensburg, New York.
• Ontario provincial highway 17 - Arnprior west to the Manitoba border west of Kenora, the Trans-Canada Highway.
• Ontario Provincial highway 19 - Tillsonburg to Ingersoll
• Ontario Provincial highway 20 - Allanburg to Niagara Falls
• Ontario Provincial highway 21 - Highway #402 near Forest to Owen Sound.
• Ontario Provincial highway 23 - Lucan to Harriston
• Ontario Provincial highway 24 - Simcoe to south of Cambridge, known as King George Boulevard north of Brantford.
• Ontario provincial highway 26 - Owen Sound to Bayfield Street in Barrie.
• Ontario provincial highway 27 - Only 1.5km left exists within the interchange between Highway 427 and the Queen Elizabeth Way
• Ontario provincial highway 28 - east of Peterborough to Bancroft.
• Ontario provincial highway 33 - Picton to Kingston
• Ontario provincial highway 34 - Highway 417 to Hawkesbury.
• Ontario provincial highway 35 - Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (former Bowmanville-Clarke line) to the Haliburton area.
• Ontario provincial highway 37 - Belleville to Actinolite
• Ontario provincial highway 40 - Chatham to Sarnia
• Ontario provincial highway 41 - Kaladar to Pembroke
• Ontario provincial highway 48 - Markham Road in Markham, Ontario to ON-12 east of Beaverton, Ontario.
• Ontario provincial highway 58 - Thorold junction, Saint David's Drive Interchange, to Lundy's Lane in Niagara Falls.
• Ontario provincial highway 60 - Huntsville to Renfrew
• Ontario provincial highway 61 - counterpart of US61, US61 to Thunder Bay.
• Ontario provincial highway 62 - Picton, Ontario to Bancroft
• Ontario provincial highway 63 - North Bay to Quebec boundary.
• Ontario provincial highway 64 - Alban to Marten River
• Ontario provincial highway 65 - Matachewan to Quebec boundary.
• Ontario provincial highway 66 - 2parts: Matachewan to Kirkland Lake western city limits, and from Kirkland Lake eastern city limits to the Quebec border.
• Ontario provincial highway 67 - ON-101, E of Timmins to Iroquois Falls.
• Ontario provincial highway 69 - originally north of Coldwater, now extends from Parry Sound to the Trans-Canada Highway near Sudbury.
• Ontario provincial highway 71 - International Falls to Kenora, part of the Trans-Canada Highway
• Ontario provincial highway 85 - Highway 7 in Kitchener to the northern limit of Waterloo Regional Municipality
• Ontario provincial highway 101 - Wawa to the Ontario-Quebec Border north of New Liskeard.
• Ontario provincial highway 115 - Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (former Bowmanville-Clarke boundary) to The Parkway Interchange.
• Ontario provincial highway 137 - unsigned highway connection Highway 401 to Interstate 81
• Ontario provincial highway 138 - Cornwall to Highway 417.
• Ontario provincial highway 140 - Chippawa Road (Port Colborne) to East Main Street (east of Welland, Ontario).
• Ontario provincial highway 141 - Hayes Corners to Utterson
• Ontario provincial highway 144 - Sudbury to Timmins
• Ontario provincial highway 148 - Pembroke to Quebec border

There are no highways having the numbers 1 or 13.

400-Series highways

• A list of 400-series roads or freeways, which are King's Highways, can be found at 400-Series Highway.

Secondary highways

• Ontario provincial highway 502 - Highway 11 near Fort Frances to Highway 17 near Dryden
• Ontario provincial highway 510 - Highway 520 in Magnetawan to Highway 124
• Ontario provincial highway 516 - Highway 72 in Sioux Lookout to Highway 599
• Ontario provincial highway 518 - Highway 69 near Parry Sound to Kearney
• Ontario provincial highway 519 - Highway 17 north of Wawa to Dubreuilville
• Ontario provincial highway 520 - Ardberg to Highway 124 near Dunchurch; Highway 124 near Magnetawan to Burk's Falls
• Ontario provincial highway 522 - Highway 69 near Grundy Lake Provincial Park to Highway 11 in Trout Creek
• Ontario provincial highway 523 - Hastings County border to Highway 60 at Madawaska
• Ontario provincial highway 524 - Highway 522 near Commanda to Highway 534 near Restoule
• Ontario provincial highway 525 - Highway 596 near Minaki to near Whitedog
• Ontario provincial highway 526 - Britt to Highway 69
• Ontario provincial highway 527 - Highways 11 and 17 near Thunder Bay to Armstrong
• Ontario provincial highway 528 - Highway 64 in French River to the community of Wolseley Bay
• Ontario provincial highway 528A - Highway 528 near the community of Wolseley Bay to Wolseley Bay
• Ontario provincial highway 529 - Highway 69 near Pointe Au Baril Station to Highway 69 near Byng Inlet and Britt
• Ontario provincial highway 529A - Bayfield Inlet to Highway 529
• Ontario provincial highway 531 - Bonfield to Highway 17
• Ontario provincial highway 532
• Ontario provincial highway 533
• Ontario provincial highway 534
• Ontario provincial highway 535
• Ontario provincial highway 537
• Ontario provincial highway 538
• Ontario provincial highway 539
• Ontario provincial highway 539A
• Ontario provincial highway 540
• Ontario provincial highway 540A
• Ontario provincial highway 540B
• Ontario provincial highway 542
• Ontario provincial highway 542A
• Ontario provincial highway 546
• Ontario provincial highway 547
• Ontario provincial highway 548
• Ontario provincial highway 550
• Ontario provincial highway 551
• Ontario provincial highway 552
• Ontario provincial highway 553
• Ontario provincial highway 554
• Ontario provincial highway 555
• Ontario provincial highway 556
• Ontario provincial highway 557
• Ontario provincial highway 558
• Ontario provincial highway 559
• Ontario provincial highway 560
• Ontario provincial highway 560A
• Ontario provincial highway 562
• Ontario provincial highway 563
• Ontario provincial highway 564
• Ontario provincial highway 565
• Ontario provincial highway 566
• Ontario provincial highway 567
• Ontario provincial highway 568
• Ontario provincial highway 569
• Ontario provincial highway 570
• Ontario provincial highway 571
• Ontario provincial highway 572
• Ontario provincial highway 573
• Ontario provincial highway 574
• Ontario provincial highway 575
• Ontario provincial highway 576
• Ontario provincial highway 577
• Ontario provincial highway 579
• Ontario provincial highway 580
• Ontario provincial highway 581
• Ontario provincial highway 582
• Ontario provincial highway 583
• Ontario provincial highway 584
• Ontario provincial highway 585
• Ontario provincial highway 586
• Ontario provincial highway 587
• Ontario provincial highway 588
• Ontario provincial highway 589
• Ontario provincial highway 590
• Ontario provincial highway 591
• Ontario provincial highway 592
• Ontario provincial highway 593
• Ontario provincial highway 594
• Ontario provincial highway 595
• Ontario provincial highway 596
• Ontario provincial highway 597
• Ontario provincial highway 599
• Ontario provincial highway 600
• Ontario provincial highway 601
• Ontario provincial highway 602
• Ontario provincial highway 603
• Ontario provincial highway 604
• Ontario provincial highway 605
• Ontario provincial highway 607
• Ontario provincial highway 607A
• Ontario provincial highway 608
• Ontario provincial highway 609
• Ontario provincial highway 611
• Ontario provincial highway 612
• Ontario provincial highway 613
• Ontario provincial highway 614
• Ontario provincial highway 615
• Ontario provincial highway 616
• Ontario provincial highway 617
• Ontario provincial highway 618
• Ontario provincial highway 619
• Ontario provincial highway 621
• Ontario provincial highway 622
• Ontario provincial highway 623
• Ontario provincial highway 624
• Ontario provincial highway 625
• Ontario provincial highway 626
• Ontario provincial highway 627
• Ontario provincial highway 628
• Ontario provincial highway 630
• Ontario provincial highway 631
• Ontario provincial highway 632
• Ontario provincial highway 633
• Ontario provincial highway 634
• Ontario provincial highway 636
• Ontario provincial highway 637
• Ontario provincial highway 638
• Ontario provincial highway 639
• Ontario provincial highway 640
• Ontario provincial highway 641
• Ontario provincial highway 642
• Ontario provincial highway 643
• Ontario provincial highway 644
• Ontario provincial highway 645
• Ontario provincial highway 647
• Ontario provincial highway 650
• Ontario provincial highway 651
• Ontario provincial highway 652
• Ontario provincial highway 654
• Ontario provincial highway 655
• Ontario provincial highway 656
• Ontario provincial highway 657
• Ontario provincial highway 658
• Ontario provincial highway 661
• Ontario provincial highway 663
• Ontario provincial highway 664
• Ontario provincial highway 665
• Ontario provincial highway 667
• Ontario provincial highway 668
• Ontario provincial highway 670
• Ontario provincial highway 671
• Ontario provincial highway 672
• Ontario provincial highway 673

Tertiary Highways

• Ontario provincial highway 801
• Ontario provincial highway 802
• Ontario provincial highway 804
• Ontario provincial highway 805
• Ontario provincial highway 810
• Ontario provincial highway 811

Defunct Highways

• The King's Highway 2, Windsor to the Ontario-Quebec boundary, now Lakeshore Blvd., Kingston Road, Toronto Road, and Loyalist Road.
• The King's Highway 3 Port Colborne and probably west of ON-40
• The King's Highway 5, now Dundas Street, Bloor Street and Danforth Avenue.
• The King's Highway 11A, Gardiner Expressway/Lakeshore Boulevard to Macdonald-Cartier Freeway (ON-401) now, York Street then University Avenue, then Avenue Road, and Oriole Parkway
• The King's Highway 11B (Cobalt-New Liskeard)
• The King's Highway 20 QEW E of Hamilton to QEW/ON-420 interchange, now Confederation Parkway, some prefer Rymal Road, and Lundy's Lane.
• The King's Highway 22
• The King's Highway 24. 2 km south of Cambridge and northward
• The King's Highway 25, (Oakville (Bronte, suburban Toronto) to north of Grand Valley) now Bronte Road (south of Steeles).
• The King's Highway 27, Etobicoke, Ontario to Midhurst, Ontario
• The King's Highway 28, Port Hope to ON-7A, (which had a joint with ON-115 for 13 km to the Parkway exit), up to NE of Lakefield, at ON-134.
• The King's Highway 29
• The King's Highway 30
• The King's Highway 32
• The King's Highway 51
• The King's Highway 74, New Sarum to Nilestown. Decomissioned in 1997.
• The King's Highway 88, Highway 27 junction at Bond Head to Highway 11 junction in Bradford. Existed from 1938 to 1988
• The King's Highway 97
• The King's Highway 99, North of Brantford (Hwy. 5) to Ancaster
• The King's Highway 100, MCF (ON-401) at exit??? to Former ON-2, East of London, now as Airport Road
• The King's Highway 103, Highway 400 and 12 to Highway 69 junction, now a freeway.
• The King's Highway 126, MCF (ON-401) S of London, (partially superhighway) to ON-2, some think extended to ON-22, now known as Highbury Avenue
• The King's Highway 135 - Short highway in London
• The King's Highway 136 Cataract to Orangeville
• The King's Highway 169 Brechin to Foot's Bay

See also

• List of Canadian highways by province
• List of Ontario expressways
• List of Ottawa, Ontario roads
• List of roads and highways

External Links

• Much information on the history of Ontario's highways adapted from www.thekingshighway.ca
• Unofficial Ontario Provincial Highways Home Page (http://members.aol.com/hwys/OntHwys/OntHwys.html)
• Ontario Ministry of Transportation (http://www.mto.gov.on.ca/english/index.html)