List of highways in Ontario
King 's Highways -- Decommissioned highways
Table:
Route

From

To

Length[1]

Formed
[citation needed]

Eliminated
[citation needed]

Highway 11A

Highway 401 in what is now Toronto

Highway 2, Toronto

13.4 km (8.3 mi)

1931

1997-98

Highway 14

Highway 62 in Foxboro

Highway 7 in Marmora

36.1 km (22.4 mi)

1925

1997-98

Highway 18

Highway 3 in Windsor

Highway 3 / Highway 77 in Leamington

80.2 km (49.8 mi)

1930

1997-98

Highway 22

Highway 7/79 northeast of Watford

Highway 4 in London

46.0 km (28.6 mi)

1927

1997-98

Highway 25

Queen Elizabeth Way in Burlington

Highway 89 near Shelburne

98.1 km (61.0 mi)

1927

1997-98

Highway 27

Highway 27

Dixon Road

119.4 km (74.2 mi)

1927

1997-98

Highway 29

Brockville

Arnprior

49.9 km (31.0 mi)

1927

1997-98

Highway 30

Highway 2 in Brighton

Highway 7 in Havelock

51.1 km (31.8 mi)

1930

1997-98

Highway 31

Highway 2 in Morrisburg, Ontario

Ottawa

77.7 km (48.3 mi)

1927

1997-98

Highway 32

Highway 2 in Gananoque

Highway 15 east of Seeleys Bay

19.6 km (12.2 mi)

1929

1997-98

Highway 36

Highway 7 in Lindsay

Highway 28 in Burleigh Falls

73.4 km (45.6 mi)

1934

1997-98

Highway 39

Highway 3B in Windsor, Ontario

Former Highway 2 in Belle River, Ontario

33.8 km (21.0 mi)

1934

1970

Highway 42

Highway 15

Highway 29 at Forthton

52.8 km (32.8 mi)

1934

1997-98

Highway 43

Highway 7 in Perth

Highway 34 in Alexandria

15.9 km (9.9 mi)

1934

1997-98

Highway 44

Highway 15 in the town of Almonte

Highway 17 near Carp

154.2 km (95.8 mi)

1938

1997-98

Highway 45

Northumberland County Road 2 in Cobourg

Highway 7 in Norwood

Highway 46

1937

1997-98

Highway 47

1937

1997-98

Highway 49 (first use)

1936

1961

Highway 50

1936

1997-98

Based on the following table together with the supporting evidence below.

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A route ( or road ) number is an identifying numeric ( or alphanumeric ) designation assigned by a highway authority to a particular stretch of roadway to distinguish it from other routes and , in many cases , also to indicate its classification ( e.g . motorway , primary route , regional road , etc . ) , general geographical location ( in zonal numbering systems ) and/or orientation ( north-south v. east-west ) . The numbers chosen may be used solely for internal administrative purposes ; however , in most cases they are also displayed on roadside signage and indicated on maps .
University Avenue is a major north-south road in Downtown Toronto , Ontario , Canada . Beginning at Front Street West in the south , the thoroughfare heads north to end at College Street just south of Queen 's Park . At its north end , the Ontario Legislative Building serves as a prominent terminating vista . Many of Toronto 's most important institutions are located along the eight-lane wide street such as Osgoode Hall and other legal institutions , the Four Seasons Centre , major hospitals conducting research and teaching , and landmark office buildings for the commercial sector , notably major financial and insurance industry firms . The portion of University Avenue between Queen Street West and College Street is laid out as a boulevard , with several memorials , statues , gardens , and fountains concentrated in a landscaped median dividing the opposite directions of travel , giving it a ceremonial character .
King 's Highway 401 , commonly referred to as Highway 401 and also known by its official name as the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway or colloquially referred to as the four-oh-one , is a controlled-access 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . It stretches 828 kilometres ( 514 mi ) from Windsor in the west to the Ontario-Quebec border in the east . The part of Highway 401 that passes through Toronto is North America 's busiest highway , and one of the widest . Together with Quebec Autoroute 20 , it forms the road transportation backbone of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor , along which over half of Canada 's population resides and is also a Core Route in the National Highway System of Canada . The route is maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario ( MTO ) and patrolled by the Ontario Provincial Police . The speed limit is 100 km/h ( 62 mph ) throughout its length , with the only exceptions the posted 80 km/h ( 50 mph ) limit westbound in Windsor and in most construction zones . By the end of 1952 , three individual highways were numbered Highway 401 : the partially completed Toronto Bypass between Weston Road and Highway 11 ( Yonge Street ) ; Highway 2A between West Hill and Newcastle ; and the Scenic Highway between Gananoque and Brockville , now known as the Thousand Islands Parkway . These three sections of highway were 11.8 , 54.7 and 41.2 km , ( 7.3 , 34.0 and 25.6 mi ) , respectively . In 1964 , the route became fully navigable from Windsor to the Ontario-Quebec border . In 1965 it was given a second designation , the Macdonald-Cartier Freeway , in honour of two Fathers of Confederation . At the end of 1968 , the Gananoque-Brockville section was bypassed and the final intersection grade-separated near Kingston , making Highway 401 a freeway for its entire 817.9-km length . On August 24 , 2007 , the portion of the highway between Glen Miller Road in Trenton and the Don Valley Parkway / Highway 404 Junction in Toronto was designated the Highway of Heroes , as the road is travelled by funeral convoys for fallen Canadian Forces personnel from CFB Trenton to the coroner 's office in Toronto .
Toronto is the provincial capital of Ontario and the most populous city in Canada , with a population of 2,954,024 as of July 2018 . Current to 2016 , the Toronto census metropolitan area ( CMA ) , of which the majority is within the Greater Toronto Area ( GTA ) , held a population of 5,928,040 , making it Canada 's most populous CMA . The city is the anchor of the Golden Horseshoe , an urban agglomeration of 9,245,438 people ( as of 2016 ) surrounding the western end of Lake Ontario . Toronto is an international centre of business , finance , arts , and culture , and is recognized as one of the most multicultural and cosmopolitan cities in the world . People have travelled through and inhabited the Toronto area , located on a broad sloping plateau interspersed with rivers , deep ravines , and urban forest , for more than 10,000 years . After the broadly disputed Toronto Purchase , when the Mississauga surrendered the area to the British Crown , the British established the town of York in 1793 and later designated it as the capital of Upper Canada . During the War of 1812 , the town was the site of the Battle of York and suffered heavy damage by American troops . York was renamed and incorporated in 1834 as the city of Toronto . It was designated as the capital of the province of Ontario in 1867 during Canadian Confederation . The city proper has since expanded past its original borders through both annexation and amalgamation to its current area of 630.2 km2 ( 243.3 sq mi ) . The diverse population of Toronto reflects its current and historical role as an important destination for immigrants to Canada . More than 50 percent of residents belong to a visible minority population group , and over 200 distinct ethnic origins are represented among its inhabitants .
King 's Highway 2 , commonly referred to as Highway 2 , is the lowest-numbered provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario ( there is no numbered Ontario Highway 1 ) and was originally part of a series of identically numbered highways in multiple provinces which together joined Windsor , Ontario to Halifax , Nova Scotia . Once the primary east-west route across the southern portion of Ontario , most of Highway 2 in Ontario was bypassed by Ontario Highway 401 , completed in 1968 . The August 1997 completion of Highway 403 bypassed one final section through Brantford . Virtually all of the 837.4 km ( 520.3 mi ) length of Highway 2 was deemed a local route and removed from the provincial highway system on January 1 , 1998 , with the exception of a 1-kilometre ( 0.62 mi ) section east of Gananoque . The entire route remains driveable , but as County Road 2 or County Highway 2 in most regions . In Toronto , Highway 2 shields are still found along Lake Shore Boulevard and Kingston Road .
King 's Highway 14 , commonly referred to as Highway 14 , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . At its peak length , the route connected Highway 33 in Bloomfield , near Picton , with Highway 7 in Marmora . Portions of this longer route are now designated as Highway 62 . Prior to being decommissioned , the route connected Highway 62 in Foxboro with Highway 7 in Marmora , via Stirling . What became Highway 14 was designated as part of the original Ontario Highway System in 1920 . The route , connecting Picton , Belleville and Foxboro , was numbered in 1925 . The route was extended north to Marmora in 1928 , and remained generally stable over the next fifty years . In 1982 , the Norris Whitney Bridge was opened over the Bay of Quinte . Consequently , the section of Highway 14 south of Foxboro was renumbered as Highway 62 . The remainder of the highway was decommissioned on April 1 , 1997 , the only of the original fifteen 1925 highways to have its number completely removed from the provincial highway system .
King 's Highway 62 , commonly referred to as Highway 62 , is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The highway travels south-north from Highway 33 at Bloomfield in Prince Edward County , through Belleville , Madoc and Bancroft , to Maynooth , where it ends at a junction with Highway 127 . Prior to 1998 , the road extended north and east of Maynooth through Barry 's Bay , and ended in Pembroke . This section highway was redesignated Hastings County Road 62 , Renfrew County Road 62 , and Renfrew County Road 58 . The concurrency with Highway 60 from Barry 's Bay to Renfrew County Road 512 outside Killaloe was removed after downloading ( moving provincial cost/responsibilities to the municipal level ) . The section between Foxboro to Bloomfield was previously part of Highway 14 .
Foxboro is a community located in southern Ontario , 10 kilometres ( 6.2 mi ) north of the centre of Belleville . It is just east of Highway 62 linking Belleville with Bancroft , and it has also direct road connections to and from Frankford , Stirling , and Plainfield via Mudcat Road . The Moira River runs just east of the community . The village of Foxboro is a part of the City of Belleville and the Mayor is Mitch Panciuk . [ citation needed ]
King 's Highway 7 , commonly referred to as Highway 7 and The 7 historically as the Northern Highway , is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . At its peak , Highway 7 measured 716 km ( 445 mi ) in length , stretching from Highway 40 east of Sarnia in Southwestern Ontario to Highway 17 west of Ottawa in Eastern Ontario . However , due in part to the construction of Highways 402 and 407 , the province transferred the sections of Highway 7 west of London and through the Greater Toronto Area to county and regional jurisdiction . The highway is now 535.7 km ( 332.9 mi ) long ; the western segment begins at Highway 4 north of London and extends 154.1 km ( 95.8 mi ) to Georgetown , while the eastern segment begins at Donald Cousens Parkway in Markham and extends 381.6 km ( 237.1 mi ) to Highway 417 in Ottawa . Highway 7 was first designated in 1920 between Sarnia and Guelph and extended to Brampton the following year . Between 1927 and 1932 , the highway was more than doubled in length as it was gradually extended eastward to Perth , where Highway 15 continued to Ottawa . In the early 1960s , that section of Highway 15 was renumbered as Highway 7 . In that same decade , the Conestoga Parkway through Kitchener and the Peterborough Bypass were constructed . During the 1970s and 1980s , many sections of Highway 7 were widened from the initial two lane cross-section to four or six lanes . Within York Region , the route was upgraded to a limited-access expressway in preparation for the construction of Highway 407 . Soon thereafter , that new tollway would act as justification for transferring the section of Highway 7 through the Greater Toronto Area ( GTA ) to regional governments . In the west , the construction of Highway 402 between Sarnia and London provided an uninterrupted alternative to Highway 7 , resulting in the transfer of the section west of Highway 4 .
Marmora is the largest community in the Municipality of Marmora and Lake in Hastings County , Ontario , Canada . It is located on the Crowe River and along Highway 7 between Havelock to the west and Madoc to the east , about the half way point between Ottawa and Toronto .
King 's Highway 18 , commonly referred to as Highway 18 was the longest highway in Essex County , Ontario , and travelled through the most communities . Today , it is known as County Road 20 . From 1930 to 1998 , much of the road was Highway 18 , but was turned back on April 1 , 1998 .
King 's Highway 3 , commonly referred to as Highway 3 , is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario which travels parallel to the northern shoreline of Lake Erie . It has three segments , the first of which travels from the Ambassador Bridge in Windsor to Highway 77 in Leamington . The second portion begins at Talbotville Royal outside of St. Thomas at Highway 4 , and travels to the western city limits of Port Colborne . The road is regionally maintained within Port Colborne as Niagara Regional Road 3 , but regains its provincial designation at Highway 140 . Its third and final terminus is at Edgewood Park , within the Fort Erie town limits . From there , the road continues as Niagara Regional Road 3 to the Peace Bridge , where drivers can cross to the United States . The total length of Highway 3 is 259.2 km ( 161.1 mi ) , consisting of 50.2 km ( 31.2 mi ) from Windsor to Leamington , 187.9 km ( 116.8 mi ) from Talbotville Royal to Port Colborne and 21.1 km ( 13.1 mi ) from Port Colborne to Edgewood Park . Until the late 1990s , Highway 3 formed a single continuous 413.2 km ( 256.8 mi ) route from the Ambassador Bridge to near the Peace Bridge , but since then has had significant portion transferred to regional and county governments . A large segment of the route follows the historic Talbot Trail , a settlement road following the northern shore of Lake Erie constructed by Colonel Talbot in the early 1800s as part of a grand settlement plan along the lake front . East of Canborough , the road generally follows older settlement trails : Forks Road , connecting Dunnville with Wainfleet , portions of Sherk 's Road , through Port Colborne to Gasline , and the Garrison Road , a military road built west from Fort Erie . The highway was initially designated in 1920 , but not numbered until five years later . It originally connected to Niagara Falls , but was rerouted to Fort Erie following completion of the Peace Bridge in the late 1920s .
Windsor is a city in southwestern Ontario , Canada , on the south bank of the Detroit River directly across from Detroit , Michigan . Located in Essex County , it is the southernmost city in Canada and marks the southwestern end of the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor . The city 's population was 217,188 at the 2016 census , making it the third-most populated city in Southwestern Ontario , after London and Kitchener . The Detroit-Windsor urban area is North America 's most populous trans-border conurbation , and the Ambassador Bridge border crossing is the busiest commercial crossing on the Canada-United States border . Windsor is a major contributor to Canada 's automotive industry and is culturally diverse . Known as the Automotive Capital of Canada , Windsor 's industrial and manufacturing heritage is responsible for how the city has developed through the years .
King 's Highway 77 , commonly referred to as Highway 77 , is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . One of three highways within Essex County , Highway 77 serves to interconnect Highway 3 near Leamington with Highway 401 near Tilbury . Prior to 1998 , the highway extended south into Leamington , ending at the former routing of Highway 3 and Highway 18 . This section was turned over to Essex County and renamed Erie Street . The speed limit on Highway 77 is 80 km/h ( 50 mph ) in most places , dropping to 50 km/h in built-up areas . It is patrolled by the Ontario Provincial Police .
Leamington is a municipality in Essex County , Ontario , Canada . With a population of 27,595 in the Canada 2016 Census , it is the second-largest municipality in the Windsor-Essex County area ( after the separated municipality of Windsor , Ontario ) . It includes Point Pelee National Park , the southernmost point of mainland Canada . Known since the 20th century as the Tomato Capital of Canada , it is the location of a tomato processing factory owned by Highbury-Canco ; founded in 1908 , the plant was owned until 2014 by the H. J. Heinz Company . Due to its location in the southernmost part of Canada , Leamington uses the motto Sun Parlour of Canada .
King 's Highway 22 , commonly referred to as Highway 22 , initially as Provincial Highway 22 and currently as Middlesex and Lambton County Road 22 , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The route was decommissioned as a King 's Highway in 1991 , and later entirely decommissioned in 1998 . The highway connected Highway 7 and Highway 79 near Watford to Highway 4 in London . The road has been entirely downloaded .
The Canadian province of Ontario has an extensive network of Primary ( King 's ) , Secondary , and Tertiary Highways , with county-level and city-level roads linking between them . Over the years , however , Ontario has turned back numerous highways to municipal government bodies , renumbered them , or upgraded them to 400-series highways . In 1997 and 1998 , many sections of the provincial highway network were downloaded to local municipalities ( such as cities , counties or regional municipalities ) by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation as a cost-saving measure . While highways were occasionally transferred to local governments in the past , the 1997-1998 downloads represented the most significant changes to Ontario 's highway network . Many highways were completely devolved , while of others only short sections remain under provincial jurisdiction ( Highway 2 , once stretching across Southern Ontario , now is only a few kilometres long ) . Below is a partial list of partially or wholly devolved highways since 1997 .
Warwick is a rural township in Lambton County , Ontario , Canada , with a population ( 2016 ) of 3,692 . Bisected by the Egremont Road that was surveyed to link London with the Lake Huron shoreline in 1832 , the township began to attract settlers including those helped by charitable organizations , such as Lord Sheffield 's Petworth settlers , and retired soldiers from the British Army . A village by the same name was surveyed within the township where Bear Creek crossed the Egremont . The larger village of Watford was established to the southeast of Warwick Village when the Great Western Railway was established in the 1850s . Watford became an incorporated village in 1873 while parts of Warwick were removed for municipal purposes when the villages of Forest and Arkona were incorporated in the 1870s . With municipal restructuring in 2001 , Watford and Warwick were merged . While agriculture remains a mainstay the township 's location between the cities of London and Sarnia means that increasingly residents find work in these larger centres . Starting in 2005 a group of volunteers actively worked to research and write a detailed history of the township and collect a substantial archive of historical materials . The resulting project was published as The Township of Warwick : A Story Through Time in 2008 . Subsequently , an archives of the materials was established at the Lambton Room in Wyoming , Ontario . In addition to Warwick and Watford , the township also includes the smaller communities of Birnam and Wisbeach .
King 's Highway 4 , also known as Highway 4 , is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . Originally much longer than its present 100.8 km ( 62.6 mi ) length , more than half of Highway 4 was transferred to the responsibility of local governments in 1998 . In 2018 , Highway 4 was re-signed and re-routed through London . In its present form , it travels between Highway 3 in Talbotville Royal , north-west of St. Thomas , and Highway 8 in Clinton . Highway 4 was first designated in 1920 , when a 27 km ( 17 mi ) route between Talbotville Royal and Elginfield was assumed by the Department of Highways . Over the next half century it was extended north and east to Highway 24 near Singhampton , and south to Port Stanley .
London is a city in southwestern Ontario , Canada , along the Quebec City-Windsor Corridor . The city had a population of 383,822 according to the 2016 Canadian census . London is at the confluence of the Thames River , approximately 200 km ( 120 mi ) from both Toronto and Detroit ; and about 230 km ( 140 mi ) from Buffalo , New York . The city of London is a separated municipality , politically separate from Middlesex County , though it remains the county seat . London and the Thames were named in 1793 by John Graves Simcoe , who proposed the site for the capital city of Upper Canada . The first European settlement was between 1801 and 1804 by Peter Hagerman . The village was founded in 1826 and incorporated in 1855 . Since then , London has grown to be the largest southwestern Ontario municipality and Canada 's 11th largest metropolitan area , having annexed many of the smaller communities that surrounded it . London is a regional centre of healthcare and education , being home to the University of Western Ontario ( which brands itself Western University ) , Fanshawe College , and several hospitals ( including a University Hospital ) . The city hosts a number of musical and artistic exhibits and festivals , which contribute to its tourism industry , but its economic activity is centred on education , medical research , insurance , and information technology . London 's university and hospitals are among its top ten employers . London lies at the junction of Highway 401 and 402 , connecting it to Toronto , Windsor and Sarnia .
King 's Highway 25 , commonly referred to as Highway 25 , was a highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The north-south route connected several towns on its route northward from Burlington . The first section of Highway 25 , designated in 1925 , travelled north from Highway 5 to Milton . In 1928 , the route was extended south into Burlington , following portions of Lower Middle Road to Highway 2 . The highway was extended north to Highway 7 in 1937 . That same year , a portion of Highway 25 was made concurrent with The Middle Road , which would be renamed as the Queen Elizabeth Way ( QEW ) two years later . The route remained relatively unchanged for two decades , save for the southern end being truncated at the QEW in 1946 . In 1963 it was extended north to Ospringe to meet Highway 24 . Another extension was added in 1974 to bring the route to Highway 89 near Shelburne . The entire route was decommissioned in 1997 and 1998 as part of a province-wide downloading of highways deemed to be of regional importance .
The Queen Elizabeth Way ( QEW ) is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario linking Toronto with the Niagara Peninsula and Buffalo , New York . The freeway begins at the Peace Bridge in Fort Erie and travels 139.1 kilometres ( 86.4 mi ) around the western end of Lake Ontario , ending at Highway 427 . The physical highway , however , continues as the Gardiner Expressway into downtown Toronto . The QEW is one of Ontario 's busiest highways , with an average of close to 200,000 vehicles per day on some sections . Major highway junctions are at Highway 420 in Niagara Falls , Highway 405 in Niagara-on-the-Lake , Highway 406 in St. Catharines , the Red Hill Valley Parkway in Hamilton , Highway 403 and Highway 407 in Burlington , Highway 403 at the Oakville-Mississauga boundary , and Highway 427 in Etobicoke . Within the Regional Municipality of Halton , between its two junctions with Highway 403 , the QEW is signed concurrently with Highway 403 . The history of the QEW dates back to 1931 , when work began to widen the Middle Road in a similar fashion to the nearby Dundas Highway and Lakeshore Road as a relief project during the Great Depression . Following the 1934 provincial election , Ontario Minister of Highways Thomas McQuesten and his deputy minister Robert Melville Smith changed the design to be similar to the autobahns of Germany , dividing the opposite directions of travel and using grade-separated interchanges at major crossroads . When opened to traffic in 1937 , it was the first intercity divided highway in North America and featured the longest stretch of consistent illumination in the world . While not a true freeway at the time , it was gradually upgraded , widened , and modernized beginning in the 1950s , more or less taking on its current form by 1975 . Since then , various projects have continued to widen the route . In 1997 , the provincial government turned over the responsibility for the section of the QEW between Highway 427 and the Humber River to the City of Toronto .
Burlington is a city in the Regional Municipality of Halton at the northwestern end of Lake Ontario in Ontario , Canada . Along with Milton to the north , Burlington forms the west end of the Greater Toronto Area , and is also part of the Hamilton metropolitan census area . Burlington lies between Lake Ontario 's north shore and the Niagara Escarpment .
King 's Highway 89 , commonly referred to as Highway 89 , is an east-west provincially maintained highway in the south central portion of the Canadian province of Ontario , stretching 107 kilometres ( 66 mi ) from the junction of Highway 9 and Highway 23 in Harriston in the west , to Highway 400 just east of Cookstown in the east . The principal urban centres along the highway include Alliston , Shelburne and Mount Forest . Outside these towns , the highway travels through rural farmland across a large part of southwestern Ontario . Highway 89 was established in 1937 as a result of the rerouting of Highway 9 between Orangeville and Highway 27 . In 1963 , the route was extended west to Palmerston and east to Highway 400 . Plans were conceived during the late 1970s to push the highway further east to Highway 12 via Ravenshoe Road , resulting in a brief extension to Highway 11 . However , environmental protest over the chosen route through the Holland Marsh resulted in the cancellation of plans in 1986 . In 1997 , the section between Highway 400 and Highway 11 was decommissioned . The most recent change to the route took place in 2003 , when the section of Highway 89 between Palmerston and Harriston was renumbered as part of Highway 23 , creating a shared terminus at a junction with Highway 9 .
Shelburne ( 2016 population 8,126 ) is a town in Dufferin County , Ontario , Canada , is located at the intersection of Highway 10 and Highway 89 . Shelburne is best known for the Annual Canadian Championship Fiddling Contest that is held each August .
King 's Highway 27 is a short municipal highway in southern Ontario . Much of it is now cared for by the city of Toronto , York Region and Simcoe County . The Ministry of Transportation of Ontario was once responsible for the length of the route , when it ran through much of Southern Ontario . Now , only the southernmost 3 km ( 1.9 mi ) from Dixon Road to Highway 427 is under provincial jurisdiction .
The Canadian province of Ontario has an extensive network of Primary ( King 's ) , Secondary , and Tertiary Highways , with county-level and city-level roads linking between them . Over the years , however , Ontario has turned back numerous highways to municipal government bodies , renumbered them , or upgraded them to 400-series highways . In 1997 and 1998 , many sections of the provincial highway network were downloaded to local municipalities ( such as cities , counties or regional municipalities ) by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation as a cost-saving measure . While highways were occasionally transferred to local governments in the past , the 1997-1998 downloads represented the most significant changes to Ontario 's highway network . Many highways were completely devolved , while of others only short sections remain under provincial jurisdiction ( Highway 2 , once stretching across Southern Ontario , now is only a few kilometres long ) . Below is a partial list of partially or wholly devolved highways since 1997 .
Brockville , formerly Elizabethtown , is a city in Eastern Ontario , Canada in the Thousand Islands region . Although it is the seat of the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville , it is politically independent of the county . It is included with Leeds and Grenville for census purposes only . Known as the City of the 1000 Islands , Brockville is located on the north shore of the Saint Lawrence River , about halfway between Kingston to the west and Cornwall to the east . It is 115 km ( 71 mi ) south of the national capital Ottawa . The city faces Morristown , New York , which is located on the other side of the river . It is one of Ontario 's oldest communities first established by Euro-Canadians and is named after the British general Sir Isaac Brock . The city notably features the Brockville Tunnel , Canada 's first railway tunnel , finished in December 1860 , and closed in 1970 . It was acquired by the City of Brockville in 1982 , and the tunnel reopened in August 2017 as an LED illuminated pedestrian tunnel with music . Alongside the Fulford Place and the Aquatarium , it has since become one of the most famous tourist attractions in the city , and even all of Ontario .
Arnprior is a town in Renfrew County , in the eastern portion of Southern Ontario , Canada . It is located at the confluence of the Madawaska River and the Ottawa River in the Ottawa Valley . Arnprior has experienced significant growth in populations with the widening of the 417 Provincial Highway to four lanes . The Town experienced an increase in population by 8.4% from 2011 to 2016 , at which time its population was 8,795 . The town is a namesake of Arnprior , Scotland , and is known for lumber , hydro power generation , aerospace , farming and its proximity to the National Capital Region .
King 's Highway 30 , commonly referred to as Highway 30 , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The 51.1-kilometre ( 31.8 mi ) -long route connected Highway 2 in Brighton with Highway 7 in Havelock via Campbellford . Established in 1930 , the highway initially travelled only as far north as Campbellford . Alongside the construction of Highway 7 between Peterborough and Perth , Highway 30 was extended north to Havelock in 1934 . The route remained generally consistent until 1998 , when it was decommissioned and transferred to Northumberland County and Peterborough County . Both counties redesignated their portion of the former highway as County Road 30 .
Brighton is a town in Northumberland County , Ontario , Canada , approximately 150 kilometres ( 93 mi ) east of Toronto and 100 km ( 62 mi ) west of Kingston . It is traversed by both Highway 401 and the former Highway 2 . The west end of the Murray Canal that leads east to the Bay of Quinte is at the east end of the town . The land upon which the present day town of Brighton is situated originally belonged to the Mississauga ( Anishinaabe-speaking ) peoples . Brighton later developed into primarily an agricultural community , specializing in the farming of apples and production of new apple types . However , in recent years , many of the original orchards in the area have been partially removed , to make way for the steadily growing population , and more profitable agricultural produce , such as wheat , corn and soybeans . In late September , Brighton is host to Applefest , its largest yearly festival . The Municipality of Brighton ( formed on January 1 , 2001 , through an amalgamation of the former Town of Brighton and Brighton Township ) is home to over 11,000 inhabitants , with a higher than average percentage of those retired . This is common , as the quiet , clean and friendly atmosphere of many smaller towns near Lake Ontario tend to draw the elderly as popular places for retirement living . Presqu'ile Provincial Park , just south of the town centre , is one of Brighton 's most popular attractions . The park is noted for bird-watching and other nature-oriented activities . Memory Junction Railway Museum , located in a former Grand Trunk station , has a collection of rail equipment and memorabilia .
Havelock-Belmont-Methuen is a township in central-eastern Ontario , Canada ; in Peterborough County . On January 1 , 1998 ; Belmont and Methuen Township amalgamated with the Village of Havelock to form what is now Havelock-Belmont-Methuen .
Bank Street ( French : Rue Bank ) is the major commercial north-south street in Ottawa , Ontario , Canada . It runs south from Wellington Street in downtown Ottawa , south through the neighbourhoods of Centretown , The Glebe , Old Ottawa South , Alta Vista , Hunt Club , and then through the villages of Blossom Park , Leitrim , South Gloucester , Greely , Metcalfe , Spring Hill , and Vernon before exiting the city limits at Belmeade Road . Bank Street made up much of Ontario Highway 31 before it was downloaded in 1998 ( all of it south of Heron Road ) . Currently it is also known as Ottawa Road # 31 .
King 's Highway 2 , commonly referred to as Highway 2 , is the lowest-numbered provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario ( there is no numbered Ontario Highway 1 ) and was originally part of a series of identically numbered highways in multiple provinces which together joined Windsor , Ontario to Halifax , Nova Scotia . Once the primary east-west route across the southern portion of Ontario , most of Highway 2 in Ontario was bypassed by Ontario Highway 401 , completed in 1968 . The August 1997 completion of Highway 403 bypassed one final section through Brantford . Virtually all of the 837.4 km ( 520.3 mi ) length of Highway 2 was deemed a local route and removed from the provincial highway system on January 1 , 1998 , with the exception of a 1-kilometre ( 0.62 mi ) section east of Gananoque . The entire route remains driveable , but as County Road 2 or County Highway 2 in most regions . In Toronto , Highway 2 shields are still found along Lake Shore Boulevard and Kingston Road .
Morrisburg is an unincorporated community in the Municipality of South Dundas , located in Eastern Ontario , Canada . On November 11 , 1813 , the Battle of Crysler 's Farm , at which a British force repelled an invading American army , took place near what was later to be called Morrisburg . United Empire Loyalist settlers settled in Dundas County creating West Williamsburg and was part of the Williamsburg Canal project . Between 1843 and 1856 , canals were built on the north side of the St. Lawrence River . West Williamsburg was renamed Morrisburg in 1851 in honour of Brockville , Ontario politician , James Morris , who was named the first Postmaster General of the United Province of Canada . Incorporated as a village in 1860 , Morrisburg had a growing manufacturing base consisting of a gristmill , a carding mill and a fanning mill . The Grand Trunk Railroad reached Morrisburg in 1855 . Eventually a power station was built on the St. Lawrence River . During the 1950s , portions of Morrisburg were relocated because of expected flooding caused by the St. Lawrence Seaway project . Over 80 homes were moved and the entire downtown business district was demolished and relocated in a shopping plaza . The Canadian National Railway line was moved 1.1 kilometers north of its original location . Much of the former railbed was used for reconstructing Ontario Highway 2 .
King 's Highway 32 , commonly referred to as Highway 32 , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The 19.6-kilometre ( 12.2 mi ) -long route connected Highway 2 in Gananoque with Highway 15 east of Seeleys Bay , providing a quick alternative route between the two highways . It also featured an interchange with Highway 401 . Highway 32 was assumed in 1929 , and generally remained unchanged throughout its existence until 1998 , when it was decommissioned and transferred to the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville . It was subsequently redesignated as Leeds and Grenville County Road 32 .
Gananoque ( /ˌɡænəˈnɒkweɪ/ GAN-ə-NOK-way ) is a town in the Leeds and Grenville area of Ontario , Canada . The town had a population of 5,194 year-round residents in the Canada 2011 Census , as well as summer residents sometimes referred to as Islanders because of the Thousand Islands in the Saint Lawrence River , Gananoque 's most important tourist attraction . The Gananoque River flows through the town and the St. Lawrence River serves as the southern boundary of the town .
King 's Highway 15 , commonly referred to as Highway 15 , is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . It currently travels north from an interchange with Highway 401 in Kingston to Highway 7 in Carleton Place , but once continued east from there into Ottawa until that section became part of Highway 7 . The length of Highway 15 is 113.4 kilometres ( 70.5 mi ) . Highway 15 was one of the original highways created by the province in 1920 to establish a highway network and qualify for funding under the Canada Highways Act . The southern terminus , originally in Seeley 's Bay , was moved to Highway 2 in Kingston the following year . The routing of the highway has changed several times over the years , but it continues to serve the same region of Eastern Ontario as it has since 1920 .
Leeds and the Thousand Islands is a township in the Canadian province of Ontario , located within the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville . The township is located along the Saint Lawrence River , and extends north into rural hamlets and villages . Formerly , this township was divided into three separate townships : Leeds , Landsdowne and Escott townships ; these townships amalgamated to form the current township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands .
King 's Highway 36 , commonly referred to as Highway 36 , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The highway connected Highway 7 and Highway 35 in Lindsay with Highway 28 in Burleigh Falls , providing access to recreational cottages along the northern shore of several of the Kawartha lakes as well as to multiple communities , including Bobcaygeon . Today it is known as Kawartha Lakes City Road 36 and Peterborough County Road 36 . The route was first assumed in 1931 as a depression relief project and extended in 1937 . It remained generally unchanged for the next 60 years before being decommissioned in 1998 . However , a realignment near Lindsay in the late 1950s changed the southern terminus of the route from the centre of the town to southeast of it ; the original route through Lindsay became Highway 36B and is now known as Kawartha Lakes Road 17 .
Lindsay is a community of 20,713 people ( 2016 census ) on the Scugog River in the Kawartha Lakes region of south-eastern Ontario , Canada . It is approximately 43 km ( 27 mi ) west of Peterborough . It is the seat of the City of Kawartha Lakes ( formerly Victoria County ) , and the hub for business and commerce in the region . Lindsay Transit provides bus service to the community and surrounding area .
King 's Highway 28 , commonly referred to as Highway 28 , is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The route travels in a southwest-northeast from Highway 7 east of Peterborough , to Highway 41 in Denbigh .
Burleigh Falls is both a geological feature and a small community in Peterborough County , Ontario , Canada . The falls form the boundary between the municipality of North Kawartha to the north and the municipality of Selwyn to the south . The falls ( more accurately described as a chute or cascade , since the drop in water level is more horizontal than vertical ) are created by a narrowing in the flow of water between Lovesick Lake and Lower Buckhorn Lake on the west and Stoney Lake to the east . At one time the landform was known as the Burleigh chute .
King 's Highway 39 , commonly referred to as Highway 39 , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The 34.6-kilometre ( 21.5 mi ) -long route connected Highway 3 in downtown Windsor with Highway 2 south of Belle River , travelling along the southern shoreline of Lake St. Clair . Highway 39 was established in 1934 . In 1961 , the Pike Creek Bypass was opened and Highway 39 was rerouted along it . However , the entire route was renumbered as Highway 2 in 1970 , retiring the designation from the provincial highway system . Highway 2 was itself decommissioned along the former route of Highway 39 on January 1 , 1998 and transferred to Essex County and the City of Windsor . It was subsequently redesignated as Essex County Road 22 .
King 's Highway 3B , commonly referred to as Highway 3B , was a provincially maintained highway within Windsor , in the Canadian province of Ontario . Its purpose was to link Highway 3 and Highway 401 with the Detroit-Windsor Tunnel and downtown Windsor . The portion of the route between Howard Avenue and Highway 401 is a short divided highway known as the Dougall Parkway .
Lakeshore is a town on Lake St. Clair , in Essex County , Ontario , Canada . The town was incorporated in 1999 by amalgamating the Town of Belle River with the townships of Maidstone , Rochester , Tilbury North , and Tilbury West . It is part of the Windsor census metropolitan area . Lakeshore has a significant concentration of French Canadians and is one of only three communities in Southern Ontario ( excluding Eastern Ontario ) in which more than 5% ( the provincial average ) of the population is francophone . The others are Welland and Penetanguishene ) . In the 2011 census , 7.7% of the population reported French as their mother tongue , and 17.2% reported knowledge of both official languages . Lakeshore also has a historic black community , along the Puce River , made up of descendants of refugee slaves from the South in the United States who immigrated to Canada for freedom , using the Underground Railroad network .
King 's Highway 42 , commonly referred to as Highway 42 , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The 52.8-kilometre ( 32.8 mi ) -long route connected Highway 29 at Forthton with the town of Westport , intersecting Highway 15 en route . Highway 42 was assumed in 1935 , and aside from paving the partially gravelled road , generally remained unchanged throughout its existence . In 1997 , it was decommissioned and transferred to the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville , subsequently being redesignated as Leeds and Grenville County Road 42 .
Elizabethtown-Kitley is a township in eastern Ontario , Canada , in the United Counties of Leeds and Grenville . Its southern border lies along the St. Lawrence River and it extends north into many rural hamlets and villages . The township was created on January 1 , 2001 by the amalgamation of the former Township of Elizabethtown and Township of Kitley .
King 's Highway 43 , also known as Highway 43 , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . On January 1 , 1998 , the entire route was transferred to the county that each section resided in , resulting in the current designations of Lanark County Road 43 , Leeds and Grenville Road 43 and Stormont , Dundas and Glengarry Road 43 . Highway 43 ran somewhat parallel to and between Highway 401 and Highway 417 from Highway 7 in Perth to Highway 34 in Alexandria , passing through several small towns along the way . At 154.2 km ( 95.8 mi ) , it is the longest highway in Ontario to be decommissioned entirely during the mass transfer of Highways in 1997 and 1998 .
Perth ( /pɜːrθ/ ) is a town in Eastern Ontario , Canada . It is located on the Tay River , 83 kilometres ( 52 mi ) southwest of Ottawa , and is the seat of Lanark County .
King 's Highway 34 , commonly referred to as Highway 34 , is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The route connects Highway 417 south of Vankleek Hill with Hawkesbury . It is 16.9 kilometres ( 10.5 mi ) long , traveling through a mostly rural portion of the lower Ottawa Valley near the Ontario-Quebec border . The highway formerly continued 40 kilometres ( 25 mi ) south of Highway 417 to Highway 2 in Lancaster . However , this section was decommissioned as a provincial highway and was subsequently redesignated as Stormont , Dundas and Glengarry County Road 34 .
North Glengarry is a township in eastern Ontario , Canada , in the United Counties of Stormont , Dundas and Glengarry . It is a predominantly rural area located between Ottawa-Gatineau , Montreal and Cornwall .
King 's Highway 44 , commonly referred to as Highway 44 , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The 15.9-kilometre ( 9.9 mi ) -long route began at Highway 15 in the town of Almonte and travelled eastward through Lanark County towards Ottawa , ending at Highway 17 . Highway 44 was assumed by the province in 1938 along existing unimproved roadway . A significant portion of the highway was incorporated into a new routing of Highway 17 in 1966 . The highway alignment remained generally unchanged for the next three decades until it was decommissioned in 1997 and transferred to Lanark County and what is now the City of Ottawa . The road has since been redesignated as Lanark County Road 49 and Ottawa Road 49 .
Almonte ( pronounced AL-mont as opposed to the original Spanish pronunciation of al-MON-tay ) is a former mill town located in Lanark County , in the eastern portion of Ontario , Canada . Formerly a separate municipality , Almonte is now a ward of the town of Mississippi Mills , which was created on January 1 , 1998 , by the merging of Almonte with Ramsay and Pakenham townships . Almonte is located 46 kilometres ( 29 mi ) south-west of downtown Ottawa . Its population as of 2013 is about 5,000 .
King 's Highway 17 , more commonly known as Highway 17 , is a provincially maintained highway and the primary route of the Trans-Canada Highway through the Canadian province of Ontario . It begins at the Manitoba boundary , 50 km ( 31 mi ) west of Kenora , and the main section ends where Highway 417 begins just west of Arnprior . A small disconnected signed section of the highway still remains within the Ottawa Region between County Road 29 and Grants Side Rd . This makes it Ontario 's longest highway . [ note 1 ] The highway once extended even farther to the Quebec boundary in East Hawkesbury with a peak length of about 2,180 km ( 1,350 mi ) . However , a section of Highway 17 disappeared when the Ottawa section of it was upgraded to the freeway Highway 417 in 1971 . Highway 17 was not re-routed through Ottawa , nor did it share numbering with Highway 417 to rectify the discontinuity , even though Highway 417 formed a direct link between the western and eastern sections of Highway 17 . However , from East Hawkesbury to Ottawa , Highway 17 retained the Trans-Canada Highway routing and signs until it met up again and merged with Highway 417 until 1997 when Highway 17 through Ottawa was downgraded . The Trans-Canada Highway designation now extends along all of Highway 417 . Ontario Highway 17 is a very important part of the national highway system in Canada , as it is the sole highway linking the eastern and western regions of the country . Although other small roads connect the province of Ontario with the province of Manitoba , it is the only major highway that links the two , making it a crucial section of Canada 's primary commercial and leisure route for all traffic travelling between Canada 's largest cities , from Toronto and Montreal in the east to Calgary and Vancouver in the west .
Carp is a compact rural community in West Carleton-March Ward in the City of Ottawa , Ontario , Canada , located in the northwestern portion of the municipality on the Carp River . It is about 33 km ( 21 mi ) from downtown Ottawa . Prior to amalgamation in 2001 , Carp was located in the West Carleton Township . Carp is located in the Carleton - Mississippi Mills electoral riding . According to the Canada 2011 Census , 1,965 people lived in the area around Carp ( Craig Sideroad/Murphy Sideroad on the north , former Township limits on the east , March Road on the south and Thomas Argue Road on the west )
The Canadian province of Ontario has an extensive network of Primary ( King 's ) , Secondary , and Tertiary Highways , with county-level and city-level roads linking between them . Over the years , however , Ontario has turned back numerous highways to municipal government bodies , renumbered them , or upgraded them to 400-series highways . In 1997 and 1998 , many sections of the provincial highway network were downloaded to local municipalities ( such as cities , counties or regional municipalities ) by the Ontario Ministry of Transportation as a cost-saving measure . While highways were occasionally transferred to local governments in the past , the 1997-1998 downloads represented the most significant changes to Ontario 's highway network . Many highways were completely devolved , while of others only short sections remain under provincial jurisdiction ( Highway 2 , once stretching across Southern Ontario , now is only a few kilometres long ) . Below is a partial list of partially or wholly devolved highways since 1997 .
King 's Highway 2 , commonly referred to as Highway 2 , is the lowest-numbered provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario ( there is no numbered Ontario Highway 1 ) and was originally part of a series of identically numbered highways in multiple provinces which together joined Windsor , Ontario to Halifax , Nova Scotia . Once the primary east-west route across the southern portion of Ontario , most of Highway 2 in Ontario was bypassed by Ontario Highway 401 , completed in 1968 . The August 1997 completion of Highway 403 bypassed one final section through Brantford . Virtually all of the 837.4 km ( 520.3 mi ) length of Highway 2 was deemed a local route and removed from the provincial highway system on January 1 , 1998 , with the exception of a 1-kilometre ( 0.62 mi ) section east of Gananoque . The entire route remains driveable , but as County Road 2 or County Highway 2 in most regions . In Toronto , Highway 2 shields are still found along Lake Shore Boulevard and Kingston Road .
Cobourg ( /'koːbə˞g/ ) is a town in the Canadian province of Ontario , located in Southern Ontario 95 kilometres ( 59 mi ) east of Toronto and 62 kilometres ( 39 mi ) east of Oshawa . It is the largest town in and seat of Northumberland County . Its nearest neighbour is Port Hope , 7 km ( 4 mi ) to the west . It is located along Highway 401 ( exits 472 and 474 ) and the former Highway 2 ( now Northumberland County Road 2 ) . To the south , Cobourg borders Lake Ontario . To the north , east and west , it is surrounded by Hamilton Township .
Asphodel-Norwood is a township municipality in Peterborough County in Central Ontario , Canada .
King 's Highway 46 , commonly referred to as Highway 46 , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario that connected Highway 7 with Highway 48 in Victoria County . The route existed between 1937 and 1997 , after which it was decommissioned and transferred to the county . In 2001 , Victoria County amalgamated into the city of Kawartha Lakes , and the road became known as Kawartha Lakes Road 46 . It is 25.7 kilometres ( 16.0 mi ) long , passing through the villages of Woodville , Argyle and Bolsover .
King 's Highway 47 , commonly referred to as Highway 47 and locally as Stouffville Road , Toronto Street and Brock Street , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The mostly rural route travelled through the towns of Whitchurch-Stouffville , Goodwood , and Uxbridge on its east-west path between Highway 48 and Highway 12 . The route was established in 1937 , existing until it was transferred to the Regional Municipality of Durham and the Regional Municipality of York at the beginning of 1998 .
King 's Highway 49 , commonly referred to as Highway 49 , is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The 5.8-kilometre ( 3.6 mi ) highway travels from the Quinte Skyway to the northern boundary of the Tyendinaga Mohawk Territory south of Marysville . Most of the highway is situated within the Tyendinaga reserve .
King 's Highway 50 , commonly referred to as Highway 50 , was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario . The highway , which was decommissioned in 1998 , is still referred to as Highway 50 , though it is now made up of several county and regional roads : Peel Regional Road 50 , York Regional Road 24 and Simcoe County Road 50 . The route began in the northwest corner of Toronto at Highway 27 as Albion Road , and travelled northwest to Highway 89 west of the town of Alliston . En route , it passed through the villages of Bolton , Palgrave and Loretto . The road south of Bolton is becoming increasingly suburban as development encroaches from the east and west ; but despite this increasing urbanization , the removal of highway status , and the fact that it runs through the former Albion Township , the Albion Road name has not been extended to follow it outside Toronto . Highway 50 was designated in 1936 , connecting the western terminus of Highway 49 with Bolton . One year later , it was extended both north and south to Highway 9 and Highway 7 , respectively . In 1962 , the route was extended south to Highway 27 in Toronto . A final extension was designated in 1976 , extending the highway north to Highway 89 . In 1997 and 1998 , the entire route was transferred to regional governments , decommissioning the designation .