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This is a list of County and Regional (collectively known as '' divisions'') numbered roads in Ontario. These roads are found only in Southern Ontario (with the lone exception being
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This is a list of County and Regional (collectively known as '' divisions'') numbered roads in Ontario. These roads are found only in Southern Ontario (with the lone exception being Greater Sudbury
Sudbury, officially the City of Greater Sudbury is the largest city in Northern Ontario by population, with a population of 166,004 at the 2021 Canadian Census. By land area, it is the largest in Ontario and the List of the largest cities and to ...
, which is in Northern Ontario
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), and are listed alphabetically by county, because more than one county can sometimes have the same county road number without connecting across county lines.
By their nature, all county roads in Ontario are numbered, unless noted. This page lists all of the county/district/regional roads by their respective county, district, or regional municipality.
Some counties have been merged in the past, and are known as "United Counties". They will be treated and named as one county.
The county road network has been present for many years, but has only been signed with the flowerpot logos since the early 1970s or 1980s (depending on the area). The signs are usually black text on white, or in some counties are multi-coloured. Previously, the roads simply had road names, such as "Essex Road 42" or "Kent County Road 14", and so on, but had no shields to designate them.
County roads within still-extant counties are almost always rural routes and rarely run through towns. However, within regional municipalities, the systems were expanded to follow major streets in the formerly separated cities, or were retained within originally-rural townships that were incorporated as cities following mass suburbanization.
In addition to County Roads, many townships also have Concession road
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s and Township Roads, such as Colchester South
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The district was created in 1978 from Colchester, and was called Colchester South until 1993 ...
Road 3, and Concession 8. These do not have shields (only names on signs and maps). Some exceptions include former Highway 38
The following highways are numbered 38:
Australia
* A38 (Sydney)
Canada
* Alberta Highway 38
* Ontario Highway 38 (former)
* Saskatchewan Highway 38
Czech Republic
* I/38 Highway; Czech: Silnice I/38
Germany
* Bundesautobahn 38
India
* Nat ...
in Eastern Ontario, where the township name appears instead of the county as the township administers the road, or is not signed at all. Former Secondary Highway 620, downloaded to the Peterborough
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and Hastings County governments, was downloaded further to Wollaston Township (in Hastings County), with a posted sign appearing similar to an Ontario Tertiary Highway.
Glossary
*CR = County Road (or City Road, for those counties that have become City of County, such as the City of Prince Edward County, Ontario) *DR = District Road (only in Muskoka; similar routes in unincorporated districts are usually provincial Secondary or Tertiary Highways) *MR = Municipal Road (for Single-Tier Municipalities) *RR = Regional Road (Not Rural Route) *CH = County Highway - some counties have the same number designation for two or more County Routes, but some (like Durham RM and theCity of Norfolk County
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) also list routes as County Highways (CR HWY/RR HWY/DR HWY), abbreviated as CH. These are designations for downloaded former provincial highways. A prime example is Durham RR 2, and Durham RR HWY 2.
Counties
Lanark County
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United Counties of Leeds and Grenville
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United Counties of Prescott and Russell
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United Counties of Stormont, Dundas and Glengarry
Regional/District Municipalities
Regional Municipality of Durham
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Regional Municipality of Halton
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District Municipality of Muskoka
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Regional Municipality of Niagara
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:*List of numbered roads in Peel Region
This page lists all of the numbered regional roads in Peel Region, Ontario.
See also
*List of roads in Brampton
*List of roads in Mississauga
The following is a list of non-numbered and numbered ( Peel Regional Roads) in Mississauga, On ...
:*List of roads in Brampton
The following is a list of non-numbered and numbered ( Peel Regional Roads) in Brampton, Ontario.
History and layout
Most major roads in Brampton are concession roads laid out in the early 19th Century, in what was then Chinguacousy and Toronto ...
(includes non-numbered Brampton roads)
:* List of roads in Mississauga (includes non-numbered Mississauga roads)
Regional Municipality of Waterloo
The Regional Municipality of Waterloo (Waterloo Region or Region of Waterloo) is a metropolitan area of Southern Ontario, Canada. It contains the cities of Cambridge, Kitchener and Waterloo (KWC or Tri-Cities), and the townships of North Dumfr ...
Regional Municipality of York
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Single-tier municipalities
County of Brant
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Chatham-Kent
Chatham-Kent ( 2021 population: 104,316)Greater Sudbury
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Hamilton Hamilton may refer to:
People
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** The Duke of Hamilton, the premier peer of Scotland
** Lord Hamilt ...
Ottawa
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:*List of numbered roads in Ottawa
The city of Ottawa, Ontario, Canada maintains many regional roads, like most counties and regional municipalities in Southern and Eastern Ontario. The regional road system was created by the Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton (RMOC) and m ...
:* List of roads in Ottawa (includes non-numbered Ottawa roads)
Toronto
Toronto ( ; or ) is the capital city of the Canadian province of Ontario. With a recorded population of 2,794,356 in 2021, it is the most populous city in Canada and the fourth most populous city in North America. The city is the ancho ...
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:*Metro Toronto Roads and Transportation
Metro Toronto Roads and Traffic (later Metro Transportation) was a department within the former Municipality of Metropolitan Toronto.
The department was responsible for maintaining major arterial roads, bridges and local freeways systems (Gardi ...
''(the present City of Toronto was formerly Metropolitan Toronto; a regional-level of goverenment that maintained a non-numbered system of major roads)''
:*List of east-west roads in Toronto
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:*List of diagonal roads in Toronto
The following lists roads in Toronto, Ontario, Canada, that do not follow the city grid, often referred to as ''contour roads or diagonal roads''. They are listed by type of road, then alphabetically.
Arterial roads Albion Road
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:* List of north-south roads in Toronto
References
External links
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