The province of Ontario does not have a single unified network of controlled-access highways or freeways. Although most freeways are part of the 400-series highways, which can be characterized by their high design standard, several other sections provincial highways are also classified are freeways. Additionally, several controlled-access highways, called municipal expressways, are maintained by municipalities rather than the provincial government like provincial highways are.
The following is a list of freeways in Ontario as defined by the Official Road Map of Ontario published by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO).[1] [2] [3] The MTO defines a freeway as a divided highway with at least two lanes in each direction.[4]
See main article: 400-series highways. All 400-series highways are freeways for their entire length.[5]
Some non 400-series highways are also freeways for some of all of their length.
| Colonel Talbot Rd | Wonderland Rd S | Concurrency with . | |||
| Concurrency with . | |||||
| Victoria St N | Sections known as the Conestoga Parkway. | ||||
| Lansdowne St E | Concurrency with . | ||||
| Sections known as the Conestoga Parkway. | |||||
| Concurrency with . | |||||
| Part of the Conestoga Parkway. | |||||
| Lansdowne St E | Entire length. | ||||
Municipal expressways are controlled-access highways not under the jurisdiction of the provincial government. Instead, they are maintained by the municipal governments of the municipalities they are located in.
| Allen Road | Toronto | Transit Rd | Eglinton Ave W | ||
| / | Entire length. | ||||
| Dougall Parkway | Windsor | ||||
| E. C. Row Expressway | Ojibway Pkwy | ||||
| Toronto | / | Entire length.Parts were formerly .Formerly signed . | |||
| Highbury Avenue | London | Power Street | |||
| Highway 2A | Toronto | Entire length.Formerly provincial . | |||
| Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway | Hamilton | Red Hill Valley Parkway | Entire length. | ||
| Nikola Tesla Boulevard | |||||
| Ottawa | |||||
| Red Hill Valley Parkway | Hamilton | Lincoln M. Alexander Parkway |
| Airport Parkway | Ottawa | Bronson Ave / Heron Rd | Ottawa Macdonald–Cartier International Airport | Fully grade-separated, but the highway is undivided, and bicycles are permitted. | [6] | |
| Black Creek Drive | Toronto | Eglinton Ave W | No interchanges. Pedestrians are prohibited. | [7] | ||
| Hamilton | Main St W | First divided dual-carriageway road built in Canada. | [8] | |||
| Harbour Expressway | Thunder Bay | Fort William Rd | [9] | |||
| Guelph | Woodlawn Rd W | A few interchanges throughout the road. Planned to be upgraded to a fully controlled-access highway. | [10] [11] | |||
| Clearview | [12] | |||||
| Maley Drive | Greater Sudbury | A few interchanges throughout the road. | [13] | |||
| Mount Pleasant Road | Toronto | Inglewood Dr | Jarvis St | Considered to be the first expressway in Toronto. | [14] | |
| Thunder Bay | Hodder Ave | Arthur St W | No interchanges. | |||
| Greater Sudbury | Undivided with a few interchanges throughout the road. | [15] | ||||
| Veterans Memorial Parkway | London | Clarke Rd | No interchanges. However, continues north as Clarke Road | [16] |
| Bradford Bypass | Entire length. | [17] | |||
| Maddaugh Road | See Ontario Highway 6#Future. | [18] | |||
| Kitchener | Guelph | See Ontario Highway 7#Proposed Kitchener–Guelph freeway. | [19] | ||
| See Ontario Highway 69#Four-laning. | [20] | ||||
| / | Entire length. | [21] |
. Toronto Sketches 8: The Way We Were . Dundurn Press . 2004 . 1-55002-527-9 . 119–122 . City's First Superhighway . January 7, 2010 . https://books.google.com/books?id=0dPEnyoio_gC&q=toronto%27s+first+expressway&pg=PA119 . Mike Filey.