List of roads in Toronto

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Many Toronto roads, especially the major ones, have signage resembling this one.
Many Toronto roads, especially the major ones, have signage resembling this one.

This is a list of major roads in Toronto, Ontario, Canada. The city is organized in a grid pattern dating back to the plan laid out by Lieutenant Governor John Graves Simcoe in 1793. Most streets are aligned in the north-south or east-west direction. The Toronto road system is also influenced by its topography as some roads are aligned with Lake Ontario, the old Lake Iroquois shoreline, or the deep valleys.

Controlled-access roads are italicized.


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[edit] East-west roads

The following roads generally run east-west with few perturbations. They are ordered south to north.

  • Queen's Quay (listed as a contour road)
  • Gardiner Expressway
  • Lake Shore Boulevard (listed as a contour road)
  • Front Street
  • King Street (listed as a contour road)
  • Adelaide Street (one-way since 1958)
  • Richmond Street (one-way since 1958)
  • Queen Street (west of Roncesvalles Avenue it becomes The Queensway)
  • Dundas Street (listed as a contour road)
  • Gerrard Street (listed as a contour road)
  • College Street, east of Yonge Street to east of Parliament Street, it is called Carlton Street
  • Wellesley Street
  • Hoskin Avenue
  • Harbord Street (a western continuation of Hoskin)
  • Bloor Street
  • Danforth Avenue
  • Dupont Street
  • Annette Street (a western continuation of Dupont)
  • Davenport Road (listed as a contour road)
  • O'Connor Drive (listed as a contour road)
  • St. Clair Avenue
  • Davisville Avenue
  • Rogers Road
  • Eglinton Avenue
  • Roselawn Avenue (east to west, Roselawn Avenue (Yonge Street to Bathurst Street), Elm Ridge Drive (Bathurst Street to Marlee Avenue), Roselawn Avenue (Marlee Avenue to Dufferin Street), Castlefield Avenue (Dufferin Street to west of CNR tracks), Beechborough Avenue (West of CNR tracks to Keele Street) combine to make a single route)
  • Glencairn Avenue
  • Lawrence Avenue
  • Ellesmere Road (east to west, Ellesmere Road, Parkwoods Village Drive, York Mills Road, Wilson Avenue, and Walsh Avenue combine to make a single route)
  • York Mills Road
  • Wilson Avenue
  • Highway 401
  • Sheppard Avenue
  • Finch Avenue
  • Steeles Avenue

[edit] North-south roads

These roads generally run south-north with few perturbations. They are ordered east to west.

[edit] Contour or diagonal roads

[edit] References

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