List of numbered roads in Ottawa

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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 managed by the RMOC until 2001. In 2001, when all six cities, four townships, and one village within the former RMOC amalgamated to form the new city of Ottawa, responsibility of the regional road system was transferred to the new city of Ottawa, and they became today's “Ottawa roads”.

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In general, even-numbered routes run east-west and odd-numbered routes run north-south. Also, the lowest-numbered routes are generally found in the southern part of the city for even (east-west) numbered routes, and in the western part for odd (north-south) numbered routes. This pattern, however, has many exceptions. As more roads were added to the numbered-road system, the availability of numbers decreased and consequently, the numbering pattern had to be broken.

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In smaller communities and rural areas the numbered roads are, for the most part, adequately signed with trapezoid-shaped signs with rounded corners, which are often referred to as "flowerpots" due to the shape of the sign. Older signs installed prior to 2001 have the legend "Ottawa-Carleton" at the top with the route number underneath. Newer signs installed after 2001 use the legend "Ottawa" or simply the "O" portion of the city's wordmark. Most numbered-road signs are not marked with directional tabs indicating the direction of the road (i.e. North, South, East, West), but where these appear, they are always printed in both English and French.

Most numbered roads in the urban areas of Ottawa are not signed with route numbers, despite having official route numbers and being listed on many maps with these numbers. Instead, most urban sections of numbered roads are referred to by their names. Ottawa's city council adopted an updated route-numbering policy in 2005, under which road numbers are no longer posted inside the Greenbelt except for significant roads such as Ottawa Road 174, a former provincial highway, which is now usually known as "The 174". [1] [2] This effectively makes most Ottawa Roads within the greenbelt only used for internal purposes, as they are not signed. This is especially the case for Ottawa Roads 70, 78, 82, 105, and 113 which have little to no public record, due to the fact that they were likely numbered after numbering was discontinued in the downtown core.

During the mass downloading of Ontario's provincial highways onto regional authorities in 1997 and 1998, the former Regional Municipality of Ottawa-Carleton was given responsibility over former Highways 16, 31, 44, the section of 17 east of Highway 417 and the section of 15 downloaded to the Region. These former highways became known as Regional Roads (subsequently Ottawa Roads) 73, 31, 49, 174 and 29, respectively.

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NumberNamesWestern/Southern TerminusEastern/Northern TerminusMajor CommunitiesGeographical Township / RegionNotes
2 Donnelly Drive Ottawa/Lanark County BorderOttawa Road 5 (Donnelly Drive [north], Merlyn Wilson Road [south]) Burritts Rapids Marlborough Continues west as Lanark County Road 2.
3 Dwyer Hill Road, Upper Dwyer Hill RoadOttawa Road 2 (Donnelly Drive)Ottawa Road 22 (Galetta Side Road) Burritts Rapids, Dwyer Hill, Panmure Marlborough, Goulbourn, Huntley, Fitzroy
4Dalmeny Road, Marvelville RoadOttawa Road 19 (River Road)Ottawa Road 41 (Gregoire Road) Dalmeny, Marvelville Osgoode Originally continued west along Gordon Murdock Road, Osgoode Main Street, Nixon Drive, and Roger Stevens Drive to the Ottawa/Lanark County Border and didn't include the portion of Dalmeny Road west of Gordon Murdock Road. The current routing was established around 1982, with the Roger Stevens Drive portion (and part of Nixon Drive) being replaced by Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 6 (now Ottawa Road 6) and the portion from Ottawa Road 6 (Snake Island Road) to Dalmeny Road being removed from the network. Osgoode Main Street would become Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 114 (now Ottawa Road 114) around 1992. Ottawa Road 4 would only be extended easterly to Ottawa Road 41 when it was created (previously ending at Regional Road 29 (Yorks Corners Rd)).
5Merlyn Wilson Road, Donnelly Drive, Fourth Line Road, Century Road West, McBean Street, Perth Street, Huntley Road, Stittsville Main Street, Carp Road, Galetta Side Road, Harbour Road, Fitzroy Road, Canon Smith Road, Aylwin Road Ottawa/Leeds & Grenville United Counties Border (Rideau River)Ottawa Road 7 (Ferry Road) North Gower,Richmond, Stittsville,Carp, Fitzroy Harbour Marlborough, North Gower, Goulbourn, Huntley, Fitzroy Continues south as Leeds & Grenville United Counties Road 44. Formerly ran along Malakoff Road and Roger Stevens Drive between Becketts Landing and North Gower. Around 1982, the portion south of North Gower was removed. The current routing was established around 1998.
5AStittsville Main StreetOttawa Road 5 (Carp Road)Ottawa Road 36 (Hazeldean Road) Stittsville Goulbourn Not signed.
6Roger Stevens Drive, Nixon Drive, Snake Island Road, Victoria Street Ottawa/Lanark County BorderOttawa Road 41 (Gregoire Road (south), Boundary Road (north)) / Ottawa/Prescott & Russell United Counties Border Malakoff, North Gower, Kars, Metcalfe Marlborough, North Gower, Osgoode Continues west as Lanark County Road 4 and east as Prescott & Russell United Counties Road 3. Originally ended at Nixon Drive in the west, while the current route west of this point was part of Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 4 (now Ottawa Road 4). The current routing was established around 1982.
6ACartwright RoadOttawa Road 6 (Victoria Street)Ottawa Road 41 (Boundary Road) Osgoode
7Ferry RoadOttawa Road 22 (Galetta Side Road)Toll ferry to Quyon, Quebec Fitzroy
8Brophy Drive, Bankfield Road, Manotick Main Street, Bridge Street, Mitch Owens Road, Boundary Road, Devine Road, Rockdale Road, Russland Road, Saumure RoadOttawa Road 49 (Eagleson Road)Ottawa Road 37 (Saumure Road) / Ottawa/Prescott & Russell United Counties Border Manotick, Manotick Station, Greely, South Gloucester, Edwards, Vars Nepean, North Gower, Osgoode, Gloucester, Cumberland Originally ended at Vars in the east
9Dunrobin RoadOttawa Road 49 (March Road)Ottawa Road 22 (Galetta Side Road) Dunrobin, Malwood March, Torbolton
10Franktown Road, Perth Street Ottawa/Lanark County BorderOttawa Road 49 (Eagleson Road) Richmond Goulbourn Continues west as Lanark County Road 10.

Ottawa Road 10 originally followed Old Richmond Road and Moodie Drive up to Carling Avenue. The portion south of Ottawa Road 86 (Hope Side Road) has been replaced by Ottawa Road 59 since around 1984. The portion between Ottawa Road 86 (Hope Side Road) and Ottawa Road 12 (Fallowfield Road) was replaced by Ottawa Road 59 around 1998. Ottawa Road 10 was shortened to end at Ottawa Road 49 (Eagleson Road) at the same time.

11Moodie DriveOttawa Road 8 (Brophy Drive)Ottawa Road 32 (West Hunt Club Road) Nepean Originally continued north to Regional Road 10 (Richmond Road, now Ottawa Road 59 (Old Richmond Road)).
12 Fallowfield Road Ottawa Road 3 (Dwyer Hill Road)Ottawa Road 73 (Prince of Wales Drive) Fallowfield, Barrhaven Goulbourn, Nepean Originally ran along Flewellyn Road west of Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 5 (Huntley Road, now Ottawa Road 5) to Ashton and the Ottawa/Lanark County border. The current routing was established in around 1992.
13Dilworth Road, Rideau Valley Drive South, Roger Stevens Drive, Rideau Valley Drive North, Manotick Main Street, Rideau Valley Drive, Longfields Drive, Jockvale Road, Greenbank Road, Pinecrest RoadOttawa Road 5 (Fourth Line Road)Ottawa Road 38 (Carling Avenue) Nepean, Barrhaven, Manotick, Kars North Gower, Nepean Formerly continued along the current Ottawa Road 5 path to Grenville County, until Highway 16 was downloaded to the City of Ottawa in 1998.
14Leitrim RoadOttawa Road 19 (River Road)Ottawa Road 26 (Russell Road) Leitrim Gloucester
15 Woodroffe Avenue, Fairlawn Avenue, Lenester AvenueOttawa Road 73 (Prince of Wales Drive) Kichi Zibi Mikan Nepean, Barrhaven Nepean Intersection with Prince of Wales Drive has been closed. Fairlawn Avenue and Lenester Avenue from Carling Avenue to Woodroffe Avenue helps form a rectangle with Woodroffe Ave and Carling Avenue.
16Holly Acres Road, Richmond Road, Baseline Road, Heron Road Ottawa Road 38 (Carling Avenue)Ottawa Road 74 (Walkley Road) Nepean, Ottawa Nepean, Ottawa
17 Merivale Road, Clyde Avenue, Maitland AvenueOttawa Road 73 (Prince of Wales Drive)Ottawa Road 38 (Carling Avenue) Nepean, Ottawa Nepean Originally continued north along Merivale Road past Clyde Avenue
19River Road, Riverside Drive, Vanier Parkway Ottawa/Leeds & Grenville United Counties BorderOttawa Road 44 (Beechwood Avenue) Manotick, Riverside South, Ottawa, Vanier Osgoode, Gloucester, Ottawa Continues south as Leeds & Grenville United Counties Road 19.
20Kinburn Side Road Ottawa/Lanark County BorderOttawa Road 9 (Dunrobin Road)Antrim, Kinburn, Woodlawn Fitzroy, Torbolton Continues west as Lanark County Road 20
21Sixth Line Road, Torwood DriveOttawa Road 109 (Cameron Harvey Drive)Ottawa Road 129 (Vances Side Road) Torbolton
22Galetta Side RoadOttawa Road 29Ottawa Road 9 (Dunrobin Road) Galetta, Dirleton Fitzroy, Torbolton Continues west as Lanark County Road 22.
23 Cedarview Road Ottawa Road 12 (Fallowfield Road)Ottawa Road 16 (Baseline Road) Barrhaven, Nepean Nepean Formerly continued south of Ottawa Road 12
24Lester RoadOttawa Road 25 (Albion Road)Ottawa Road 31 (Bank Street) Gloucester Gloucester
25Stagecoach Road, Mitch Owens Road, Albion Road Ottawa/Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry United Counties BorderOttawa Road 24 (Lester Road)Reids Mills, West Osgoode, Enniskerry, Greely, Gloucester Osgoode, Gloucester Continues south as Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry United Counties Road 1.

Originally ended at Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 4 (Dalmeny Road, now Ottawa Road 4) in the north and was extended to Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 8 (Mitch Owens Road, now Ottawa Road 8) around 1982.

26 St. Laurent Boulevard, Ramsayville Road, Russell Road Ottawa Road 44 (Hemlock Road)Ottawa/Prescott & Russell United Counties Border Rockcliffe Park, Vanier, Ottawa, Gloucester, Ramsayville, Carlsbad Springs, Bearbrook Ottawa, Gloucester, Cumberland Continues east as Prescott & Russell United Counties Road 2
278th Line Road, Anderson Road, Blair Road Ottawa Road 6 (Victoria Street)Ottawa Road 34 (Montreal Road) Metcalfe, Gloucester Osgoode, Gloucester Used to be numbered north beyond Ottawa Road 34 to Blair Road's northern dead-end. Originally terminated at Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 8 (Mitch Owens Road, now Ottawa Road 8) in the north. Formerly ran along some portions of Ogilvie Road to the Aviation Parkway.
28Bearbrook Road, Innes Road, Blackburn Hamlet Bypass, Navan Road, Colonial RoadOttawa Road 34 (Montreal Road)Ottawa/Prescott & Russell United Counties Border Blackburn Hamlet, Orleans, Notre-Dame-des-Champs, Navan, Sarsfield Gloucester, Cumberland Continues on as Prescott & Russell United Counties Road 1 (du Golf Road).

Concurrent with Ottawa Road 30 along Blackburn Hamlet Bypass. Innes Road and Blackburn Hamlet Bypass portions may no longer be numbered.

29Ottawa Road 29 Ottawa/Lanark County BorderOttawa Road 117 (Madawaska Boulevard), Highway 17 Fitzroy Continues south as Lanark County Road 29.

Formerly part of Highway 15 (and before that, 29).

30Industrial Avenue, Innes Road, Blackburn Hamlet BypassOttawa Road 19 (Riverside Drive)Ottawa Road 35 (Dunning Road)Ottawa, Gloucester,Blackburn Hamlet, Orleans Gloucester, Cumberland, Ottawa Originally ran down Cyrville Road and passed through Blackburn along Innes Rd. Now bypasses the town via the Blackburn Hamlet Bypass.
31 Bank Street Ottawa/Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry United Counties BorderOttawa Road 34 (Wellington Street) Vernon, Spring Hill, Greely, Leitrim, Ottawa Gloucester, Osgoode, Ottawa Continues south as Stormont, Dundas & Glengarry United Counties Road 31.

Briefly known as Ottawa Road 85. Bank Street north of Heron Road was formerly Ottawa Road 85. Bank Street south of Heron Road was formerly Highway 31.

32 West Hunt Club Road, Hunt Club Road, Hawthorne RoadOttawa Road 59 (Old Richmond Road)Ottawa Road 26 (Russell Road) (Hawthorne Road) / Highway 417 (Hunt Club Road) Nepean, Ottawa,Gloucester Nepean, Gloucester Splits into two at end (Hawthorne Road for access to Russell Road and Hunt Club Road for access to Highway 417). Numbered since around 1992. Replaced most of former Ottawa Road 52 (Knoxdale Road) around 1998 when the Hunt Club Road expansion was completed to Old Richmond Road.
33Rockdale Road, Colonial Road, Frank Kenny RoadOttawa/Prescott & Russell United Counties BorderOttawa Road 30 (Innes Road) Vars, Orleans Cumberland Continues south as Prescott & Russell United Counties Road 28 (St-Guillaume Road).

Concurrent with Ottawa Road 28 along Colonial Road from Rockdale Road to Frank Kenny Road.

34 Wellington Street, Commissioner Street, Rideau Street, Montreal Road, St. Joseph Boulevard, Old Montreal RoadOttawa Road 77 (Booth Street)Ottawa Road 35 (Dunning Road)Ottawa, Vanier, Gloucester, Orleans, Cumberland Ottawa, Gloucester, Cumberland Former route of Highway 17, also of Highway 17B west of Ottawa Road 174.

Commissioner Street is Ottawa Road 34 only in extension (formerly part of Wellington Street).

35Dunning Road, Old Montreal Road, Cameron StreetOttawa Road 26 (Russell Road)Ferry to Masson-Angers, Quebec Bearbrook, Leonard, French Hill, Cumberland Cumberland The ferry connects to Chemin du Quai in Gatineau.
36 Hazeldean Road, Robertson Road, Richmond Road, Wellington Street West, Somerset Street West Spruce Ridge RdOttawa Road 91 (Elgin Street) Stittsville, Kanata, Bells Corners, Nepean, Ottawa Goulbourn,Nepean, Ottawa Not signed east of Ottawa Road 59 (Moodie Drive).

Formerly Highways 7 and 15 approaching Ottawa from the west.

37Saumure RoadOttawa Road 8 (Saumure Road) [west], Indian Creek Road [east]Ottawa Road 26 (Russell Road) Cumberland
38Carling AvenueOttawa Road 49 (March Road)Ottawa Road 79 (Bronson Avenue) Kanata, Nepean, Ottawa March, Kanata, Nepean, Ottawa The section from Ottawa Road 36 (Richmond Road) to Ottawa Road 79 (Bronson Avenue) was part of Highway 17B prior to 1998.
39Champlain StreetOttawa Road 34 (St. Joseph Boulevard)Ottawa Road 174 (Regional Road 174)Orleans Orleans Intersection with Ottawa Rd 34 no longer exists. Road ends in Place d'Orleans Shopping Centre. Originally continued north to Champlain Street dead-end.
40Scott Street, Albert Street, Slater StreetOttawa Road 65 (Churchill Avenue North)Ottawa Road 91 (Elgin Street)Ottawa Ottawa One way eastbound.
41Gregoire Road, Boundary Road, Mer Bleue RoadMarionville Road (south section); Ottawa Road 28 (Navan Road) (north section)Ottawa Road 26 (Russell Road) (south section); Ottawa Road 30 (Innes Road) (north section)Orleans, Cumberland Cumberland Boundary Road forms the boundary between the City of Ottawa and Prescott & Russell United Counties. Two sections, separated by the Mer Bleue Conservation Area. Only extended south to Marionville around 1992, from Ottawa Road 6 (Victoria St).
42Albert StreetSlater StreetOttawa Road 91 (Elgin Street)Ottawa Ottawa One way westbound
43Ramsayville RoadOttawa Road 8 (Mitch Owens Road)Ottawa Road 74 (Walkley Road)Gloucester, Osgoode Gloucester, Osgoode
44St. Patrick Street, Beechwood Avenue, Hemlock Road Alexandra Bridge Ottawa Road 26 (St. Laurent Boulevard) Ottawa, Vanier, Rockcliffe Park Ottawa May have included Murray Street from King Edward Avenue to Alexandra Bridge in the past.
45Munster RoadOttawa Road 10 (Franktown Road)Ottawa Road 12 (Fallowfield Road) Munster, Goulbourn Goulbourn Originally continued north to Flewellyn Road while it was designated Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 12 (now Ottawa Road 12). When this designation was changed to Fallowfield Road, Ottawa Road 45 was modified accordingly.
46Thomas A. Dolan ParkwayOttawa Road 5 (Carp Road)Ottawa Road 9 (Dunrobin Road) Dunrobin, Huntley, MarchHuntley. March
47Tenth Line RoadOttawa Road 28 (Navan Road)Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard NorthBurromee, Orleans, Cumberland Cumberland
47AOld Tenth Line RoadOttawa Road 47 (Tenth Line Road)Ottawa Road 34 (St. Joseph Boulevard)Orleans Orleans
48 Laurier Avenue West, Laurier Avenue East, Charlotte StreetOttawa Road 79 (Bronson Avenue)Ottawa Road 34 (Rideau Street)Ottawa Ottawa
49 Eagleson Road, March RoadOttawa Road 8 (Brophy Drive)Ottawa/Lanark County Border Richmond, Kanata, South March, Westwood, Carp, Corkery, March Goulbourn, Huntley, March, Kanata Continues west as Lanark County Road 49.
Was Highway 44 prior to April 1, 1997 from then-Highway 17 to Ottawa/Lanark County border.
March Road intersects Highway 417 at two separate interchanges.

Ottawa Road 49 used to only include a portion from Ottawa Road 12 (Fallowfield Road) to Kanata. It was extended to include March Road to then-Highway 17 and south to Ottawa Road 8 (Brophy Drive) around 1984.

50Coventry Road, Ogilvie RoadOttawa Road 19 (Vanier Parkway)Ottawa Road 34 (Montreal Road)Ottawa, Gloucester Gloucester, Ottawa Possibly formerly partially part of Ottawa Road 27
51 Meadowlands Drive West, Meadowlands Drive East, Hog's Back Road, Brookfield Road Ottawa Road 15 (Woodroffe Avenue)Ottawa Road 79 (Airport Parkway)Nepean, Ottawa Nepean, Ottawa An east–west road with an odd number, against the convention.
54Trail RoadOttawa Road 11 (Moodie Drive)Barnsdale RoadNepean Nepean
55Jeanne d'Arc Boulevard SouthOttawa Road 30 (Innes Road) Ottawa Road 174 Orleans Orleans
56Orléans BoulevardOttawa Road 30 (Innes Road)Ottawa Road 34 (St. Joseph Boulevard)Orleans Orleans A mostly north-south road with an even number, against the convention
57 Trim Road Ottawa Road 30 (Innes Road) Ottawa Road 174 Orleans Orleans Formerly Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 31. This was changed around 1982
59 Old Richmond Road, Moodie DriveOttawa Road 12 (Fallowfield Road)Ottawa Road 38 (Carling Avenue) Bells Corners, Fallowfield, Nepean Nepean
60Catherine StreetOttawa Road 79 (Bronson Avenue)Ottawa Road 91 (Elgin Street)Ottawa Ottawa One way westbound. The section from Ottawa Road 79 (Bronson Avenue) to Ottawa Road 87 (O'Connor Street) was part of Highway 17B prior to 1998
61 Terry Fox Drive Ottawa Road 36 (Hazeldean Road)Campeau Drive Kanata Kanata
62Imperial Avenue, Chamberlain Avenue, Isabella StreetOttawa Road 79 (Bronson Avenue)Ottawa Road 91 (Elgin Street)Ottawa Ottawa One way eastbound. The section from Ottawa Road 79 (Bronson Avenue) to Ottawa Road 83 (Kent Street) was part of Highway 17B prior to 1998
63 Merivale Road Ottawa Road 17 (Clyde Avenue)Ottawa Road 38 (Carling Avenue)Nepean, Ottawa Nepean, Ottawa Merivale Road south of Clyde Avenue is part of Ottawa Road 17
64Greenfield Avenue, Mann AvenueOttawa Road 72 (Main Street)Chapel StreetOttawa Ottawa
65Churchill Avenue NorthOttawa Road 36 (Richmond Road)Scott StreetOttawa Ottawa
66 Lees Avenue Ottawa Road 72 (Main Street)Chapel CrescentOttawa Ottawa
67Kirkwood AvenueOttawa Road 63 (Merivale Road)Ottawa Road 36 (Richmond Road)Ottawa Ottawa
68North River Road, McArthur AvenueOttawa Road 34 (Montreal Road)Ottawa Road 26 (St. Laurent Boulevard)Vanier, Ottawa Ottawa
69Fisher Avenue, Holland AvenueOttawa Road 73 (Prince of Wales Drive)Scott StreetNepean, Ottawa Nepean, Ottawa
70Besserer StreetOttawa Road 95 (Nicholas Street)Cumberland StreetOttawa Ottawa
71Parkdale AvenueOttawa Road 38 (Carling Avenue) Kichi Zibi Mikan Ottawa Ottawa
72Main Street, Smyth Road Colonel By Drive Ottawa Road 26 (St. Laurent Boulevard)Ottawa Ottawa
73 Prince of Wales Drive, Preston Street Ottawa Road 5 (Fourth Line Road)Albert Street North Gower, Manotick, Ottawa, Nepean North Gower, Nepean, Ottawa Much of this route was part of Highway 16 (originally the "Prescott Highway") prior to 1998
74 Walkley Road Ottawa Road 19 (Riverside Drive)Ottawa Road 43 (Ramsayville Road)Ottawa, Gloucester Gloucester, Ottawa
75Rochester StreetOttawa Road 38 (Carling Avenue)Gladstone AvenueOttawa Ottawa
76Commissioner StreetOttawa Road 34 (Former route of Wellington Street (now an extension of Commissioner Street, near where Queen St would meet Commissioner if extended))Ottawa Road 79 (Bronson Avenue) / Ottawa Road 40 (Slater Street)Ottawa Ottawa
77Booth Street, Chaudière CrossingAlbert StreetOntario/Quebec BorderOttawa Ottawa
78Boteler StreetOttawa Road 93 (Sussex Drive)Dalhousie StOttawa Ottawa
79 Airport Parkway, Bronson Avenue Macdonald-Cartier International AirportOttawa Road 42 (Albert Street)Ottawa Ottawa Airport Parkway is a controlled access Super two freeway that is scheduled to be upgraded to a four lane freeway from Brookfield Road to Ottawa Road 32 (Hunt Club Road). Used to split into two one-way streets at the north end (Commissioner Street (Southbound), Bronson Avenue (Northbound)).
80Bayview Station Road, Bayswater AvenueScott StreetOttawa Road 36 (Somerset Street West)Ottawa Ottawa
81Lyon Street NorthOttawa Road 60 (Catherine Street)Ottawa Road 34 (Wellington Street)Ottawa Ottawa One way southbound
82Murray StreetAlexandra BridgeOttawa Road 99 (King Edward Avenue)Ottawa Ottawa Mistakenly shown as Ottawa Road 44 on many maps
83 Kent Street Ottawa Road 62 (Chamberlain Avenue)Ottawa Road 34 (Wellington Street)Ottawa Ottawa One way northbound. Was part of Highway 17B prior to 1998.
84Place d'Orléans DriveOttawa Road 34 (St. Joseph Boulevard)Ottawa Road 34 (St. Joseph Boulevard)Orleans Orleans Crescent serving Place d'Orléans.
85Milton RoadOttawa Road 26 (Russell Road)Ottawa Road 28 (Navan Road)Cumberland Cumberland Some maps mislabel Bank Street as Ottawa Road 85, a former designation of Bank north of Heron Road that was briefly extended to all of Bank after the downloading of Highway 31, around 1998. Ottawa Road 85 was formerly Ottawa Road 31.
86Hope Side RoadOttawa Road 49 (Eagleson Road)Ottawa Road 59 (Old Richmond Road) Kanata Kanata
87 O'Connor Street Ottawa Road 62 (Isabella Street)Ottawa Road 34 (Wellington Street)Ottawa Ottawa One way southbound. Was part of Highway 17B prior to 1998.
88Huntmar Drive, Campeau Drive, Palladium DriveOttawa Road 88 (Palladium Drive)Ottawa Road 61 (Terry Fox Drive)Kanata Kanata Western section is a loop.
89 Metcalfe Street Ottawa Road 62 (Isabella Street)Ottawa Road 34 (Wellington Street)Ottawa Ottawa One way northbound.
91Hawthorne Avenue, Elgin Street Ottawa Road 72 (Main Street)Ottawa Road 34 (Wellington Street)Ottawa Ottawa
93 Colonel By Drive, Mackenzie Avenue, Sussex Drive, Princess AvenueDaly Avenue Sir George-Étienne Cartier Parkway Ottawa, Rockliffe Park Ottawa Mackenzie Avenue is only Ottawa Road 93 from Colonel By Drive to Ottawa Road 34 (Rideau Street).
95 Nicholas Street Mann AvenueOttawa Road 34 (Rideau Street)Ottawa Ottawa The section north of Laurier Avenue is one way southbound.
97Waller Street Mackenzie King Bridge Ottawa Road 34 (Rideau Street)Ottawa Ottawa
99 Lees Avenue, King Edward Avenue Chapel Crescent Sussex Drive Ottawa Ottawa
103 Alta Vista Drive Ottawa Road 72 (Smyth Road)Ottawa Road 30 (Industrial Avenue) Ottawa Ottawa
105Listed in official City of Ottawa registers, but its location is unknown.
107Uplands DriveOttawa Road 79 (Airport Parkway)Ottawa Road 32 (Hunt Club Drive)Gloucester Gloucester
109Cameron Harvey DriveOttawa Road 9 (Dunrobin Road)Ottawa Road 21 (Sixth Line Road)March March Formerly Riddell Drive.
111Data Centre RoadOttawa Road 16 (Heron Road)Ottawa Road 19 (Riverside Drive)Ottawa Ottawa
113Mackenzie AvenueOttawa Road 34 (Rideau Street)Ottawa Road 93 (Sussex Drive) / Ottawa Road 44 (St Patrick Street)Ottawa Ottawa Mistakenly shown as part of Ottawa Road 93 on many maps.
114Osgoode Main StreetOttawa Road 19 (River Road)Ottawa Road 25 (Stagecoach Road) Osgoode Osgoode
117Madawaska BoulevardOttawa Road 29, Highway 17 Ottawa/Arnprior BorderFitzroy Fitzroy Was part of Highway 17 prior to construction of Highway 417 bypass. A section from here south through Antrim almost to Grants Side Road is still officially part of Highway 17. Continues north as Renfrew County Road 1. Created by the downloading of Highway 7203 in 1998.
125 Conroy Road Ottawa Road 31 (Bank Street)Ottawa Road 74 (Walkley Road)Gloucester, Ottawa Gloucester, Ottawa
128Cyrville RoadOttawa Road 26 (St. Laurent Boulevard)Ottawa Road 30 (Innes Road)Gloucester Gloucester Originally, Ottawa Road 128 was Innes Road west of Cyrville, while Ottawa Road 30 followed Cyrville. Used to run down Innes Road and Blackburn Hamlet Bypass to Innes Road.
129Vances Side RoadOttawa Road 9 (Dunrobin Road)Ottawa Road 21 (Torwood Road) Torbolton An east-west road with an odd number, against the convention.
174 Queensway, Ottawa Road 174, "Highway 174", or simply "The 174" Highway 417 Ottawa/Prescott & Russell United Counties Border Orleans, Cumberland, Gloucester Gloucester, Cumberland Was Highway 17 prior to January 1, 1998. The Queensway name dates to the 1950s, before the construction of Highway 417, when this was part of the original freeway. Ottawa's highest numbered road and only municipally maintained controlled access freeway.

Continues east as Prescott & Russell United Counties Road 17.

Former Numbered Roads

NumberNamesWestern/Southern TerminusEastern/Northern TerminusMajor CommunitiesGeographic Township / RegionNotes
17AClyde AvenueOttawa Road 17 (Merivale Road)Ottawa Road 16 (Baseline Road)Nepean Nepean Subsumed by Ottawa Road 17.
18Corkstown RoadOttawa Road 49 (March Road)Ottawa Road 59 (Moodie Drive)Nepean March, Nepean Numbered from around 1992 to shortly after amalgamation.
29Yorks Corners RoadOttawa Road 4 (Marvelville Road)Ottawa Road 8 (Mitch Owens Road) Kenmore, Edwards Osgoode Ottawa Road 29 has been reused
31 Trim Road Ottawa Road 30 (Innes Road) Ottawa Road 174 Orleans Orleans Changed to Ottawa Road 57 around 1982. Ottawa Road 31 was reused for Milton Road (now Ottawa Road 85) and now for Bank Street (formerly Ottawa Road 85).
31Milton RoadOttawa Road 26 (Russell Road)Ottawa Road 28 (Navan Road)Cumberland Cumberland Changed to Ottawa Road 85 around 1998. Ottawa Road 31 designation was moved to Bank Street (formerly Ottawa Road 85).
52Knoxdale RoadOttawa Road 32 (West Hunt Club Road)Ottawa Road 15 (Woodroffe Avenue)Nepean Nepean Used to continue west to Old Richmond Road before West Hunt Club Road replaced most of Knoxdale Road. Mostly replaced by Ottawa Road 32 around 1998. Numbering ended in the 2010s.
53MacFarlane RoadOttawa Road 17 (Merivale Road)Ottawa Road 73 (Prince of Wales Drive)Nepean Nepean
85Bank StreetOttawa Road 16 (Heron Road)Ottawa Road 34 (Wellington Street) Ottawa Ottawa Briefly extended to all of Bank Street (extending the southern terminus to Ottawa/Stormont Dundas and Glengarry United Counties border) after the downloading of Highway 31, around 1998.
118Ottawa Road 118Ottawa/Lanark County BorderOttawa Road 117 (Madawaska Boulevard) Fitzroy Created after the downloading of Highway 7203 and Highway 15 to the Region of Ottawa-Carleton and Renfrew County. [3] Quickly mostly subsumed by Ottawa Road 29 within the City of Ottawa.
202Walkley Road area, appears on maps around 1995.
220 Carling Avenue Ottawa Road 49 (March Road) Kanata, Nepean Kanata, Nepean, March Township Subsumed by Ottawa Road 38.
248 Hazeldean Road, Robertson Road Highway 7 Ottawa Road 16 (Baseline Road) Bells Corners Nepean Subsumed by Ottawa Road 36. Temporary routing also existed along Castlefrank Road.

General Patterns

Even-numbered roads (East-West Direction)

SouthernmostNorthernmostRegionNotes
Ottawa Road 2Ottawa Road 22Whole City (Rideau River in the South to Ottawa River in the North)
Ottawa Road 24Ottawa Road 34Gloucester / CumberlandOttawa Road 32 does not follow this pattern, likely due to its construction which was much later then the other roads.
Ottawa Road 74Ottawa Road 60Ottawa / Gloucester

Odd-numbered roads (North-South Direction)

WesternmostEasternmostRegionNotes
Ottawa Road 3Ottawa Road 19West Ottawa
Ottawa Road 21Ottawa Road 37Whole City (Torbolton in the West to Cumberland in the East)Ottawa Road 29 and 31 do not follow this pattern as they are numbered based on highway downloading. Ottawa Road 31 was formerly Milton Road (present-day Ottawa Road 85) and followed this pattern. Ottawa Road 31 and Ottawa Road 85 switched shortly after Highway 31 was downloaded to the Region of Ottawa-Carleton.
Ottawa Road 65Ottawa Road 99Old OttawaOttawa Road 85 was formerly Bank St (present-day Ottawa Road 31) and followed this pattern. Ottawa Road 31 and Ottawa Road 85 switched shortly after Highway 31 was downloaded to the Region of Ottawa-Carleton.

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The Transitway is a bus rapid transit (BRT) network operated by OC Transpo in Ottawa, Ontario, Canada. It comprises a series of bus-only roadways and reserved lanes on city streets and highways. The dedicated busways ensure that buses and emergency vehicles on the Transitway rarely intersect directly with the regular traffic, and make it possible for them to continue at full speed even during rush hour. OC Transpo operates a network of rapid routes which use the Transitway to connect communities with the O-Train light rail system. Additional bus routes also use segments of the Transitway.

King's Highway 417, commonly referred to as Highway 417 and as the Queensway through Ottawa, is a 400-series highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It connects Ottawa with Montreal via A-40, and is the backbone of the highway system in the National Capital Region. Within Ottawa, it forms part of the Queensway west from Highway 7 to Ottawa Road 174. Highway 417 extends from the Quebec border, near Hawkesbury, to Arnprior, where it continues westward as Highway 17. Aside from the urban section through Ottawa, Highway 417 passes through farmland that dominates much of the fertile Ottawa Valley.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">County highway</span> Type of highway

A county highway is a road in the United States and in the Canadian province of Ontario that is designated and/or maintained by the county highway department. Route numbering can be determined by each county alone, by mutual agreement among counties, or by a statewide pattern.

King's Highway 31, commonly referred to as Highway 31 and historically known as the Metcalfe Road, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 76.93-kilometre (47.80 mi) route connected Highway 2 in Morrisburg with the Chaudière Bridge at the Ontario–Quebec boundary in downtown Ottawa.

King's Highway 28, commonly referred to as Highway 28, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The southwest–northeast route extends from Highway 7 east of Peterborough, to Highway 41 in Denbigh. The route passes over undulating hills before entering the Canadian Shield near Burleigh Falls, and gradually turns eastward.

<span class="mw-page-title-main">Ottawa Road 174</span> Controlled-access highway in Ottawa

Ottawa Road 174, formerly Ottawa-Carleton Regional Road 174 and commonly referred to as Highway 174, is a city-maintained road in the City of Ottawa which serves the eastern suburbs of Orléans and Cumberland. The four-lane freeway segment between Highway 417/Aviation Parkway junction to Trim Road is also known as the Queensway, in addition the Queensway name continues to be applied to Highway 417 west of that intersection. Although the road continues through the towns of Rockland and Hawkesbury to the Quebec border, the portion east of the Ottawa city boundary is known as Prescott and Russell County Road 17.

King's Highway 15, commonly referred to as Highway 15, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. It travels north from an interchange with Highway 401 in Kingston to Highway 7 in Carleton Place, a distance of 114.7 kilometres (71.3 mi). In addition to Kingston and Carleton Place, the highway provides access to the Eastern Ontario communities of Joyceville, Seeley's Bay, Morton, Elgin, Crosby, Portland, Lombardy and Franktown. Prior to 1998, Highway 15 continued north from Carleton Place, passed Almonte and through Pakenham, to Highway 17 in Arnprior.

King's Highway 85, commonly referred to as Highway 85, is a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario, connecting Highway 7 to immediately north of the Waterloo city limits. The 10-kilometre (6.2 mi) highway, which is mostly controlled-access, travels through the Regional Municipality of Waterloo along the Conestoga Parkway from its interchange with Highway 7, which continues south along the parkway, to an interchange with Regional Road 15, where it continues as Regional Road 85 to St. Jacobs.

King's Highway 52, commonly referred to as Highway 52, was a provincially maintained highway located in the former Regional Municipality of Hamilton-Wentworth, now the City of Hamilton. The route began at a junction with former Highway 2 and Highway 53 near Ancaster and travelled north to Highway 5 and Highway 8 in Peters Corners. An older section travelled concurrently with Highway 8 northwest to Rockton, where it turned north and travelled to the Hamilton–Wellington boundary, ending inexplicably at a township road.

King's Highway 53, commonly referred to as Highway 53, was a provincially maintained highway in the southern portion of the Canadian province of Ontario that connected Woodstock to Hamilton via Brantford. The 76.5-kilometre (47.5 mi) route served as a southerly bypass to Highway 2, avoiding Paris, Ancaster and Hamilton. In addition to the previously mentioned cities, Highway 53 served the communities of Cathcart and Burford.

Highway 17B was formerly the designation for six business routes of Highway 17, the main route of the Trans-Canada Highway through the Canadian province of Ontario. Each generally followed the original route of Highway 17 through the town or city that it served, and was subsequently given the Highway 17B designation when a newer bypass route was constructed to either reduce traffic pressure on the local street network, or provide a better thoroughfare that avoided urban areas altogether.

Highway 7B is the designation for seven former business routes of Highway 7 in the Canadian province of Ontario. All but one was the original route of Highway 7 through the town or city that it served, and was subsequently given the 7B designation when a newer bypass route was constructed to reduce traffic pressure on the urban street network.

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.

King's Highway 29, commonly referred to as Highway 29, was a provincially maintained highway in the Canadian province of Ontario. The 52.29-kilometre (32.49 mi) route connected Highway 2 in downtown Brockville with Highway 15 south of Smiths Falls. Between those larger settlements, it provided access to the communities of Forthton, Addison, Frankville, Toledo and Newbliss.

References

  1. Hewitt, R.G. (22 August 2005). "Route Designation and Ottawa Road Route Marker Policy" (Report to city's Transportation Committee). City of Ottawa. Retrieved 2006-10-09.
  2. City Clerk and Mayor (28 September 2006). "Ottawa City Council Minutes 40". City of Ottawa. Retrieved 2006-10-09.
  3. "Report to Transportation Committee and Council regarding Hwy 174". City of Ottawa. 7 September 2004. Retrieved 2022-09-11.