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The Ministry of Transportation (MTO) is the provincial ministry of the Government of Ontario that is responsible for transport infrastructure and related law in Ontario, Canada. The ministry traces its roots back over a century to the 1890s, when the province began training Provincial Road Building Instructors.
Roads and highways in Ontario were given their first serious consideration by the provincial government when the Department of Public Highways (DPHO), predecessor to the modern Ministry of Transportation of Ontario, was established on January 17, 1916. Until then, the majority of the primary roads through southern Ontario formed part of the ...
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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]
Maintained by Ministry of Transportation of Ontario: Length: 100.8 km [1] (62.6 mi) Existed: June 24, 1920 [2] –present: Major junctions; South end Highway 3 – St. Thomas Highway 401 – London Highway 402 – London Highway 7 – Elginfield: North end Highway 8 – Clinton: Location; Country: Canada: Province: Ontario: Major cities
This configuration comes as a result of the truncation of both highways by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario (MTO). The removed sections were transferred to the jurisdiction of the City of Toronto, the City of Mississauga, Halton Region, the City of Hamilton, the County of Brant, and Oxford County on January 1, 1998.
Ontario has 52 cities, [1] which together had in 2016 a cumulative population of 9,900,179 and average population of 190,388. [2] The most and least populous are Toronto and Dryden, with 2,794,356 and 7,749 residents, respectively. [2] Ontario's newest city is Richmond Hill, whose council voted to change from a town to a city on March 26, 2019. [3]
Maintained by the Ministry of Transportation of Ontario: Length: 64.1 km [1] (39.8 mi) Existed: July 2, 1927 [2] –present: Major junctions; South end Highway 3 in Simcoe Highway 403 in Brantford: North end: Cambridge south limits: Location; Country: Canada: Province: Ontario: Major cities: Simcoe, Paris, Brantford, Cambridge: Highway system