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What class of road is the street?
Each city's road centreline data records the class of every street: local, collector, arterial, expressway. The check reads the class of the street at the address and names the nearest busier road.
Report check: Street type. Entry reviewed 20 Oct 2026; each source below shows its own data date.
How a report shows itsample, made-up home
The City classifies Sample Crescent as a local road. Main Street, 60 m away, is an arterial.
Where we read it
- Toronto
- Ottawa
- Hamilton
- Guelph
- Other Ontario
the town's own records– not in our reports there yet
Published byCity of TorontoCity of OttawaCity of HamiltonCity of Guelph
What the record is
The road class is set in the Official Plan or transportation master plan and decides the street's design standard, its speed limit by default, and how the City plans traffic on it. Ottawa's centrelines also carry the winter maintenance class.
The report line names the street and its class, and the nearest collector or arterial with its distance.
Where it runs
What the report reads for this check depends on what each municipality publishes.
What we read in each town5 towns, each with its source and date
| City | What the report reads |
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| Other Ontario | Not in our reports here yet. The municipality's road classification isn't in open data we can use. Its Official Plan or transportation master plan shows the class of this street. List of Ontario municipalities |
Sources
- City of Toronto Centreline (TCL): data date updated daily
- City of Ottawa Road Centrelines: data date Sep 2026
- City of Hamilton Street Centreline: data date Jan 2024
- City of Guelph Street Centrelines: data date Sep 2024
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Check one address
This check is in the full report, with the other 54 checks, for any Ontario home.
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