Riding an ATV in Ontario

By Bill "BillaVista" Ansell
Photography: Bill Ansell
Copyright 2013 - Bill Ansell
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Excerpts from Ontario Regulation 316/03 made under the Highway Traffic Act,

  • Schedule A list multi-lane, high traffic count highways where ATV use is prohibited;
  • Schedule B lists highways where ATVs are permitted provided all the rules and regulations for on-road ATV use listed above are followed and, if the highway is within the jurisdiction of a municipality, provided the municipality has enacted a by-law permitting ATV use on the highway; and
  • Schedule C lists highways in far northern Ontario and highways in unorganized townships (that are not under the jurisdiction of the Ontario Ministry of Transportation) where ATV use is permitted.

SCHEDULE A
HIGHWAYS PROHIBITED TO ALL OFF-ROAD VEHICLES

1. All of the King’s Highways known as No. 400, 401, 402, 403, 404, 405, 407, 409, 410, 416, 417 and 427.

2. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 406 lying between a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as the Queen Elizabeth Way in the City of St. Catharines and a point at its intersection with the roadway known as Holland Road in the City of Thorold.

3. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 420 in the City of Niagara Falls lying between a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as the Queen Elizabeth Way and a point at its intersection with the roadway known as Stanley Avenue.

4. All of the King’s Highway known as the Queen Elizabeth Way.

5. That part of the King's Highway known as No. 6 lying between a point at its intersection with the King's Highway known as No. 403 in the City of Hamilton and a point at its intersection with the King's Highway known as No. 401 in the County of Wellington.

6. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 6 lying between a point at its intersection with the southern boundary of the City of Hamilton and the roadway known as Alderlea Avenue in the City of Hamilton.

7. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 7 lying between a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 7/115 in the City of Peterborough and a point at its intersection with the eastern boundary of the City of Peterborough.

8. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 7 lying between a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 417 in the City of Ottawa and a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 15 in the Township of Beckwith.

9. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 7 lying between a point at its intersection with the roadway known as Victoria Street in the City of Kitchener and a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 8.

10. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 7/8 lying between a point at its intersection with the eastern limit of the roadway known as Waterloo Road No. 5 in the Township of Wilmot and a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 8 in the City of Kitchener.

11. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 7187 lying between a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 401 and a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 8 (King Street) in the City of Kitchener.

12. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 8 lying between a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 7187 and a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 7/8 in the City of Kitchener.

13. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 11 in the City of Orillia lying between a point at its intersection with the roadway known as Memorial Avenue and a point at its intersection with the roadway known as Laclie Street.

14. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 7/115 lying between a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 115 at the western boundary of the Township of Cavan-Millbrook-North Monagan and a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 7 in the City of Peterborough.

15. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 35/115 in the Region of Durham lying between a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 401 and a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 35 and the King’s Highway known as No. 115.

16. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 58 in the City of Thorold lying between a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 406 and a point at its intersection with the westerly limit of the roadway known as Niagara Regional Road No. 57 (Thorold Stone Road).

17. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 85 lying between its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 7 (Victoria Street) in the City of Kitchener and a point at its intersection with the roadway known as Waterloo Road No. 17 in the Township of Woolwich.

18. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 115 lying between a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 35/115 in the Region of Durham and a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 7/115 in the Township of Cavan-Millbrook-North Monagan.

19. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 137 lying between a point at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 401 in the Township of Leeds and the Thousand Islands and a point at its intersection with the Border between Canada and the United States of America.

SCHEDULE B
HIGHWAYS PERMITTED TO ALL-TERRAIN VEHICLES

1. All of the Secondary and Tertiary highways known as and numbered 500 to 899, but not including that part of the Secondary highway known as No. 587 south of a point situate 3.6 km southerly from its intersection with the highway known as Pass Lake Cross Road in the Municipality of Shuniah, in the District of Thunder Bay, being within the boundary of Sleeping Giant Provincial Park.

2. All of the King’s Highways known as and numbered 7041, 7104, 7181, 7182, 7241.

3. All of the King’s Highways known as No. 105, 125, 127, 130 and 141.

4. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 4 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Huron County Road 12 (also known as Kippen Road) in the Municipality of Huron East, in the County of Huron, and a point situate at the north end of the structure known as the Bayfield River Bridge (at the southern boundary of the former Town of Clinton) in the Municipality of Central Huron, in the County of Huron.

5. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 6 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the south junction of the highway known as Bruce County Road No. 9 (also known as Colpoy Bay Road) in the Town of South Bruce Peninsula, in the County of Bruce, and a point situate 400 metres measured north of the centre line of the roadway known as Dyers Bay Road in the Municipality of Northern Bruce Peninsula, in the County of Bruce.

6. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 6 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Water Street in the Township of Tehkummah, in the District of Manitoulin, and a point situate 2,000 metres measured northerly from the centre line of the highway known as Whites Point Road in the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands, in the District of Manitoulin.

7. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 6 lying between a point situate at 330 metres measured southerly from the middle of the swing bridge over the Little Current North Channel in the Town of Northeastern Manitoulin and the Islands in the District of Manitoulin and a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Foster Drive in the Town of Espanola in the District of Sudbury.

8. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 8 lying between a point situate 1.3 kilometres measured westerly from the centre line of the west most intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 23, in the Municipality of West Perth, in the County of Perth, and a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Centennial Drive in the Municipality of Huron East, in the County of Huron.

9. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 8 lying between a point situate 100 metres measured easterly from the centre line of the highway known as Huron Street in the Municipality of West Perth, in the County of Perth, and a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Ransford Street in the Municipality of Central Huron, in the County of Huron.

10. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 9 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Wellington Road 1 in the Township of Howick, in the County of Huron, and a point situate 500 metres measured southerly from the centre line of the roadway known as Bruce Road 24 (also known as Absalom Street) in the Municipality of South Bruce, in the County of Bruce.

11. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 9 lying between a point situate 600 metres measured northerly from the intersection with the highway known as Bruce Road 24 (also known as Absalom Street) in the Municipality of South Bruce, in the County of Bruce, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 21 in the Municipality of Kincardine, in the County of Bruce.

12. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 11 lying between a point situate at its western most intersection with the King’s highway known as No. 71 east of the Settlement Area of Barwick, in the Township of Chappel, in the Reserve of the Manitou Rapids First Nation in the District of Rainy River, and a point situate 300 metres measured easterly from the centre line of the highway known as Miller Street North at the eastern most boundary of the Town of Rainy River, in the District of Rainy River.

13. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 11B lying between a point situate at its northern most intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 11 in the Township of Atikokan, in the District of Rainy River, and a point situate at its intersection with the Secondary Highway known as No. 622 in the District of Rainy River.

14. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 23 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No.7 in the Township of Lucan Biddulph, in the County of Middlesex, and a point situate 1.1 kilometres measured southerly from its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 8 in the Municipality of West Perth, in the County of Perth.

15. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 23 lying between a point situate at its intersection with a point measured 1.1 kilometres northerly from the King’s Highway known as No. 8 in the Municipality of West Perth, in the County of Perth, and a point situate at its intersection with the roadway known as West Perth Line No. 44 in the Town of North Perth, in the County of Perth.

16. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 28 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Peterborough County Road 504 in the Township of North Kawartha, in the County of Peterborough, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 121 in the Town of Bancroft, in the County of Hastings.

17. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 28 lying between a point situate 880 metres measured easterly from the centre line of the highway known as Hastings Street in the Town of Bancroft, in the County of Hastings, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 41 in the Township of Addington Highlands, in the County of Lennox and Addington.

18. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 35 lying between a point situate at its northern most intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 118 in the Township of Minden Hills, in the County of Haliburton, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 60 in the Township of Lake of Bays, in the District of Muskoka.

19. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 41 lying between a point situate at the Frontenac and the Lennox and Addington County Boundary (Bon Echo Provincial Park North Boundary) in the Township of Addington Highlands, in the County of Lennox and Addington, and a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Renfrew County Road 512 (also known as Foymount Road) in the Municipality of Bonnechere Valley, in the County of Renfrew.

20. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 41 lying between a point situate 800 metres measured northerly from the centre line of its southern most intersection with the King’s Highways known as No. 60 (also known as Bonnechere Street) in the Municipality of Bonnechere Valley, in the County of Renfrew, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No.17 in the Township of Laurentian Valley, in the County of Renfrew.

21. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 60 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Cotieville Road in the Township of Horton, in the County of Renfrew, and a point situate at its intersection with a point measured 500 metres westerly from the centre line of the highway known as Ott Road in the Municipality of Bonnechere Valley, in the County of Renfrew.

22. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 60 lying between a point situate at its intersection with a point measured 800 metres northerly from its intersection with the highway known as Bridge Street in the Municipality of Bonnechere Valley, in the County of Renfrew, and a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Renfrew County Road 58 (also known as Round Lake Road) in the Township of Madawaska Valley, in the County of Renfrew.

23. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 60 lying between a point measured 500 metres westerly from the centre line of its western most intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 62 in the Township of Madawaska Valley, in the County of Renfrew and a point measured 300 metres southerly from the middle of the Headstone Creek Bridge (point at Algonquin Park east entrance) in the District of Nipissing.

24. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 60 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the northern most boundary of the Township of Algonquin Highlands (being the westerly boundary of Algonquin Park), in the County of Haliburton, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 35 in the Township of Lake of Bays, in the District of Muskoka.

25. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 61 lying between a point situate with the international boundary between Canada and the United States of America in the Municipality of Neebing, in the District of Thunder Bay, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 130 in the Municipality of Oliver Paipoonge, in the District of Thunder Bay.

26. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 62 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 7 in the Township of Madoc, in the County of Hastings, and a point situate 300 metres measured southerly from the centre line of the highway known as Bay Lake Road in the Town of Bancroft, in the County of Hastings.

27. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 62 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Hybla Road in the Municipality of Hastings Highlands, in the County of Hastings, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No.127 in the Municipality of Hastings Highlands, in the County of Hastings.

28. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 63 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Peninsula Road in the City of North Bay, in the District of Nipissing, and a point situate at its intersection with the boundary of the Province of Ontario and the Province of Quebec in the District of Nipissing.

29. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 64 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 69 in the Municipality of French River, in the District of Sudbury, and a point situate at its western most intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 17 in the Municipality of West Nipising, in the District of Nipissing.

30. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 64 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Sabourin Road in the Municipality of West Nipissing, in the District of Nipissing, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 11 in the District of Nipissing.

31. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 65 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the boundary of the Province of Ontario and the Province of Quebec in the District of Timiskaming and a point situate at its intersection with the northern most intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 11B in the Town of New Liskeard, in the District of Timiskaming.

32. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 65 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the southern most intersection with the Kings Highway known as No. 11B in the Town of New Liskeard in the District of Timiskaming and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 66 in the Township of Matachewan in the District of Timiskaming.

33. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 66 lying between a point situate at its intersection with King’s Highway known as Highway No. 11 in the District of Timiskaming and a point situate at its intersection with the Secondary Highway known as No. 566 in the Township of Matachewan, in the District of Timiskaming.

34. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 72 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 17 in the District of Kenora and a point situate at its intersection with the Secondary Highway known as No. 664 in the Town of Sioux Lookout, in the District of Kenora.

35. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 89 lying between a point situate at its intersection with a point measured 800 metres westerly from the centre line of its western most intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 10 in the Town of Shelburne, in the County of Dufferin, and a point situate 1.4 kilometres measured east from the centre line of the King’s Highway known as No. 6 in the Township of Wellington North, in the County of Wellington.

36. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 89 lying between a point situate at its intersection with a point situate 1.8 km west of its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 6 in the Township of Wellington North, in the County of Wellington, and a point situate at the intersection with the highway known as Wellington Road No. 2 in the Town of Minto, in the County of Wellington.

37. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 101 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the boundary of the Province of Ontario and the Province of Quebec in the Township of Black River-Matheson, in the District of Cochrane, and a point situate at the middle of the bridge over the Black River in the Township of Black River-Matheson, in the District of Cochrane.

38. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 101 lying between a point situate at its western most intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 11 in the Township of Black River-Matheson, in the District of Cochrane, and a point situate at its intersection with the Tertiary Highway known as No. 803 the City of Timmins, in the District of Cochrane.

39. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 101 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 144 in the City of Timmins, in the District of Cochrane, and a point situate 120 metres measured easterly from the centre line of the highway known as Watson’s Skyway Road in the Township of Michipicoten, in the District of Algoma.

40. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 108 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 17 in the Township of The North Shore, in the District of Algoma, and a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Eastern Drive South in the City of Elliot Lake, in the District of Algoma.

41. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 112 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 11 in the District of Timiskaming and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 66 in the Town of Kirkland Lake, in the District of Timiskaming.

42. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 118 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Haliburton Road 14 (also known as Eagle Lake Road) in the Municipality of Dysart et al, in the County of Halibuton, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 11 in the Town of Bracebridge, in the District of Muskoka.

43. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 118 lying between a point situate at its intersection with a point measured 500 easterly from the centre line of the highway known as Dover Spring Road in the Municipality of Dysart et al, in the County of Haliburton, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 28 in the Township of Faraday, in the County of Hastings.

44. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 124 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Hurdville Road South in the Township of McDougall, in the District of Parry Sound, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 11 in the Township of Strong, in the District of Parry Sound.

45. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 129 lying between a point situate 900 metres measured north of the centre line of the highway known as River Street in the Town of Thessalon, in the District of Algoma, and a point situate at 500 metres measured north of the centre line of the highway known as Eastern Drive South in the Township of Chapleau, in the District of Sudbury.

46. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 132 lying between a point situate at 1.5 kilometres measured west of the centre line of the highway known as Renfrew County Road 33 (also known as Lochiel Avenue) in the Town of Renfew in the County of Renfrew and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 41 in the Township of Bonnechere Valley in the County of Renfrew.

47. That part of the King’s Highway known as No. 144 lying between a point situate at its intersection with the highway known as Cartier East Entrance Road in the Geographic Township of Cartier, in the District of Sudbury, and a point situate at its intersection with the King’s Highway known as No. 101 in the City of Timmins, in the District of Cochrane.

48. Every highway or part of a highway in a municipality on which an ATV is permitted to operate under the authority of by-law made by the municipality under subsection 191.8 (3) of the Act, but only during the months or hours specified in the by-law if the by-law limits the operation of an ATV on a highway or part of a highway within the municipality to certain months or hours.

SCHEDULE C
AREAS IN FAR NORTHERN ONTARIO AND UNORGANIZED TERRITORY

1. The areas in the districts of Kenora and Thunder Bay north of the railway tracks of the Canadian National Railways passing through the municipalities of Malachi, Minaki, Quibell, Sioux Lookout, Savant Lake, Armstrong and Nakina.

2. The area in the Territorial District of Cochrane north of 50 degrees latitude.

3. The area in the Territorial District of Algoma north of the railway tracks of the Canadian Pacific Railway passing through the municipalities of Amyot, Franz and Missanabie.

4. All highways that are in unorganized territory and that are under the jurisdiction and control of a road authority other than the Ministry.


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