National Highway System (Canada)

Road network in Canada

National Highway System

System information
Length| 38,098 km (23,673 mi)
Formed| 1988 (1988)
Highway names
Interprovincial:| Trans-Canada Highway (TCH)
Yellowhead Highway
Provincial:| Varies by province
System links

* Trans-Canada Highway

* National Highway System

The National Highway System (French: Réseau routier national) in Canada is a federal designation for a strategic transport network of highways and freeways.[1] The system includes but is not limited to the Trans-Canada Highway,[1] and currently consists of 38,098 kilometres (23,673 mi) of roadway designated under one of three classes: Core Routes, Feeder Routes, and Northern and Remote Routes.[1]

The Government of Canada maintains very little power or authority over the maintenance or expansion of the system beyond sharing part of the cost of economically significant projects within the network. Highways within the system are not given any special signage, except where they are part of a Trans-Canada Highway route.

## History

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The system was first designated in 1988 by the Federal/Provincial/Territorial Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety, a council consisting of the federal, provincial and territorial Ministers of Transport.[1] A total of 24,500 kilometres (15,200 mi) of highway were originally designated as part of the system. Highways selected for the system were existing primary routes that supported interprovincial and international trade and travel, by connecting major population or commercial centres with each other, with major border crossings on the Canada–United States border, or with other transport hubs.[1]

The system was further expanded in 2004,[2] with the addition of approximately 14,000 kilometres (8,700 mi) of highway that was not part of the original 1988 network.[1] It was in this era that the current "core", "feeder" and "northern or remote" classes of route were established.[1] Not all highways within the system are designated in their entirety, but may instead be part of the system over only part of their length; a few highways even have two or more discontinuous segments designated as part of the system. In some locations, the National Highway System may also incorporate city arterial streets to connect highway routes which are part of the system but do not directly interconnect, or to link the system to an important intermodal transport hub—such as a shipping port, a railway terminal, an airport or a ferry terminal—which is not directly on a provincial-class highway.

Routes within the system continue to be maintained, funded and signed as provincial, rather than federal, highways. However, the federal government provides some funding assistance for important maintenance and expansion projects on designated highways through cost sharing programs.[3] For instance, several recent maintenance projects on National Highway System routes in Saskatchewan were partly funded under the federal government's Building Canada Fund–Major Infrastructure Component,[3] while several four-laning projects in Ontario in the 2000s accessed federal funding under the Strategic Highway Infrastructure Program.[4]

There is no single, ongoing program for federal contributions to the National Highway System;[5] rather, these contributions have been made through a variety of separate infrastructure investment programs of defined length and scope.[5] Recent transportation planning proposals have identified public-private partnerships and dedicated fuel taxes as possible mechanisms for providing more stable funding, although no comprehensive program has been implemented to date.[5]

The National Highway System has been criticized for lacking a truly comprehensive expansion plan.[6] In many parts of the country, the system relies on two-lane highways, or expressways which are not fully up to international freeway standards; according to Lakehead University economics professor Livio di Matteo, many parts of the system, even on the main Trans-Canada Highway portion of the network, still leave "the nation's east–west flow of personal and commercial traffic subject to the whims of an errant moose".[6]

American transportation planning academic Wendell Cox has also identified improvements to the system, so that Canada would have a comprehensive national freeway network comparable to the American Interstate Highway System, as an economically critical project for the country to undertake in the 21st century. Cox notes that many Canadians prefer to drive between Western Canada and Eastern Canada by travelling through the United States rather than on Canadian highways; even though the distance may be longer than the Trans-Canada Highway route, as it frequently takes a shorter amount of time due to the US Interstate system's higher speed limits, increased lane capacity, higher number of alternative routes, and reduced likelihood of being delayed by a road accident.[7]

## Routes

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In its current form, the National Highway System includes routes in all Canadian provinces and territories except Nunavut, which has no conventional road connections to any other Canadian province or territory.[1]

Officially the system maintains three classifications of road: Core, Feeder and Northern/Remote. Within the core and feeder classes, the system's official register made additional distinctions between conventional core or feeder routes and intermodal links or "anomalies", where a highway that does not meet the normal criteria for inclusion, or a municipal arterial road, has been adopted into the system to fill in a gap in the network. The "intermodal" and "anomaly" classes are not distinct designations, however, but simply represent an additional clarification of why the road holds "core" or "feeder" status. Since 2016, the "anomaly" category has been dropped and the road is simply included in the specific list.[8] The tables below do not include "intermodal" municipal streets which connect major highways to intermodal facilities.

Note that some highways listed here may be designated as part of the National Highway System over only a portion of their total length, rather than over the whole highway. Termini listed below are those of a highway's NHS designation only, and may not necessarily always correspond to the termini of the highway as a whole.

### Alberta

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The system includes 4,478 kilometres (2,783 mi) of highway in Alberta.[8]

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Highway 1 (TCH) | Core  | 534  | 332  | British Columbia border (Highway 1)  | Saskatchewan border (Highway 1)  | Trans-Canada Highway | Entire route.
Highway 2 | Core  | 447  | 278  | Hwy 3 in Fort Macleod | Hwy 216 in Edmonton | Queen Elizabeth II Highway
(Calgary – Edmonton) | Part of CANAMEX Corridor.
Core  | 82  | 51  | Hwy 49 near Donnelly | Hwy 35 near Grimshaw |  | Part of corridor connecting Hwy 43 with the Mackenzie Hwy.
Highway 3 | Core  | 324  | 201  | British Columbia border (Hwy 3)  | Hwy 1 in Medicine Hat | Crowsnest Highway | Entire route.
Highway 4 | Core  | 103  | 64  | Canada-U.S. border (I-15)  | Hwy 3 in Lethbridge |  | Part of CANAMEX Corridor
Highway 9 | Core  | 324  | 201  | Hwy 1 near Calgary | Saskatchewan border (Highway 7)  |  | Entire route
Highway 15 | Core  | 14  | 9  | Hwy 16 in Edmonton  | Hwy 28A in Edmonton  |  | Part of Edmonton-Fort McMurray corridor.
Highway 16 (TCH) | Core  | 634  | 394  | British Columbia border (Highway 16)  | Saskatchewan border (Highway 16)  |

* Yellowhead Highway
* Trans-Canada Highway

| Entire route.
Highway 28 | Core  | 37  | 23  | Hwy 28A in Gibbons | Hwy 63 near Radway |  | Part of Edmonton-Fort McMurray corridor.
Feeder  | 253  | 157  | Hwy 63 near Radway  | Cold Lake |  |
Highway 28A | Core  | 18  | 11  | Hwy 15 in Edmonton  | Hwy 28A in Gibbons  |  | Part of Edmonton-Fort McMurray corridor.
Highway 35 | Core  | 465  | 289  | Hwy 2 near Grimshaw  | NWT border (Highway 1)  | Mackenzie Highway | Entire route.
Highway 43 | Core  | 497  | 309  | British Columbia border (Highway 2)  | Hwy 16 near Stony Plain |  | Entire route; part of CANAMEX Corridor.
Highway 49 | Core  | 77  | 48  | Hwy 2 near Donnelly  | Hwy 43 in Valleyview |  | Part of corridor connecting Hwy 43 with the Mackenzie Hwy.
Highway 58 | Northern / Remote  | 197  | 122  | Rainbow Lake | Hwy 88 near Fort Vermilion |  |
Highway 63 | Core  | 360  | 220  | Hwy 28 near Redwater  | Fort McMurray |  | Part of Edmonton-Fort McMurray corridor.
Highway 201 | Core  | 101  | 63  | Calgary ring road[9] | Stoney Trail, Tsuut'ina Trail  |
Highway 216 | Core  | 78  | 48  | Edmonton ring road[9] | Anthony Henday Drive |

### British Columbia

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The system includes 7,040 kilometres (4,370 mi) of highway in British Columbia.[10]

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Highway 1 (TCH) | Core  | 993  | 617  | Victoria | Alberta border (Highway 1)  | Trans-Canada Highway | Entire route; includes ferry between Nanaimo and West Vancouver.
Highway 2 | Core  | 42  | 26  | Hwy 97 in Dawson Creek | Alberta border (Highway 43)  | Dawson Creek-Tupper Highway  | Part of CANAMEX Corridor.
Highway 3 | Core  | 838  | 521  | Hwy 1 in Hope | Alberta border (Highway 3)  | Crowsnest Highway | Entire route.
Highway 4 | Feeder  | 38  | 24  | Hwy 19 near Qualicum Beach | Port Alberni | Alberni Highway  |
Highway 5 | Core  | 531  | 330  | Hwy 1 in Hope  | Hwy 16 at Tête Jaune Cache |

* Southern Yellowhead Highway
* Coquihalla Highway
(Hope – Kamloops)

| Entire route.
Highway 7 | Core (Intermodal)  | 2  | 1  | Hwy 7B in Port Coquitlam  | Kennedy Road in Pitt Meadows | Lougheed Highway  | Segment of the route to the C.P.R. Intermodal Transport Facility in Pitt Meadows. Provincial Highway.
Highway 7B | Core (Intermodal)  | 10  | 6  | Hwy 7 in Coquitlam | Hwy 7 in Port Coquitlam | Mary Hill Bypass  | Entire route. Segment of the route to the C.P.R. Intermodal Transport Facility in Pitt Meadows. Provincial Highway.
Highway 11 | Core  | 3  | 2  | Canada-U.S. border (SR 546)  | Hwy 1 (TCH) in Abbotsford | Abbotsford-Huntingdon Highway  |
Highway 15 | Core  | 1.5  | 0.9  | Canada-U.S. border (SR 543)  | 8th Avenue in Surrey | Pacific Highway  | Part of corridor connecting the Pacific Highway Border Crossing and Hwy 99.
Highway 16 (TCH) | Core  | 1,072  | 666  | Prince Rupert | Alberta border (Highway 16)  |

* Yellowhead Highway
* Trans-Canada Highway

| Entire mainland section.
Highway 17 | Core  | 46  | 29  | Victoria  | Hwy 99 in Delta | Patricia Bay Highway  | Includes ferry between North Saanich and Delta.
—  | 31  | 19  | Hwy 99 in Delta  | Hwy 1 / Hwy 15 in Surrey  | South Fraser Perimeter Road  | Officially not listed part of N.H.S.; Hwy 17 extension.
Highway 19 | Core  | 52  | 32  | Duke Point ferry terminal near Nanaimo | Hwy 4A near Parksville | Inland Island Highway  |
Feeder  | 119  | 74  | Hwy 4A near Parksville  | Hwy 28 in Campbell River | Inland Island Highway  |
Highway 37 | Feeder  | 58  | 36  | Hwy 16 near Terrace | Kitimat | Kitimat-Terrace Highway  |
Northern / Remote  | 723  | 449  | Hwy 16 at Kitwanga | Yukon border (Hwy 37)  | Stewart–Cassiar Highway  |
Highway 95 | Feeder  | 11  | 6.8  | Canada-U.S. border (US 95)  | Hwy 3 at Yahk | Yahk-Kingsgate Highway
Highway 97 | Feeder  | 109  | 68  | Canada-U.S. border (US 97)  | Hwy 97C at West Kelowna | Okanagan Highway  |
Core  | 80  | 50  | Hwy 97C in West Kelowna | Hwy 97A near Vernon | Okanagan Highway  |
Core  | 1,810  | 1,120  | Hwy 1 in Cache Creek | Yukon border (Hwy 1)  |

* Cariboo Highway
(Cache Creek – Prince George)
* John Hart Highway
(Prince George – Dawson Creek)
* Alaska Highway
(Dawson Creek – Yukon)

Highway 97A | Core  | 65  | 40  | Hwy 97 near Vernon  | Hwy 1 in Sicamous | Sicamous Vernon Highway  | Entire route.
Highway 97B | Core  | 14  | 8.7  | Hwy 97A near Grindrod | Hwy 1 in Salmon Arm | Grinrod-Salmon Arm Highway  | Entire route.
Highway 97C | Core  | 106  | 66  | Hwy 97 in Peachland  | Hwy 5 in Merritt | Okanagan Connector  |
Highway 99 | Core  | 170  | 110  | Canada-U.S. border (I-5)  | Whistler |

* Sea-to-Sky Highway
(Whistler – Horseshoe Bay) Vancouver-Blaine Freeway
(Richmond - U.S.A. Border
* Taylor Way/Marine Drive
(in West Vancouver)

| Section through Vancouver is not provincially maintained.[10]
Highway 101 | Feeder  | 112  | 70  | Langdale ferry terminal | Powell River | Sunshine Coast Highway  |
8th Avenue  | Core  | 1.5  | 0.9  | Hwy 99 in Surrey  | Hwy 15 in Surrey  |  | Part of corridor connecting the Pacific Highway Border Crossing and Hwy 99\.

### Manitoba

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The system includes 2,095 kilometres (1,302 mi) of highway in Manitoba.[8]

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PTH 1 (TCH) | Core  | 489  | 304  | Saskatchewan border (Highway 1)  | Ontario border (Highway 17)  |

* Trans-Canada Highway
* Yellowhead Highway
(Portage La Prairie – Winnipeg)

| Entire route.
PTH 6 | Feeder  | 732  | 455  | PTH 101 near Winnipeg  | Thompson |  | Entire route.
PTH 10 | Core  | 41.5  | 25.8  | PTH 1 in Brandon | PTH 16 near Minnedosa |  |
Northern / Remote  | 216  | 134  | PTH 60 south of The Pas | Flin Flon |  |
PTH 16 (TCH) | Core  | 266  | 165  | Saskatchewan border (Highway 16)  | PTH 1 near Portage la Prairie |

* Yellowhead Highway
* Trans-Canada Highway

| Entire route.
PTH 60 | Northern / Remote  | 152  | 94  | PTH 10 south of The Pas  | PTH 6 south of Grand Rapids |  | Entire route.
PTH 75 | Core  | 101  | 63  | Canada-U.S. border (I-29)  | PTH 100 in Winnipeg | Lord Selkirk Highway  | Entire route.
PTH 100 (TCH) | —  | 40  | 25  | Winnipeg beltway south of PTH 1 | Perimeter Highway | Officially not listed part of N.H.S.; part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
PTH 101 | Core  | 50  | 31  | Winnipeg beltway north of PTH 1 | Perimeter Highway | Entire route.
PTH 190 | Core  | 10  | 6  | PTH 101 near Winnipeg  | Winnipeg  | CentrePort Canada Way  | Entire route; intermodal connection.
Route 90 | Core  | 11  | 7  | PTH 101 / PTH 7 near Winnipeg  | James Richardson Int. Airport |  | Intermodal connection.

### New Brunswick

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The system includes 1,802 kilometres (1,120 mi) of highway in New Brunswick.[8]

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Route 1 | Core  | 239  | 149  | Canada-U.S. border | Route 2 near Three Rivers |  | Entire route.
Route 2 (TCH) | Core  | 515  | 320  | Quebec border (A-85)  | Nova Scotia border (Hwy 104)  | Trans-Canada Highway | Entire route.
Route 7 | Core  | 89  | 55  | Route 1 in Saint John | Route 2 near Fredericton | Vanier Highway  |
Route 8 | Feeder  | 255  | 158  | Route 2 near Fredericton  | Route 11 in Bathurst | Entire route.  |
Route 11 | Feeder  | 415  | 258  | Route 15 in Shediac | Route 17 near Campbellton |  |
Route 15 | Core  | 60  | 37  | Moncton | Route 16 in Strait Shores |  |
Route 16 (TCH) | Core  | 58  | 36  | Route 2 at Aulac | P.E.I. border (Route 1)  | Trans-Canada Highway | Includes NB portion of the Confederation Bridge.
Route 17 | Feeder  | 147  | 91  | Route 2 at Saint-Léonard | Route 11 near Campbellton |  |
Route 95 | Core  | 15  | 9  | Canada-U.S. border (I-95 / US 2)  | Route 2 in Woodstock |  | Entire route.
Route 111 | Core  | 10  | 6  | Route 1 at Rothesay | Saint John Airport |  | Intermodule connection.

### Newfoundland and Labrador

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The system includes 2,467 kilometres (1,533 mi) of highway in Newfoundland and Labrador.[8]

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Route 1 (TCH) | Core  | 903  | 561  | Channel-Port aux Basques ferry terminal
(connects to Nova Scotia)  | Route 30 in St. John's | Trans-Canada Highway | Entire route.
Route 2 | Core  | 15  | 9  | Route 1 in St. John's  | Port of St. John's  | Pitts Memorial Drive  |
Route 40 | Core  | 1.3  | 0.8  | Route 1 in St. John's  | St. John's International Airport | Portugal Cove Road  |
Route 100 | Core  | 44  | 27  | Argentia ferry terminal
(connects to Nova Scotia)  | Route 1 at Whitbourne |  | Ferry connection to Nova Scotia operates seasonally during the summer (June–September).
Route 340 | Core  | 15  | 9  | Route 1 near Lewisporte | Lewisporte  | Road to the Isles  |
Route 350 | Core  | 18  | 11  | Route 1 near Bishop's Falls | Botwood |  |
Route 450A | Core  | 4  | 2  | Route 1 in Corner Brook | Riverside Drive  |  | Intermodule link to the Port of Corner Brook.
Route 430 | Feeder  | 298  | 185  | Route 1 in Deer Lake | St. Barbe ferry terminal  |  | Ferry connection to Blanc-Sablon, Quebec
Route 500 | Northern / Remote  | 536  | 333  | Quebec border (R-389)  | Route 510 at Happy Valley-Goose Bay | Trans-Labrador Highway |
Route 510 | Northern / Remote  | 610  | 380  | Quebec border (R-138)  | Route 500 at Happy Valley-Goose Bay | Trans-Labrador Highway | Entire route; excludes 5 km (3 mi) section of Quebec Route 138; ferry connection to St. Barbe.

### Northwest Territories

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The system includes 1,423 kilometres (884 mi) of highway in the Northwest Territories.[8]

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Highway 1 | Core  | 186  | 116  | Alberta border (Highway 35)  | Highway 3 near Fort Providence | Mackenzie Highway |
Northern / Remote  | 478  | 297  | Highway 3 near Fort Providence  | Wrigley | Mackenzie Highway  |
Highway 2 | Core  | 38  | 24  | Highway 1 at Enterprise | Hay River | Hay River Highway | Entire route.
Highway 3 | Core  | 339  | 211  | Highway 3 near Fort Providence  | Highway 4 at Yellowknife | Yellowknife Highway | Entire route.
Highway 4 | Northern / Remote  | 69  | 43  | Highway 3 at Yellowknife  | Tibbitt Lake | Ingraham Trail | Entire route.
Highway 8 | Northern / Remote  | 271  | 168  | Yukon border (Hwy 5)  | Inuvik | Dempster Highway | Entire route.

### Nova Scotia

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The system includes 1,199 kilometres (745 mi) of highway in Nova Scotia.[8]

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Hwy 101 | Core  | 310  | 190  | Hwy 102 / Trunk 1 in Bedford | Trunk 3 in Yarmouth |  | Entire route.
Hwy 102 | Core  | 101  | 63  | Halifax | Hwy 104 in Truro |  | Entire route.
Hwy 103 | Feeder  | 89  | 55  | Hwy 102 in Halifax  | Yarmouth  |  | Entire route.
Hwy 104 (TCH) | Core  | 246  | 153  | New Brunswick border (Route 2)  | Hwy 105 / Trunk 19 at Port Hastings | Trans-Canada Highway | Entire route.
Hwy 104 | Core  | 76  | 47  | Hwy 105 / Trunk 19 at Port Hastings  | Trunk 4 at River Tillard |  | Entire route.
Hwy 105 (TCH) | Core  | 3  | 2  | Hwy 125 near Sydney Mines | North Sydney ferry terminal
(connects to Newfoundland)  |

* Trans-Canada Highway
* Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way

—  | 139  | 86  | Hwy 104 / Trunk 19 at Port Hastings  | Hwy 125 near Sydney Mines  |

* Trans-Canada Highway
* Mabel and Alexander Graham Bell Way

| Officially not listed part of N.H.S.; part of the Trans-Canada Highway.
Hwy 106 (TCH) | Core  | 19  | 12  | Route 15 in Shediac | Caribou ferry terminal
(connects to P.E.I.)  |

* Trans-Canada Highway
* Jubilee Highway

| Entire route.
Hwy 111 | Core  | 3  | 2  | Victoria Road (Route 322) in Dartmouth | Hwy 111 in Dartmouth  | Circumferential Highway  |
Feeder  | 6  | 4  | Hwy 111 in Dartmouth  | Pleasant Street (Route 322) in Dartmouth
Hwy 118 | Core  | 16  | 10  | Hwy 111 in Dartmouth  | Hwy 102 near Fall River |  | Entire route.
Hwy 125 | Core  | 19  | 12  | Hwy 105 in Sydney Mines  | Trunk 4 in Sydney River | Peacekeepers Way  |
Trunk 4 | Core  | 85  | 53  | Hwy 104 at River Tillard  | Hwy 125 in Sydney River  |  |
Route 303 | Core  | 11  | 7  | Hwy 101 at Conway | Digby Ferry |  |

### Ontario

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The system includes 6,795 kilometres (4,222 mi) of highway in Ontario.[8]

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Highway 400 / TCH | Core  | 224  | 139  | Highway 401 in Toronto | Highway 69 near Carling | Trans-Canada Highway
(Severn – Carling) | Entire route.
Highway 401 | Core  | 823  | 511  | Highway 3 in Windsor | Quebec border (A-20)  | Macdonald–Cartier Freeway  | Entire route.
Highway 402 | Core  | 103  | 64  | Canada-U.S. border (I-69 / I-94)
(Blue Water Bridge)  | Highway 401 in London |  | Entire route.
Highway 403 | Core  | 125  | 78  | Highway 401 near Woodstock | Highway 401 / Highway 410 in Mississauga | Alexander Graham Bell Parkway
(Woodstock – Burlington) | Entire route; includes 17 km (11 mi) concurrency with QEW.
Highway 405 | Core  | 9  | 6  | QEW in St. Catharines | Canada-U.S. border (I-190)
(Queenston-Lewiston Bridge)  | General Brock Parkway  | Entire route.
Highway 409 | Core  | 4  | 2  | Pearson Airport | Highway 401 in Toronto  | Belfield Expressway  | Entire route.
Highway 410 | Core  | 20  | 12  | Highway 401 / Highway 403 in Mississauga  | Highway 10 north of Brampton |  | Entire route.
Highway 416 | Core  | 76  | 47  | Highway 401 in near Johnstown | Highway 417 in Ottawa | Veterans Memorial Highway  | Entire route.
Highway 417 / TCH | Core  | 192  | 119  | Quebec border (A-40)  | Highway 17 near Arnprior |

* Trans-Canada Highway
* The Queensway
(within Ottawa)

| Entire route.
Highway 420 | Core  | 5  | 3  | QEW in Niagara Falls | Canada-U.S. border
(Rainbow Bridge)  |  | Entire route; combined with Niagara Regional Road 420.
Highway 427 | Core  | 27  | 17  | QEW / Gardiner Expy in Toronto  | Regional Road 7 (Highway 7) in Vaughan |  |
Queen Elizabeth Way | Core  | 139  | 86  | Canada-U.S. border
(Peace Bridge)  | Highway 427 / Gardiner Expy. in Toronto | Unsigned Highway 451  | Entire route
Highway 3 | Core  | 11  | 7  | Canada-U.S. border
(Ambassador Bridge)  | Highway 401 in Windsor  | Huron Church Road |
Feeder  | 23  | 14  | Highway 401 in Windsor  | Highway 77 in Leamington |  |
Highway 3B (former)  | Core  | 11  | 7  | Canada-U.S. border
(Detroit–Windsor Tunnel)  | Highway 401 in Windsor  | Dougall Avenue  |
Highway 6 | Core  | 41  | 25  | Highway 403 in Hamilton | Highway 7 west (Woodlawn Road) in Guelph |  |
Core  | 10  | 6  | John C. Munro Airport | Highway 403 in Hamilton |  | Intermodule connection.
Highway 7 / TCH | Core  | 41  | 25  | Highway 12 in Brock | Highway 417 in Ottawa  | Trans-Canada Highway |
Core  | 21  | 13  | Highway 8 in Kitchener | Highway 6 in Guelph  |  | Excludes 45 km (28 mi) concurrency with Highway 8 between Kitchener and Stratford.
Highway 8 | Core  | 53  | 33  | Highway 7 in Stratford  | Highway 401 in Cambridge |  | Includes 45 km (28 mi) concurrency with Highway 7 between Kitchener and Stratford.
Highway 10 | Feeder  | 137  | 85  | Highway 410 north of Brampton  | Highway 26 in Owen Sound |  | Entire route.
Highway 11 / TCH | Core  | 1,232  | 766  | Highway 400 in Barrie | Highway 17 in Nipigon | Trans-Canada Highway
(North Bay – Nipigon) | Includes 4 km (2 mi) concurrency with Highway 17 in North Bay; excludes 179 km (111 mi) concurrency with Highway 17 between Nipigon and Shabaqua Corners.
—  | 280  | 174  | Highway 17 at Shabaqua Corners | Highway 71 in Fort Frances | Trans-Canada Highway | Not part of N.H.S., part of the Trans-Canada Highway; excludes 40 km (25 mi) concurrency with Highway 71.
Highway 12 / TCH | Core  | 80  | 50  | Highway 7 in Brock  | Highway 400 at Severn  | Trans-Canada Highway | Excludes 6 km (4 mi) concurrency with Highway 400.
Feeder  | 18  | 11  | Highway 400 at Waubaushene | Highway 93 in Midland |
Highway 16 | Core  | 4  | 2  | Canada-U.S. border (NY 812)
(Ogdensburg-Prescott International Bridge)  | Highway 401 near Johnstown  |  | Entire route.
Highway 17 / TCH | Core  | 1,964  | 1,220  | Highway 417 near Arnprior | Manitoba border (PTH 1)  | Trans-Canada Highway | Entire route.
Highway 17B (former)  | Core  | 11  | 7  | Canada-U.S. border
(Sault Ste. Marie International Bridge)  | Highway 17 in Sault Ste. Marie |  | Possible subject to revision, truck route via Carman's Way and Highway 550.
Highway 19 | Feeder  | 84  | 52  | Highway 3 in Tillsonburg | Highway 401 near Ingersoll |  | Entire route
Highway 24 | Feeder  | 36  | 22  | Highway 3 in Simcoe | Highway 403 in Brantford |  |
Highway 26 | Core  | 63  | 39  | County Road 19 near Collingwood | Highway 400 in Barrie |  |
Highway 34 | Core  | 59  | 37  | Highway 417 near Hawkesbury | Quebec border (R-344)  |  | Entire route.
Highway 61 | Core  | 61  | 38  | Canada-U.S. border (MN 61)  | Highway 11 / Highway 17 in Thunder Bay |  | Entire route.
Highway 66 / TCH | Core  | 59  | 37  | Quebec border (R-117)  | Highway 11 near Swastika | Trans-Canada Highway |
Highway 69 / TCH | Core  | 162  | 101  | Highway 400 in Carling | Highway 17 in Sudbury | Trans-Canada Highway | Entire route
Highway 71 / TCH | Core  | 194  | 121  | Canada-U.S. border (US 53 / US 71)
(Fort Frances–International Falls International Bridge)  | Highway 17 near Kenora | Trans-Canada Highway
(Fort Frances – Kenora) | Includes 40 km (25 mi) concurrency with Highway 11.
Highway 77 | Feeder  | 84  | 52  | Highway 3 in Leamington  | Highway 401 in Lakeshore |  | Entire route
Highway 101 | Feeder  | 84  | 52  | Highway 144 in Timmins | Highway 11 in Matheson |  |
Highway 108 | Core  | 27  | 17  | Highway 17 near Serpent River | Elliot Lake |  |
Highway 115 | Core  | 57  | 35  | Highway 401 near Newcastle | Highway 7 in Peterborough |  | Entire route; includes 13 km (8 mi) concurrency with Highway 7.
Highway 137 | Core  | 4  | 2  | Canada-U.S. border (I-81)
(Thousand Islands Bridge)  | Highway 401 near Lansdowne |  | Entire route.
Highway 138 | Feeder  | 39  | 24  | Cornwall | Highway 417 near Casselman |  | Entire route; connects to Seaway International Bridge and U.S. border.
Highway 144 | Feeder  | 272  | 169  | Highway 17 in Sudbury  | Highway 101 in Timmins  |  | Entire route.
County Road 17 | Feeder  | 10  | 6  | Highway 34 in Hawkesbury  | Highway 417 in East Hawkesbury |  | Former Highway 17.
Nicholas Street
Rideau Street
King Edward Avenue | Core  | 4  | 2  | Highway 417 in Ottawa  | Quebec border (A-5)
(Macdonald-Cartier Bridge)  |  | Ottawa city streets connecting Highway 417 (Queensway) and Autoroute 5 in Gatineau, QC.

### Prince Edward Island

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The system includes 398 kilometres (247 mi) of highway in Prince Edward Island.[8]

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Route 1 (TCH) | Core  | 128  | 80  | New Brunswick border (Route 16)  | Wood Islands Ferry Terminal
(connects to Nova Scotia)  | Trans-Canada Highway | Entire route; includes PEI portion of the Confederation Bridge.
Route 1A | Core  | 20  | 12  | Route 1 near Albany | Route 2 near Summerside |  | Entire route.
Route 2 | Core  | 51  | 32  | Summerside  | Route 1 in Charlottetown |  |
Feeder  | 7  | 4  | Route 14 / Route 153 in Tignish | Summerside  |  |
Feeder  | 238  | 148  | Route 1 in Charlottetown  | Souris |  |
Route 3 | Feeder  | 33  | 21  | Route 1 at Cherry Valley | Georgetown |  | Entire route

### Quebec

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The system includes 5,647 kilometres (3,509 mi) of highway in Quebec.[8]

Route  | Class  | Length (km)  | Length (mi)  | Southern or western terminus  | Northern or eastern terminus  | Name(s)  | Notes

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A-5 | Core  | 0.8  | 0.5  | Ontario border (King Edward Avenue)
(Macdonald-Cartier Bridge)  | A-50 in Gatineau |  | Continues along Ottawa city streets connecting to Ontario Highway 417.
A-10 | Core  | 145  | 90  | Route 136 in Montreal | A-55 in Sherbrooke |  | Entire route; includes 23 km (14 mi) concurrency with A-55 between Magog and Sherbrooke.
A-13 | Core  | 89  | 55  | A-20 in Montreal  | A-640 in Boisbriand |  | Entire route.
A-15 (TCH) | Core  | 255  | 158  | Canada-U.S. border (I-87)  | Route 117 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts | Trans-Canada Highway
(Montreal (A-40) – Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts) | Entire route.
A-20 (TCH) | Core  | 535  | 332  | Ontario border (Highway 401)  | Route 132 near L'Isle-Verte |

* Trans-Canada Highway
(Montreal (A-25) – Rivière-du-Loup)
* Autoroute Jean-Lesage
(Ontario border–Rimouski)

| Entire route.
Core  | 45  | 28  | Around Rimouski (bypasses Route 132)
A-25 (TCH) | Core  | 8  | 5  | A-20 in Longueuil | A-40 in Montreal  | Trans-Canada Highway |
A-30 | Core  | 5  | 3  | A-40 in Vaudreuil-Dorion | A-20 in Vaudreuil-Dorion  |  | Former A-540.
Feeder  | 58  | 36  | A-20 in Boucherville | Route 133 in Sorel-Tracy |  |
—  | 79  | 49  | A-20 in Vaudreuil-Dorion  | A-20 in Boucherville  |  | Officially not listed part of N.H.S.; A-30 extension.
A-31 | Core  | 14  | 9  | A-40 in Lavaltrie | Route 158 in Joliette |  | Entire route.
A-35 | Core  | 40  | 25  | Route 133 in Saint-Sébastien | A-10 in Carignan–Chambly |  | Entire route; future connection to I-89.
A-40 (TCH) | Core  | 347  | 216  | Ontario border (Highway 417)  | Route 138 / Route 368 in Quebec City |

* Trans-Canada Highway
(Ontario – Montreal (A-25))
* Autoroute Félix-Leclerc
(Montreal – Quebec City)

| Entire route.
A-50 | Core  | 156  | 97  | A-5 in Gatineau  | A-15 in Mirabel | Autoroute de l'Outaouais  |
A-55 | Core  | 247  | 153  | Canada-U.S. border (I-91)  | Route 155 in Shawinigan |  | Entire route; includes 23 km (14 mi) concurrency with A-10 and 36 km (22 mi) concurrency with A-20.
A-70 | Core  | 7  | 4  | Route 175 in Chicoutimi (Saguenay)  | Route 170 near Bagotville Airport (Saguenay)  |  | Intermodule connection to Port of Saguenay.
Feeder  | 23  | 14  | Route 170 in Jonquière (Saguenay)  | Route 175 in Chicoutimi (Saguenay)  |  | Part of Shawinigan – Saguenay corridor.
A-73 | Core  | 51  | 32  | A-20 in Lévis | Route 175 in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury |  | Includes 9 km (6 mi) concurrency with A-40 in Quebec City.
Feeder  | 87  | 54  | Route 204 in Saint-Georges | A-20 in Lévis  |  | Corridor connecting Quebec City with the Canada-U.S. border.
A-85 (TCH) | Core  | 58  | 36  | New Brunswick border (Route 2)  | A-20 near Rivière-du-Loup |

* Trans-Canada Highway
* Autoroute Claude-Béchard

| Entire route; 38 km (24 mi) gap, connect by Route 185.
A-440 | Core  | 13  | 8  | A-40 / A-73 in Quebec City  | A-40 in Quebec City  |  | 4 km (2 mi) gap in A-440; connected Boulevard Charest.
A-520 | Core  | 8  | 5  | A-20 in Dorval  | A-40 in Montreal  | Autoroute Côte de Liesse  | Entire route.
A-540 | Core  | 5  | 3  | A-73 in Quebec City  | Aéroport Jean-Lesage | Autoroute Duplessis  | Entire route.
A-610 | Feeder  | 11  | 7  | A-10 / A-55 in Sherbrooke  | Route 112 in Sherbrooke  | Autoroute Louis-Bilodeau  | Entire route.
A-640 | Core  | 35  | 22  | A-13 in Boisbriand  | A-40 near Terrebonne |  |
R-109 | Northern / Remote  | 66  | 41  | Route 111 in Amos | James Bay Road at Matagami |  | Part of Val-d'Or – Radisson corridor.
R-111 | Northern / Remote  | 66  | 41  | Route 117 in Val-d'Or | Route 109 in Amos |  | Part of Val-d'Or – Radisson corridor.
R-112 | Feeder  | 149  | 93  | A-610 in Sherbrooke  | A-73 at Vallée-Jonction |  |
R-117 (TCH) | Core  | 571  | 355  | Route 117 in Sainte-Agathe-des-Monts  | Ontario border (Highway 66)  | Trans-Canada Highway |
R-132 | Core  | 11  | 7  | A-15 / A-930 in Candiac | Route 138 in Kahnawake |  | Corridor connecting to Honoré Mercier Bridge.
Core  | 54  | 34  | A-20 near L'Isle-Verte | A-20 west of Rimouski  |  | Connects gap in A-20.
Core  | 58  | 36  | A-20 east of Rimouski  | Route 195 near Matane |  |
R-133 | Core  | 42  | 26  | Canada-U.S. border (I-89)  | A-35 in Saint-Sébastien  |  | Eventually to be replaced by A-35.
R-136 | Core  | 9  | 6  | A-15 / A-20 in Montreal  | Rue Notre-Dame in Montreal  | Autoroute Ville-Marie (formerly A-720)  |
R-138 | Core  | 5  | 3  | Route 138 in Kahnawake  | A-20 in Montreal  |  | Corridor connecting to Honoré Mercier Bridge.
Core  | 632  | 393  | A-40 / Route 368 in Quebec City  | Sept-Îles |  |
Northern / Remote  | 5  | 3  | Blanc-Sablon ferry terminal  | Labrador border (Route 510)  |  | Quebec extension of Trans-Labrador Highway; ferry connection to St. Barbe, NL.
R-139 | Feeder  | 24  | 15  | Route 104 in Cowansville | Route 112 in Granby |  |
R-155 | Feeder  | 251  | 156  | A-55 in Shawinigan  | Route 169 near Chambord |  | Part of Shawinigan – Saguenay corridor.
R-161 | Feeder  | 26  | 16  | Victoriaville | A-20 in Daveluyville |  |
R-169 | Feeder  | 20  | 12  | Route 155 at Chambord  | Route 170 at Métabetchouan–Lac-à-la-Croix |  | Part of Shawinigan – Saguenay corridor.
Feeder  | 9  | 6  | Route 170 at Saint-Bruno | Alma |  |
R-170 | Core  | 11  | 7  | A-70 near Bagotville Airport (Saguenay)  | La Baie (Saguenay)  |  | Intermodule connection to Port of Saguenay.
Feeder  | 25  | 16  | Route 169 at Saint-Bruno  | A-70 in Jonquière (Saguenay)  |  | Part of Shawinigan – Saguenay corridor.
R-173 | Feeder  | 48  | 30  | Route 204 at Saint-Georges  | Canada-U.S. border (US 201)  |  | Corridor connecting Quebec City with the Canada-U.S. border.
R-175 | Core  | 415  | 258  | A-73 in Stoneham-et-Tewkesbury  | Route 372 in Saguenay  |  |
R-185 (TCH) | Core  | 38  | 24  | A-85 in Saint-Louis-du-Ha! Ha! | A-85 in Saint-Antonin | Trans-Canada Highway | Eventually to be replaced by A-85.
R-201 | Feeder  | 13  | 8  | A-20 in Coteau-du-Lac | A-530 in Salaberry-de-Valleyfield |  |
R-204 | Feeder  | 4  | 2  | Route 173 at Saint-Georges  | A-73 at Saint-Georges  |  | Corridor connecting Quebec City with the Canada-U.S. border.
R-344 | Core  | 12  | 7  | A-73 in Quebec City  | A-440 in Quebec City  | Boulevard Champlain  | Entire route.
R-389 | Northern / Remote  | 567  | 352  | Route 138 at Baie-Comeau | Labrador border (Route 500)  |  | Entire route.
James Bay Road | Northern / Remote  | 620  | 390  | Route 109 at Matagami | Radisson |  | Part of Val-d'Or – Radisson corridor.

### Saskatchewan

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The system includes 2,689 kilometres (1,671 mi) of highway in Saskatchewan.[8]

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Highway 1 (TCH) | Core  | 648  | 403  | Alberta border (Highway 1)  | Manitoba border (Highway 1)  | Trans-Canada Highway | Entire route.
Highway 2 | Core  | 51  | 32  | Hwy 1 in Moose Jaw | Hwy 11 at Chamberlain | Veterans Memorial Highway  |
Core  | 7  | 4  | Hwy 11 near Prince Albert | Hwy 3 / Hwy 302 in Prince Albert  | Veterans Memorial Highway  |
Northern / Remote  | 238  | 148  | Hwy 3 / Hwy 302 in Prince Albert  | Hwy 102 in La Ronge | CanAm Highway |
Highway 6 | Core  | 42  | 26  | Hwy 39 at Corinne | Hwy 1 in Regina | CanAm Highway | Regina – Weyburn – Estevan corridor.
Highway 7 | Core  | 258  | 160  | Alberta border (Highway 9)  | Hwy 11 / Hwy 16 in Saskatoon |  | Entire route
Highway 10 | Core  | 160  | 99  | Hwy 1 near Balgonie | Hwy 16 in Yorkton |  |
Highway 11 | Core  | 392  | 244  | Hwy 1 in Regina | Hwy 2 south Prince Albert  | Louis Riel Trail  | Entire route
Highway 16 (TCH) | Core  | 689  | 428  | Alberta border (Highway 16)  | Manitoba border (Highway 16)  |

* Yellowhead Highway
* Trans-Canada Highway

| Entire route.
Highway 39 | Core  | 195  | 121  | Canada-U.S. border (US 52)  | Hwy 6 at Corinne | CanAm Highway
(Corinne – Weyburn) | Regina – Weyburn – Estevan corridor.

### Yukon

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The system includes 2,017 kilometres (1,253 mi) of highway in Yukon.[8]

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Hwy 1 | Core  | 892  | 554  | British Columbia border (Highway 97)  | Alaska border (AK-2)  | Alaska Highway | Entire route.
Hwy 2 | Feeder  | 77  | 48  | Alaska border (AK-98)  | Hwy 1 south of Whitehorse | (South) Klondike Highway |
Northern / Remote  | 478  | 297  | Hwy 1 north of Whitehorse | Hwy 5 south of Dawson City | (North) Klondike Highway |
Hwy 5 | Northern / Remote  | 465  | 289  | Hwy 2 south of Dawson City | Northwest Territories border (Highway 8)  | Dempster Highway | Entire route.
Hwy 37 | Northern / Remote  | 3  | 2  | British Columbia border (Highway 37)  | Hwy 1 near Upper Liard | Stewart–Cassiar Highway  | Entire route.

## References

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1. ^ a b c d e f g h "National Highway System". Transport Canada. December 20, 2011.
2. ^ National Highway System Review Task Force Report (PDF) (Report). Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety. September 22, 2005. pp. 36–41\. Archived from the original (PDF) on May 15, 2013. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
3. ^ a b Cherry, Joel & Paquette, Michele-Jamali (February 28, 2014). "Core National Highway System in Saskatchewan to be Improved" (Press release). Government of Saskatchewan, Highways and Infrastructure.
4. ^ St. Louis, Ron & Marcolini, Tom (November 21, 2003). "McGuinty Government Secures Partnership To Improve Northern Highways" (Press release). Government of Ontario, Ministry of Northern Development and Mines.
5. ^ a b c Padova, Allison (February 20, 2006). Federal Participation in Highway Construction and Policy in Canada (Report). Parliamentary Information and Research Service Economics Division.
6. ^ a b di Matteo, Livio & Simpson, Wayne (April 26, 2011). "Fix No. 1 Highway". Financial Post. Archived from the original on August 8, 2014. Retrieved July 21, 2014.
7. ^ Cox, Wendell (November 13, 2009). "A Canadian Autobahn". New Geography.
8. ^ a b c d e f g h i j k l Canada's National Highway System Annual Report 2016 (PDF) (Report). Council of Ministers Responsible for Transportation and Highway Safety. September 2017. Archived from the original (PDF) on 2018-03-13. Retrieved 2018-03-15.
9. ^ a b "National Highway System" (PDF). Alberta Economic Corridors. Alberta Transportation. May 1, 2017. Retrieved January 7, 2025.
10. ^ a b B.C. Ministry of Transportation and Infrastructure (3 January 2019). "Official Numbered Routes in British Columbia". www2.gov.bc.ca. Government of British Columbia. Retrieved 2 October 2021.