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Numbered highways in Canada

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This is a breakdown of the classifications of highways in each province, and an example shield of each classification where available.
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are divided into three classes. Odd numbers refer to routes that are generally perpendicular to the
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7000-series β€” resource & industrial roads (unmarked) or short stubs connecting numbered highways
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Local highways are based on intersecting primary routes and numbered with extension (i.e. 210-1)
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are 'Primary Highways'. They are divided into two series, and sub-series.
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Other roads include the Mackenzie Valley winter road system that extends
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Hwy 100-399 β€” secondary highways which are spurs of primary highways
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Routes 1, 210, 230, 320, 330, 340, 360, 410, 430, 480, 500, and 510
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Varying between west-east and south-north routes, route numbers in
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Route numbers for bypasses and spurs take on a prefix (4nn-9nn)
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Route 301-346 β€” Kittiwake Coast, Fogo Island, & Twillingate
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900 and X series β€” potential realignments and extensions (ex:
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Route 350-371 β€” Exploits River Valley & Bay d'Espoir
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There are currently fourteen territorial highways in
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and TΕ‚Δ±Μ¨chΗ« winter road systems were replaced by the
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There are currently ten territorial highways in the
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300-series β€” north of the Saint Lawrence River (ex:
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200-series β€” south of the Saint Lawrence River (ex:
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All are named as well as numbered 1-10. 750:Hwy 2-148, 400-427, QEW β€” primary highways 1728: 1714: 1311: 1297: 553:List of Newfoundland and Labrador highways 1172:, and the Dettah Ice Road extending from 478:List of New Brunswick provincial highways 1138: 1022:List of Saskatchewan provincial highways 826: 699:Route 200-399 β€” collector highways (ex: 644:List of Nova Scotia provincial highways 523:Route 100-199 β€” collector highways (ex: 1905: 1145:List of Northwest Territories highways 1111:Hwy 600-799, 900-999 β€” minor highways 877:Local highways are numbered by county 734:List of provincial highways in Ontario 593:Regional roads are numbered by region 1709: 1292: 800:Hwy 500-699 β€” secondary highways (ex: 765:) usually with at-grade intersections 309:Hwy 700-899 β€” south-north routes (ex: 1032: 917: 837: 815:Hwy 800-813 β€” tertiary highways (ex: 780:freeways and limited-access highways 648: 557: 482: 450:PTH 100, 101, 110 β€” loop routes (ex: 412: 408:List of Manitoba provincial highways 345: 276:1-216 Series β€” core highway network 230: 179: 1886: 1737:Provincial and territorial highways 1689: 611:Route 380-392, 410-419 β€” Baie Verte 530:Route 200-999 β€” local highways (ex: 516:Route 1-99 β€” arterial highways (ex: 432:Provincial Trunk Highways (PTH) in 334: 302:Hwy 500-699 β€” west-east routes (ex: 226:List of Alberta provincial highways 13: 1231:List of Yukon territorial highways 1114:Hwy 600-699 β€” south-north highways 1088:Hwy 102-167 β€” northern routes (ex: 980:100-series β€” primary highways (ex: 913:List of Quebec provincial highways 728:Ontario Provincial Highway Network 387:highways were renumbered in 1973. 290:Hwy 201, 216 β€” orbital routes (ex: 166: 14: 1939: 198:crosses all provinces of Canada. 143:, and other letters are used for 1885: 1873: 1861: 1850: 1849: 1688: 1676: 1664: 1653: 1652: 1356: 1275: 1261: 1235: 1170:Tibbitt to Contwoyto Winter Road 1149: 1117:Hwy 700-799 β€” west-east highways 1078:Hwy 1-99 β€” primary highways (ex: 1061: 1055: 1049: 1043: 1037: 940: 934: 928: 922: 854: 848: 842: 807: 792: 768: 753: 665: 659: 653: 568: 562: 499: 493: 487: 471: 423: 417: 362: 356: 350: 299:500-986 Series β€” local highways 259: 253: 247: 241: 235: 184: 112: 1166:Northwest Territories Highway 1 1015: 874:Route 4-26 β€” collector highways 867:are divided into three series. 746:are divided into four classes: 602:Route 210-222 β€” Burin Peninsula 581:are divided into three series. 512:are divided into three series. 174: 1923:Canada transport-related lists 678:are divided into five series. 637: 596:Route 2-203 β€” Avalon Peninsula 1: 883:Route 201-299 β€” Queens County 880:Route 101-199 β€” Prince County 871:Route 1-4 β€” arterial highways 459:PR 200-699 β€” secondary routes 436:are divided into two series. 886:Route 301-399 β€” Kings County 706:Scenic Routes are unnumbered 375:span from 1-118, except for 7: 1247: 440:PTH 1-199 β€” primary routes 401: 268:All provincial highways in 125:Numbered highways in Canada 10: 1944: 1354: 1228: 1210: 1206: 1189:Inuvik–Tuktoyaktuk Highway 1142: 1025: 1019: 910: 904: 830: 761:Hwy 2-148 β€” intercity (ex: 731: 725: 721: 709:Local roads are unnumbered 641: 550: 475: 405: 379:which is a counterpart of 338: 223: 219: 1844: 1784:Newfoundland and Labrador 1747: 1647: 1629: 1601: 1583: 1568: 1545: 1497: 1439: 1411: 1388: 1365: 1328: 1221:; none are yet numbered. 900: 738:Provincial highways (the 579:Newfoundland and Labrador 547:Newfoundland and Labrador 443:PTH 1-89 β€” intercity (ex: 1913:Lists of roads in Canada 1224: 685:β€” arterial highways (ex: 620:Route 500-520 β€” Labrador 1918:Roads in Canada by type 1185:Tuktoyaktuk Winter Road 1070:Provincial highways in 949:Provincial highways in 863:Provincial highways in 674:Provincial highways in 577:Provincial highways in 508:Provincial highways in 279:Hwy 1-100 β€” intercity ( 1789:Northwest Territories 1159:Northwest Territories 1139:Northwest Territories 1028:Roads in Saskatchewan 145:bypass (truck) routes 1821:Prince Edward Island 1585:Prince Edward Island 1575:Confederation Bridge 1321:Trans-Canada Highway 1199:(extending from the 1176:to the community of 955:Saint Lawrence River 865:Prince Edward Island 827:Prince Edward Island 202:Trans-Canada Highway 196:Trans-Canada Highway 161:territory of Nunavut 1213:Highways in Nunavut 1201:Yellowknife Highway 785:Queen Elizabeth Way 692:Trunk Highways (ex: 139:, B is typically a 907:Highways in Quebec 206:Yellowhead Highway 1900: 1899: 1703: 1702: 1203:), respectively. 1135: 1134: 1012: 1011: 987:Secondary routes 897: 896: 718: 717: 634: 633: 543: 542: 468: 467: 452:Perimeter Highway 398: 397: 331: 330: 216: 215: 163:has no highways. 1935: 1889: 1888: 1877: 1865: 1853: 1852: 1769:British Columbia 1730: 1723: 1716: 1707: 1706: 1692: 1691: 1680: 1668: 1656: 1655: 1360: 1330:British Columbia 1313: 1306: 1299: 1290: 1289: 1285: 1280: 1279: 1278: 1271: 1266: 1265: 1264: 1239: 1193:Dempster Highway 1153: 1065: 1059: 1053: 1047: 1041: 1033: 968:is unmarked, ex: 944: 938: 932: 926: 918: 858: 852: 846: 838: 814: 811: 810: 799: 796: 795: 775: 772: 771: 760: 757: 756: 669: 663: 657: 649: 572: 566: 558: 503: 497: 491: 483: 427: 421: 413: 373:British Columbia 366: 360: 354: 346: 335:British Columbia 283:is unmarked, ex: 263: 257: 251: 245: 239: 231: 188: 180: 149:connector routes 116: 1943: 1942: 1938: 1937: 1936: 1934: 1933: 1932: 1903: 1902: 1901: 1896: 1840: 1743: 1734: 1704: 1699: 1643: 1625: 1597: 1579: 1564: 1541: 1493: 1435: 1407: 1384: 1361: 1352: 1324: 1317: 1281: 1276: 1274: 1267: 1262: 1260: 1254:Roads in Canada 1250: 1233: 1227: 1215: 1209: 1197:TΕ‚Δ±Μ¨chΗ« Highway 1183:The now-closed 1156: 1147: 1141: 1136: 1060: 1054: 1048: 1042: 1030: 1024: 1018: 1013: 964:β€” expressways ( 939: 933: 927: 915: 909: 903: 898: 853: 847: 835: 829: 812: 808: 797: 793: 773: 769: 758: 754: 736: 730: 724: 719: 664: 658: 646: 640: 635: 567: 555: 549: 544: 498: 492: 480: 474: 469: 422: 410: 404: 399: 388: 361: 355: 343: 337: 332: 258: 252: 246: 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1603:Nova Scotia 1489:Highway 417 1459:Highway 400 1431:Highway 100 1174:Yellowknife 817:Highway 808 802:Highway 502 676:Nova Scotia 638:Nova Scotia 157:spur routes 1907:Categories 1484:Highway 66 1479:Highway 11 1474:Highway 71 1464:Highway 12 1454:Highway 69 1449:Highway 17 1426:Highway 16 1403:Highway 16 1380:Highway 16 1348:Highway 16 1195:) and the 1026:See also: 962:Autoroutes 911:See also: 778:400-series 776:400-427 β€” 763:Highway 11 732:See also: 683:100 Series 385:400 series 1532:Route 117 1527:Route 185 1469:Highway 7 1421:Highway 1 1398:Highway 1 1375:Highway 1 1343:Highway 5 1338:Highway 1 999:Route 348 992:Route 263 982:Route 138 966:Route 920 701:Route 221 532:Route 275 525:Route 108 1855:Category 1774:Manitoba 1658:Category 1560:Route 16 1413:Manitoba 1248:See also 518:Route 11 434:Manitoba 402:Manitoba 393:) 133:numbered 129:province 1804:Ontario 1799:Nunavut 1752:Alberta 1639:Route 1 1593:Route 1 1555:Route 2 1441:Ontario 1367:Alberta 1219:Nunavut 1207:Nunavut 1122:Hwy 999 1104:Hwy 375 1097:Hwy 211 1090:Hwy 106 744:Ontario 722:Ontario 694:Trunk 4 687:Hwy 102 377:Hwy 395 318:Hwy 986 311:Hwy 881 304:Hwy 501 292:Hwy 216 281:Hwy 100 270:Alberta 220:Alberta 1826:Quebec 1814:former 1762:former 1741:Canada 1499:Quebec 1323:system 1178:Dettah 1168:, the 1130: 1080:Hwy 11 1007: 951:Quebec 901:Quebec 892: 813:  798:  774:  759:  713: 629: 538: 463: 445:PTH 75 391:Hwy 97 383:. 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AB
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MB
ON
QC
NB
PE
NS
NL
YT
NT
NU
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