Four of Ontario’s 10 worst roads are in Toronto
This is not the kind of list we want to be on
CAA’s annual ranking of the worst roads in Ontario has been published, and unfortunately, Toronto roads make up a significant portion of it.
CAA, or the Canadian Automobile Association, asks people to vote each year on which roads are the most dangerous or in the worst states of disrepair. The hope is that by drawing attention to streets in need of improvement, things will get fixed faster.
“Poor roads affect us all. They make us late, cause delivery delays, contribute to congestion, and, most importantly, endanger those who use them,” says a media release accompanying the results.
Related: Toronto traffic fatalities have increased 44 per cent since 2024
Let’s get to it, then. Here’s the list for 2026, with the very worst at the top:
Barton Street East, Hamilton Hurontario Street, Mississauga Notre Dame Avenue, Sudbury Sider Road, Fort Erie Steeles Avenue East, Toronto Sheppard Avenue West, Toronto Panache Lake Road, Sudbury Bathurst Street, Toronto Unwin Avenue, Toronto 6th Line, Innisfil
So, that’s four roads in Toronto, plus one in Mississauga and the worst of them all in Hamilton.
Do we have any of that $6.2-million pothole budget left? Sounds like we need it.
Related: Speeding has increased by over 200 per cent on Parkside Drive since the speed camera ban
Carly Lewis is a journalist whose work has appeared in the New York Times and the New York Times Magazine, Vanity Fair, Wired, Interview Magazine, Pitchfork, Elle, and Maclean’s, where she is a contributing editor. Her work has been recognized by the National Magazine Awards and the Digital Publishing Awards. She reports on city life, culture—including what people do online—politics, art and crime. She received the Dave Greber Freelance Writers Award for “The Murder of Ashley Wadsworth,” an investigative feature about a Canadian teenager who was killed by a man she met on social media, published by Maclean’s.
